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[quote=Anonymous]think it depends on what your kid wants to do.

My kid wants To major in
CS but also likes history and writing and music. He does well in math and chem but doesn’t LOVE them. He has friends that would choose to take math and physics and chem over writing a paper - not my kid.

Since engineering majors don’t declare specialization in the 1st yr, all take the same thing. A student who thinks he wants to major in CS engineering, could actually choose  biomedical engineer or chemical engineer when its time to declare major. They would have taken the same classes - intro engineering, cal 1, calc 2, chem, physics etc in the first years. They specialize and  take the CS ( or other major) classes later on. They would get an engineering degree with a “specialization” in CS.

My kid is applying CS inArts and sciences. He stillhas the option of taking the same CS Classes as the CS engr major, but will have to take the core (English, language, history, etc) classes instead of the physics and chem classes that he does not prefer.

At interview time they both will be on equal footing, as far as CS is concerned.

But my kid would have had better college career fir him. Because of his current interest in music and history, I love that he can take these at a higher and deeper level. Personally, I feel better not having him ”waste” time and money  taking  chemistry and physics classes that he wouldn’t enjoy or use as a programmer.

Again,it depends on the kid. 
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