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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd recommend as many CS courses as possible.

With two kids, one interested in engineering, I've gone to a ton of zoom info sessions/"meet the students" sessions, etc.

I recall a 'meet the students' session at UCLA (specifically, a session targeting minority students) where a CS student said that the profs know that not all schools offer a lot of CS courses and will meet you where you are.  She said she worked her butt off but by end of sophomore year, felt she'd caught up with peers.  (I took this to say that it's possible to get admission with few CS courses, but it's a hard road, and perhaps this admission is targeted at low income schools and not schools where several CS courses are an option.)

I also saw a comment from a UMD admissions person for CS who said they explicitly look at whether the applicant took a lot of CS courses, joined CS/engineering related clubs, etc when doing admissions decisions.

For most majors, they don't expect kids to really start down the road for their major as early as HS.  But CS admissions is really competitive right now.  So if a serious interest, then do your best to learn as much CS as possible in HS-- both for admissions, and to succeed once there.[/quote]

Good idea, but do a lot of schools offer many CS classes?  My kid's HS has a challenging science/math track, but the only CS courses are principles of CS (which he has deemed a waste of time?) and the one with java programming (which he's taking now).

I've often wondered how colleges would view it if my kid were to take fewer classes senior year in HS, say MV Calc, AP Eng Lit, AP Physics and the required P.E., and also take programming course and CS-relevant math courses online through CC or some other college.

Anyone know if this is possible and how it would go over from a college admissions standpoint?
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