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>I personally think the biggest reason to go to college is that it's just plain fun. A rare chance in your life to have very few responsibilities and explore be
by mikevm 14y ago
>I personally think the biggest reason to go to college is that it's just plain fun. A rare chance in your life to have very few responsibilities and explore being yourself.
Doing a CS major (or probably any other science) barely leaves you with any free time, and let's face it, it's not exactly the pinnacle of fun.
- yesimahuman 14y agoI did a CS major and had plenty of free time. That being said, I made subconscious efforts to not try too hard in school :)
- prawks 14y agoAs a CS major, I agree with your first statement, but wholly disagree with the latter. I thoroughly enjoyed my studies, even though they were rigorous. I majored in CS because I enjoyed it. It was plenty worth it at graduation when I could look back and say I actually accomplished something as well.
- mikevm 14y agoI'm currently in my 2nd year, and from what I gather most of the people aren't enjoying it so far. The first year was mostly pure math (Mathematical Analysis I & II, Linear Algebra I & II, Discrete Math, Intro to Probability) + a few comp sci courses (Scheme, Java and a very abstract Data Structures course). I came to computer science from a software engineering perspective and less from a theoretical one, so that is probably why I'm not having a ball ;-) Hopefully in the 3rd year, once I get to pick electives I will enjoy it much more.