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The Unintelligible wrote:ITT: Charles proud of his accomplishment and subtly trying to show off.
C0FFINCASE wrote:My drummer is a duel physics and math major. my sister's boyfriend's sister is the same and a certified genius. The former plays drums in my band and the latter drives a city bus. Math is totally power.
Charles Stover wrote:I almost double majored with math, but I'm already a year behind, so I didn't want to take the extra semester(s).
And you don't stop with a Bachelor's in Physics. They should have got their Master's or PhD, which is where the math minor really comes in useful for non-computing majors (for computing majors, it's helpful at the Bachelor level).
Flareboy323 wrote:I'm thinking of doing a masters in Comp Sci, do you think a minor in math would be useful to me at all for computer security/computer programming/reverse engineering jobs? I would go for a PhD in Comp Sci, but I don't feel like giving anything I ever invent to the university I get my PhD from. The only thing that would really affect me staying at college for a long time is how much money I can throw into it for tuition and stuff. I would love to stay for a super long time and be able to take classes on all of the things that interest me, but that's SOOOO expensive. Like right now, I've bypassed the computer level at all of the highschools near me, so I've been looking for comp sci or programming classes at colleges near me, but they're all either for enrolled students only, or cost a fuckton of money.
Charles Stover wrote:A math minor for computer programmers is more common than any/no minor. It is absolutely beneficial. Moreso for that major than probably any other major.
The only time you'd have to give what you invent to the university is if you have a working agreement with them. Those don't usually last more than a few years after graduating, if it's even mandatory at all. After the contract is up (which is essentially you paying for your education after you receive it, mind you; not them just stealing your shit), you can leave the university if you want and make whatever under your own name. Even though you do still get credit for work you do under a university. It'd just say e.g. "by Flareboy, University of Dicksucking" or something to that effect.
You should be able to take programming classes as a freshman. Aim for scholarships. FAFSA and academic scholarships should be more than enough to get your through college for hardly any more than room and board (which is free if the college is close to your home). Graduate programs (after your Bachelor's) are usually free, which is why they require you work for them. Or I should word it, graduate programs almost always offer an option wherein you can work for them as an alternative to paying tuition/board/etc. fees.
Flareboy323 wrote:As for scholarships, the only chance I'll have at one is if I develop and sell some really cool computer software and someone starts looking at me. I hate to say it, but I've ruined my highschool GPA. I get too distracted in my classes, they're boring to me. I spend my entire time in my classes either making up complicated problems and solving them, or learning more advanced subjects like calculus and stuff. For example, I had a chemistry class where the teacher would say "1 zoop = 4.5 zips, 1 zip = 17 zaps, 1 zap = 59 uerps" and we would have to figure out how many blank equaled how many blank. The teacher came over to my desk near the end of class and said "323, why is your page completely blank? You're not supposed to be doing other homework" because she saw I was playing with my calculator "Oh, I'm not doing other homework, and I just finished the worksheet. Watch!" and I showed her how I had made algorithms for each program where you could first pick what unit you were translating, whether it be zoops, zips, zaps, or uerps, and then pick what unit you were translating it to. Then you would enter the number of the first unit, and it would give you how many of the second unit it was. Then, using my calculator programs I developed, I finished the worksheet in about 30 seconds. On the test, she used the same formula for all of the problems, so I created an algorithm for the first problem, and finished the test in about two minutes, just inputting values. She got pretty mad at that, we're not allowed to use graphing calculators anymore.
But yeah, so I get distracted in all of my classes, I don't feel they're advanced enough, but I can't focus enough to just test out of them. It's really annoying. I always forget to do homework too, which sucks.
But yeah.
Charles Stover wrote:I almost double majored with math, but I'm already a year behind, so I didn't want to take the extra semester(s).
And you don't stop with a Bachelor's in Physics. They should have got their Master's or PhD, which is where the math minor really comes in useful for non-computing majors (for computing majors, it's helpful at the Bachelor level).
Charles wrote:tl;dr - College academic scholarships are only dependent on your high school GPA for the first semester or two. If you can maintain a high GPA after your first semester, they will totally ignore your high school grades. A college hasn't looked at my high school GPA since 2009. Once you get some credit hours, that's all they care about. So I'd say at worst, if you actually try to succeed at college, you'll only have to pay for one semester. Maybe 2 if the policy is that you have to have a year's worth of credits for the scholarship.
Stormie wrote:I'm terrified of math. It's insanely hard for me to retain. Also, I have my college entrance exam in a month, and have to basically learn everything I never did in highschool math. muhhfgkldf. thanks for the reminder, charlie.
Charles Stover wrote:Pffft, no sympathy. Wait until you take the grad school entrance exam. It lasts four hours.
C0FFINCASE wrote:GRE, MAT, LSAT. Shotgunning them over the next three months. Whoot whoot.