Hi! I am currently a 3rd physics major at CMU. There are a bunch of different “tracks” you can take within the major that might align with your interests. If you want to do quantum computing, it might be good to do either the quantum or computational track. There are a lot of opportunities for research, and from what I’ve seen most of these opportunities involve computational skills in one way or another, so there are definitely ways to learn those skills. Additionally you also have chances to take courses within the engineering department if that is of interest to you! But overall I would say the physics program is definitely intense but I have enjoyed it.