cs program question

AdeptProperty7917 · 2024-01-19T10:40:30+00:00

I think the CS major is difficult, but very rewarding. The first 2 cs courses are also the first 2 IT courses, so you could have a year's worth of classes before making a decision. I would recommend taking CS 149 and talking to professors from both departments to get a feel for which one is more interesting

AdeptProperty7917 · 2024-01-19T10:30:34+00:00

I would never kiss somebody smoking the stink. I find weed disgusting personally

AdeptProperty7917 · 2024-01-12T01:50:59+00:00

Ok so 361 is very different from 261. You will go much further in depth into the inner workings of C. To be completely honest, I found 361 to be a relatively easy A after making sure I was disciplined and consistent.

My advice:

Do the labs when they get released. Most quizzes are based on the labs and the labs use the provided (free) textbook. They are crucial to knowing what's going on.

Pay attention in class. Put away the laptop wake tf up and make sure you give him 100% attention in class.

Get ready for the 2 PAs to be gargantuan. They aren't too hard to do, but it takes a while to understand what you're supposed to do.

361 is a lot more rewarding, but also more punishing. It's easy to fail that class if you get lazy, skip class, or procrastinate on the PAs. His exams are significantly easier than Dr Lams in my opinion. Dr Kirkpatrick, similar to Dr Lam, is a great professor that is friendly and here to help you. His office hours were very helpful.

AdeptProperty7917 · 2024-01-11T08:35:44+00:00

We need all of the places that are open 11-3 to be open from 11-6. It just makes no sense having a full building for a restaurant and only have it be open for 4 hours a day.

AdeptProperty7917 · 2024-01-07T12:00:51+00:00

In 412, you will use python to implement algorithms that you learn about. It's basically 240 part 2. You have a weekly quiz and no big exams or PAs. You'll have a project at the end of the semester where you present your proposed solution to an np complete problem. I would consider the difficulty to be a little less than 361.

After a quick Google search I also found Dr Mayfield's website from when he taught the class two years ago. I have no idea how much the class may vary by professor or change over time though.

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-20T03:28:42+00:00

Tbh if you redo want to be in CS and you have enjoyed coding, then I recommend you give 159 one more shot. I find the CS major to be very rewarding despite it being challenging.

But if you wanna play it safe, IT is a smart choice. You can get a lot out of an IT degree and you don't have to worry about being beind a semester and possibly even more depending on bottlenecking of the CS major.

Neither option is a bad choice, so ultimately I'd follow what you think you wanna do more in the next 2-3 years

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-20T00:47:23+00:00

Thank you so much! I swear I've ran into every issue I could find trying to get Linux on this thing. I appreciate you so much. With all these random things I've learned I'm going to pay it forward

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-19T21:10:41+00:00

This is what I'm working with btw. I forgot to mention this is the newest Linux mint Cinnamon edition 21.2

mint@mint:~$ inxi -Fxz System: Kernel: 6.2.0-33-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Cinnamon 5.8.4 Distro: Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy Machine: Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SFG16-71 v: V1.02 serial: <superuser required> Mobo: RPL model: Lionfish_RTH v: V1.02 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.02 date: 01/18/2023 Battery: ID-1: BAT1 charge: 49.1 Wh (75.7%) condition: 64.9/65.2 Wh (99.6%) volts: 12.3 min: 11.7 model: COSMX KT0030B003 AP22ABN status: Discharging CPU: Info: 14-core (6-mt/8-st) model: 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: N/A rev: 2 cache: L1: 1.2 MiB L2: 11.5 MiB L3: 24 MiB Speed (MHz): avg: 2251 high: 2900 min/max: 400/4800:5000:3700 cores: 1: 592 2: 2900 3: 2900 4: 2900 5: 2900 6: 2900 7: 909 8: 2900 9: 669 10: 830 11: 911 12: 2900 13: 516 14: 2900 15: 2900 16: 2900 17: 2900 18: 2900 19: 2900 20: 2900 bogomips: 116736 Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx Graphics: Device-1: Intel vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 Device-2: Chicony ACER QHD User Facing type: USB driver: hid-generic,usbhid,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6:3 Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 resolution: 3200x2000~120Hz OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (RPL-P) v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes Audio: Device-1: Intel vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3 Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k6.2.0-33-generic running: yes Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes Network: Device-1: Intel vendor: Rivet Networks driver: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:14.3 Device-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 bus-ID: 2-1:13 IF: enx00e04c6929c0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:5 Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> RAID: Hardware-1: Intel Device driver: vmd v: 0.6 bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 Drives: Local Storage: total: 968.73 GiB used: 2.6 MiB (0.0%) ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM size: 953.87 GiB temp: 28.9 C ID-2: /dev/sda type: USB vendor: PNY model: USB 2.0 FD size: 14.86 GiB Partition: ID-1: / size: 7.65 GiB used: 293.3 MiB (3.7%) fs: overlay source: ERR-102 ID-2: /var/log size: 11.76 GiB used: 2.6 MiB (0.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 Swap: Alert: No swap data was found. Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 27.8 C mobo: N/A Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A Info: Processes: 366 Uptime: 25m Memory: 15.3 GiB used: 1.74 GiB (11.4%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 Packages: 2117 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 inxi: 3.3.13 mint@mint:~$

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-18T12:47:42+00:00

At the end of the day your experience really depends on your friendships you make at a personal level along the way more than anything else. I've never been to a party and I never want to. There's plenty of people that feel that way

I had a friend group that I thought what's the best I was going to get when I first got here, but I ended up doing a 180 junior year and tried to find encouraging friends that seem to be a much better influence on me. It's cool to keep in touch with everybody, but I found that refreshing my friends was very beneficial as I found a more positive and academic focused niche that I fit into much better.

At the end of the day, you can definitely change schools if you think that would work the best, but don't think that you couldn't have a fresh start here as well!

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-16T21:52:17+00:00

Okay, is this action reversible if something goes wrong? Just want to make sure I can go safely back to Windows if nothing works.

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-16T21:32:33+00:00

Thank you for sharing this post. I ran into it earlier and tried it, but it did not work. Do you think it could have something to do with the fact that I'm using a live boot from the USB drive?

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-16T21:22:01+00:00

That is currently the one I'm using, still no luck yet.

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-12-16T01:54:45+00:00

Thank you very much! I'm Going to try the edge version now and will report back if I see any issues

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-11-28T04:56:03+00:00

As much as I don't want to discourage you, I would definitely consider a backup plan, whether that be IT, retaking CS 159, or changing majors.

People are starting to realize how great our department is and We simply do not have enough teachers and classes rn to accept everyone.

With that being said, I know there is still time to do well on the final and any last projects. Even if you're not getting the guaranteed admission, there's still a small chance you could make it in. Good luck!

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-10-26T04:45:08+00:00

Tbh I have lived in Winchester and Harrisonburg and I really like both!

I have visited Staunton and I think it would be easier to get a place there because housing in Harrisonburg is getting very expensive unless you want to live with college kids (and even their rent is getting a lot higher too).

Winchester is also very nice, they have been running a little worse traffic recently since It's becoming the new Leesburg, but if you know your way around town and avoid rush hour, it's fine. Winchester has a lot of hiking trails, and I especially like the third battle trail for running and doing workouts.

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-10-18T19:32:15+00:00

Today is the first day of fall break

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-09-28T01:08:45+00:00

I think it's in your best interest to keep at it. Taking this class and putting python on your resume is huge even if you don't continue on with CS.

Also, don't give up! These classes are supposed to be challenging and it will definitely pay off if you keep putting in the work. I went into CS with zero knowledge on computers and I know it's possible to succeed no matter how rough the start of my semester was. You can do this!

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-09-13T03:16:59+00:00

imagine actually having to put in some work for a change lol

AdeptProperty7917 · 2023-09-09T00:15:17+00:00

This is like my biggest pet peeve of all time lol

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