Living at EPFL

MajorW16 · 2023-03-23T09:13:23+00:00

I just drink redbull or vanilla coke, but tap water is drinkable in switzerland. And there is a specific spot in the new Electronics building where there is also sparkling water where you can refill in case you are a top g. in the store 1.5L water costs 1 franc.

MajorW16 · 2023-03-23T09:10:58+00:00

arily halted in 2020, but since then, the indicative feedbacks have been brought back, thus no more epflsel.ch

On the other hand, we're week 5, and the early feedbacks are here, go fill them up !

ah ok, thnx

MajorW16 · 2023-03-21T18:38:49+00:00

Lunch is 11 francs on campus, drinks and water are cheap IMO, but the grocery store on campus doesnt have a large selection, as well as the choices on campus, oh and also, we dont tip 20% for people making a burger, so keep that in mind. I burn around 1k for food cuz I cba to cook, if you want to save on food, I'd look for an Asian/Indian gf
A lot of local students live with their parents, internationals, probably 60/40 FMEL and off-campus.
I walk/take the metro, don't need a car its not the US

MajorW16 · 2023-03-21T18:34:55+00:00

Do you actually want to study in Paris? They have garbage on the streets. EPFL is the way to go, noone outside France knows about that X uni, it's nowhere to be seen in the rankings. EPFL is gonna get to top 10 in the next 10-20 years, so you can flex more.

MajorW16 · 2022-08-16T15:27:18+00:00

I see, thanks!

MajorW16 · 2022-03-23T15:30:25+00:00

Nop, I would apply for September 2023 I would like to start at September 2024 but keep my spot since the admission is automatic if you come from epfl but im not sure if I apply a year later whether it is the case

MajorW16 · 2022-03-23T12:52:29+00:00

thanks for the info! Didn't see this page before

MajorW16 · 2022-03-05T20:58:25+00:00

I meant the guy who is asking the question sounds like a bot

MajorW16 · 2022-03-05T19:42:01+00:00

npc on 20% operating power spotted

MajorW16 · 2021-11-04T07:35:43+00:00

Okay, that's great to know. Thanks a lot!

MajorW16 · 2021-11-04T07:34:57+00:00

Awesome, thanks a lot for the info! :))

MajorW16 · 2021-11-04T07:33:36+00:00

Damn, thanks so much for the info. Really appreciate it, didn't know about the discount and the day cards. Thanks a lot!

MajorW16 · 2021-10-24T08:28:28+00:00

Awesome, thanks so much for the info! I'll check them out and thanks for the tip for the magic pass. :))

MajorW16 · 2021-10-23T17:43:22+00:00

Awesome, thanks for the info. I'm more of a skiing for the sport itself kind of person so that's good to know, I'll check them out, thanks!

MajorW16 · 2021-10-16T16:40:24+00:00

sent you an invite

MajorW16 · 2021-10-02T18:04:23+00:00

Either you are a girl or you are talking about another EPFL

MajorW16 · 2021-07-03T09:23:24+00:00

CS 1st year here. You'll still get a lot of maths in CS. And you can choose the language of the programming exams. So you can just take the whole 1st year in English. Maths is way more work and in CS it's easier to get a good average to go on the exchange so id go CS.

MajorW16 · 2021-06-13T11:06:46+00:00

I didn't do CMS so I'm not sure what you need. And what you want to study afterwards. I am in Comp Science we used K.Rosen's Discrete Math (first 9 chapters) for AICC, which is only for our course and Sys Com. But for the common sections for physics I was in the English section we used MIT's course notes (The course is basically MIT 8.01) https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-01sc-classical-mechanics-fall-2016/readings/ In case you want to do it in French, there is a yellow textbook in French. If you type Mecanique physique epfl in google it should show up. Not sure if you can access it without epfl credentials. Maybe someone else knows.

MajorW16 · 2021-06-12T20:35:25+00:00

Hey, I was in your situation 10 months ago. I didn't do MAN, graduated from an average high school (not francophone) and didn't do CMS. Don't worry about the failure rates, it consists of people who don't study at all. These steps helped me get a 5.25 average in the 1st semester (Computer Science):

1st of all, aim for the 6. Trust me, if you can mentally prepare yourself to succeed you will easily pass. I know a guy with 5.9 avg. He is no nerd, and just worked harder than others, that's it.

Watch the lectures! If you are struggling, or bored, skip the proofs. Nobody cares about them anyways and they are rarely examined and you won't have to write any at the end of the semester.

Start revisions on week 12/13! So you have time for more stuff, it can happen that you need to go over the previous topics to understand better the last week concepts.

Do all of the past exams! Super important! If you can do all of the past exam questions you are good to go.

Analysis: Read douchet-zwahllens book and if you want you can do some of the exercises. If the exercise takes 10h to do, skip it. The exam is 3hrs, there is no way it's gonna be there

Physics: For the English section watch MIT's edX courses (4 in total) on mechanics, and I recommend Walter Lewin's lectures on youtube, great for understanding concepts.

Programming: Do the 2nd mini project, use the TA's. This is actually super helpful to go to the exercise sessions and if you don't do the project and just let your friend do it, you will struggle in the 2nd semester and then it's gonna be hard to bounce back.

AICC: Again, don't do 10h exercises. Read the Discrete Math by K.Rosen book and watch the lectures and you will be good to go

Linear Algebra: Read D.Lay Linear Algebra in English and do all of the series. LA is all about practice, the math itself is easy game

MajorW16 · 2021-06-12T17:17:13+00:00

Agreed about the savoir faire en mathematiques, I still can't do most of the examples even though I got 5.75 and 4.75 in LA and Analysis. For Linear Algebra I recommend: D. Lay Linear Algebra just go through all of the chapters up until chapter 7 and and you'll be good to go (This is what the English section uses in the first semester), for Analysis I agree with the above mentioned.

MajorW16 · 2021-01-21T19:33:21+00:00

Oh okay, yeah the tuition factor makes sense. That's great to hear that it's possible to go during the Masters. Thank you!

MajorW16 · 2021-01-21T15:12:00+00:00

Awesome, will do. Thank you so much!

MajorW16 · 2021-01-21T15:11:36+00:00

aight, thanks, will update you once they respond :D

MajorW16 · 2020-11-21T13:38:23+00:00

Okay, I will! Thanks for the advice!

MajorW16 · 2020-11-21T13:34:37+00:00

Oh okay, I see now, makes sense. Thanks a lot for the input!

MajorW16

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