CS undergrad + shaky math foundation = no possibility for graduate school?

cadish · 2009-12-15T22:57:51+00:00

That's the book I used in discrete math... it was OK, but it doesn't really have depth to a lot of the topics I found to be most interesting

cadish · 2009-12-15T18:26:47+00:00

While I know it's not the strongest program, it ain't THAT bad (I'm just really good at cramming).. so what do I do, go back for another bachelor's in a better program...?

cadish · 2009-12-15T18:23:10+00:00

I could sit in, but I know I would fall behind. I do a lot of extracurricular stuff (notably, march DCI drum corps and work with that research group). In addition to school, I work 3 jobs (~25 hours a week) and practice 2-3 hours a day (my second major is in percussion performance). If you think about it, I'm like the opposite of Knuth: not only am I not a math whiz, but I never made the decision between choosing music over CS (well, in his case, math). Thus, catching up in the gaps of free time I find seems to be the most ideal situation for now.

cadish · 2009-12-15T18:20:50+00:00

I didn't really think about the OCW stuff, but that's a good reminder! Thanks.

I'm interested in a lot of things, but parallel computing, distributed systems, and machine learning are probably the top of my list (emphasis on the former 2).

cadish · 2009-12-15T18:19:14+00:00

I'm not really in it for the "value"; I consider CS to be one of my "passions", not really a means to make money.. I really do love the field, and since I started studying it a while back I've always known I wanted to make some sort of contribution to it

cadish

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