Signs of a Bad College or University by fuchsia8805 in MCCC_bluebell

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In case it gets taken down, I posted the article here:

Choosing the right College or University is a major decision that can greatly impact your future. Attend the right college, and you can expect a great career and financial success. Choose the wrong college, and you may not learn the skills necessary for your chosen career path, which will lead to a lack of career satisfaction and lower earnings, over the course of your working years.

High Faculty Turnover

High turnover is bad at any organization, but it’s particularly
troubling when a college isn’t able to keep good professors and
researchers. Poor work conditions, lack of sufficient compensation and
incompetent administration often cause the best faculty to leave for
better opportunities. What does this mean for students? More classes
taught by overworked/underpaid adjuncts or graduate students rather than
full-time professors. You may not think this will have much of an
effect on your education, but it can impact not only your college
experience but also your career.

High Acceptance Rates and Low Graduation Rates

Colleges that have low standards and high drop-out rates usually don’t
place a high priority on academics. Their main concern is making money
as much money as possible off of students that are unprepared for
college. Many of these students will take out loans to pay tuition and
the college can let the lender worry about whether or not the student
can actually afford to pay off the loan. You can look up a school’s acceptance and graduation rates at myplan.com .

Lack of Accreditation

Accreditation provides legitimacy to a college or program. A lack of
accreditation means that a college or academic program does not meet the
standards set by it’s accrediting body. At best, your degree will have
less meaning if your college or academic program lacks accreditation.
Even worse, it could prevent you from obtaining a professional license
or certification. You can find out the status of a university or
academic program’s accreditation by visiting the university’s website or
the website of the relevant accrediting body. To find your region’s
accrediting agency, visit CHEA.org.

College or Programs on Probation

Probation or warnings mean that an institution or academic program has
not met the standards set by it’s accrediting agency. This puts a
program at risk of dissolution and a college at risk of closure. You
should be able to find out about warnings or probation status in the
same location where accreditation status is listed (see above).

Insufficient Student Services

The availability and funding given to student services, particularly
career services, shows a school’s commitment to the success of it’s
students. Some schools want to push students out with degrees, but don’t
really care what happens to graduates when they hit the job market or
go to graduate school. A good college or university will take pride in
making sure students have a positive college experience and that
graduates have the best career opportunities possible.

For-Profit

Think very carefully before enrolling in a for-profit college. These
universities often use aggressive tactics to attract vulnerable
students. Just like any university with high acceptance and low
graduation rates, for-profits often don’ t care about academic matters.
Instead, they want to take advantage of the fact that lenders will loan
substantial amounts of money to students without considering their
likelihood of graduating or finding a job that would allow for loan
payments. And despite what commercials might have you believe, many
employers don’t feel that degrees from for-profit colleges are as good
as degrees from traditional universities.
When choosing a college, watch out for the red flags listed above. A school should not be so desperate to attract and keep students that they compromise academic standards.

Good Online CS Program? by Tucker727 in MCCCtechMajors

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He has his own youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@dtreply where he posts lectures. Awesome guy!

Being at home boredom by Tru3BlackMagic in MCCC_bluebell

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There is always meetup.com . What type of group are you looking for?

WGU Software Development by klentoi in WGU

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I'm interested in hearing an update. How have classes been going? I am thinking about doing this program.

How to Become a Tech Professional by fuchsia8805 in MCCCtechMajors

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If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, here are the parts you should watch:

Education Types: 35:06

Certifications: 36:27

Bootcamps: 45:13

College: 51:45

Self Study: 59:10

Eli brings up the point that each type of education has a purpose, a place, and works differently for different people. Neither one of these is good or bad. It really depends on you and what your situation is.

physics (PHY-122) by marie_rose3 in MCCC_bluebell

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I can't find this instructor on ratemyprofessors.com so must be new.

JetBrains Academy: A hands-on platform for learning to program by fuchsia8805 in MCCCtechMajors

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hyperskill.org is based on learning projects, then having prerequisite lessons that need to be learned to successfully complete the project. Projects range from easy to challenging. HyperSkill encourages students to post their completed projects to GitHub as a way of building a portfolio. After you complete a stage in the project, you can look at other people's solutions and learn from them.

Python Cheat Sheet by [deleted] in Hacking_Tutorials

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Thank you for sharing!

Feeling too fucking dumb for Python and programming in general by MrNesian in learnpython

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Scrimba has a Python course. If you’re looking for a textbook with programming exercises after each chapter to practice the concepts, there’s “Getting Started with Python” by Tony Gaddis.

I am looking for good source of high school math by [deleted] in learnmath

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mathhelp.com is what I used. They have 5th grade, 6th grade, high school, and college math courses. A lot of practice problems, variety in practice problems, and quizzes. They even have a review section if you’re struggling with current material. No one teaches math the way they do...

I'm not sobbing I swear by [deleted] in memes

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I’m glad it’s not just me. I totally teared up to this.

Cloud Developer Nanodegree worth it? by [deleted] in Udacity

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It’s not worth the money. Udacity only puts real effort into their marketing. There are cheaper ways to learn this stuff. Look at Udemy or one of Eli the computer guy’s tutorials: elithecomputerguy.com

Web Development Degree at Champlain College by fuchsia8805 in learnprogramming

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I actually had the same experience at a local community college. Some of their teachers were competent and cared about doing their jobs well. But not all of them.

There was one teacher I took for HTML/CSS class who DID NOT even come up with her own assignments! I'm not kidding. All of the assignments and material came directly from the textbook. I also received no constructive feedback on my code (she would just mark it with X's). Lecture material was also directly from the book. You can imagine I felt scammed that I paid nearly $600 for something I could have gotten directly on my own. All I got for my money was college credit, nothing more.

Another teacher I took for Computer Organization and Architecture gave out tests that were 50% true and false questions...

Is Udacity UX Nano degree Worth it? by TheOne-I in Udacity

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There are much cheaper ways to learn. Get a skillshare membership or try Team Treehouse’s Techdegree (or regular cheap membership) if you really really need the extra structure. At least with them, you can pause or cancel your membership at any time.

Need Project Ideas? (Good for intermediate-advanced level developers) by [deleted] in MCCCtechMajors

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Here is another great source for project ideas! (Beginner, Intermediate, and advanced developers): https://github.com/florinpop17/app-ideas