If you have been accepted on whatever courses you have applied for, then they obviously think that you qualify to be able to do all of the work.

You don't need to turn up to your lessons already a pro - the point is to turn up a novice, and at the end of the year after you put in the effort, you walk out a pro, if not fairly competent.

If you do end up not understanding anything, get help from your tutors. They are there to make sure that you understand all of the work and get the best grades possible.

You really don't need any prior experience with programming, in fact if anything most unis prefer a clean slate so you have no dodgy programming habits.

If the degree interests you then sure go for it. They wouldn't accept you if they didn't think you could manage it. I know that's kind of reiterating MLP's point but it's definitely true.

But, to be very blunt with you I'm not aware of many career opportunities revolving around computing that don't involve sitting behind a desk.

If that was your first pick, you must be passionate about it. Trust your intuition, it will always guide you in the right direction. If "code" intimidates you, look into a markup language like HTML and just study some web pages (like this one!). Becoming familiar with how code looks is a great first step before getting your hands dirty and you might answer some of your own questions.

Best of luck in your future endeavors,

Mensch

Dorkus wrote So I recently got accepted to my number 1 university I applied to and I'm not sure if I can handle the major that I signed up for. I signed up as a major in computer science and information technology. I've never programmed in my life nor touched any languages but I have looked at some examples of people coding and programming and it looks really intimidating. Supposedly you need to be good at math but the highest level of math I've gotten to is statistics but I'm in my last year of highschool. I just would like to know if it's easy to learn and if I picked a good career. I've always been interested in computers and I've used pretty much every single 3d model software like auto desk inventor etc but never programming software. I would like to get a career that involves computers but programming looks like it can be annoying sometimes. I would like a career that will be enjoyable and at the same time getting a good salary, i also want a career that doesnt involve me sitting in a desk all day. Any advice is very much appreciated. Thank you! *1beerbuds1*

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1. You do not have to be some expert in math. You will never use complex math until you get in the field (if that). So you do not have to worry about learning advance calculus w/ theories for this major. The last math class that I have to take is linear applied algebra (aka matrices).

2. You do not need to know how to program before going to the school. I did but it wasn't even close to enter those coding tournaments. My coding is still not great and due to the CS major forcing you to learn a bunch of different languages (JAVA -> C -> C++ -> Scheme -> Prolog). Plus if you are really interested in coding then you will end up at some point trying to learn javascript & php. They will teach you how to code (non complex code) but you will never perfect it unless you work on an outside project that you are interested in.

3. As far as in "is it easy to learn," yes it's easy if you put in the time. You will basically learn all the "coding" techniques your first 2 years then from there, you will end up taking a bunch of "theory" classes (software development, etc...). So it's not hard (well not for me).

4. If you do not like programming then you will find out real quick.