Hell no.
CalTech area is an amazing place. I live just down the street. Pasadena area is nice, just a little drive from the beach, beautiful campus, great acadamics.
CalTech, sir, definitely does not suck.
Hell no.
CalTech area is an amazing place. I live just down the street. Pasadena area is nice, just a little drive from the beach, beautiful campus, great acadamics.
CalTech, sir, definitely does not suck.
DO NOT go to MIT unless you're looking to shorten your life. Cal Tech on the other hand would be nice...
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Very nice, a westinghouse winner on this forum.
Good luck with the schooling, but you probably don't need luck.
Also don't mind the haters, they will always be jealous.
Good luck with the schooling, but you probably don't need luck.
Also don't mind the haters, they will always be jealous.
Awesome, dude! You're a prodigy. One piece of advice: DON'T take college for granted. I'm a Senior at Northwestern, and I blew my college career after a strong high-school career. College can be really confusing and you lose direction, as I did. If you haven't already, I suggest you find a field and stick to it or you'll come out of a great college with a political science degree and a 3.4 with no sense of what you wanna do afterwards.
Anyways, congrats! It's awesome to see someone of your caliber on these forums.
Anyways, congrats! It's awesome to see someone of your caliber on these forums.
i'd have to respectfully disagree... if you find a field that you love, then yea, stick with it... but otherwise i think college is a great opportunity to explore and try out a bunch of different things. i don't think there's any reason to nail yourself down so young.
I would blend the two. Explore, but do not get caught up in trivial activities. I spent way too much time in HS chasing quick money, social circumstance, and leisure activites when I could have explored in manners that would expand my intellectual horizons and contribute to the betterment of society.
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sygyzy knows what he's talking about.
*Looks out window* Nice and sunny, bright blue sky, nice white puffy clouds.
i'd pick caltech b/c of the weather. either way, youre going to do great things and make a #!@*ton of money
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Do both!
There is a lot of math in C.S. anyways, so doing a double major wouldn't be so bad.
Number theory, abstract algebra, analysis (real and complex), partial differential equations, probability... It is all good stuff man.
Anyways, IMO you should at least take one or two classes that are all about proofs (i.e. abstract algebra or number theory).
You have to have the right personality for law...I have a couple of lawyer friends (one in IP, the other in corporate tax). The money is good but the hours are long.
If you are interested in CS and think you might want to do research but are also interested in public policy... MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon have fantastic CS graduate programs and excellent public policy programs.
A couple of my friends here at Carnegie-Mellon are getting joint Ph.D.'s is chemical engineering and public policy...they took all the classes for chemE and public policy and then did their qualifier's and thesis proposals on their central reearch topic, which were designed to have some "policy" aspects (i.e. air quality management, process and chemical system safety, etc.). Then they'll do their thesis defense in both departments as well. I'm sure MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and other U's have similiar program combo's in graduate school.
Either way...best of luck to you!
If you are interested in CS and think you might want to do research but are also interested in public policy... MIT, Berkeley, Stanford, and Carnegie Mellon have fantastic CS graduate programs and excellent public policy programs.
A couple of my friends here at Carnegie-Mellon are getting joint Ph.D.'s is chemical engineering and public policy...they took all the classes for chemE and public policy and then did their qualifier's and thesis proposals on their central reearch topic, which were designed to have some "policy" aspects (i.e. air quality management, process and chemical system safety, etc.). Then they'll do their thesis defense in both departments as well. I'm sure MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, and other U's have similiar program combo's in graduate school.
Either way...best of luck to you!
if you do well in a community college you can usually get transfer to a state university, so I guess you should put some time into schooling now.
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