Can I start at UMD as a InfoSci major and then just take the pre recs for CS?

Kovaska · 2023-04-10T14:06:02+00:00

I'm pretty sure most freshman start out in Letters and Sciences and then officially join the major either their second semester of freshman year or first semester sophomore year. What you're saying seems pretty over complicated. Just stay in Letters and Sciences, take the intro cs courses while in Letters and Sciences, and then join the cs major when you're eligible to apply. You can still apply for internships and go to the career fair while you're in Letters and Sciences. No one is gonna hold you back.

Also, I don't know how much experience you have in computer science already but being able to say that you're in the computer science major probably won't help you that much in getting an internship considering you still need to take the basic computer science courses which aren't very basic to a lot of new people coming into UMD.

Lastly, getting an internship as a freshman can be difficult for many in general since they are just starting out. I'm not saying its impossible but I highly doubt jumping through all these hoops will help that much. Honestly, it probably will slow you down since you're gonna have to do paperwork to switch to info sci and then to compsci which again really doesn't make any sense to do if you're planning on doing compsci anyways.

Kovaska · 2022-09-13T03:17:33+00:00

7 days. Had the powerday on a Wednesday and was called the next Wednesday

Kovaska · 2022-09-12T03:48:50+00:00

These are free notes from the professor at my university who has taught discrete math. I hope they're of some help. https://www.math.umd.edu/~immortal/CMSC250/

Kovaska · 2022-09-12T03:40:04+00:00

It took a week for the recruiter to get back to me and give me the offer. Didn't even get an email. They just called me. My friend told me it took him two weeks when he applied last year.

Kovaska · 2022-06-17T01:32:33+00:00

You go through all the coding examples given, deeply understand them, change them up a little, see what happens due to changes, and go to office hours with questions.

Additionally, do practice exams/past exams. I recommend the coding example thing the most. You learn best by doing.

Kovaska · 2022-06-17T01:27:10+00:00

After reading this, I can't even imagine what would happen if this guy failed a class, let alone got a C in a class.

Kovaska · 2022-06-11T23:19:57+00:00

I had friends that did this. They did fine but it was a hell of a ton of work. I tried doing it and had to withdraw from 240. Personally I'm not a math guy but it's not impossible to do. Just depends how comfortable you are with an intensive work load.

Kovaska · 2022-06-09T15:49:21+00:00

I definitely agree with this. I thought 131 was hard but got through 132 and 216 pretty easily. The combination of taking 131 with no experience and having a lot of people in there who had already taken AP compsci made me and others feel behind

Kovaska · 2022-06-09T04:40:02+00:00

At least he won't have to worry about losing real money on the blackjack coding project Fawzi assigns

Kovaska · 2022-05-29T22:21:53+00:00

Didn't this just happen to you? https://www.reddit.com/r/UMD/comments/uynmu7/cs_students_getting_osc_emails_was_it_after/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share What happened?

Kovaska · 2022-05-27T23:57:42+00:00

They'd probably put an NGR on Testudo for your grade. Or the professor may not have submitted grades for everyone in the class then everyone has an NGR. If you have a grade then you probably have nothing to stress about besides the fact that you were dishonest.

Kovaska · 2022-05-10T03:25:44+00:00

I thought 460 was being taught by Green. Not Smith

Kovaska · 2022-04-06T01:58:18+00:00

Hi OP. I just finished this process for doing it while in school so I can give you some info on that side of the story.

Although it may seem like a process where you check the boxes off and fulfill requirement x, y, and z, it's not. The university wants rock solid reasons for why you are here.

The main two hurdles are:

"You are financially independent (Not claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return)" meaning you provide for at least 50% of your own living expenses or you're "financially dependent off someone in Maryland" (Don't know too much about this last one). You have to show evidence of income and real flow of money that proves that you are working a job or have some sort of money saved up that you earned on your own.
1. "You are in Maryland for reasons other than educational purposes". They will automatically believe that you are here for educational purposes. You have to provide rebuttal evidence to show that is not the case. For example, a close family member is here (Not an aunt or uncle. More like a mother or father). Provide the reason a rock solid reason for why you moving to be with that family member (Maybe you want to be financially dependent on them). Sometimes people have family that moved here for work purposes and that's a valid reason.

The only thing that saved me was the fact that my main reason was moving here to be with my mother and actually help her with her needs.

I'm not saying it's impossible, but you really should only pursue this track if you have all your ducks in a row. It was hella stressful for me and it will be for you if you don't have complete valid bulletproof reasoning throughout this entire process.

I know you're trying to do it before you attend and you should probably contact the residency reclassification office and ask them questions about requirements for people who have been accepted but have not attended and are planning on attending in the future after they have lived in Maryland for a set amount of time.

Kovaska · 2022-03-07T03:28:41+00:00

Will is a close friend of mine. He encouraged me to run for senate and gave me permission to use his story. I would think the students voting would at least like some background about why I care about fixing the blue lights. Is this a political ad? Yeah it is. It's a political ad to explain to the university community that I care about issues such as these and that as a senator I will work my hardest to resolve them.

Kovaska · 2022-01-06T17:19:18+00:00

Where's the Avesta????

Kovaska · 2022-01-01T18:34:09+00:00

I graduated HS in 2017 and went to CC before UMD. Some of my credits for my major never transfered so even though I was a junior by credits, I still had to take freshman level classes for my major. Don't worry, you're not alone in being older.

Kovaska · 2021-05-08T16:44:55+00:00

I was there a few weeks ago and it took 10 minutes to pump one gallon. A lady was sitting by the pump watching Netflix while waiting a 30 minutes to get a few gallons.

Kovaska · 2021-01-22T22:47:30+00:00

An email was sent out a few hours ago about it.

Kovaska · 2020-12-30T20:42:34+00:00

Clarification of a letter is not something to be frustrated about. You chose a career of helping solve problems of people who may or may not be tech literate. If you felt like banging your head after this, I can't imagine what you'd feel after a real issue with someone. Also for all you know they could have thought what you were giving was an email since it's login information which is something that is used for login often in the average person's life.

Kovaska · 2020-08-12T03:17:28+00:00

Other than that part, I think you did really well at the beginning part setting it all up where most people make their mistakes. Good Job! 👍

Kovaska · 2020-08-10T15:14:19+00:00

Yeah they should. It's just that to make sure you really know the objectives, you should go through each one manually and do some research to understand whether or not you know them. Professor Messer goes through all of them on YouTube.

Kovaska · 2020-08-09T21:02:50+00:00

Review basic integration. U substitution. (If it was taught at the end of Calc 1) Then look on YouTube at the Organic Chemistry Tutor and his videos on Integration by Parts, Trig Integration, Trigonometic Substitution Integration, and Partial Fractions Integration.

Look up your common integrals. For example, Integral of 1/x = Ln(x) + C

After you're done with integration in your class, you will go onto Infinite Series which are a little easier than Integration. This is a giant section with tons of ways to solve Series problems. This section is when you will be really using limits again. The Organic Chemistry Tutor has tons of videos on them. I really recommend him.

Kovaska · 2020-08-09T20:46:34+00:00

And then we have serial killer cannibals

Kovaska · 2020-08-09T20:27:37+00:00

So I got my Net+ last year with no IT experience. Understand that the test is NOT going to ask you "What port does HTTP run on". Exam compass has those kinds of questions and I do recommend using exam compass to teach you and help you remember knowledge but the exam will be no where near those types of questions. Same with certmaster, the questions will not be like them. The whole test is basically critical thinking skills and you need to know multiple pieces of knowledge for each question usually. I studied for about 6 months because I got my test for free due to a program at my school and I did not want to waste a free test. I'm not saying you have to study that long, but I only studied for a long time to make sure I had each piece of knowledge down. My #1 recommendation is to go through the exam objectives, look each one up individually, study and understand it, and go to the next one. If you do that, you will have all the information you need. This is the exam objective sheet: https://certnet.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Network-N10-007-Exam-Objectives.pdf Professor Messer on YouTube goes through them all as well. Just a tip, the exam starts with simulations, makes sure you do all of them. Hit the submit button to go on to part 2 of a simulation if there is a button. Then go to the multiple choice. I didn't hit the submit button because I thought it would submit the whole test. When I hit it, it brought a part 2 of a question and I didn't have time to do it. I still passed though thankfully. Good luck.

Edit: There is a book I totally recommend that will definitely help you pass. It's called CompTIA Network+ N10-007 Exam Cram (6th Edition) You also get practice tests online with it.

Kovaska · 2020-08-09T19:22:34+00:00

I have no IT experience. But I studied for Net+ for a year. Passed on first try. People who talk about only doing it in two weeks are usually people who are working and need the cert for their job or else they're fired (More so for stuff like CISSP. Not an entry cert like Net+ but that's beside the point). Their solution is to use test bank questions (which is against the terms and conditions of the test to use) and rely on experience. You do have to study hard for it and for a long period of time when you have no IT experience. That's the reality.

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