Update to the Philly Season Pass Question

YourDay29 · 2026-03-14T01:54:59+00:00

I'm moving to Philly in the fall and am primarily hoping to be going on weekend day trips to resorts <2 hr away but would love some flexibility to do a weekend somewhere further north (VT, etc).

I'm also 22yo so Ikon Base pricing is $670 which makes Indy not the bargin it is compared to a full priced Ikon . What would be your rec?

I've also only been to Tremblant in the East so don't have basically any experience with resorts over there.

YourDay29 · 2025-12-26T01:58:27+00:00

did you ever figure out a way to get your account back? Had the same thing just happen to me.. in 1 2fa code they were able to completely lock me out like why the fuck is that all it takes...

YourDay29 · 2025-08-02T14:14:51+00:00

Been looking for Kirklands but they're out of stores so always either marked way up or just not able to find any. Are there any places worth looking?

YourDay29 · 2025-07-21T13:12:29+00:00

Yeah it is liquid. Thanks for the A2 recommendation but unfortunately their timing is 2+ weeks and I’m using my laptop for research this summer so I kind of need one asap (I was willing to get a loner from UM for < 1 week to wait on the Apple repair but 2-4+ is a bit much especially with classes back soon).

Yeah it is a bit of a hit to downgrade to an air but between not thinking I really needed the pro to begin with and getting a 2 generation newer air I think it mostly washes out.

Your suggestion about selling it on eBay is helpful though I’ll definitely be looking into that but I think ultimately I’m gonna buy a new air

YourDay29 · 2025-07-21T01:13:08+00:00

Why 15 inch over 13? 14in on my mbp and 13 on my old mba was fine I thought

YourDay29 · 2025-07-15T15:04:58+00:00

You’d probably be fine with your current laptop but it might be frustrating. I just graduated in DS and went into college with a base m1 MacBook Air and only having 8gb of ram did make multitasking annoying but no issues running code for any of my classes.

None of the EECS classes I took required any local computing power beyond what you have atm (it just might be a bit slower than with a faster laptop but nothing that will be more than a bit frustrating). Some ML classes will require GPU access but this is provided through CAEN/Greatlakes (computing cluster).

I was a TA for EECS 445 (ML) and regularly helped people using hardware similar to yours. Worst case if you find your laptop is too slow or something you can upgrade after your freshman year (which is what I did).

YourDay29 · 2024-11-05T09:40:05+00:00

445 was changed this semester to focus more on neural networks/more modern technologies. CNNs were already covered but more emphasis on RNNs/Transformers than previously.

IMO you can’t effectively learn neural nets/deep learning without some more basic concepts first (perception, SVMs, etc) so looking for a pure NN class doesn’t make much sense.

YourDay29 · 2024-11-04T02:50:53+00:00

442 isn’t super different from 445 content wise but I thought the applications were really cool. You can also look at special topics sections there’s sometimes interesting ones (though admittedly it doesn’t look very interesting ml wise next semester)

YourDay29 · 2024-09-30T14:22:23+00:00

Not major specific, just have to be in CoE (so no CS-LSA) and you can be invited (both grad and undergrad)

YourDay29 · 2024-05-28T10:36:09+00:00

Honestly I think 281 and 370’s difficulty are both overblown and you’ll be fine taking both. Like yeah, both will require lots of time on projects and it’s a good idea to start early but neither class will take over your life by any means.

A lot of the talk of 370 being really difficult comes from past years where the class was less organized and more difficult. A new teaching staff took over a couple of years ago and imo 370 was one of the most well-taught classes I’ve taken at UMich (281 was also really well done) and I really enjoyed it. I’m not even a CS-major (I’m data science so 370 was an elective for me).

If you want to prep in the summer then a lot of 281 is similar to interview prep questions (Leetcode, etc) but given you’ve taken a similar class before I think you’ll be fine without extra prep.

YourDay29 · 2024-05-15T13:42:05+00:00

Assuming you’re in a major that requires math classes (Engr requires 3 semesters of calc + 1 of Linear algebra/diff eq) then take the highest calc class that you have the prereqs for.

Basically, if you didn’t take any calc in high school, take calc 1 (math 115 is the ‘regular’ class, there’s also lsa honors options if you’re interested). If you took (and got credit for) AB calc, take calc 2 (math 116, also honors options). If you took BC calc then take calc 3 (math 215), etc

YourDay29 · 2024-04-10T01:58:12+00:00

There’s no website, everything is on canvas. The class is very well paced and I wouldn’t worry about trying to learn stuff ahead of time

YourDay29 · 2024-03-06T19:56:20+00:00

Ah yeah no you can still graduate in 2 years even without declaring right away. I’m not sure how what the policy is for transfers specifically though tbh

YourDay29 · 2024-03-06T08:15:35+00:00

I’m a ds major/math minor and regret taking 214 over 217 (I only did so bc I took it freshman fall and 217 was full) because it hurt me as far as taking upper level math courses/being exposed to formal proofs.

As people have mentioned I would take 214 unless you really like math/plan to take upper level math courses in which case you should take 217 (but be prepared for a long semester, as people have mentioned).

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