Carnegie Mellon CS - Worried About Experience

mercurians
Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:51:09 +0000

Hi, I was recently accepted into the CMU Computer Science program and I’m really worried about the lack of experience I have. From what I’ve heard, most CS students start at CMU already having extensive knowledge about programming, etc. I have almost none, barring the little bit of Python I’ve been learning on my own time and what I’ve picked up from Robotics (where I’m in mechanical). Does the school accommodate for beginners with intro classes and such or do they really expect everyone to come in with a lot of prior knowledge?