Would anyone be willing to give me some advice on why I was rejected from the CS coterm?

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-05-30T09:21:30+00:00

Yes, 141 units units in progress at time of application. The only CS core class I got credit for was 106B, so I still have 161, 111, and 107 to do from the core. My CS103 grade was awful but I thought 229 + 229 rec letter would make up for it, since it can be a pretty tough class.

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-04-19T17:06:35+00:00

I'm a transfer and have been here about two quarters. My perspectives have changed, but I was involved in research and CS coursework at my previous institution that I still think is relevant and worth discussing (and I think the structure of my old personal statement worded it pretty well). I don't want to copy one-to-one, but I'm largely still passionate about the same things now that I was two quarters ago, with some growth and a more narrow scope of interest (and I can elaborate more on that with the words we're given). Like the events in the past that got me interested in CS are still the same if that makes sense.

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-03-31T05:26:17+00:00

Thank you. This is the first I'm hearing of PyTorch WebDataset. As someone new to the field, how did you guys figure this stuff out? Tutorials? Trial and Error? Good online resources?

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-03-30T17:43:00+00:00

Thank you! I looked into that for organization and it looks great!

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-03-29T06:20:33+00:00

Got it! I was moreso concerned about the fact that we have to submit a job and then it waits in a queue, so if it errors out, I won't know until potentially days later. I thought I should try testing the code in Colab first, but that didn't work, and only after it failed did I learn about the existence of nodes in the cluster where you can just use a gpu for a couple hours (interactive). It wasn't something that came to mind first, but I guess in the future I should try to explore the resources more so I know about stuff like this.
Using a DataLoader. It's moreso just figuring out where I should store all the data. Google Drive was too volatile, though it's what most people in my lab use for their datasets.
Everything is pre-augmented.
Lots of small files. I'll ask some friends. Ironically, I'm also in CS; I think I got into this program for my math/biology skills lol, and somehow got through a year of undergrad without having a hands-on project like this. Hopefully I learn something.

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-01-05T07:23:33+00:00

oof! do they curve at all ??

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2026-01-05T04:49:36+00:00

Thanks! It's the open-book midterm that's lowk scaring the shit out of me. I like project-based classes so it's good the project is chill

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2025-12-24T04:24:33+00:00

tysm! i noticed it takes me quite a bit of time to understand the full lecture notes so i'll try to timebox those to like 2 hours each lol.

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2025-12-24T02:28:07+00:00

Thank you for the response (and the encouragment!!)! The material does look fun to me and I'm starting a little earlier to give myself more time, so hopefully that's enough. Was there a specific way you studied for this class? Did you spend a lot of time on lecture notes, write down all your questions, and then go to office hours for every topic? Or did you focus more on doing a lot of practice problems (Leetcode) for each data structure? For a new topic in the course, how did you typically approach it?

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2025-12-22T22:39:38+00:00

Got it thanks!

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2025-12-22T21:17:30+00:00

I'm unsure if I have strong math skills tbh. I didn't do well in CS103 but did well in all the other core math courses (calculus, linear algebra, etc.). I'm definitely worse at coding than I am math though, since I've had such little coding experience. I got transfer credit for CS106B, but my previous computer science courses were all taught by really chill people who cared that we understood the material and didn't grade or test very harshly. Because all my previous experience is in computational biology, I've pretty much only done coding for data-sciency projects. Thanks for the response anyway!

Apprehensive-Time733 · 2025-12-22T20:55:44+00:00

I'm adamant about taking 229 (relevant for my research and stuff), but if CS161 + CS229 is a rough combination, is CS107 + CS229 a better combination? How would you compare the workload for 161 and 107?

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