I’ve looked at Purdue’s website and I think @MYOS1634 and @mom2collegekids are right. I don’t think Computer Technology is “almost the same” as Computer Science at all. The CT program is from the Purdue Polytechnic Institute. The CS program is from the College of Science.
Check the courses required for each major. Computer Technology seems geared for people who want to be IT consultants or network administrators. It has a lot of database and systems courses. Those are just one small part of Computer Science.
The Computer Science major has different [url=<a href=“https://www.cs.purdue.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/bachelor.html%5Dtracks%5B/url”>https://www.cs.purdue.edu/undergraduate/curriculum/bachelor.html]tracks[/url]. The range of courses offered in CS is much broader than what’s available in CT. They offer graphics, artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, algorithms, compilers, programming languages, cryptography, and machine learning.
Do you have to get accepted into the College of Science to be considered for the CS program? I know some colleges have majors that are really difficult to get into, but I don’t know if Purdue is one of them. If you aren’t sure if you’ll want to stay in CT make sure you’ll be allowed to switch to CS later on.