CS is definitely a competitive field, so I’m TERRIFIED of applying into it! But, I’m not going to sacrifice studying what I want for a better chance of getting in, so I guess I’ve just gotta settle with maybe a couple more rejections. Oh whale.
My counselor’s recommended me a lot of schools to look at, and I’m pretty sure we’ll have an actual sit-down and whittle-down session once we go back to school. I guess we’ll see what that looks like!
To answer your question about what I want in a college—that’s a darn good question, and honestly, I’m not sure if I have one single answer to it. Some parts of me want to have the big college experience, going to football games and all that. Another part wants a tiny liberal arts vibe where I spend my Wednesday nights going to open mic nights and sit in lowly-lit coffee shops playing board games with my school friends. Another part wants some combination of the two. It’s been really difficult for me to tell exactly what I want.