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[quote=Anonymous]At the moment, Computer Science has wide variance from one university to another.

At some schools, UMCP is reportedly an example, one must apply directly from HS to UMCP’s CS Department (transfers into CS later are theoretically possible, but also are hard and statistically unlikely).

At other schools, VT reportedly is an example, one applies to the Engineering school, but only is allowed to request CS as a major if one achieves a certain minimum GPA after a certain point time (not sure of details, maybe by end of 1st year).

At yet other schools, and UVa seems to be an example, there are multiple paths to slightly different CS degrees.  Once can be admitted to Arts & Sciences and later request admission into their BA CS degree (requires a certain set of courses with a certain GPA to be accepted) OR one can apply to the Engineering school and get a BS CS degree (again, certain prereqs and a minimum GPA are required).

There are still other colleges where the CS degree is not so restrictive to get into, but CS programs are in high overall demand these days, so fewer and fewer schools are like this.[/quote]

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