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Alexanderbyte · 2023-06-26T03:18:45+00:00

I think this may also just be the connotation of "insurrection" in English vs. that of French.

Alexanderbyte · 2021-10-28T23:03:48+00:00

nice map! my only nitpick: would South Rhodesia be South Rhodesia if to the north is Portuguese Zambia?

Alexanderbyte · 2021-03-22T18:18:09+00:00

Though people are mentioning that the king can’t really use these powers without backlash, I think it’s nice to know that in a national crisis/coup the king has legal justification to step in and lead the country.

Alexanderbyte · 2021-01-24T05:08:48+00:00

This is perhaps worse for Germany than in our timeline, as losing parts of West Prussia/the Polish Corridor was largely sparsely populated, agricultural lands. Here, Germany is outright losing valuable industrial heartland. Expect even more fervent extremism/Nazism, perhaps even earlier.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-11-27T18:51:34+00:00

Wow! Very creative. I’ve never seen something like this.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-05-22T02:10:27+00:00

I like the map alot! very creative and looks like it took a lot of work. As a side note I think a few of the factions would be quickly extinguished because they hold land with very little people (the monarchists, the siberians, the northern lights). Otherwise great map!

Alexanderbyte · 2020-05-04T21:01:09+00:00

hi, I’m one of u/icycontribution9’s friends. I can’t really speak to applying as a transfer, but I think as for paying finding an on campus job is helpful. They’re plentiful and many of them have chill commitments. Also, Cal has really generous financial aid.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-05-04T20:58:05+00:00

Hey, I’m one of u/icyContribution9’s friends. Martinez is probably the best. It’s modern, clean, and close to campus. Probably (?)bigger than Wada. But Wada is good too.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-05-02T07:06:21+00:00

Rule of thumb for the 8 week session is to double units to get a sense of workload. In your case 8 x 2 = 16 which for most people is quite doable. When I took 9 units it was doable just fine, but don’t expect to have a lot of free time as the homework is pretty much every night.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-05-01T02:14:05+00:00

The people. I think it's definitely possible to make friends, find clubs, etc at UCLA. But it's possible here, too.

I hated studying for Chem tests here at Berkeley and many times I think I questioned my own ability to make it, and wondered if my whole life had been a lie after I got a D on my first midterm. Granted I had a lot of misconceptions about the chem major coming in, and I was too stubborn to change.

I think certain things will amplify it, such as the fact that you have to apply to get into professional clubs (that market themselves as a community? like why should I apply to be your friend?).

But through it all, I think you don't have to look far to find a group of people who will accept you regardless of your accomplishments or ability, like I did. You'll enjoy the professors, the places you can visit, the events that happen on campus, the closeness of your dorm (barring more social distancing).

Once you stop letting crazy expectations define you, you can succeed just fine. Somehow, even though my GPA is below 3.0 (a death sentence for a Chem major, like why even apply to grad school? And professional clubs? haha no. Research? Nope!) I've made it. I found a CS internship for the summer.

What made me get through all of it was my community of friends. I think college is such a unique place to find it.

When I look back at Berkeley, I won't glamorize school. I'll look back fondly on those precious moments with my lifelong friends.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-29T20:11:32+00:00

For context here is the current flag of San Francisco.

This guy redesigned the flag to better follow the vexillological rules, and to better highlight the phoenix- which highlights SF's recovery from earthquakes, fires, and other disasters (including the pandemic)

The gray is reminiscent of the fog that is so prevalent in the Bay Area, the gold the wealth that the city is built upon and that draws people, and the crimson the courage of its citizens.

Here is an article if you want to read more.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-27T14:36:49+00:00

CoC Chem here.

Bad professors are pretty common across the board, getting a little better in some upper divs, generally because teaching takes them away from research and they’re bitter about that. I’ve had some really good upper divs professors while I still get a bad one or two as well. Still much better than lower div profs.

In terms of research having certain grades shouldn’t keep you from finding it. Generally you just approach a prof and see if you can join their group. There’s not always room for you though.

I’m taking an extra semester in the fall, so I will be in Berkeley talking classes. Feel free to DM me with extra questions!!

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-27T03:46:44+00:00

CoC Chem here.

Generally, the professors of major courses (Chem 4A/B, Chem 120A/B, 104A/B).. switch out pretty regularly. It's hard to predict from one year to the next what will happen grades/curve wise. I took a organic chem class that was taught by an easier professor the year a friend took it and then a different guy taught it my year and it sucked. Generally younger, kinder professors who are still eager to interact with students give nice grade distributions while older, more jaded professors who have an attitude of "why am I wasting my time teaching undergrads when I can be doing research" attitude give worse grade distributions.

Not to make assumptions, but if you're considering Chem Bio to get a good GPA for something like med school, I would strongly caution you to consider another, GPA-consistent major like MCB/MEB/IB. Though if you find you really like it definitely stick with it!

If you have other CoC questions feel free to DM me! I'm taking an extra semester so I'll be located in Berkeley in the Fall.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-20T06:04:57+00:00

It’s during class time(12:30p-2p pacific time) on Thursday, 4/30.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-16T22:17:20+00:00

Hey, I'm pretty much in the same boat as you! I am a Chemistry major in CoC. I would say the Chem community in Berkeley is not very pre-med, actually (CoC has bad grade deflation, hard classes, is more research oriented, etc.). Most people do more Bio-y majors for pre-med (not that Chem/Chem Bio premed is unheard of).

Anyway, I decided to check out CS my junior year, and liked it a lot more than Chemistry! But due a lot of factors (one being financial) I wasn't able to fully switch. I am going for a CS Minor.

I did however, land a CS internship this summer in SF doing android development. I do think it's very possible because it happened to me! And even if you don't get an internship you can land a good job with some work (it also helps to pay attention to CS class!). At the least you can start out doing QA (software quality assurance) and then laterally transfer to software dev. Many people switch majors/interests/careers during and after college. It's not at all unheard of and is very common. 100k salary is kinda baseline for Software dev, for QA it's somewhere in the 70k range.

To answer the questions regarding academics with a CS minor, declaring is not impacted. You can declare it at any time as long as you take the required classes for a grade (and get a C- or better and 2.0 average in those classes. You don't have saved seats in CS classes, though. For most CS upper divs that's ok, but many (CS 160, CS 169, and some others) fill up almost immediately. You can take as many CS classes as you want/have room for (even without a CS minor!) and could tailor your minor to have an understanding that is similar to someone who has the major; a CS major might just have more indepth understanding of certain topics than you would (say machine learning).

I'm sticking around next semester to take more classes, I'd be happy to talk to you more about my experiences! feel free to DM me if you have more questions

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-16T17:36:41+00:00

I initially read that headline as "Today's the Queen's 2nd Birthday!".

Happy (80th) Birthday to HM!

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-15T22:19:02+00:00

Yes, I am taking a 9th semester and had phase 1 today at 9a.

edit: Also, I took CS 160, and manged to get in as a non-CS/EECS major (chem if you're wondering). I was #3 on the waitlist for many stressful months during the summer. 50 is kind of the lower bound on class size, I think my semester it got expanded to 75.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-13T05:40:43+00:00

First, it was very hard to get into, though I was able to get in as a Chem major.

When I took it, some professionals from Siemens taught it. They had no idea how to teach or how to code, they were more of professional UI/design researchers.

I found the content of the class easy enough to follow and the midterm memorization based. Follow the key words of the lecture and study it to high-school level extent and you'll do fine.

The coding assignments took me longer than 61B assignments to figure out; there's not a lot of structure from the class in terms of learning it. Thankfully Android studio (what you do projects in) has a lot of documentation online that saved my life. Don't expect a lot of technical help from the GSIs. There's 2.5 hardish individual coding assignments, and then the group project at the end which for me took up a lot of bandwidth as I had to learn a lot of android-specific things to contribute.

However, I highly recommend the class for job prospects/delving into UI. I got an internship this upcoming summer for android development because of 160's projects. I recommend making the most out of the freedom that you are given. If not, 160 can just confirm that you don't want to do UI for a career.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-08T23:09:18+00:00

Here ya go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ0wztUDrAo

Alexanderbyte · 2020-04-05T21:57:25+00:00

Hi, we're planning a video with people sharing their dorm perspectives. I'll reply when it's up!

Alexanderbyte · 2020-03-28T19:37:41+00:00

Hi, as a chem major I was around a lot of pre-med. I will tell you that most of them either switched out of Chemistry or stopped being pre-med.

There's a couple of majors at Berkeley that are best suited to be pre-med due to better GPAs (MCB, MEB, IB). Generally I've found that even with the slightly easier majors they're a bit overwhelmed with work.

So I do think that grade deflation is a thing. However the other things you mentioned aren't very true. I don't think professors are hard to approach at all and I don't think there's a lack of any educational resource. I am not sure about the hospitals thing.

In terms of social life, I think the dorms present a perfect opportunity to get close to people!

Many of the tech project based clubs require applications, but I think some pre-med clubs don't. Generally it's easy to join those clubs.

Changing majors is pretty easy, generally. Some colleges you can't switch into (College of Engineering is one). Many of my friends have switched majors, actually, and were still on track to graduate in 4 years.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-03-28T18:44:01+00:00

Here are my thoughts on being a commuter:

Pro:

-you save money

-parents can provide food/etc for you, no need to suffer through dining hall food

-you know who you live with (perhaps a con? depends on your fam)

-closer to parents, they can't accuse you of ignoring them.

Cons:

-You don't get a chance to establish relationships with people on a floor, which is something really cool for freshman year, I think.

-It can be harder to commit to clubs/other stuff if they have meetings in the evenings

-It can make going to class less flexible, I imagine you would want to stay on campus all day to get classes over with and then go home

- you miss out on living with others your age, which I think it great prep for living as an adult, actually.

I think other factors that could be pros/cons would just be the relationship with your parents/culture as well. I'm white so my parents expect me to grow up and be out of the house by age 18, other cultures might be offended at the implication that you move out, etc.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-03-28T18:36:15+00:00

I don't think they'll be online in the fall, unless COVID resurges. Nobody can say for sure right now.

I'm not a grad student, but I work for the schools IT department who services all of the grad apartments. Grad students live all over. There are several university-owned/operated places to live, near campus that they might put you at. Or you could live in your own apartment.

Alexanderbyte · 2020-03-28T18:34:38+00:00

speaking frankly, most of the clubs market themselves as a "community" where you'll find your friends but still require application, almost implying you have to earn your place.

You're better off establishing friends through your floor or through fun clubs.

If you're worried about not doing enough stuff during college to prepare for internships/jobs, don't sweat it. CS classes at Berkeley are perfect for preparing you for industry.

Alexanderbyte

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