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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with the student who dropped CS in CMU. CS is harder than most people realize and you need to also be wired in a certain way to do well in it. And, it is not only the education part that is hard. Every day of your tech/programmer job can be hard if you do not have an interest and flair for it, because you have to continue to learn and keep up with new technology. My kid is doing CS in UMD. He had applied to CMU for CS but did not get accepted. I fully admit that my DS's immaculate and exceptional academic record maybe did not give the whole picture to the school. They had to rely on other data points to make a determination. But, I feel none of these things - academic record, ECs, demographics, essays - actually clued anyone to the fact that some kids are preternaturally good at CS. [/quote]
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