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by k__ 2815 days ago
I don't know how many students of my semester dropped out.

One professor said they had a drop-out rate of 40%, most of them in the first two semesters and that's not counting the people who just changed their major.

I studied "computer science and media," and many students had the impression it should be some mix of graphic design and a bit programming, but in the end, it was basic computer science with most of the examples from "media" (computer graphic, web development, printing, etc.)

When I was at the end of my degree, they also created a new degree called "mobile media," which was like "computer science and media," but with iOS and Android examples.

Since the name was so catchy, "mobile media" was filled with people who never in their right mind would have studied CS, only a hand full of them survived the first semester.