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[quote=Anonymous]Kid I know tried it at UVa Eng. and ended up flopping and eventually going into liberal arts. Is your kid good at logic puzzles ("Tom was not wearing a Green shirt on Wednesday...")? Sudoku? Sequencing? Attention to detail? Tactful identification of others's stupid mistakes? I would say if your kid isn't intrinsically motivated enough to be attending the free hackathons here, writing apps, doing tutorials, etc. he probably should do sales (which often make more) or premed. Did you ask him why he wants to do computer science? If it is because he thinks it a high-paying acceptable non-hunky male profession, it likely won't work out and he'll live a miserable life with it. If he says "Discrete math was my favorite thing in the enrichment seminar in 9th grade", he'll THRIVE and it will be an amazing career path.[/quote]
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