Computer science at Uni

R-evans

R-evans

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I left school (with good grades) but for unforeseen circumstances I never got the chance to go to college/Uni. 9 years later and I have decided I want to study further.

Because I haven't thought about it for so long, still undecided what I would like to do.

Just wondering if anybody has studied Comp Science and if they enjoyed it?

Obviously I will need to do a foundation year, but I am a bit worried about the difficulty as it has been so long since I studied.
 
What have you been doing for 9 years? What A-Levels do you have? What other qualifications do you have? Why do you want to do Comp Sci?

The first answers will dictate how easy you will find it, and the last one will determine if you'll stick with it even if you find it hard going...
 
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What have you been doing for 9 years? What A-Levels do you have? What other qualifications do you have? Why do you want to do Comp Sci?

The first answers will dictate how easy you will find it, and the last one will determine if you'll stick with it even if you find it hard going...
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I have been working a few different jobs but not been really happy with them.

I have no A-Levels, just GCSEs.

No other quals.

My girlfriend's friend (that I don't know) reccommended it, I have only been thinking about studying for a week so just an idea.
 
R-evans said:
Just wondering if anybody has studied Comp Science and if they enjoyed it?
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I've done it and yes I enjoyed it. You must enjoy the subject to study it for four years though. If you're doing it to improve your potential wage then there's better options. Lots of smart but unemployed CS graduates out there mate.
 
Not really to improve wage, more to find a job I might possibly enjoy doing for the rest of my life.

But good to know, cheers.
 
I done it. Have since moved to other things.

I was never able to get into the programming aspect of it. Others enjoyed to program but for me it was always boring and I think I never really got the fundamentals of programming to quite sink in. By the time I realised this I was 60-70% through university and couldn't face starting a different course.

I would have been much better in a business orientated it course.

So my advice would be to find out exactly what it is you like about computing and make sure you pick the correct course for you. There are a lot more IT courses available than just computer science.

At my university I picked computer science over software engineering although they were the exact same course minus a placement year.
 
Program a bit yourself now, using the likes of Codecademy for Python/Ruby and see if you like it, cause its going to be a massive part of CS.

I'm doing CIT (Computing and Information Technology), which is a branch of CS. It focuses much more on IT support (system admin, servers, etc) and web development, compared to the programming in pure CS.

Don't do the course with the mindset of, "I like using computers, so I'll like this". Loads of people did that in the 1st year of my course and dropped out.
 
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No, I wouldn't jump into it without thorough thought.

Just wondered if it was enjoyable. Just using the Codecadamy now, pretty clever.
 
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I thought I would love programming when I did my computing A level, turned out to be the complete opposite. I enjoy hardware/networks and troubleshooting a whole lot more.
 
If I were you I'd write down a list of subjects that would interest me then try find some learning material aimed at undergraduates and see what takes my fancy.

I personally quite enjoy programming. Different strokes for different folks and all that. Only you can really decide what you want to do OP.
 
Maths excellent at GCSE level. I do quite enjoy problem solving.

I did a careers test the other day where I pretty much did certain excecises and it gave me ideas for work.

Computer science was one of them :)
 
Do one of the comp science modules on edX, coursera or udacity. It is an absolute must to test the waters, given the cost of uni these days I would definitely work out exactly how much you will have to pay and if it'll be worthwhile
 
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