Questions
for Wyo alumni majoring in a computer-related field:
- What do you
do when you are stumped on a programming assignment?
- How many projects
do you have to do per semester?
- What are classes
like? Do you program or does the professor lecture the whole time?
- Are the people
in your class all computer science majors or do a lot of students take your
computer courses out of interest?
- How time consuming
are your computer science courses compared to your other classes?
- Is your university
or college a good choice for someone who wants to major in computer science?
- What's the
biggest difference between comp sci in college and in high school (at Wyo)?
- Are your computer
science classes much harder than Mr. Minich's classes?
- What do you
plan to do after graduating from college?
- What summer
activities would help if you were going to study computer science in college?
- What, if any,
other programming languages are you learning right now in college?
- What do you
think about documentation and pseudocode?
- Does your college
comp sci department or professors use Coding Standards?
- What Wyo high
school courses are the most useful for one who intends to major in comp sci?
- What facets
of Wyo computer programming classes helped you the most at the college level?
- What is your
most helpful resource at college when you are stumped with a program assignment?
- How much time
do you actually spend coding?
- Do you think
there are more advantages taking AP C++ during your senior year in high school?
- How did you
prepare for the AP Comp Sci exam in high school?
- In your opinion,
what is the most versatile programming language that you have used so far?
- How can Mr.
Minich better simulate the "college experience" in his AP comp sci
courses?
- What high school
courses besides computer-related ones helped you the most in your comp sci
courses?
- How difficult
are the various computer-related majors in relation to one another?
- How long are
the exams in college and how many do you have per semester?
- What stresses
you out the most (if anything) at college?
- Do you get
a lot of long term assignments?
- How much more
work is there in college than in high school.
- What other
colleges did you visit or consider besides the one that you attend?
- What is your
favorite college course so far?
- What computer
related majors are there at your college (i.e. MIS, computer engineering,
computer science, etc.)?
- What are the
differences between Mr. Minich's high school assignments and the ones you're
given in college?