<p>@completelykate: the quote below is from SCS’s own [undergraduate program page](<a href=“http://www.cs.cmu.edu/prospectivestudents/undergraduate/index.html”>http://www.cs.cmu.edu/prospectivestudents/undergraduate/index.html</a>).</p>
<p>``* To accommodate varying high school education experiences, there are multiple entry points into the SCS curriculum, ranging from those with extensive programming knowledge to those who have never written a single line of code. A strong aptitude for math and science is more important than prior experience with computers. *´´</p>