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> Most 1st year university students will have never programmed in their life What? That's completely untypical for me - I would expect that in a university wit
by golergka 8y ago
> Most 1st year university students will have never programmed in their life
What? That's completely untypical for me - I would expect that in a university with decent admission competition (don't know how these things work in US exactly) students that get in know at least a couple of high-level programming languages in addition to taking part in programming competition and general geekiness like brainfuck.
- cm2187 8y agoFor kids straight out of high school? Some certainly will. But many are just good students who are going for a general college degree with a major in computer science.
- joppy 8y agoThe point of university is to learn, not to already know the course content by the time you get there. Plenty of high-school students may not have taken any computer science subjects during school, but may wish to get a degree in computer science. Universities with decent admission competition value well-rounded, high-achieving students. Such students are involved in a lot of co-curricular activities, may take many subjects, and have broad interests. It's perfectly reasonable to expect that they simply never had the time to learn multiple programming languages and compete in programming competitions, in addition to whatever else they do.