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Of course I can admit why I went into engineering now, and that was 
because it was the only BS program that didn't require a foreign 
language.  After 2 years of high school Latin, I wasn't about to take 
another language course.  I'd had enough.

8)
Jim.

Parker McGee wrote:

>This past weekend I went to Ga Tech's Connect with Tech program. 
>Going into it, I was all "Yeah, I'm going to major in Comp Sci, no one
>can convince me to do anything else!!"  Now, they've convinced me.
>
>I've always been a sponge for knowledge.  I've never turned down the
>ability to learn something new.  During that program, I went to a
>Physics 2 class, and realized that there are actually teachers out
>there that can make Physics fun.  My AP Physics B teacher last year
>was horrible, and Calculus based Physics makes so much more sense to
>me than Algebra based.  I really, really enjoyed that class.
>
>Meanwhile, I was meeting a lot of the other Comp Sci hopefuls, and
>realized that a lot of them were the typical "l33t" computer user. 
>"Whoa!  A degree!  With computers?!  And I can build video games!?!?!?
> I'm in!!  Wait... science?  Crap!"  And also, a lot of the Comp Sci
>majors were even like that!  I don't think I could stand working with
>people like that day in and day out for the rest of my life.
>
>A good story: One of the high schoolers at the program talked all day
>about how he was going to do computer science and nothing else; how he
>loved computers and such.  Then, I was sitting behind him in the Study
>Abroad seminar when the speaker said "Oxford College's dorms were
>built in the 1300s but they even have Cat5 wiring now!"  He turned to
>the person sitting next to him and asked "What's Cat5?"
>
>Also, it seems like I'm going to be bored out of my mind for the AT
>LEAST the first two years in the Comp Sci curriculum.  It's something
>that I've enjoyed so much for the past two years that I've practically
>taught myself 2+ years of college material.  I don't mean to brag,
>that's just how it goes.  I think I can teach myself the rest of the
>things I would be able to learn in that degree in another two years. 
>The Internet is an amazing thing.  Going back to being a sponge for
>information, I don't think I can take, much less want to take,
>spending two years of college, when I could be learning tons, just
>relearning things.
>
>A good part of me wants to go get my PhD and become a college
>professor.  Now, if it's people like my Cat5 friend up there that I'm
>going to have to teach, I don't want any part of it.  I'm sure every
>major has their "l33t krew" but it seems like Comp Sci has more than
>its fair share.  I really enjoy the really out-there theory and almost
>philosophy based AI theory.  A good part of the reason I want to be a
>professor is that I will always have an excuse to learn something new.
> Like if I want to learn about a new Physics theory, I could just go
>ask my friend the Physics professor.  I feel like in a 40 hour-a-week
>job, I'm limited, and learning new things would have to be put on the
>back burner as opposed to more of a "How can this information help my
>company earn more money?" Because of this and my enjoyment of the
>Physics class I took, I'm starting to get pulled me away from a Comp
>Sci degree.  I honestly don't know what to do.
>
>Part of me says pure Physics sounds interesting, but then I question,
>"Well, what if I decide that PhD isn't for me?  What do I do with just
>a Physics degree?"  The main majors I'm starting to lean towards are
>Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.  I'm still, of
>course, thinking that maybe things aren't so bad as I think in
>Computer Science and I should give it a shot.  I honestly feel that I
>could major in anything and still be interested in it.  What I'm
>currently leaning towards is Electrical Engineering with an emphasis
>in Comp Sci, but then I go back to my original problem which is now
>amplified, I don't have enough electives to get past the boring stuff
>into the things that will actually be interesting to me.
>
>I really don't know what I should do.  Does anyone have any
>recommendations, particularly personal insights?  Anything is
>hugely(!!!) welcome!  Thanks!!
>
>Parker McGee
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