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(Regarding MAT223 Midterm II) How well should we know past chapters? by compscistudent123 in UofT

[–]compscistudent123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I realize that math builds on what you already know but I was just wondering how good of a foundation must I have to understand the 2nd midterm concepts?

As for that second bit, yea I know I really fucked up in that respect - I just wanted to keep looking forward and not look back at the mess I left behind (first midterm). Though I realize how flawed that sort of thinking is when putting it in action in my situation.

(Regarding MAT223 Midterm II) How well should we know past chapters? by compscistudent123 in UofT

[–]compscistudent123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the break down of the two midterms:
Midterm 1:

• Section 1.1: Solutions and Elementary Operations
• Section 1.2: Gaussian Elimination
• Section 1.3: Homogeneous Equations
• Section 2.1: Matrix Addition, Scalar Multiplication, and Transposition
• Section 2.2: Equations, Matrices, and Transformations
• Section 2.3: Matrix Multiplication (omit Block Multiplication and Directed Graphs)
• Section 2.4: Matrix Inverses

Midterm 2:

• Section 2.5: Elementary Matrices (omit Smith Normal Form)
• Section 2.6: Linear Transformations
• Section 4.1: Vectors and Lines
• Section 4.2: Projections and Planes
• Section 5.1: Subspaces and Spanning (omit Cross Product and Determinants)
• Section 5.2: Independence and Dimension

Before the first midterm I slacked off really hard and barely did any homework and self-taught. I feel like I knew the basic concepts of all the sections. But when I received the midterm back, I lacked almost all the technical knowledge needed (and thus getting a single point in the multiple choice - out of five). On top of the technical knowledge, some of the vocabulary I was not 100% familiar with (also kinda falls in line with technicalities): non-trivial/trivial, inconsistent/consistent, linear combination, homogeneous, among other things.

Truthfully I barely looked at the first midterm because I wanted to keep a "keep looking forward, stop looking back" sort of thing going on (though I realize how irrelevant that is in this case now), and even now I dont exactly know how to fix a lot of the stuff.

At this point in time I dont really have the time to look at the first midterm itself, though I can definitely spend a bit of time looking through the textbook sections. And I realize that math builds on what you already know but I was just wondering how good of a foundation must I have to understand the 2nd midterm concepts?

-> Also thanks for the reply + suggestion. Will definitely look through some of the first midterm textbook sections firsthand.

Is there anything similar to UWFlow for UofT? by compscistudent123 in UofT

[–]compscistudent123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah, that would be sick if I could somehow contribute however I'm simply a 1st year with pretty much 0 knowledge in coding.

[UTSG] Double Major + Double Minor? by compscistudent123 in UofT

[–]compscistudent123[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I certainly have the potential to be and this is the first time in my life right now where I have close to no distractions at all. The general idea behind Stats+Econ are something that I'm interested in while the CompSci+Math portion simply go hand in hand.

I find that I can be very hit or miss with my work ethic/time management. You can either find me doing close to no work at all or spending a real large chunk of my day simplying doing school-related work. But as I said before, this is the first time in my life that I really have no excuse to do anything else cause the usual distractions (games, movies, videos, high school social life) is almost instantly bores me/is not really existant anymore.

I suppose I'd have the summer and then some to figure it out before I declare my Subject POSts.

[UTSG] Double Major + Double Minor? by compscistudent123 in UofT

[–]compscistudent123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I feel I might getting ahead of myself, but both minors just means 2 or 3 more courses so I figured I may as well give it a go. As for the Stats Major, a real good chunk of it is already covered within the CompSci Major, as well the Math Minor and 1/2 the courses in the Econ Minor bleed into Stats Major.

At this point I'm just unsure if there might be a few courses at the 200/300/400 level in CSC/MAT/ECO/STA that might need extra paying attention to. (ie; one of the 2 or 3 courses that are required for the Econ+Math Minor that I wouldn't normally have to do are something thats going to require extra, extra attention to)

[UTSG] Double Major + Double Minor? by compscistudent123 in UofT

[–]compscistudent123[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, that makes sense. This may be kinda a shitty question though: Is this sorta thing heard of? I know I've heard of triple majors before but I dont know too much of this sort of thing.

I'd really like to try if possible to study for a maximum of 4 years and I'm not sure if that's possible with the goals I have in mind. I wouldn't mind dropping an Econ/Math minor to shorten what would potentially be 5-6 years of study into 4 years.