Hi! Currently I’m a senior in high school, all apps submitted and such. As I start to hear back from more and more colleges, it forces me to think about what I want to declare my major as and what classes I should take my freshman year. I’m well aware on the cost of tuition, and knowing that, I don’t want to just drop nearly 20k a semester on classes “just to take”. If I was going to college just take classes, I might as well just go to CC and save me a couple bucks (which I’m actually considering). Anyway, lately I’ve been thinking a lot about Computer Science/Programming. I’m really in to the whole coding thing and I want to seriously look more in to Computer science and such. I’ve heard it’s a tough major though, and requires you to excel at math. Math has never really been my forte. I never got high marks and it never came easy to me. If I do decide to pursue CS as my major I will ask for help or get a tutor. I do love coding and techy stuff though,I think it’s really fun and interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I plan to prioritize my work well but with a balance of fun (because it is college). I just want to be well off and go in to a good career. I’m a girl by the way, so I know there’s a big bias with females in that field. Do you think I could do it? What do you recommend I do? Any opinions?
Im a computer science student currently going to CC and will transfer to a 4 year school this upcoming fall. I decided to take this route to save money and to make sure I really liked computer science. First of all, computer science is more logic based than math based. I am also not passionate/good at math. As a computer scientist, your job will be to decide the most efficient way to solve a problem. In my experience programming is just about 30% of your job, the other 70% is find the most efficient way to solve the problem. To answer your gender question, there is about 4 girls in a 25 student classroom. Dont let the ratio discourage you, if you are good and enjoy doing what you do, being female or male doesnt matter. I recommend that you take a introductory course and see if you see yourself doing that for the rest of your life. Good luck.