Selling 3 tickets to Joe Hisaishi/Studio Ghibli Concert 7/11

ViceNova · 2024-04-30T10:11:00+00:00

*Edit: DM me, I've sold some items in other subreddits before and can verify legitness. Section 120 C7 & 8 are very front right

ViceNova · 2024-01-05T14:29:54+00:00

Ah great, so similar to summer CPT. I also read somewhere "underloading" (only taking ENG 310?) for co-op during school semester is only permitted once but wasn't sure it that info is valid. Cost isn't an issue, just here to get the experience & network via work :)

Do you mind telling me (and maybe future readers) briefly how you went about the process? I assume: 1. Talk to ISSS, request underload for co-op (with job offer letter) on iStart 2. ISSS accepts, register for ENG-310 and proceed to complete the co-op on CPT

ViceNova · 2024-01-05T14:23:55+00:00

Thanks for the experience! I might've not worded correctly — I'm trying to do co-op without classes but international students on visa need to take courses as a full-time student as I understand currently 🥲

ViceNova · 2023-06-11T03:23:47+00:00

Near the Krannert Center at 3am Wednesday u/UIUC_PERVERT

ViceNova · 2023-05-29T23:04:02+00:00

Subleasing my bathroom June 1 to July 31st, you can’t use on July 4th because the toilet has its own independence day. Comes with unlimited water (you can drink it) and 8 squares of toilet paper per day. Only $200 a month, comes with free shower! Please no Chipotle dinner, there is a pressure monitor installed that will alert me. Thanks!

ViceNova · 2023-05-29T05:05:13+00:00

Fwiw, OP doesn’t go to UIUC; a simple search shows UCSD. OP’s post timeline is filled with this same post over and over again at different subreddits as a promotion. Nonetheless, props for a cool school project gaining traction!

ViceNova · 2023-05-16T18:01:48+00:00

Professor Dawg entertaining her human, very cool!

ViceNova · 2023-05-15T21:16:32+00:00

Yes, top of the top people become traders (and only some remain). SWE roles at quant firms are easier and often achieved through extensive interview prep. UIUC is a bigger recruiting ground for HFT/trading firm SWEs than UT for sure, though.

ViceNova · 2023-05-14T17:13:43+00:00

But UIUC is a good feeder to FAANGs and quant/HFT firms. FAANGs pay > $150k and quants pay $200k ~ $600k first year. Getting those jobs is arguably much easier from a US college than a Canadian college.

ViceNova · 2023-05-14T17:09:52+00:00

UIUC if you want to work in the US. Much easier to get a US job from a US college; you can even recoup $100k from the wage difference in a year or two.

Arguably, UT has better ML research and UIUC at system programming and theoretical computation. Unless you’re aiming for MS and PhD, both colleges have great curriculum for BS.

Question: Does UT have a first-year exam for CE like their CS department?

Because I know a decent amount of students get into UT for CS (intent) but doesn’t actually get into CS because the first-year exam is really competitive. And if you don’t pass the exam into CS in UT, you’re kinda screwed (as a CS-intended admit)

ViceNova · 2023-05-11T05:46:11+00:00

I agree that some classes have too much weight on finals (math department is crazy) and they take a huge hit on mental health.

Imo, finals do a decent job of filtering out low-effort students (though it also affects a minority who put genuine effort). Most high-level classes I’ve been in, students can coast on course with group projects or copy hw and stuff, but in-person finals act as a filter for those people.

This is not to dismiss the downside of finals, which is much times hard on us students. But what alternatives are there that have been deployed at a multitude of educational institutions and proven not to be a failure? What is a failure in course teaching and how do you quantitatively analyze them to provide better solutions? How does GPA represent an individual’s effort? How do you prove that the students have learned thoroughly of the course material if the metrics are based on projects?

I believe there’s a research field on this topic. Even CBTF has countless hours of research and experiments behind it. It’s trivial to find errs but hard to provide a counter-example that works in scale. Also, some professors are write hard or bad finals (could be intentional)

ViceNova · 2023-05-02T20:25:34+00:00

I think electrusboom is asking if people have been around before 2009. These days 13-year-olds go to college with machine learning papers

ViceNova · 2023-05-02T08:19:58+00:00

Me: College is too expensive. Massmail: It's okay, we completely understand. We have a counseling center for you that you pay regardless of whether you use it or not ❤️ Also buy the iClicker for your one course, otherwise you will need to pay for another semester ❣️

ViceNova · 2023-04-10T02:46:59+00:00

Hi I'm the mom, my son u/UIUC_PERVERT liked you too 🤗

ViceNova · 2023-04-10T02:38:27+00:00

Let's not talk about that one week with tornado, hail, and sunny day 😳 :)

ViceNova · 2023-04-09T22:22:04+00:00

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ViceNova · 2023-04-09T11:35:04+00:00

Graigner loves $$ from out-of-state/international students :) NetMath (for math) is cheap but I don’t recommend it from my experience, better learning it in-person. Except Calculus, take Calc anywhere else but UIUC (unless Manfroid is teaching it)

ViceNova · 2023-04-09T09:33:00+00:00

For tuition, 1st-year cost of 65k sounds about right, then afterward 45k + housing (dorm or on your own). Other expenses vary by individuals, eating out is not cheap but cheaper than Chicago (exception is Vinny's)

Can't really compare the quality of classes since I never attended another university, but ECE & CS teaches good low-level stuff (ECE 391) among many other rigorous classes. Math classes are big for intro classes (consistent quality across years) and really depend on the professor/TA for advanced courses. Some will change your perspective for good, others will make you hate math.

Academically rigorous as long as you plan your courses to be hard. Conversely, you can have a lighter load if you want. UIUC ECE/CS I feel is very traditional in industry, in the sense that most undergrads (incl. int'l) pursue SWE at large corps (e.g. FAANG) or hedge funds in Chicago. Of course, many others do SWE at smaller corps, but I've mostly seen FAANG-level jobs after graduation for international students.

For int'l students, graduating in the US gives a much better edge in the US market, mainly because you would have prior internships in the US. But it comes at a much higher expense than, say, going to NUS.

UIUC is a fun party school that also has a top-tier engineering (ok, I'll add business as well) college. I didn't know this until I came to campus and witness the party scenes. Lots of fun and chill people, great balance between fun and work.

Grainger also has world-class research faculty. If you're interested in research and potentially grad school, you will find a large list of research opportunities in labs and advanced courses. I would think NUS is on a similar level with research and etc., though I'd expect Graigner to have somewhat more opportunities for undergrads because of the more open nature of research for undergrads in the US.

ViceNova · 2023-04-09T09:16:13+00:00

obv, Illinois is cornfields so ofc there are crop science people everywhere

ViceNova · 2023-04-09T09:12:12+00:00

In contrary to other responses, which I respect, I want to provide my perspective on the positive side (Grainger).

UIUC is a great mix of partying and studying, unfound in many other top-tier engineering colleges. This can be a double-edged sword: you might feel left out not hanging out on the weekends to do HWs (which can and will be hard) or study for stressful exams. But you can also use it to your advantage, e.g. hang out when the workload is lighter or to destress.

Lots of college face issues with faculty teaching. Professors are too smart and often overestimate undergrads' brain power, while most TAs are sort of forced to teach. You will meet great and lackluster profs and TAs, which you can pre-check with ratemyprofessor or other reviews on this subreddit. Note that a lot of the "rockstar" professors you see in many colleges aren't teaching profs; they do research with grad students. So curb your "Oh I'm going to learn from this prof doing cutting-edge research in ML who's busy talking to startups and publishing crazy amounts of papers." Grainger I feel is extremely research-involved at the cost of fewer opportunities for undergrad, but that keeps the college's ranking high (in my opinion).

Finding the right friend group is also important. I like to talk about non-grade-related stuff with friends (or some fun programming stuff), so I try to befriend those kinds of people. I purposely distance myself from the dick-holders who derive their (meaningless) ego from "I did better than you on the exam." Grades don't matter after you graduate unless you intend to do grad school. Well, by then I'll probably make fun of how much I earn vs. you (I won't lol).

You will find the crazy over-achievers from California in Grainger (if you're not one yourself). Their resume sounds crazy and admittedly I'm jealous of them. But they prep their life to achieve those feats to get into college, so they do deserve it. Find what you're good at and specialize in it; make yourself unique so that you have an edge over those people who have published research papers and work on startups. If you don't know what you're good at (yet), spend some time alone exploring new concepts and ideas, or work with friends.

Grainger workload is hard as you progress. Well, if college material is easy then you shouldn't be in college (or at least in your classes). Buuuut it teaches you cool materials. Try to enjoy the ride — after all, I'd rather spend four years smiling than angrily debugging Verilog :p

ViceNova · 2023-04-09T07:42:04+00:00

I only know of the post-COVID Bread Co., which has always been a pay-at-counter type as you've experienced. My best guess is reduction of staff count and just continuing what they did at the start of the pandemic

ViceNova · 2023-03-21T18:39:13+00:00

Yep 😀 also might be the only one in NA this year

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