My cousin may not be able to get into a computer science or engineering major in his university at all due to some unfair transfer rules at their school. I recommended math with a minor in cs is this the next best thing to do. Hopefully they can double major but they cant bet on that. What does blind think? Has anyone had success with a math major in cs? Will my cousin be able to get interviews with a math major and cs minor? Thank you.
Math is fine with some focus. 99% of the math major graduates I’ve met never actually figured out what they wanted to do with it and have no marketable skills on graduation. If he can truly focus in on the minor and applies the math major to it well he should do pretty well. Software engineering is a great major if offered and considered transferable. I’d avoid the IT ones - while some may prepare you decently, I feel there is a stigma around that.
I studied physics with a cs minor and turned out okay
Alternative: Do they have a management information systems degree? That with a CS minor and internships will produce the same results without a crazy workload. TBH internships make a big difference. In my career I can’t say anyone really cared about my 4yr major...but when they saw my internships 🤩...
That was the other thing I suggested to him was mis
It can be a good route, it skips a lot of the useless academic CS stuff that you don’t really need and like others have said if there are gaps you’ll fill those in with your leetcode interview prep anyway. The business knowledge is valuable. Really helps out if you want to start a business later on or if you want management or PM roles later. Also due to the nature of the classes and the number of nondependent ones you can really load your schedule up and finish quick.
If they can leet they can code
Math is good, he could easily transition to ML or data science.
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As long as he can leet...
Will they get interviews though?
Or yeet