Re: CS as a major??

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: : Hello : : I was wondering if i could get some opinions. This has nothing to do with Project 4, but i need some serious opinions. I wanted to do CS when I was in HS b/c of course the money, but I also had a very good(and easy) hs programming teacher. So everyone tried to scare me out of CS when i came to UT, and i decided to go for it b/c i liked computers and i saw nothing else to do. So i took Seaman for 307, and almost made an 'a'. So i was like, well maybe i am really cut out for this. In CS 315, i had a lot of help from a friend of mine, but i think i learned a lot and got a B. CS 310 I had to take twice, but actually enjoyed learning it the second time around the right way. PHL 313K I enjoyed (b/c I had Dever) and actually made an A. CS 336 was a joke with Emerson, we overed hardly anything at all and almost made a B. So now im taking this class and feel completely lost. It seems im lost when it comes to C++ syntax and putting together these projects. I feel very overwhelmed and am beginning to think im not made for CS. I actually dont like coding at all, i actually hate it. But i love problem solving and the abstract concepts of CS.Basically, i wanna drop this class and switch to business. How feasible do you guys think this is, and is it a good idea. If I drop this class, id have a 3.24 gpa and a year of easy business school basics to bring it up to at most a 3.4 - 3.5. Could i get in the bschool with that? I just feel im so far into CS, ive wasted so much, but i dont think i wanna code like this, ever! I wanna make a lot of money, but i think business would be a lot easier and more worth the effort. What do yall think? Im ready to drop this damn class and this damn major! I cant even get an Internship anywhere. I just feel really lost and wanted some opinions. : : Thnakds alot : : Sad and Lost : : Hey. : Here is my story and may be it'll help you to : make a decision: : I'v always loved Math. I liked problem solving, : I liked that feeling when you find the best and the : most efficient soultion. If not for money, I would : go to the Math department. : At first I was really bad in Math. I couldn't : solve any problem. I thought Math is something : terrible and not understandible at all. And : then my mom helped me a lot. I went : to a high school with extencive learning of : Math and Physics. And finally I came to the point : where I thought I knew everything in Math. : I could find an approach to any problem. : Why? : Experience... : There was no such problem in Math that I didn't : tackle before at least once. : I think if I wait a little bit more, : I will have the same feeling about CS. : It's always hard at the beginning. And yes, : we're at the very beginning. : If you decide to follow an easy way, would you feel : satisfied at the end? Would you feel that : you did everything you could to reach your goal? : Or would you think you gave up just because : you were too weak to proceed? : : I do not want to abuse anybody, but here's : what i think about bussiness major: : I wanted to get a business foundations certificate. : I took MIS 311F last semester. : Before each lecture the womens restroom was flooded : with sororaty (however this word is spelled) girls. : They were all blonds, all with a fake tan, all with : blue eyes and all without a single thought in there : "mind". : They were putting make-up, fighting for the : better place in front of the mirror. They were : talking on the cell phones ("OH MY GOOOOOOOOOD! : MY BOYFRIEND IS GAAAAAAAAAY!!!!) etc. : And then they would enter the class room. Like an : army, marching to their seats. : They would seat in the class and : keep asking stupid questions like: : "Oh my GOOOOOOD, STANDARD DEVIATION, what is it? : Oh, I can't remember this formula. Could you : please give it to me on the exam? OH MY GOOOOD!!!" : I was sitting there and feeling I was waisitng : my time and money. : I didn't learn anything new in this class. : I think I even became more stupid because of dealing : with all those stupid people. : I got an "A" without any effort. : And I wouldn't ever take any business class again. : Again sorry if I've hurt somebodys feelings. : So my point is: : take one business class next semester. Look at the : people around you, look at all those "empty" faces : and make your decision. : Good luck.

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