UCSD CS Program Alternatives? Could one attain a programming career with a physics degree?

SynShane
Sat, 24 Sep 2016 22:20:49 +0000

Hello!

I recently transferred to UCSD as an undeclared major, and I am going to be applying for CS major after I take a couple classes. The problem however is that the cutoff is a 4.00, so although I’d like to think I can get an A in every class I take (and not an A-) there is a possibility I may fail in my endeavors.

I love programming though and am currently working in a small startup company, have lots of personal projects and code to show on my Github, and I’m extremely certain I would like to program for a living. I had heard that the Math/CS major would be a good backup route, however as of this fall that too is impacted. I would like to declare a major to have whilst pursuing getting to the CS program so that my priority registration isn’t affected and I’ll have a backup in case I do not get in.

Right now I was thinking of Cog Sci with specialization in computation or physics. I know they’re both somewhat unrelated to a software development position, but I wanted to know if it would be a good idea to major in one of these with the intent of getting a job in development.