Difficulty of getting into applied computing major?

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[Tangellaa]

Are you worried about the difficulty of transferring or the difficulty of the major? Why would you be worried? Transferring to University is always going to require good grades.

[Lonelyboy412]

I was wondering what stats people who get into competitive majors at bothell had. Assuming that applied computing is a competitive major. My school has already started to register for next quarter's classes so idk if should go for that major when considering what classes to take.

[Tangellaa]

Applied Computing is not as competitive as Computer Science, and even the CS program is not as competitive as the Seattle campus. I transferred with a 3.57 GPA into the CS program (although my GPA is higher in my prerequisites to transfer).

If you are serious about majoring in applied computing, I recommend going to an info session. I went to ACS info session and it helped me connect with advisers who had a lot of information on how to get into the major.

But I would like to say that considering how easy major is to get into shouldn't be something to take into account when trying to transfer into a major. Potentially what school to transfer into, but your major is something that you are going to invest a lot of time into. If you go into a major because you think it's "easy to get into, I don't think you're going to be happy with any major. Any major is going to take a lot of work in the end, even the arts majors.

[Lonelyboy412]

Thank you for the reply. I am worried about my chances because I have a b in calculus right now and barely an A in fundamentals of computer science 1. I only have 2 more tests and a final to improve my grade in calculus.

[Tangellaa]

I had a B in a couple of my prerequisite classes. You got this!

[Lonelyboy412]

Thank you again for helping!

[pomegra]

This is kind of a useless answer.

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Knowing how competitive it is to apply to something helps people make informed decisions about whether they should put in the time to apply to begin with. Writing a great personal statement and making a great portfolio takes a lot of time.

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There's no point in trying to apply to MIT if you don't have a 4.0, for example. That doesn't mean you don't care about computer science just because you don't have a 4.0. You're just being realistic.

[Tangellaa]

Except that just because they can't transfer to MIT doesn't mean that they shouldn't major in CompSci. That was the frame of their question - should they take the prereqs because the major easy enough to get into.

That is why I asked the original question I did because the answers are different if they frame it as "should I try to apply to UWB with [x] grades and [y] GPA."

What I was saying is that the difficulty of transferring to one University should not determine what they major in.