First, a bit in the way of preface. I'm currently at the Univ of Washington, as a late 2nd year premajor. I started programming as a hobby when I was 12, and have more or less intended all along the way to major in CS or CE. However, things are not the effortless sailing that it seems so many people are able to achieve. In High School, I wasn't particularily great at math I thought, although my school didn't offer too many challenging courses, and so I often got good grades.
Anyone who's at the UW and is in the CS program, or is trying to be, knows that it is hopelessly competitive for those who don't have excellent grades. This is my category; I've got about a 3.25 GPA in my math/physics prereqs (3.4 total college GPA), including the 2 intro programming classes (my sole 4.0s), calc 1/2/3, phys 1/2/3, diff eq, linear algebra, and several engineering classes.
At first I was pretty happy with my grades -- Until I started trying to get into CS, and realized that you're pretty much out of luck unless you have far better grades than that. So now I'm looking at transferring to a university where I'd be able to major in CS.
This is where I really, desperately need help. I'm more or less certain that I want to major in CS, and the math doesn't scare me (much, anyways). What I want is to transfer to a school that has a good CS program, that would still be possible for me to get into. Truthfully, I have no clue about which schools would be a good choice -- the whole college acceptance circus was something I gladly left behind. Many of the choices mentioned here in previous threads are for those who are extremely proficient in maths, and so are probably out of the question for me. It's not possible to retake classes here, so I have to live with my grades as they are. Diff Eq is the only one that I did truly bad in (C), and I fear that it's going to drag me down..I should have dropped. but I digress.
The biggest thing though, is that wherever I end up, I want to be in a CS program that, though it maybe ain't top-tier, is still a quality program, with students who are really interested in the subject.
Any ideas that folks can come up with is one other option for me to check out! If you're in a similar situation gradewise and are in a CS program at a college, what do you think of your school/ the program?
Another related question, is that I could stay at the UW if I instead majored in applied math, while also taking non-major CS classes. Any thoughts about this option, or am I really better off going elsewhere to get a true CS degree?
Anyone who's at the UW and is in the CS program, or is trying to be, knows that it is hopelessly competitive for those who don't have excellent grades. This is my category; I've got about a 3.25 GPA in my math/physics prereqs (3.4 total college GPA), including the 2 intro programming classes (my sole 4.0s), calc 1/2/3, phys 1/2/3, diff eq, linear algebra, and several engineering classes.
At first I was pretty happy with my grades -- Until I started trying to get into CS, and realized that you're pretty much out of luck unless you have far better grades than that. So now I'm looking at transferring to a university where I'd be able to major in CS.
This is where I really, desperately need help. I'm more or less certain that I want to major in CS, and the math doesn't scare me (much, anyways). What I want is to transfer to a school that has a good CS program, that would still be possible for me to get into. Truthfully, I have no clue about which schools would be a good choice -- the whole college acceptance circus was something I gladly left behind. Many of the choices mentioned here in previous threads are for those who are extremely proficient in maths, and so are probably out of the question for me. It's not possible to retake classes here, so I have to live with my grades as they are. Diff Eq is the only one that I did truly bad in (C), and I fear that it's going to drag me down..I should have dropped. but I digress.
The biggest thing though, is that wherever I end up, I want to be in a CS program that, though it maybe ain't top-tier, is still a quality program, with students who are really interested in the subject.
Any ideas that folks can come up with is one other option for me to check out! If you're in a similar situation gradewise and are in a CS program at a college, what do you think of your school/ the program?
Another related question, is that I could stay at the UW if I instead majored in applied math, while also taking non-major CS classes. Any thoughts about this option, or am I really better off going elsewhere to get a true CS degree?
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