<p>Hey, I need help. I am going to be a senior
Currently I am signed up for Syracuse University Forensic science and a class called Computer Literacy from C. W. Post. My question is should I drop either to take AP Computer science A.</p>
<p>Benefits
SUPA Forensics - Interesting class, will get college credit.
Computer Literacy - Will become a Microsoft Office User Specialist, college credit
AP Computer Science - College credit, another AP Test</p>
<p>Questions- Does MOUS have any importance in the world? Is it hard to get a 4 or 5 on comp science?</p>
<p>Computer Science A is EZ-PZ...
Take CS AB instead of A.
I got a 5 on the AB exam with absolutely zero prep and didn't do much in the class. I think Java is a useless language though.. I would drop the Computer Literacy class in favor of CS AB.</p>
<p>Microsoft Office user is useless. Try to get MCP, MCDST, MC....etc if you want some good credentials. APCS is not hard, but you do have to study a bit. Pistolen obviously has no idea what he is talking about. JAVA is awsome. Look at programs based off of java. you can do anything. APCS level of java is laughable.</p>
<p>AP CS is incredibly easy. All you do is go over the basic loops (for & while) basic sorting algorithms (like a binary sort tree) and then you work with a black box api to get familiar with it for the AP exam. Its can be really fun if your teacher is cool and assigns group projects that don't really have anything to do with the AP test. Me and two friends ended up making a casino program with slots, black jack, video poker, roulette. The visuals were all crappy ASCI art in the terminal but it sure was fun. We even made a little easter egg where if you typed in "backalley" you would go to the back alley and play russian roulette with Christopher Walken.</p>
<p>If you're going to be working while you're in college and you want an entry-level office job (rather than landscaping or something), the Microsoft Office qualification may actually be useful. It's a way for employers to verify that you can actually do the work they want to hire someone to do.</p>
<p>If you do not know how to use Microsoft Office applications (and you don't know whether in the next 12 months you can get a copy of the software and teach yourself or have a friend teach you), then it might be useful so that when you are assigned a term paper or an oral presentation with PowerPoint you can spend your effort on the content rather than the form.</p>
<p>If you're not in one of those 2 situations, I'd drop the computer literacy course. You don't need the material, and if you need the piece of paper down the road it will be fairly easy to acquire while also doing academic work in other classes.</p>
<p>I plan on doing medicine in college, so I might need a job. However, I don't know if it would be a entry level job. The CS would have nothing to do with my major, it would just be for some extra knowledge. And also, I do know how to use Microsoft office and am pretty good with it s its not like I don't know anything about it. Anyone else?</p>