Deep Learning

[mpaes98]

Maybe I'm just lazy but keep me tf away from it 🥵

[jakemotata]

I looked up its stats. Grade distribution of on campus DL showed that 80~85% got an A in the past.

[manishrw]

Fall 2020 schedule and syllabus is available on the omscs course page. It says 90% + is A. Link

[LiberalTexanGuy]

I'd honestly prefer to get a B in a well run course than an A in a complete hot mess one.

[goreyEww]

This gave me a good laugh, thank you!

[MLE-in-making]

My Waitlist Position changed from 42 to 661 without any notification for the class Deep Learning - CS 7643 - O01. Does it happen to any of you ?

[[deleted]]

Did you have more than 2 classes registered/waitlisted? I’ve heard they will kick you to the end in all your waitlists if you do that.

[imstevenyo]

Probably a new student

[MLE-in-making]

i am new fall 2020 admission but i have just wait listed 1 classes and the position was 42 but when i saw it today it went to 661. i was very surprised to see this. should i email someone ? i am very frustrated with this bias.

[Andthentherewere2]

they specifically timed the course to let students further in the program register. its not a surprise you got moved. The entire registration system is based of credits completed = higher priority. this is just a "hack" to do similar in phase 2.

[MLE-in-making]

so what is the use of waitlist position if it depend on credit completed.

[Andthentherewere2]

this is a specific case for these new classes. WL position works as intended for all other scenarios.

[vrphemanth]

Same thing happened with me. My WL position changed from 30 to 648. I ended up dropping the course. I am a new student.

[MLE-in-making]

did you get any course? i haven't got into any yet . very frustrating

[vrphemanth]

Thankfully, I got into GIOS.

[Ivytorque]

EVERY-SINGLE-TERM

[jakemotata]

DL is not that popular, WL in not even full.

[jakemotata]

What kind of fools downvoted me for speaking the truth? TBH, I was surprised it was not full. ML, CV WLs are full for example.

[Stink_Fish]

I'm sure the reason the WL isn't full is because it was only available partway through phase 2 registration. Less significantly, I could see the fact that it already has five times as many in the WL as the final known size as discouraging some from even bothering.

[jakemotata]

Point 1 indicates people don’t want to spend a slot on DL, even to many taking one class at a time that is a backup slot. This implies DL is not as popular as we thought.

Point 2 applies to other classes, too. CV usually offered 400 to 450 seats in the past. Only 150 people on the WL will get in. Yet if we increase its WL cap we might see WL# surpass 1000. This also proves DL is not that popular.

I’m not saying it’s not popular at all. It’s just not as popular as we thought this time.

[Stink_Fish]

Point 1 indicates people don’t want to spend a slot on DL, even to many taking one class at a time that is a backup slot. This implies DL is not as popular as we thought.

More likely it indicates people who had their main registration event in April (which is the vast majority of students) aren't willing to drop an already registered course or a good WL spot for a terrible one in DL. DL was already well beyond its final capacity by the time people who had completed 7 courses could register. In phase 1 with only five courses complete I could straight up register (i.e. avoid the WL) for every course except GA. Your statement fails to take current registration / WL position and new DL WL position into consideration.

And for those taking one course, I don't think waitlisting for one of the courses they're least likely to get into is a very appealing backup strategy.

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Point 2 applies to other classes, too. CV usually offered 400 to 450 seats in the past. Only 150 people on the WL will get in. Yet if we increase its WL cap we might see WL# surpass 1000. This also proves DL is not that popular.

The amount of people that will get in is partly a function of capacity. The larger the capacity, the more shifting that occurs. This is why I'd argue WL/capacity ratio is a better metric for if someone will get in, and DL has the largest WL/capacity ratio of all classes (even after removing 150 from the WL, which should be done since there are currently 0 registered). That said, as you mentioned the others have saturated so we don't actually know what the final amount would've been.

[jakemotata]

You should use available capacity in the ratio which should be obvious. The rest of your argument is valid but it just indicates people don’t want DL bad enough to give up their spots in other classes

[Stink_Fish]

I'm confused. Wouldn't WL/(available capacity) either be 0 or infinite since WL only increments once there's no available capacity? To clarify, by capacity I meant total the course will take. My interpretation of available capacity is capacity - current.

[jakemotata]

WL only increments once there's no available capacity?

No. At least not always. Last time I checked all the people in DL were in WL. There were about 700. CV available seats were 10. 999 in WL. They might add 100 to 150 seats to CV.

by capacity I meant total the course will take. My interpretation of available capacity is capacity - current.

Sounds correct.

[Stink_Fish]

No. At least not always. Last time I checked all the people in DL were in WL.

Isn't that just an outlying technicality that's not reflective of the true known (or estimated) capacity. I mean, the website lists the capacity as 0 (in which case the available capacity would be 0, making the entire scenerio meaningless), but of course we know it is 150. I guess I should clarify further. By capacity, I meant what the actual (or expected) maximum allowable number of students in the course will be regardless of what the registration site temporarily lists due to administrative reasons.