<p>why are people talking about registering for classes august 1st?.. now that I got this information arent I done with classes? what more do i have to do?</p>
<p>and is it normal to have the computer skills workshop even though i took ap compsci?</p>
<p>and is it normal to be in 36201 STATS REASON PRACTCE even with a 4 in ap stats?.. if i got a 5 would i be exempt from 36201 STATS REASON PRACTCE?</p>
<p>and is it normal to have a class that will be of no use the my major… i am enrolled in abnormal psychology but am thinking of trying to switch from H&SS into comp sci or something and do not want to waste a class on psych when i could be showing off my compsci skills or taking care of some other prereqs… </p>
<p>“and is it normal to have a class that will be of no use the my major”
You have to meet many requirements to graudate from SCS. One of them is take a few non-major courses.</p>
<p>One CS requirement is a psychology class (well, there’s several choices, but abnormal psychology fills the requirement). However, if you’re serious about switching to CS, you should probably take a CS class this semester since there’s 3-4 semesters of sequential classes. What is your programming background, and what major will you be if you stay in H&SS?</p>
<p>If you had gotten a 5 on the AP stat test, you would receive credit for 36-201; I don’t think 4s receive credit but I’m not sure. 36-201 is required for H&SS but does not meet the requirement for the statistics class for CS majors (36-217, 36-225, or 36-625). Perhaps you should try taking a CS class in place of statistics.</p>
<p>Registering for classes depends on major. Apparently H&SS people are already registered, CS people can register once their advisor approves their schedule, and CIT people will be able to register August 1.</p>
<p>All incoming students take CSW; there’s no way out of it.</p>
<p>If you want to switch into CS, definitely take a CS class first semester and do well in it. Transferring into CS internally is no easier than getting into SCS in the first place, keep that in mind.</p>
<p>I only know two of the instructors you got (Schaeffer and Klepper) and they’re both excellent.</p>
<p>thanks for the help guys. Ill try to switch that stats class to a comp sci class. i hated stats so much.</p>
<p>as for my programming background… I took ap comp sci but still have not got back scores. i honestly have an innate talent with computers and have spent most my life exploring them so im not worried about that. </p>
<p>what programming class should i try to get into to keep the doors open for SCS?</p>
<p>and now that i have gotten this list everything i have to do for signing up for these classes is done, right?</p>
<p>I think 15-200 is a good fit for you. It’s meant for students with previous programming experience but not enough discrete math background for 15-211. I think that’s what any faculty advisor would recommend (although the ease of getting into it might depend on your AP score).</p>
<p>before i go and try to get that stats class changed- will it be useful for anything?</p>
<p>I am not sure what I want to do at CMU but I do have an idea. I would like to either do Comp sci, business, or computational finance. Will this particular stats class help me with any of that or is it just an H&SS thing?</p>
<p>and I do not need to pick an H&SS major because I wont be staying there… but it would be econ.</p>
<p>I agree with ThinkDifferent that 15-200 is probably the right programming class. If you’re really serious about switching CS, you could even try to get into the majors sections, which is taught by Pattis (last year there was a creative writing major in the CS majors section).</p>
<p>From what I hear (and the papers left in the room after class), 36-201 seems to be a basic, introductory statistics class that covers what AP stats covers.</p>
<p>Statistics & Intro CS (defined as 15-100, 15-111, and 15-200) Requirements:
Computational Finance: 36-201, 36-217 or 36-225, 15-100 and 15-200
Economics: 36-201, 36-217 or 36-225, 15-100
Computer Science: 36-217 or 36-226, 15-100 and 15-200
Business: 15-100, some random business probability course
Information Systems: 36-201 and one of several classes that has 36-201 ans a pre-req, 15-111 or (15-100 and 15-200)</p>
<p>Look at the IS major in the catalog (link ThinkDifferent gave), I think it might interest you.</p>
<p>Don’t assume that you’ll be able to switch majors. However, if you think you’ll major in computational finance, I don’t think there’s much wrong with taking 15-200 now instead and 36-201 later.</p>
<p>Edit: and the psych courses with 36-201 as a pre-req will take 36-225 instead.</p>
<p>thanks everyone. im not taking this transfer process at lightly at all- which is why i am confident I will reach my goal.</p>
<p>i sent my advisor an email asking to change the stats to 15-200 or 76-101… 76-101 looks like a class i should get out of the way as soon as possible and nice to have a little variety. i think computational finance is what ill shoot for maybe with a double major in business or minor in comp sci or something so no rush with 15-200.</p>
<p>the 36-225 and 15-200 combo seems to be what i should go for.</p>
<p>krazykow- what are those requirements you listed? if i fulfill all of those am i done with stats for good? and it is kind of weird that the 15-100 and 15-200 comp sci classes can fill in for some stats classes…</p>
<p>edit; and can i count on majoring in computational finance or is it a real challenge to get accepted? is this program a big deal or do so few people apply to it that accepting less than 10 people is still not so selective</p>