Accepted to MIT: should I attend?

mathboy98
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:29:03 +0000

Yes, of course. CS is going to be an important part of my undergrad curriculum, plus history and languages.
I would really like my question to be answered because I might even decide not to apply at all if it appears that you have to be necessarily math/physics oriented to even consider this school.



I’m going to say again what’s been said - CS is not the same as software engineering. You can probably focus on what you want to do, but if you’re not generally curious about the area, and are only curious about the humanities, then I’d say there are so many other schools out there that you could consider instead. If it’s a question of “bearing math/science requirements” to access a humanities program which is good, but with little other appeal, forget it.

The real question is what this school offers you that others don’t, and perhaps I missed it, but I haven’t seen enough of a focus on this in your questions.

Basically, I think it’s been beaten to death that you’re not going to die because you have to take a few general math/science requirements. But the story just barely begins there…