It is a realllly simple program that asks you your name and your age and then determines how many years you have left until you are 18.

I did it and it said I Have 2 years left until I am 18. Im 16 years old so It is working.

Super proud of this little thing I did.

Started coding like 5 days ago and already loving it. I do 30 minutes of learning everyday!

Am I going too slow?

I will start learning compsci at school next year.

Is there any advice you could give me?

Hello community! As the title says, I'm currently teaching High School CS. My experience is that I've been coding since I was 10 (am turning 36 in two months) and for the last 9 years I've been teaching high school in various different settings but doing CS through most of it.

So I was hoping to get some help from the community with regard to what you all have experienced in your own High School CS courses.

I have my own students do this at the end of the year usually, but it's nice to hear from students I didn't have so there's no personality-based bias that comes out! Basically I'd love to hear anything you wish your CS teacher(s) would know that you think would help you have a better time in the class overall, make it more accessible, or help support you in any way. I'm happy to hear anything!

Some jumping-off points (but don't feel you'd have to answer all of these questions):

1. What classes have you already taken and/or what grade level are you going into next year?

2. Describe what a particularly cool day was in your CS class. Why did you have such a good time with that particular class/lesson?

3. Total opposite. What was the dullest/most boring/seemingly pointless thing you can recall? Why was it such a mess?

4. Overall what did your CS high school experience leave you with? Do you want to study CS in college? Did you learn it wasn't right for you? Share whatever you like on this point!

Remember, anything you wish your teacher knew to help him/her serve students like you as well as possible!

Thanks!

Hello, I am an incoming junior interested and wanting to major in computer science when I go to college. What are some extracurricular activities that I can do now to help me stand out? Thank you.

Hey guys! I have finished making my website and I would love to hear ur thoughts about it!

Link to the website http://arjunvarma.pythonanywhere.com/

I encourage u to view the website on your mobile device as well as ur pc/laptop if you have the time :)

Plz give me some feedback and help me improve my website :)

Hey, I'm a junior who self studied for AP Computer Science A last year. I scored a 5 for context.

For that reason, feel free to reach out to me if you need tips/strategies/anything. I know I'm not qualified to be a tutor, but I do know a lot about the exam from a student's point of view, so that's that.

Also, I encourage you to use the resources provided by u/NotVector , considering they are very helpful.

Good luck, and have a nice day!

Some quick background info, I just graduated from college majoring in Computer Science with a 2.8 GPA. I’m having a tough time finding a job and I was before the pandemic.

The number one thing I would do differently with respect to computer science and programming is learn to enjoy programming in your free time. You DONT need to be a math whiz, you DONT need to be some genius or savant at programming. You DO need a little perseverance and your choice of material to learn from, I really enjoy YouTube. Geez if I spent 1/10th the time I did gaming on programming I would be a much better programmer as a result. And the real shame is I love programming. But when I was in highschool I only ever did it in class. I had a ton of fun programming for class but I was too intimidated to try and learn more on my own. Don’t be afraid to self teach some JavaScript web development or whatever your interest is.

Don’t take this as you have to start grinding young, but just spend some of your free time programming, even if it’s just 2 hours a week. You’ll learn a lot from it.

The other main thing I would want to tell myself is that computer science is NOT the same thing as programming. They’re very closely related and you probably wouldn’t have one without the other, but they’re not the same. Computer science is very theoretical, with a little math. Programming is probably what you’re familiar with. This doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy computer science, but you might struggle for a bit until you realize they’re different. You might be a little frustrated that there’s not that much programming (depending on your schools program). That’s why it’s important to do a little programming in your free time.

Feel free to ask me any questions about computer science in college and getting your bachelors in it.

Tl;dr Learn to enjoy programming a little in your free time but don’t make your life revolve around it. Computer science is not the same thing as programming.

Hi, I’m in my final year of high school now and I’ve realised i need to learn a lot more before I’ll be able to do anything substantial (including getting to college)

I’m looking for online competitions or internships that would accept someone that’s at an intermediate level.

I know basic Python and SQL(and some dart and flutter too but i doubt that would help), and i would say I know intermediate level Java.

Any help would be greatly appreciated . Thank you!

I want to be an aerospace engineer and I know programming is used a lot in it.

Also aerospace engineering degree is mostly for masters or phd and not widely a bachelors so I was considering doing computer science degree.

I'm in 10th grade and I know up to pre calculus right now. I take AP computer science but I have pretty good knowledge with Java, Unity C#, and a little bit of app development with flutter.

Are there things I can do to prepare for computer science and more specifically aerospace engineering?

I know I'm limited by my math knowledge that's why I'm trying hard right now to learn calculus.

I don't know what I should do to show that I like computer science but also aerospace engineering. Just learning isn't really enough because you need that college credit to show them my passion if you know what i mean. So I'm trying to go project route but idk how.

I'm graduating class of 2021 and I am nearing the college application process. Though I don't totally know how it works, I was wondering if you can apply to colleges while showing off your comp sci ability. Like Carnegie Mellon, is there some sort of way to let them know of your experience and ability besides through college essay? Is there some sort of different application process? Can you let them know early on?

Also, does anyone know some good projects specifically that would make yourself stand out. I am currently working on creating a neural network, not sure what type I'm going to make, but reading an online book before I start.

So, I recently became interested in computer science. I have always been sure that I want to go into a STEM career but I haven’t known what. I stumbled upon this thread and I thought this would be a great place to ask questions. I am a complete beginner and want to learn coding. I have read all of the posts on here and determined that I should probably learn Java first. I am planning to take AP CS my junior year of high school (it doesn’t fit into my schedule this year because I go to a Christian school and am forced to take a religion class). Which programs or websites are the best to start off? What can I do to learn by myself for now since I won’t be taking AP CS for a whole year?

Are there any good compsci related internships I could partake in over the upcoming summer break? (Preferably done online)

I want to major in cs. I am going to my senior year. Should I take AP Statistics or AP Research?

(I’m already taking AP Calc BC, AP CSA, AP Lang, AP Bio)

Research Pro: I can put that I am eligible for an award on my common app next year

Stats Pro: Math Course

I only know BWSI and I'm not sure how selective it is. Should I just find local professors instead?

More info: I know Python pretty well, trying to learn JS, learning from online tutorials. I’m a junior in high school and started to learn python last summer through the fall, took a small break and now I’m off and on learning JS. But back to my main question, is there a book of like fundamentals or stuff that my family could get me for the holidays? Thanks, sorry if this isn’t usually the stuff posted here, just don’t know where else to post it

Just graduated High School, heading to college this year in the US. DM me for my resume/ LinkedIn.

I am good at JAVA, SQL and would be looking to work something in the similar field .

Lets work on something together !

Hi guys. I’m just looking for some advice. So I graduated last summer with a 3.4 gpa overall with a 1300 SAT. I took a gap year because I had no idea what I wanted to do. During my gap year, I got this idea that I wanted to major in computer science and so I applied to Temple and got accepted for this coming fall. There are a few problems with this, however.

Math has always been my weakest subject through middle and high school. Computer science is also a very math heavy subject. Calculus III is required for a comp sci degree at Temple. My dad, who is an electrical engineer, says he writes programs and rarely uses calculus to do so. My question is, would I be able to make it through the rigors of calculus with below average math skills?

Writing code is also fundamental to computer science. I’ve barely written code before. I took a couple engineering classes in high school and had to write programs there, but it wasn’t “real” programming. I think it was called pltw and it was simplified in some aspects. Where should I start in order to be most prepared for class this fall?

Thank you for reading my wall of text, and I hope you guys have a great Saturday.

I started to learn Java last summer but school started and I had to drop it since I was too busy with other activities plus school. While I did do a good chunk of learning Java. I couldn't really find a method of note taking that was effective. So is it better to have notes or just be able to understand it.