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[cerapa]

My solution was to use a new line to make numCoins=numNickels+numDimes. I thought I coudn't do that but apparently I can 

Erm...

That's literally how you program. You write lines that do stuff. I'm really confused about what you thought you couldn't do.

AFAIK the point of the excercise was literally to write "numCoins=numNickels+numDimes;". Just that one line, adding together the values and setting numCoins to it. There is no simpler way, because that is literally the simplest and most basic way. Why do you think there's anything more complicated there?

EDIT: Hell, it literally says to write that in the instructions: "Write a statement that assigns numNickels + numDimes to numCoins.". You seem to understand that, but I don't understand why you threw the "cout <<" in there.

[3man75]

So out of curiosity I wanted to post this question online. Thus far I've been doing very well in my programming class and completed all assignments. Were doing "IF" statements next so that'll be fun to play with.

For a long time i've struggled in math alot to the point now that in algebra I got a 'C' on my test (there may have been a scantron/machine error in grading but not sure yet) and computer science requires alot of math. I found a BA in computer sciences being offered in FSU ((LINK http://www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/computer_science_ba.html)) that has no physics and even less math requirements. I spoke with the CS admin staff and he says in the fall of 2016 that the total math requirements will be pre- cal, stats, calc 1, discreet math 1, and trigonometry.

This sounds great for me and it looks like employers will still hire you at the expense of not being looked at by engineers/research type employers.

I'm thinking of taking one of these maths in my junior college for a total of two more years here before transfering out with the credits completed. That way I won't have to do any math when I get their (they'll be done already) and I can focus on my programming, courses I want, and w.e Minor I pick.

To me it sounds great but with a few things to consider that I was hoping someone in B12 would have some input for me:

1. Not all credits transfer. IDK why but it's just like this and it puts into question why post secondary isn't nationalized with one standard across the board. but i'm just a student so w.e.

Is the above also true for in-state transfers?

2. I'm 21 and another two years at school plus another 2 at university will be a grand total of 4 years. I'll be 25 and I would still not have a job in my field. Does it matter that people graduate so late or am I not the only one with this problem? Or is it even a problem past the whole 'You've missed out on alot man'.

3. Money. Thus far I only have fafsa and a state distributed aid that I can rely on for school. I have some left over money from previous fafsa's but not enough to cover like 20k a year of FSU schooling. That number drops a bit after your allowed to move out of your dorm and not have to enrol in a forced medical plan. My teachers were not messing around when they said education gets expensive FAST. An FSU isn't that high ranked outside of the state either..

[i2amroy]

Some answers!

1) Honestly really the only way to find about this is to ask the university you are planning to go to about what they will accept and what they won't. A lot of states have some form of lower level-equivalency stuff (a lot of freshman/sophomore classes in my state have a "SUN#" where classes with the same one are guaranteed to count for each other), but it ultimately comes down to what the specific college you want to go to will and will not take. If that's your plan then great, but I'm not kidding about contacting the college first. You really don't want to sink lots of money and time into classes and then find out that it doesn't count for anything.

2) Generally (AFAIK) the important thing isn't so much what age you are, but how long it takes you to get through college. Lots of people skip a year or two before going to college and then might take 5 or even 6/7 years, so it's fairly common to see that. On the other hand if you start taking 8+ years to graduate (based on when you started school, not when you "should have") employers might start to wonder about what took you so long. And honestly lots of times you can get a job or internship through the college anyways if you are willing to look, which gets you an in at the company of your choice.

3) First thing I'm gonna say is that colleges tend to overestimate costs, especially for things like room and board. I'd be willing to bet that if you took a close look at their policies you would find that while things like "dorm housing your first year" and "meal plans" are "heavily encouraged", they aren't actually "Required" by the college. I know that my university basically says "you need to be living on campus for your first year", but I know that I and several others I know certainly skipped that. Sure there are advantages to living in the dorms (notably forced friendship making and closer access to what is going on), but I'd take a look into if your college actually requires you to do that (so far I think I've only found like 1-2 colleges that do) or just "heavily suggests" that you do so. Living off campus can probably cut that $9k "estimated cost" by like 50% (maybe more if you are willing to bike/bus in from farther away than right next door to the campus). Additionally most off campus housings will have some form of kitchen available, which lets you make your own meals from scratch and cut that $9k by probably another 30% or so. Similarly $1000 for books and supplies is also kinda ridiculous. Don't buy books through the bookstore, instead get used ones through places like amazon, or maybe even find "free" PDF's on the internet. Wait for professors to actually tell you they are going to use the book; I've had tons of classes that never did, and it's only more prominent in the CS world where many classes don't even use books.

I wouldn't be surprised if that "estimated costs" breakdown for FSU looked a lot more like this:
Tuiton - $4,640
Rent - $500 / 2 (roomamte) = $250 * 8 = $2000
Food - 4.3 weeks * 8 months * 7 days * 3 meals * $5 = $3612
Fees - $1867

Total: $12,119 - Still expensive, but 40% and $8k less than $20k.

Note on out of state: Lots of time out of state tuition costs are gonna be much higher. Many state college out of state tuition costs are often 2x or more as high as their normal ones, and the fact that Florida is lower down on the totem pole for state economies probably isn't going to help your buying power much either.