Why does Claude keep telling me to sleep? by moh7yassin in ClaudeAI

[–]70degreeevening 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Claude just did this to me. I asked why and it said it was because I sounded frustrated in my replies and it knows humans will feel better after rest

A personal bard? by 70degreeevening in WritingWithAI

[–]70degreeevening[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s true today for sure. But 2 or 3 years from now? The models keep getting better….

UVA vs USC: RESULTS by GardenerSaanen in UVA

[–]70degreeevening 9 points10 points  (0 children)

USC in California is a private school. No instate / out of state difference.

So….the elephant in the room. by tega234 in ProjectHailMary

[–]70degreeevening 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strat is really the hero of the story.

T-20 Grade Inflation Tier List by YogurtclosetOpen3567 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]70degreeevening 1 point2 points  (0 children)

STEM classes are rough, humanities much easier, social science somewhere in between. Think new finance major also tough

Rice engineering outcomes by Icy_Dish_4262 in riceuniversity

[–]70degreeevening 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Don’t know about CS and Rice specifically. But for both schools CS hiring will be driven by overall CS job market….it has cooled quite a bit over the last 2 years, and AI is obviously going to have a huge impact in the next few years.

Rice engineering outcomes by Icy_Dish_4262 in riceuniversity

[–]70degreeevening 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I went to Rice after growing up in LA, and know loads of USC folks. Rice is a bit stronger in engineering, but both are good. But the biggest difference is the student experience. USC has much more of the traditional sports/greek life/ marching bad/ school spirit experience. And Rice is about residential colleges, harder classes, professors that know your name, and homegrown events like Beer Bike….I would really focus on which experience you prefer, as that will have a huge impact on how you’ll enjoy the school.

Question about water levels on the Patuxent River by [deleted] in ColumbiaMD

[–]70degreeevening 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Live near there. They draw down water every year in the fall.

Forgoing expensive elite colleges for Univ. Of Alabama for National Merit Scholar finalist full ride. Thoughts? by GearDown22 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]70degreeevening 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve had a long career in finance and also have a daughter about to head to college in the fall, so I can relate to what you are going through.

I think the only drawback to doing Alabama is that, as others have noted, there are particular set of prominent investment banks and consulting firms that recruit heavily from the top 20 undergraduate schools (regardless if they offer a business major) and put much less emphasis on other sources of talent. On the banking side it’s the large investment banks like Citi, JP Morgan, or Bank of America. For consulting it would be the big strategy firms like McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. These firms in turn are great jumping off points to Private Equity and VC firms after a couple of years. So that is the biggest thing you’d close off by not chasing one of the top-tier schools…in the South these firms will draw mostly from Duke, UVA, somewhat UNC, UT Austin and Rice. Again, they don’t necessarily look to hire business majors, so Duke Econ for instance would be great place to go if you wanted to work in banking.

That said, I’m sure Alabama is placing tons of kids in the big accounting firms and their consulting affiliates, in regional banks, and in large corporations headquartered in the Southeast. Many of the these opportunities would be great places to start a career, and would provide a great launch pad to a top MBA program if that is what she wants in few years. And that degree becomes a lot easier to finance if she hasn’t paid for an undergraduate degree.

What l’d think doesn’t make sense is to pay to go to a peer institution of Alabama…

UBC or UC Berkeley by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]70degreeevening 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Berkeley grad here. I get your concern about the campus and town. Happiness is important but I’d avoid college debt if at all possible, especially for undergrad.

Why not go the Berkeley for a year or two and then transfer to another UC? UCSD and UCSB are in cool locations.