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Old 07-07-2009, 04:39 PM   #3
Don_Quixote
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I'm guessing you're starting college this fall? You can probably afford to take "middle ground" courses for your first year; if nothing else, a comp sci minor goes well with just about anything. I started off kinda split between physics and CS, and although i haven't really made up my mind yet, i'm finding that I definitely enjoy the CS classes a LOT more, which could very well be an indicator on which career i'd enjoy more...

The upside to CS (like movicontr mentioned) is that you'll be out of school ~6 years earlier. Those 6 years can really do a lot to bridge the starting salary gap between CS and medicine. For that matter, I don't think there's anything to say a CS major couldn't go to med school. That's kind of the sort of stuff i'm looking at actually (using CS in medical imaging, eg magnetic resonance imaging and stuff). I'm not really the 10+ years of school type though, so i'll be stopping with a B.S.C.S. lol
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