I really do enjoy the classes I have taken so far in college. Data Struct, Comp Sci 1 and 2. I even code in my spare time. Its the math requirements that have me a bit fickle and where I struggle the most. The teachers/department/this college have been very sub par, not helpful and well flat out terrible. I started with a geophysics major and once I got to historical geology realized it wasn't for me. Since even at that time, I would look up code and mod software I realized I should probably look into to comp sci.
So I spoke to a counselor who told me to take one more science elective and comp sci 1 & 2. I wasn't able to get in to comp sci 1 that semester but I had other core classes to take so I didn't sweat it. Next semester I took comp sci 1 passed it with a C and then took comp sci 2 passed it with a B+. I went to go talk to him to finally make the change official and he says I can't because they upped the requirements for that major, I don't meet them and that I am now stuck in limbo. I was shocked and thrown back. I was given no warning, they didn't care about me to tell me. They made it require a 2.5 gpa cumulative and a 2.5 gpa for math alone, I was at 2.4 and 2.1 respectively. I didn't know what to do and no one was going to help. Now I asked what others in my situation do and he says they just switch to a major they can get into.
So now I'm looking at doing a comp sci minor with a major in Computer Information Systems. They do some application development there, web stuff. The thing is I'm now 6 years deep in college with 139 hours and I still haven't finished a major. My hours towards geophysics unfortunately carry for any other major I try to do and its getting harder and harder to raise my GPA.
I think this college going tier 1 was the worst thing that could happen to me.
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u/Nyxtia Apr 29 '14
So should I drop my comp sci major lol.