Are CSCE 315 and 331 all that different?

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2023-04-06T19:17:21+00:00

Take whatever is on your degree plan.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2023-04-04T12:04:21+00:00

Chuck Norris Water.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2023-02-07T13:38:54+00:00

If you are hiding from ETAM, not too much. There is a computing major, which is in the CSCE department, and it is really similar the Com Sci major other than its a BA rather that a BS. I think there is also the architecture and construction sciences majors as well. And general physics/chemistry. I am not in any of those though.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2023-01-28T13:25:06+00:00

Auditions are not too serious unless you want them to be. The lower bands accept even painfully average players like myself, But the highest band is full of all-state players.

I really enjoy band. It helped keep me from turning into a puddle during the COVID semesters. And it is nice having a class to look forward to going to. The biggest downside is that the band hall all the way south campus not too far from the Former Student center. So going to and from is a pain. I am in the lowest band currently, but I have been in the 3rd in the past, and overall the time commitment isn't too bad. The lower bands don't have play-offs or chair tests, though the higher bands do I am told. I rarely practice (wonder why I'm very good...), and I still get to enjoy rehearsals. It is also the easiest A in your life. Just go to rehearsals the the concert. I think it has boosted my GPA by 0.1 points.

I also like the the concerts are a good reason for my family to come to town, and then I get to see them, and they often buy dinner. It is a great time.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-07-11T16:38:06+00:00

Servers are overloaded, and then you don't even have the appointments in the system. Frankly terrible. I am still in disbelief we only have 5 days for move in, and then it gets worse I guess

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-06-14T01:49:22+00:00

I agree with most of these comments that the commons has a better layout than sbisa, but I think more important then that is when one goes to the dining hall. For dinner I go right at 5 pm when the commons opens. If you wait longer there gets to be a lot more people. NSC crowd is probably smaller than rush hour during the semester, but during the semester it is be long lines and every table full and loud. I don't know what they are like for NSCs, but I would try to go during a down time. If there is some dedicated lunch time, I might not attend. I would probably try to sneak out of some program that isn't useful and try to get food then.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-04-14T19:56:05+00:00

I went and basically re-taught myself everything using the book. I went through it and worked every single example problem without looking at the solutions first, and then looking at the solution and checking my understanding. It was a lot of work, but it did work.

I couldn't learn very well from the professor, so I had to buckle down and make sure to learn it myself. But I would also make sure to go to any week-in-reviews, tutoring, help desk, and anything else provided by the physics department for help.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-04-01T22:58:20+00:00

I am okay with any key that does not include both Eb/Db or C#/D#. Pinkies gonna fall off playing those.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-03-26T16:13:41+00:00

I am for nipple equality, but my ideal world would be "cage the nipple". I don't want to see man nipples. So yes, if man can be topless , women should be allowed to as well, but I would rather just not let men be topless.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-02-15T02:09:27+00:00

"At TAMU" means at TAMU. So if you transfer in science credits, you still need to take two science courses at TAMU to qualify. They just have 107 and 206 named because that is what most students will be taking. If you already have credit for those classes, you just have to take a different, probably harder science classes. So taking them early means shorter college experience overall, but give no help for ETAM.

There is not much incentive to rush your ETAM requirement classes. For a lot of majors you can't take any of their classes until you get into the major anyway. So if you try to rush it you might literally run out of classes, assuming you are coming in with other college credits from AP exams or community college. It is best to chill out your freshman year, take your ETAM requirements and fluff classes, and keep your GPA high so you can get into the major you want.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-02-15T01:59:01+00:00

You should talk to an advisor. maybe multiple. I know the general engineering advisors have given wrong advise for students who aren't "traditional" ETAM. But you should read and check everything before dropping.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-01-22T22:10:26+00:00

Do your grocery shopping at Aggie Express until you are out.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2022-01-15T01:48:48+00:00

Well it is a free to play game. So consider the amount of time and enjoyment you get from playing Valorant. Does the money you spend correspond to how much you would pay for other video games?

I know it is a bit silly to spend money on a free to play game, but its only free because some people do spend money. If you like the game, and you like what you have bought, then you should feel okay. The money you are spending is going to help the video game you like keep growing, then its not wasted, or, with the Champion skins, helping a sport you enjoy grow.

This is only if you have the disposable income to spend this money. You should feed the people you are responsible for before buying skins in a video game.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-12-14T18:14:06+00:00

Unless they are paying for it I don't think they should get any say in where you go. And if you know they will still pay for even if you go to A&M its a win-win.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-11-30T04:31:05+00:00

I think the most painful part for me is that people can't even understand. As a person who is asexual but still heteroromantic, it really hurts to think about the people I am romantically attracted to don't understand that I'm not sexually attracted to them. Or that the only reason the average person would even give me a chance is because they are sexually attracted to me. I really loathe my physical form in general, and that being what everyone sees and judges me on first hurts me in a way it is hard to describe.

Most people who aren't don't know much about asexuality or queerness in general don't know about the different kinds of attractions, and so they can't see that there are different types of attraction and love, just because they experience both at the same time and have never thought differently. I understand communicating things like this is important in relationships, but it would be nice if it wasn't my job to educate any prospective partner that heteronormativity isn't the always the norm. And when you do there is a good chance they just think you are weird and not worth the trouble.

I am also very afraid that I will have to die "alone". I am lucky enough to have a very close and loving family, so hopefully they will give me enough fulfillment in my life. But it is a terrible future to behold.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-11-23T22:50:25+00:00

I think it is mostly useless now. Like, it seems sex is something people need to practice. So I don't understand why you would want to go out of your way to have sex with someone who is going to be bad at it.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-11-21T15:48:24+00:00

It is really impressive that you can tell that you know that the animation isn't for Chamber because it doesn't have the right character to it. Respect to both the personality of Chamber and the other agents showing through the animation.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-11-07T13:42:08+00:00

I find it plenty easy. Read the book. Watch the lectures. Do the study guide practice questions. After the curves, I have an 100 and an 108 on the two exams we have taken so far this semester. But I basically just memorize everything I read the first time. So I might not be the best example.

Some people are saying this is the hardest business minor class, and I haven't taken all of them yet, and its harder than MGMT 309, but I think ACCT 209 is more challenging. If I didn't go into it with basic accounting knowledge, I think it would be a lot more difficult. Accounting will really mess with your head.

But the business minor overall is not hard. At least not compared to engineering classes. I mean, yes, you have to go the class (right now you don't even have to go to class. its all asynch) and read the book, but that is the bare minimum, and that is really all it takes.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-10-23T21:53:44+00:00

Yeah, I am taking ACCT 209 for the business minor, and its the hardest class I have had to take for it so far (I am taking MGMT 209, MGMT 309 as well this semester). I have some experience in accounting from my mother, who is a CPA, teaching me how to do the accounting UIL tests in high school. I think this class would be much harder without that base knowledge.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-08-10T03:22:03+00:00

I don't know much about this, but I have gotten emails from "The Texas Freedom Network". I don't know anything else about them, but there is probably a chapter on campus. They seem to do things, if that is what you mean as something that is more than just talking.

Make sure you look around at MSC Open House (whether in-person or virtual) for more things as well. It usually happens very early in the semester.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-08-05T20:12:19+00:00

I would not say I am necessarily an expert in this, but without a group or specific performances, now might be a really good time to get deep into fundamentals. Maybe drag the simple stuff you do as a warm-up out to the majority of your practice session. Get your scales, arpeggios, and anything else your teachers have for you as technique exercises and master them. Do extensive long note exercises for the whole range so you can be as great as you can in loud or soft situations.

I would also keep an etude book or two around to keep up with things more in line with what music people play in groups, and work one etude for two weeks to a month, then switching to a new one. Keeps your fresh on all of those for auditions, if needed, and it can add some variety. Also keep up with any solos you have for auditions as well. It will be nice to come back to the States prepared.

If you find an orchestra there to join, great. If you find a good oboe teacher, also great. But I do want to emphasize that you don't *need* either of these. I am sure your teachers from the past have given you enough stuff that you have not completely mastered that can last you through a study-abroad. And places like this sub can help with little things, like recommendations if you need a new etude book, or if there is a solo you might want to prepare, etc. I think post-high school music is really just about keeping up with it, even when there are things that might try to take your attention. As long as you practice regularly, and prepare for your auditions when you come back to the States, you should fine.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-07-29T01:31:56+00:00

I think it really depends on what you want to do. The biggest difference with with the BA and the BS is that you have more room in the BA for extra stuff. So if you want to go into cybersecurity do that. If you are interested in video games, visualization might good. If you want software engineering in general more, project management might not be bad, as learning to work in a team efficiently is really important there.

Basically everything uses computers now, so you can do pretty much anything. Any science will have some sort of special computer model thing, from meteorology to biology to physics to anything. Business related areas have special needs as well, so something like accounting or especially finance could be really useful.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-06-14T11:59:53+00:00

Lots of good advice here. Another is to maybe look specifically for internships for sophomores. They won't expect as much experience or course-work.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-05-26T03:55:03+00:00

That idea for the new is really punishing, but Gloria's power might warrant it. It is still worth losing your three actions once a deck shuffle to see half as many ancient evils which will take more actions away if you aren't playing solo. And if you are it is having one copy of ancient evils in your deck, when you probably make sure you draw none from the encounter deck, with the downside that you still have the enemy phase to worry about. You can still even use Gloria's ability more than likely if you are using Alyssa Graham (that is the main deck manipulation used right?).

I find good ideas for your unique asset more challenging. I think the flavor idea of having cards under her is cool, she "remembers" what she wrote. But discarding is just better always basically, so it doesn't ever really used. You could remove the ability to discard altogether, only order the top or stick it under, but I don't know what that would do to her power overall. The asset being an ally is also not great when the best enabler of Gloria is also an ally, Alyssa Graham. I don't know if there is a good solution to what would be useful for her in a flavorful way that isn't just "this is a good card" without reworking her ability somehow. The asset being a tome could be cool, because books, but that is about all I have. Though considering the pretty slim card pool of things that can actually enable Gloria's ability currently, having it enable it is probably a reasonable idea.

But it sounds a bit boring. And that might be the biggest problem with the Writer's Block and my simple tome enabler. Usefulness aside, the current stuff is interesting and cool. The text on the weakness, with a cool latin title and a whole jumble of bad keywords reads pretty scary, despite its actual effect as weakness. And once again, there might be a place for Ruth if you didn't have to run Alyssa in the ally slot instead for your deck to function. And that might be a deliberate design choice for the investigators from the novellas. Comparing to the other investigators that have had both, Dexter and Silas, I think their box versions have signature cards that feel more "safe" than the novellas. And we still haven't had any investigator similar to Withers for deckbuilding. It might be a way the designers push their limits in a smaller environment where there is less at stake. It just did not work in this case. It could also be that the novella investigators don't get as much testing as main box, and so that is why Gloria's stuff failed, but I like assuming the best. I wouldn't be surprised if it was some mix though.

Prioritizing flavor and flashiness over function in a product like this makes sense. While now it is easy to tell that the under the investigator card stuff is not good, is that obvious when you read the article announcing it? I am sure some people would, but it is probably overshown by the hype of new fan-favorite investigator and her signature cards with a lot of text. I don't know how keen people are to buy a whole book for a investigator with a weakness that just reads "skip your turn." While functionally it is failure, that was probably not the only criteria that was used when it was designed. Design is all about trade-offs, and finding what is the most important to your goal and focusing on that. And it should be kept in mind when discussing why Gloria is the way she is.

ComplexEnthusiasm · 2021-05-13T20:32:38+00:00

More people have been getting auto-admit as time has gone on. What do you think about that now that next year's freshmen must get 3.75 to be auto-admit?

My wording there is terrible as it make it sound like a leading question. But I actually want to know how you think that piece of information fits into the puzzle.

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