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Whatsup /sci/. Tell me, which is better.

Continue with Computer Science right now, which I'm pretty good at, and graduate with a 3.4 GPA

or switch to something practical but easy, like Business or Economics, which I could kill at and get a 3.8 .

The STEM classes have been a pain in the ass

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>> No.5485116

'we do not do things because they are easy. we do them because they're hard.'

>> No.5485120

Moot should just rename this board to "/1st year undergrads & homework help/" because very little science & math gets discussed here.

>> No.5485124

>>5485073
Let me restate your dilemma for you OP.

"To be a faggot, or not to be a faggot, that is the question."

>> No.5485131

>>5485120
when people ask questions you faggots assume it's homework, they should rename the board "faggots who think their smart but r udmb"

>> No.5485140

OP stay with Computer Science

>> No.5485147

>>5485073
>implying CS courses are anything close to difficult
>implying the CS courses are comparable to real STEM ones
>implying getting anything less than a 4.0 excusable with CS courses
>implying that econometrics and quantitative economics are not in STEM

>> No.5485172

>I'm too stupid for [retardly easy subject]
>I want to switch into [difficult subject]
>I'm sure I can get a 3.8

What makes you think you can do econ when trivial cs classes kicked your ass?

>> No.5485185

>>5485073

>practical and easy
>implying CS is not practical and easy

The job market in CS is much better than the job market in economics or business. A 3.4 GPA is literally a B+ at my University, and it's quite far from shitty.

What year are you?

>> No.5485189

>>5485172
Economy is pretty fucking simple bro.

At least CS requires some abstract thinking. Economy is basically regurgitation and simple concepts.

>> No.5485202

>>5485189
only at the undergrad level.

>> No.5485207

Damn guys the mad in here is astronomical. I acknowledge I'm not good enough to excel in something like a Physics major. It's just that I have a wide skillset so I was pondering the pros and cons.

Nice input fellas

>> No.5485210

>>5485172

It wasn't the CS courses that kicked my ass it was my Physics course. I have Discrete Math and Linear Algebra ahead of me and I'm just considering the possibilities. I'm actually really good at the CS coursework, the elective maths and sciences are pretty time consuming though.

>> No.5485222

>>5485207

I/sci/ is, by definition, madder than Madeleine McCann

Also the reasons you gave for switching from CS to Business or Economics were practicality and ease of GPA advancement, even though your GPA is quite fine the way it is and the job market for business and economics is terrible compared to CS. It's competitive, in the sense that employers are competing with *eachother* to hire new CS's as quickly as possible due to a shortage of labour.

I mean, there are dozens of videos on YouTube made by bitter post-grads about how worthless their degree is in the job market, "So you want to go to business school", and these seem to be for almost all the fields out there, except exist for Computer Science.

>> No.5485268

>>5485222

Here's the crux of my crisis: I'm a social guy, and I don't want to be stuck in some corporate basement as a codemonkey. I've always been exceptional at writing, and everyone urged me to major in it, but I figured there was no point paying to be taught something you naturally mastered. CS piqued my interest, and despite everyone's intentions I chose a STEM field for challenge and new learning. Now I'm second guessing myself and wondering if I've been a fool.

>> No.5485341

Stay with CS and take some econ and stats classes here and there.

>> No.5485426

>>5485341
That's been my main directive

>> No.5485441

OP, I have a 3.4 GPA in CS. I'm about to graduate and got an offer for 67k plus a 2k starting bonus in a low taxes/low cost of living area. Meanwhile, my friends in business are still going to career fairs or contemplating taking a year to find themselves or something.

Stick with CS.

>> No.5485446

>>5485172
undergrad econ is one of the most laughably easy fields of study in modern academia, i havent taken any CS classes but there is no way they could possibly be less challenging, hell russian language classes are more challenging and i got As without doing any of the homework all semester

>> No.5485453

>>5485210

If you're really good at CS, just do CS. I sucked at Physics my freshman year too, but after that it was golden.

>> No.5485498

How about you stop fucking around so much after class and actually study OP?

>> No.5485534

>>5485268
>listen and you won't regret
>be true to yourself
>don't miss your chance
>and you won't end up like the fool who ripped his pants

>> No.5485543

You should keep doing what you're good at.

>> No.5486459

>>5485543

I honestly believe there is no more anyone could manually teach me in writing that I would consider helpful to my talent at this level anymore. I'm not trying to sound arrogant but the only peoples' opinions I tend to entertain are from actual masters at it, most of whom are long dead.

>>5485441
>>5485453

thanks guys, It's kind of pathetic that I'm considering wimping out but I can't force my mind to not do it.

I'm just trying not to fuck up my future in the early stages with ill-guided motive. Just an immature crisis.

>> No.5486818

>>5485189
>At least CS requires some abstract thinking

AHAHAHAHAHa, no.