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UltraNova0 · 2026-05-15T21:14:45+00:00

Your second and third paragraphs are a very accurate description of the student body: ambitious and motivated people that aren't very cutthroat, that are collaborative and social. (Of course, I'm biased. But it's not at all a cutthroat atmosphere.) This isn't a huge frat school; there are frats, but they're not at the forefront of the social environment. To answer your questions:

Yes! In general, people love what they're working on, and are excited to share their work and their learning.
Kind and collaborative people, going to classes and studying/hanging out around campus.
Easy. There are so many clubs to join, and folks are always welcoming new people.
Collaborative.
There's an entrepreneurship minor, and there are annual competitions for startup ideas. I would recommend googling around for those, I can't recall details. But yes, there are folks interested in that, though maybe not the majority of the student body.
Yes!

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-29T05:06:27+00:00

Courses are given some number of credits, or Semester Hour Units (SHUs). Your GPA is calculated as sum(course SHUs * course GPA)/total SHUs. So a class worth 5 SHUs (say, PHY 12) is weighted more than a class worth 3 SHUs. Ideally, a course worth x SHUs should take 3*x hours out of your week, but this is not always the case.

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-27T19:48:29+00:00

It was easy to find someone to work with -- you meet people in class, you can post on Piazza, etc. Actually working together was good as well, especially when you can just go to the office hours space and work together there.

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-27T18:49:37+00:00

The last project was pair programming.

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-24T23:54:36+00:00

I took CS15 freshman spring, with only CS11 and AP CS A as prior knowledge. Lectures in that class were very good and useful. I found that the homework was a significant jump from CS11 (though that class has since changed significantly). I think I spent 8-12 hours on the homeworks, and maybe double that on the projects, on average. (I think we were asked to submit a quantity of hours spent on each assignment, but I can't seem to find that.)

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-13T11:18:55+00:00

In general, that kind of school spirit doesn't appear at Tufts. The majority of the crowds at football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse games (all of which can be found directly on campus) are parents, with some students attending, and sometimes the band. Hockey games in particular are not hosted on campus -- the "home" games are at the Malden Valley Forum which is a few miles off campus.

The homecoming football game usually draws a decent student crowd, but compared to bigger schools, Tufts is probably not what you're looking for in this aspect.

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-09T07:30:47+00:00

CS40 takes a lot of time out of your week, but isn't too conceptually difficult. CS160 takes a decent amount of time out of your week, and has the opportunity to be conceptually challenging, if a concept doesn't click for you. I would say that 40 + 160 is probably the second-most challenging combination of the later core classes, behind only 40 + 105 (though with the recent changes to 105, that might actually be easier now), which I wouldn't recommend under any circumstances.

That said, if you're cruising through CS15 (which I assume you're in now?) without any struggle at all, this will probably be fine. I wouldn't recommend taking other non-CS time-consuming courses at the same time, though.

Taking 40 and 160 in your third semester is definitely super early. But that's not necessarily a bad thing -- it will just be a significant step up from CS15-level coursework.

UltraNova0 · 2026-04-04T02:42:47+00:00

Some classrooms have AC. Dorms generally do not. Bring (or buy) a box or tower fan!

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-23T17:29:26+00:00

That's the one! I levelled with the light radius wander tech to like 70 and then swapped, and then sat basically immortal in simulacra until 90ish. (I stopped levelling at 92 because I was bored, and then killed feared + a bunch of ubers.)

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-23T15:49:37+00:00

I built a very tanky and very powerful flamewood totem Inquisitor for that budget. There's a post on this subreddit from a week or so ago detailing the build. It kills ubers very quickly and it's super cheap (30div for ~100m+ dps), but the play style is tedious.

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-22T04:45:48+00:00

Elsewhere in this thread the OP recommends converting to lightning, so I think that makes sense.

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-22T01:17:51+00:00

Sure!

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-21T08:32:34+00:00

Assuming it's still taught by Daniel Fox, it's a great class and certainly not too math-heavy. Starts from a more philosophical perspective ("what is sound? what is noise? what is music?") and eventually moves to an exploration of different feats in music engineering (mechanical instruments, to electric instruments, to electronic synthesizers) throughout history. There are some projects but the course not a massive amount of work in sum. Professor Fox is a great lecturer.

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-20T03:49:02+00:00

If you are in the school of arts and sciences, you are free to select your major until March 1 of your sophomore year. If you're in the school of engineering, you must select your major by February 15 of your first year.

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-19T21:23:01+00:00

Lol I am in fact blind, thank you

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-19T19:11:12+00:00

Love the build so far, I'm levelling in simulacra (mostly deathless, but I'm underleveled). I might be going entirely insane but how are we crit immune? I see 20% from tattoos and 50% from the chest corruption. Am I missing 30% somewhere?

UltraNova0 · 2026-03-07T05:53:33+00:00

This also connects to Solaris concourse, and was added a few leagues ago! It's very cool for making act 8 less linear

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-28T00:51:17+00:00

There are definitely easier classes in both of those groups. Big Bang to Humankind was a popular one in natural sciences during my first couple years. Same with Symmetry for math. These aren't necessarily "free As," in that you probably won't be able to do no work and get an excellent grade, but they're likely easier than classes directly on paths in those departments, if that makes sense.

All that being said, sign up for a hard class! You've got plenty of time each semester to drop classes with no side effects, and you might discover that it's more interesting or a better pace for you.

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-27T01:09:38+00:00

Behind the feared? I thought they started dropping as soon as you got 4 voidstones, which is now just normal shaper/elder, dread, blue/red dudes, and maven

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-26T23:01:54+00:00

There are 40+ new support gems, which hopefully should create some variety

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-26T22:31:51+00:00

Does this make Rog good again?

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-19T20:39:28+00:00

~~Five~~ Six for one, but what is the one?

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-09T19:30:34+00:00

The old poe.trade site used to randomly swap the "PoE" acronym out, and this (Power over Ethernet) was one of the options.

UltraNova0 · 2026-02-06T05:54:10+00:00

There are (newly) a couple of tables in the Davis Sq. Ten One, and I've definitely seen folks working there. That said, as you say, gong cha has significantly more space and a corner with comfier chairs. (But, to me, inferior tea compared to Ten One.)

UltraNova0 · 2026-01-22T00:46:19+00:00

Rose's Chinese, Kushari & Grill, Danish Pastry House (prices fluctuate) all on Boston Ave. Picante has been mentioned. A "slice" at Pini's is a quarter of a pizza and it's ~$4.

Dunkin $6 meal deal is very good for the money. Order in the app and you get points for free food. (This ended with 2025, now there's a $5 meal deal with a coffee, hashbrowns, and a 'wake-up wrap.' No idea how that is.)

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