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The majority of CS students (including MIT) never studied CS before coming to college. Unless you propose MIT/CMU/Stanford/Berkeley/etc. only admit people to th
by argonaut 11y ago
The majority of CS students (including MIT) never studied CS before coming to college. Unless you propose MIT/CMU/Stanford/Berkeley/etc. only admit people to their intro CS classes who have studied CS before (chicken and egg problem, anyone?).
- thaumasiotes 11y agoWell, MIT's intro calculus classes are overwhelmingly for people who have studied calculus before. Making it an actual requirement wouldn't change much.
- hga 11y agoErrr, when did this happen? As of 1979, the 18.01 I took matched what I understand is the the AP Calculus BC sequence, and while having previous exposure to the calculus certainly helped, it wasn't assumed.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoHow many freshmen come to MIT having never studied calculus?
- argonaut 11y ago1) MIT definitely offers calculus classes for people who haven't taken calculus, although obviously these people are in the minority. 2) Most high schools don't offer CS. 99% of high schools offer some form of calculus.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoI'm just pointing out that there's no "chicken-and-egg problem" with MIT requiring CS exposure for its intro CS classes.