What to major in college...

[bmacd]

Originally posted by: Bkas
Depends on the college. Some majors have pretty crappy professors and you may be turned off after the first one or two classes (but they usually get better when you get into the higher stuff).

As for something like CS, my mom has been doing CS-related stuff for 20 years (and she's quite good at it); she, however, is very bored with it (and very tired of it). She sort of hates sitting around looking at code or doing systems analysis and stuff. Of course, she's working for the state government.

Like others have said, just take a few varied courses first couple of semesters to see what you like. I'm starting as a frosh this year as well, and I've gotten enough AP credit to where I have plenty of room to try other stuff out.

my gf goes to Western Michigan University and she was going to major in elementary education, but she didn't like the program director/department head/whoever is in charge of elementary education, so she changed to communications.

-=bmacd=-

 

[Gibson486]

Einz....Where you headed too? Boston University? northeastern? Harvard? MIT?

 

[Bkas]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Bkas


Too much Half-Life, dude. Too much.

But, this being a tech forum, I wouldn't be surprised if that's his reason .

Was he a theoretical physicist? I think that Max Plank and Schrodenger (sp) are the people I look up to most in the field. I want to do something positive for science.

So do I, which is why I'm doing applied physics, so I can actually get into developmental stuff. But, to each his own.

Of course, I don't know how much money you can actually make as a theoretical physicist...but I figure you can always just work at a post-doctoral fellow at a University and conduct research and teach stuff...

 

[SUBxWRX]

i want to be a lab rat for medical marijuana

 

[Darien]

So do I, which is why I'm doing applied physics, so I can actually get into developmental stuff. But, to each his own.

Of course, I don't know how much money you can actually make as a theoretical physicist...but I figure you can always just work at a post-doctoral fellow at a University and conduct research and teach stuff...

Doh...I like theoretical physics...

<--- currently a physics major. not a clue what to do with it

 

[Synoptic]

Originally posted by: Bignate603

Originally posted by: Synoptic
Well, you will surely figure it out. I wanted to be a mechanical engineer since my freshman year in high school, then I dropped that halfway through my first semester in college. I am now in Computer Science, not to be a programmer, but this way I will have a better understanding of a computer and it's internal workings. Then off to get my masters in MIS. My main concern is to not be a simple tech for the rest of my life, but I digress, Computer Science is fun, and some universities even have tracks that are a little less programming intensive with focii (?) on different aspects of the computer.

I think computer engineering, like somebody else suggested would give you more of an idea what's actually going on in the computer. CS would be more coding then how the hardware works.

Actually I agree with you, and I thought about doing that, but I want to go into computer security, preferably for the FBI (who want CS degrees), and I like software better than hardware anyways.

 

[Synoptic]

Originally posted by: bmacd


my gf goes to Western Michigan University and she was going to major in elementary education, but she didn't like the program director/department head/whoever is in charge of elementary education, so she changed to communications.

-=bmacd=-

Dude, nothing against your gf, I have a lot of friends who have done the same thing, but if she wanted to do education, why didn't she transfer to a different school? I may be wrong here, but doesn't it make more sense to transfer and do something you like than to stay in the same place and switch majors? I ended up doing that, as much as I loved (and still do) the school I was at, I didn't like their CS department, so I transfered to a diff. school. I am guessing there is more to your GF's situation than you posted, but it gave me an opportunity to make a point

 

[rgwalt]

Be a chemical engineer.

Thats what I did, and I didn't turn out too bad.

Ryan

 

[dirtboy]

You could major in flamcastery.

 

[Bkas]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Einz....Where you headed too? Boston University? northeastern? Harvard? MIT?

Harvard starts in September, so I doubt it's that. You might as well just name all of the 50 or so colleges in the area .

 

[Einz]

Originally posted by: Bkas

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Einz....Where you headed too? Boston University? northeastern? Harvard? MIT?

Harvard starts in September, so I doubt it's that. You might as well just name all of the 50 or so colleges in the area .

I'm heading off to MIT. There's no way you'd catch me in Harvard Yup, I'm leaving in 3 weeks and I'm getting kinda worried. I thumbed through the course guide and it doesn't offer much, because freshmen take pretty much the same classes. Thanks everyone for all of the good advice.

 

[Jfur]

Originally posted by: Einz

Originally posted by: Bkas

Originally posted by: Gibson486
Einz....Where you headed too? Boston University? northeastern? Harvard? MIT?

Harvard starts in September, so I doubt it's that. You might as well just name all of the 50 or so colleges in the area .

I'm heading off to MIT. There's no way you'd catch me in Harvard Yup, I'm leaving in 3 weeks and I'm getting kinda worried. I thumbed through the course guide and it doesn't offer much, because freshmen take pretty much the same classes. Thanks everyone for all of the good advice.

Take your time Remain focused and work hard, but follow wherever the unexpected leads you as well. You'll know by the end of the year, any sooner won't really help anyway

 

[Cattlegod]

I have 105 credits in computer engineering under my belt.

for the past 3 summers i've interned at one of the big 3 in manufacturing.

i'm debating on if i want to do things the traditinoal way or start my own company as soon as i graduate. i believe i have a solid business idea, i just have to find others willing to devote their life for the next 2-3 years to do it with me.

Honestly it doesn't matter a lot if you choose engineering, i work with a ton of MEs, i'm the only computer engineer in my whole area and it really doesn't matter, my background in education prepaired me just as much as an ME or EE degree would have.

 

[PlatinumGold]

My last graduate degree, i finished a masters degree in THEOLOGY, now i have a small systems integration business. go figure.

 

[hans007]

i'm majoring in compsci, i like programming. i really dislike having to mess with theoretical automata , state machines, electrical engineering, wave functions, physics and the like. somehow i have to learn all that. I would love to just program. oh man, if you want to learn some programming dont take compsci at ucla.