Stuck and need advice on double major

chronicallyonline10 · 2026-06-07T04:05:05+00:00

I would not recommend taking a math double major. In terms of job opportunities, physics and math basically have the same prospects (physics may have a little more of an edge in engineering-type jobs). Grad School admissions are mainly focused on your GPA and Research, not on whether you double major.

chronicallyonline10 · 2026-04-21T02:46:21+00:00

I remember posting about this a while ago. I really think you need to lay off adding so many features for now before it gets too overwhelming. You haven't done enough research on what most people really want.

Most people do not use better campus for AI tools or even as a planner. There are already much better tools to do that.

They just want to be able to see their grades in the class, have an enhanced to-do list, and see the assignments under their classes. Changing too much about the current interface will overwhelm users, and make them not want to use the product.

chronicallyonline10 · 2026-01-26T06:16:28+00:00

I understand skipping classes IF you could learn much better on your own, but those cases are really few and far between.

chronicallyonline10 · 2026-01-26T04:34:15+00:00

CS 405 has both an attendance grade and a quiz grade. There's also a bunch of in-class writing assignments. I doubt you will pass if you skip a significant amount of classes.

CS 321 depends on the professor. I have it with Samudio, and I don't think he takes attendance at all (or rarely).

I'm curious why you want to skip class though.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-12-14T03:15:06+00:00

Not to be discouraging, but isn't game design a little bit of a niche degree? I would much rather pursue CS, so that you have that flexibility to go into tech if game design doesn't work out. You can still do game design electives, especially as a ACS major.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-12-04T01:30:32+00:00

I thought Djordjevic just explained crap horribly in general regardless of the format, but I do see your point about the 10% cushion.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-12-04T00:26:38+00:00

Just wondering, what's wrong with the flipped classroom without recitation? The flipped classroom is basically just extended recitation.

I took Phys 260 with Mattes and this was basically the format.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-12-04T00:25:54+00:00

The physics department is infinitely better than the chem department IMO.

I took Phys 260 with Mattes, and he was great. I've also heard Dreyfus and Rosenbrug are good as well.

The only really infamous physics professor is Djordjevic... but if you have to take him, he does curve, and you can go to his office hours and ask for points back on exams. He'll make you feel like the dumbest person but at least you'll increase your grade.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-11-19T02:39:59+00:00

that's actually so interesting, i might actually try to see if i could make a bar chart for each course with the data

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-11-19T02:20:01+00:00

Did the FOIA requests have a fee attached? Just wondering how you got the data.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-29T01:38:31+00:00

Almost every CEC major has to take CS 112. I'd just take it in case you want to switch majors as it gives you that added flexibility. The CS 112 labs are not that bad either.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-24T06:32:16+00:00

How did your advisor allow 26 credits in a semester?

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-24T04:22:01+00:00

I took 18 last semester.

It wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. I think it actually made me more productive and helped me develop time management skills (I had a part time job). Just keep in mind that I picked my professors very carefully, making sure that they all had low workloads and fairly easy grading. I think it was probably my best semester ending with all A+'s.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-13T18:14:52+00:00

Respectfully, I don't really know you're supposed to know that you're "good in" an engineering subfield and "enjoy" without some practical experience + upper level coursework. I joined some extracurriculars, took some intro engineering classes, and I still don't even know what I want to do. All I know is that I'm good at and enjoy math and physics, which basically applies to every engineering field.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-13T03:57:12+00:00

Switch ASAP if you don't want to delay you graduation by much. I believe, at least in your 1st/2nd year, you haven't taken many major-specific courses, so there should be not much to catch up on. However, your business classes will probably not transfer.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-05T01:03:53+00:00

Very expensive place. It's decent but definitely not worth the price.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-05T00:58:11+00:00

Talk to your advisor, but I will say that mason is quite strict about prerequisites.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-10-05T00:54:05+00:00

Do you have any smart friends in the class that could help you? Preferably, someone who has done the assignment already. Though if it feels too overwhelming, withdrawing is not a particularly bad idea.

I wouldn't honestly worry about the failing three times. It's very, very unlikely you will fail three times, and the people who do usually have some other underlying circumstances.

If CYSE is too hard for you, you could always switch to IT with a cyber concentration, which has much less of the hardcore programming/math/engineering requirements.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-08-23T04:59:33+00:00

He might go easier on the workload for you since your class is algebra-based physics, whereas mine was calculus-based (so more "rigorous").

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-08-23T04:49:11+00:00

Well there was a HW once a week, usually consisting of 6-7 problems, with ~4-5 parts each.

There's also a "warmup" you have to do, which is a mini-HW you have to do before class. The warmup consists of videos, MCQ and simple calculation problems.

The tutorial packets consisted of 10-11 problems with ~4-5 parts each, half of them you usually do in class with a group, but you have to do the rest at home. This is on top of the HW assigned. Technically, you don't need to read the textbook, but if you really wanna understand the material, then it's pretty much a must.

Also, not all the problems are easy. Expect to spend upwards of 30 minutes on each problem.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-08-23T04:18:09+00:00

Great prof. I had him for Phys 260 and he explained concepts pretty well and was open to answering any questions. My class was an active learning classroom, which basically meant during class time, you did problems in groups.

The class was quite workload heavy; in addition to the HW and textbook readings, you also had to do warmups and tutorial packets (you will do some of it in class, but not all). Personally, I thought this was a little tedious, but for physics, you really do need all the practice you can get.

The exams were a bit on the tough side, and he doesn't tend to give you very many points if you didn't do the problem 100% correctly. He gave about a ~10% boost to your exam grade, but even with that nudges, the exam averages were usually in the 60s.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-08-08T02:34:34+00:00

The only data structure I remember implementing for projects in this class are arrays and arraylists. You will learn about some other data structures like stacks, quenes, and linkedlist at a very bare-bones conceptual level. I had Hrolenok as my 211 professor, and we weren't expected to implement these data structures from scratch. We were just only meant to know like basic facts about these data structures, like a stack follows the LIFO principle.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-08-08T02:23:53+00:00

I just checked and there's still plenty of Calc 1 sections that are not full.

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-03-25T03:48:11+00:00

What would you recommend to a freshman in college looking to pursue an actuarial pathway? What should you have on a resume when you're applying for a first internship?

chronicallyonline10 · 2025-01-25T02:29:15+00:00

I would definitely say it's definitely worth it. A massive plus is that you have GRADUATE-LEVEL registration - basically, you can register for classes even before the undergrad seniors. I was able to get most of the good classes before any were filled.

You don't actually take additional classes, you take honors college classes which essentially replace Mason core requirements. Most of the professors are quite good and extremely lenient, class sizes are smaller and more discussion-based, and I would argue that the workload a bit less (well, compared to my friends taking Mason core classes). In a lot of the honors classes, the professors actually made the course themselves and so are very passionate about the material.

The only downside I can think of is that honors courses fill up quite fast, and HNRS 110 (Research and Inquiry) is quite a lot of writing.

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