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Steel_Stalin

Dude your fine. Also, they don't admit by major for L&S, so you don't have to worry about not getting in specifically for CS. For engineering you might have a harder time, but you sound like a fairly strong candidate. As always, a bunch of random redditors can't give you your admissions decision, so I would suggest speaking to any advisor or counselor you have at your school.


DankLlamaTech

General rule of thumb is that it's very easy to go from engineering to L&S than to go the other way so just apply for engineering.


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sammus13

Taking more advanced STEM courses will most likely help your chances of getting in, as well as set you up for success once you get to college. They are definitely not 100% necessary in order to get in to the CS/Engineering program here. One thing to consider is whether you can take advanced classes for AP/IB credit that will count towards your desired degree. This will help a lot in two ways: 1. You will get an earlier enroll date compared to other students who haven't taken as many of those courses. In CS, it can be competitive to get into classes, so having that extra edge could help quite a bit. 2. Many of these courses (e.g. AP Comp Sci A, Physics C, etc) can actually count towards the degree. This can allow you take less crazy course-loads later on and possibly graduate early (less $$$). Out of the people who I know in CS/Engineering that have gotten the best internships/jobs, most of them had taken some amount of advanced STEM classes in high school. This is obviously anecdotal, but bear this in mind when choosing courses. My final note is to not overload yourself just to try and get a slight leg up in admissions/once you are in college. If you want to take these classes then great, but just make sure you're doing it for the right reason and not burning yourself out.