Switching to CS junior year

<p>I'm currently going through sort of a "quarter-life" college crisis where I'm really re-thinking my options both in college and post-graduation. I'm currently a sophomore (I guess at a pretty top school, especially for CS) majoring in Applied Mathematics and Economics. However, I've recently grown more and more disinterested in what I'm studying, and even more so, job prospects that are usually aligned with my major --- specifically, most people in my major either head to Wall Street or Management Consulting (MBB). I simply don't feel that my personality fits in with those that go down the route of business, nor do I have any innate interest in those fields.</p>

<p>This is why I more recently considered switching to Applied Mathematics and Computer Science instead. I've had previous exposure to CS in high school (AP CS A) and actually did pretty well in the class and the AP Exam, but originally decided not to study CS in college because I found CS a little boring. I've heard great things about the CS department here, and it could be a great choice if I ultimately decide to study CS and really love it (contrary to how I felt in high school). However, that's a big IF, and more importantly, junior year is a big time for campus recruiting for banking and consulting, and I feel that if I put too many eggs in one basket (say, I focus on the intro CS course with the mindset of doing Applied Math-CS and not about the possibility of just simply continuing with Applied Math-Econ, and then not going through with recruiting), I could really screw myself over in terms of post-graduation plans. Applied Math-CS would also require me to stay an extra year, as I would need more time to finish the requirements --- money shouldn't be that big of an issue, since I receive pretty decent financial aid anyways, but could be another factor in my decision.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any insight into this, and could give some advice?</p>

<p>First, if you are on aid, are you sure it will continue past year 4? That isn’t usual. Also this post might be better put into the College Majors section under Math/CS. My daughter was a math/cs major. She discovered CS sophomore year when she took the year long intro sequence. I don’t think she could have fit straight CS major in at that time, not sure, but she had enough math already to do math-CS. She went to grad school because she was interested in research. Jobs are still business jobs, really, but of course different type of work and different sort of cultures often. You can still do Applied math-cs and go through the same kind of recruiting, just to see what’s out there. Isn’t jr year recruiting for internships and sr year for jobs? sorry if I’m not up on that cause dd didn’t do internship or recruiting as undergrad. Too bad you haven’t taken the intro class to see if it appeals to you.</p>

<p>Yea I actually asked the office of financial aid if I could continue receiving the aid I do now, and they basically said I would have to take out loans, but essentially the same aid.</p>

<p>And yes it would be recruiting for internships, but generally people here get full time offers post internship.</p>