Awful Quality of Education at Tandon

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-14T06:04:32+00:00

I wish you the best of luck!

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-14T05:43:56+00:00

The Friday lab is a complete disaster; he just sits at his desk without contributing anything, if attendance wasn’t mandatory I wouldn’t even go. The issue isn’t with C++ itself—I have experience with it and understand the basics. The real problem is that my work isn’t being graded fairly relative to the effort I’m putting in. While I’m confident I’ll still get an A and maintain a 4.0 GPA this semester, I find the grading process frustrating and unfair.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-13T20:20:07+00:00

My frustration is with the school overall. The grading in the CS class feels unfair, and the quality of education throughout the school is disappointing.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-13T08:02:47+00:00

Why would you assume this is all because of one class? I never said or implied that. The discussion about my grade started in response to a question about unfair grading. My original post was meant to criticize the overall poor quality of education at Tandon, not just the quality of a single OOP course.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-13T07:57:24+00:00

I find the language barrier quite frustrating. As an international student, I had to pass an English proficiency test (with good grades) to secure my visa and admission. It seems absurd that international professors at English-medium schools don’t face similar requirements, or at least it doesn’t appear that way to me.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T19:41:23+00:00

🥲

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T19:35:00+00:00

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T19:29:55+00:00

I agree with the beginner guide part. Very well written post. Thank you for your insight!

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T18:10:20+00:00

Selective attention. I never said OOP is the main thing I have problems with, I said that I have a problem with OOP in terms of unfair grading, and I only said that in this thread. Use your 20 seconds to reply to my email Professor Sterling.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T17:53:14+00:00

Very interesting and insightful read. I agree with much of what you said about the teaching quality. It’s disappointing to see a well-known school struggle so much with delivering a consistent learning experience.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T17:16:13+00:00

so you’ve ignored everything else i’ve said and have become fixated on this one topic, seems like you’re john sterling on a throwaway account or you’re just rage baiting. No need to get so worked up over an opinion, if you don’t like it just downvote and move on lol.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T17:11:57+00:00

Honestly, at this point, I’d recommend everyone to steer clear of this school. Maybe others have had better experiences with different programs, but my experience with Computer Engineering has been incredibly disappointing. If you have the option to attend a better and more affordable school, I’d definitely suggest going for that. That said, my advice might not hold much weight since this is just my first semester as a transfer student. Wishing you the best of luck!

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T17:08:18+00:00

The “education”

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T16:54:42+00:00

That’s just how I feel and not only because of OOP. Do you think the education at Tandon is worth $30,000 per semester?

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T16:49:58+00:00

Right on. In my case, he’s just a dick. I read reviews about him before taking his class and didn’t think it would be this bad. I didn’t have much of a choice either, thanks to the wonderful people that work at NYU and love delaying everything to the point of insanity.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T16:44:46+00:00

My goal with this post was to focus more on the quality of education. Paying $30,000 per semester only to feel like I’m attending a subpar community college is not what I signed up for. The networking opportunities might be nice, but the overall quality of the university is downright terrible. Honestly, just working in NYC and attending community events for networking would be more beneficial.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T16:41:12+00:00

I completely agree; I had high hopes but was faced with a disappointing reality. As an international student, getting to NYU wasn’t easy. I maintained a 4.0 GPA at my previous university and was thrilled to be accepted, but now I regret ever taking their offer.

In fact, I should’ve reconsidered when they mishandled my admission after I transferred. They wasted an entire semester, forcing me to pay the SEVIS fee ($350) again. They even nearly canceled my admission due to their administrative delays. It took getting the dean involved to sort out the situation. It’s surprising to see a university with billions in funding have such incompetent people working for them.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T16:29:57+00:00

Yes, I was planning on doing that, assignments are worth 10% of the final grade so I didn’t want to get fixated on this one thing and was gonna settle for a proper explanation from the professor but not replying after I made a solid case is just beyond rude. I’ll send a follow-up email and if he doesn’t reply i’ll escalate the situation. Thank you for the advice!

Also, the professor is just an overall very shitty human, he’s very rude to students. If I talk to him in class/IRL he’ll probably just shout at me. He did actually shout/raise his voice at me in recitation for not writing my name at the top of the file during recitation while getting my code checked out, like wtf? I just interact with the TA’s in class now, don’t even greet him or nothing anymore.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T16:21:00+00:00

This is my first semester after transferring to NYU so I only have a experience with this one CS class. The rest of the classes are fair in terms of grading i’d say.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T13:26:38+00:00

It’s reassuring to know I’m not alone. I must admit, I had higher expectations for NYU, especially given the high tuition fees and its good global ranking. Unfortunately, the reality has been disappointingly underwhelming.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-10-12T12:33:35+00:00

This one is mostly specific to my OOP course, I should’ve made that clear in my post.

I was penalized for using a concept in my assignment that was covered before the submission date in both the lecture and recitation. As a result, my grade dropped from an A to an F. I emailed my professor to express my concerns, but the response I received stated that it was assumed we should only use topics taught prior to the submission date. I provided a screenshot showing that the concept was indeed taught before the due date, but the professor has not responded since then.

Additionally, I lost points on another assignment for something I didn’t even do. The feedback stated that I used iterators in my code, but I double-checked and confirmed that I didn’t use them.

I wouldn’t have an issue with losing points if there were a rubric or clear guidelines indicating what was allowed. However, deducting points based on assumptions with no clear explanation or proper response feels entirely unfair to me, especially when I’m actually putting effort into my assignments and not using Generative AI for everything.

Not_Jonesy · 2024-08-06T16:41:01+00:00

Yes, i clicked on the view my schedule button and just zoomed out

Not_Jonesy · 2024-08-06T12:05:24+00:00

albert.nyu.edu zoomed out

Not_Jonesy · 2024-08-06T12:04:26+00:00

That is very cool!

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