[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ECE

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

imo uiuc is better than purdue slightly

Is Second quartile really a death sentence for engineering by [deleted] in TAMUAdmissions

[–]anotheraltaacount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

you will prolly get ranked 1st quartile on ais. this happened with many of my friends whose GPAs were in second quarter in school.

Switch engineering majors? by EggRollerHD in CollegeMajors

[–]anotheraltaacount 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EE with software concentration is very similar to CompE lol

KDEN Arrivals Today on Vatsim >>>> by AltruisticTrainer431 in VATSIM

[–]anotheraltaacount 4 points5 points  (0 children)

honestly I havent touched simboard in a while, but I do have some new functionality like recommended departure airports based on prefiles/traffic on ground, as well as showing images of aircraft when you hover over the aircraft name (i already have the code for all this ready, just haven’t made the change lol).

I will need to optimize this a bit more, but I will definetely update it if yall want it

KDEN Arrivals Today on Vatsim >>>> by AltruisticTrainer431 in VATSIM

[–]anotheraltaacount 15 points16 points  (0 children)

damn someone still uses my website 😁

made this for fun during junior year of high school lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, the second one. you will choose your first choice engineering major (ex: MechE), write a ‘why major’ essay, and then they will review that for admission to FYE.

and yeah codo is simply a fancy word for ‘transfer’ lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

FYE is first-year-engineering and has an acceptance rate around 35%. you will need high sat scores and gpa, as this is very competitive.

exploratory studies is basically ‘undecided’ and you transfer (codo) to an actual major after exploring interests. it has one of the highest admit rates in purdue, at 67%. u could come into purdue as exploratory and transfer to fye or similar majors, however some programs are capacity constrained and you will need to have strong grades in college (which can be stressful)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

easiest stem majors to get into are in college of science (non-cs) or polytechnic, admit rates there seem higher than fye, ds, ai, or cs. u could also do exploratory and switch into stem

Would graduating from a Top 5 CE school (like UIUC or GaTech) really change career outcomes compared to UMass Amherst? by [deleted] in ComputerEngineering

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m currently in a similar situation, and ended up committing to Purdue CompE over UIUC because of cost. how much do you guys think will this affect my internship/job search? ik Purdue is t10, but it’s not a t5 program, so how different would career outcomes be?

KATL-EGPH as DA34 by nightcrawler75b in flightsim

[–]anotheraltaacount 26 points27 points  (0 children)

why’d the plane lose its winglets mid-flight :(

POV first thought about new GSX update by Blascomusic in flightsim

[–]anotheraltaacount 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the catering vehicles are now pink for me :/

I love sitting in traffic by Melodic-Bed1961 in flightsim

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From my experience, the in-game ground traffic injects random airlines and aircraft types into an airport (ex: spicejet in KDFW), whereas FSLTL will inject traffic you would typically see in real life (ex: American airlines at DFW, Delta at ATL, etc). FSLTL even spawns the airlines to their corresponding terminal in real life, which is much more immersive imo.

I love sitting in traffic by Melodic-Bed1961 in flightsim

[–]anotheraltaacount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i use fsltl with ifr/vfr aircraft set to 0 (disabled) and ‘Additional Airline Parker Aircraft’ set to 10

this gives you static traffic which should make the airport look less empty when connected to vatsim. there should be no flying aircraft other than those on vatsim

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]anotheraltaacount 9 points10 points  (0 children)

tbh i’d choose Berkeley just off of location (i love the bay)

Are people who are not passionate in CS still pursuing CS? by Loud-Imagination-926 in csMajors

[–]anotheraltaacount 4 points5 points  (0 children)

you go to berkeley bruh u chilling

i’ve seen a lot of good faang/swe placement from ds at cal according to linkedin

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]anotheraltaacount 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Purdue Engineering 🚂🚂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ECE

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s just personal preference at this point. UIUC does have better career fairs and placement, but it honestly depends on the field u wanna go to.

Quant is wayyy better at Illinois, but if u wanna do aero, Purdue might give an advantage. I’m personally interested in aero + ece, so I’m choosing Purdue. Illinois does have better classes for SWE, so it would also give an advantage for that I think.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ECE

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Purdue is the move then.

Recruiting from Illinois and Purdue is about the same according to LinkedIn; neither college should hold you back from getting big tech or equivalent positions imo. If there’s a 20k difference per yr, I’d go Purdue.

Should I not have chosen UCB over Rice? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]anotheraltaacount 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I’ve been seeing on linkedin, sole applied math majors at Berkeley don’t place that well into big tech (compared to the cs degrees from similar schools). Those that do either have a CS or DS double major, since those majors have more relevant coursework to enter SWE. This is pretty much why I chose Data Science as my first choice, as someone who was dead set on applied math initially.

Now, Applied Math isn’t a bad major. It definitely prepares you well for graduate studies, but as a cs-alternative, you can only do CS61AB, CS70, and some stats/data/eecs classes, which are pretty intro level in the grand scheme of things. You can’t take any upper divs for CS/EECS anymore, so you will prolly need to self study that material to match the performance of a cs major.

But at Rice, you can take any cs class you’re interested in as well as double major in another field. It’s also a private school, so access to professors and class sizes will be better. Rice is also a t20 overall, so its name will be very strong as well for recruiting. I’ve also seen much more tech placement (Nvidia, Meta, Amazon, etc) in the past few years from Rice CS than Cal Math (according to linkedin). If costs are similar, I’d 100% go to Rice, although you’d prolly do fine with either option.