Deferred from UW Madison EA 2024

To date all who desire the CS major can do it if they meet prerequisites.The elite students will likely take some classes for honors and more math.

btw- it is a misconception that CS is a harder major than some others. The difficulty of a major is determined by aptitude and background. For some math is easy but writing difficult. I would consider a math major more difficult than a CS one because of the abstract thought processing needed. btw- some CS and math courses are cross listed (ie same class but course listing in both depts).

A great thing about UW is that an entering student is not confined to the proposed major they enter with- or even school/college. Some majors have space limitations that make them competitive. Perhaps in the future CS will have limitations due to its vastly increased popularity in recent years. Supply and demand economics- not difficulty.

Students with less ability will likely find upper level courses too difficult to succeed in and will not graduate with any given major. Some with a poorer HS background may need to work harder, take more courses to succeed in any given major.

Let’s not glorify CS. Just another average major for those with a math bent instead of other fields. Remember that CS majors will pursue jobs in varying diversity of work and levels of skills needed to do well.

disclosure- son honors math major who added the CS major and now in CS work.