Topic: 正在读预科，准备申请明年九月的学期，马上就要选大学和专业了（好像是11月），大家给我点意见吧！ @佛州华人论坛:佛州枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum of Florida

工作学习 / 求学深造 / 正在读预科，准备申请明年九月的学期，马上就要选大学和专业了（好像是11月），大家给我点意见吧！ -jimmy_fu(jimmy_love_wensie); 2002-10-15 {1265} (#799378@0)

都有兴趣的说……不过本来是一心要学电脑的，但是听说电脑越来越不好了，所有也有点怕，不太敢选。其他两个差不多吧~~ -jimmy_fu(jimmy_love_wensie); 2002-10-15 (#799444@0)

唔，是难选择。精算学得比较专，金融我不了解。至于电脑，需求这两年变化很大，谁知道四年后一定"越来越不好"ne? sorry I'm not very helpful. -gwen73(罐罐); 2002-10-15 (#799492@0)

In CS, it's like how much you know. You can be really productive in one programming language in Junior year of university. But in Finance, it's like how deep you know, you can't really do lots of stuffs untilyou finish school. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-15 {18} (#799510@0)

Eg. When I was in first year CS, during coop, I was working as an online banking developer, which is really productive. But when I'm in AS, I can only play with Excel for most of the time because I can't do anyreal actuarial analysis work until I really finish my university.

So in CS, it's like how much you know, the stuffs you are using at work are not hard.

But in AS, basically it's only mathematics, but you have to know very deep until you can be productive. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 {263} (#799582@0)

明白点了~~~谢谢你详细的回答。顺便问一下，co-op的时候有钱拿吗？ -jimmy_fu(jimmy_love_wensie); 2002-10-16 (#799590@0)

Yes, my first coop, 650/week, second coop, 700/week. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 (#799598@0)

这么多？报酬还不错嘛~~~ 我还以为是象征性的给一点呢…… -jimmy_fu(jimmy_love_wensie); 2002-10-16 (#799602@0)

You don't need a single cent from your parents to pay for any expenses in your whole undergrad career if you are in coop. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 (#799616@0)

Those are specializations. Like in CS, each specialization requires you to take different specialized courses in the upper year (most likely 4th year).In UW, you can specialize in Software Engineering, Digital Hardware, and Information System.

And then in the Master level, you can do AI and stuffs like that.

Even in Actuarial Science, you have specialization like Pension and Retirement System, Individual Life and Health, Group Life and Health, Finance and Investment. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-15 {327} (#799508@0)

B. Comm is Bachelor of Commerce. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-15 (#799539@0)

Honor Bachelor of Science... Honor means your program is 4 year in length. Normal bachelor means your program is 3 year general program. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 (#799571@0)

不好意思，问题太多了~~~每个学科后面都有S,M,Mi，有些学科三个都打勾，有些只有两个，有些只有一个，这代表什么意思？后面有解释S=specialist,M=major,Mi=minor,问题是，major是主修，那为什么有些学科只有S这一档打勾？是不是代表这些学科只可以作为specialist，而不是完整的一门学科，比如一定要选computer science,然后specialist选computer science and economics?不明白~~ -jimmy_fu(jimmy_love_wensie); 2002-10-16 {240} (#799574@0)

S may means you can apply after you get admission. I'm not too sure. Some majors, such as Operation Research in UW, you have to apply it after you got into any undergrad programs in Mathematics. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 (#799604@0)
By the way, Operation Research is way better than CS. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 (#799605@0)

Operation Research 也是一个专业吗？中文叫什么？ -jimmy_fu(jimmy_love_wensie); 2002-10-16 (#799626@0)

No idea about its chinese name.... yes, it's a major in waterloo. But you have to apply for it after you got in any undergrad math programs. -jeffrey815(Smartiecat); 2002-10-16 (#799646@0)

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