Applying for MS CS with an un-related Bachelor's Degree [closed]

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Published on 2012-09-10T03:55:33Z Indexed on 2012/09/10 9:48 UTC
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I received a BA in Economics and went to work and started developing a passion for programming while on the job. This lead to learning more and more about computer science in general. I want to go for a Masters in Computer Science. I'm taking courses at the local college to get some of the undergrad CS courses out of the way (Data Structures etc.). However I'm not sure what to focus on for my application.

Should I take the GRE for CS? A lot of college application procedures recommend it if you didn't go to undergrad for CS.

Should I try to improve my GRE general test? I took it a month after college ended and got mediocre scores, so I could definitely study a bit harder and improve my scores.

Anything else that's necessary? My current job is not exactly in a related field, but I do get to do some programming/coding.

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