do I double major or do I keep my will to live
hi guys! incoming co30 here trying to decide whether to major in CS or Applied Math, except if I major in applied math I basically add one course and it becomes double major in CS so the choice becomes:
- CS Major: leaves a lot more room in my schedule to take the fun classes that I might want to take. like I won't die if I don't have the room to take them but boy would it be nice. slightly worried about the career prospects though, esp since I'm not really interested in selling my soul or doing quant (corporate wants you to find the difference between this picture and that picture- )
- Applied Math/CS major: more career prospects (and if you ask me I'm slightly very slightly more of a math person than a CS person) and more... safety? i guess in the job market. also applied math does sound interesting to me, I'd probably take probability and diffeq even without the major requirement. However, I mapped out the requirements for both majors and double majoring or even just majoring in applied math leaves me a lot less space for classes I want outside of my field.
And yes, I looked at the Math + CS option but it has roughly the same number of courses as AMTH and much less classes I wanna take, so that option's already out.
Thoughts? Advice? esp. from any CS majors going into industry it'd be nice to get a grasp on what the CS scene is like at Yale beyond quant