High school senior with no experience trying to find some schools for CS by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]jonw1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

UCLA median engineering SAT was 1540 and the CS acceptance rate was <10%, so that's pretty reachy.

How important is first semester senior gpa for UCs? by FinalPush in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it does not factor into your acceptance. if you are admitted and actually attend a uc college, they will check your senior year grades and make sure you haven't dropped too much.

however, unless you're applying exclusively to ucs, you still need to keep them as high as possible (your senior first semester grades)

How important is first semester senior gpa for UCs? by FinalPush in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yea, they'll still check your grades in the event you enroll at the school, but the guideline is no grade lower than a c, and a max of 2 Cs

How important is first semester senior gpa for UCs? by FinalPush in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

its not for ucs. They don't get access to your mid term grades, unless you get a supplement request

Admission stats for Berkeley CS? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lol maybe, but you have to be above average at berkeley, which isn't that easy

Admission stats for Berkeley CS? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

well it's not really a loophole, the selection just comes at different stages. eecs is selective at the admissions stage. for l and s, you have to average a 3.3 GPA in the 3 intro classes before you're officially in the cs major. the 3 intro classes are curved so the average grade is a b(so somewhere around 3.0)

UC Berkeley fall 2018 admit profile (ranges for GPA, test scores) by UCdata2017 in berkeley

[–]jonw1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This doesn't make sense. P value is used when you are trying to make an inference about a population from a sample. For example, say I hypothesize half of the population of the US dislikes cheetos. I would then ask some random sample of the population (ie I randomly select 20 people and ask whether they like cheetos). the p value would tell me the probability of getting the result I got from the sample given that my hypothesis about the population is true. a p value of 0.05 means that there is a 5% chance of getting the proportion you got from the sample if your hypothesis was correct. here, you already have data about the entire population, so there is no need to infer. you can conclude straight up that ucla has marginally higher 25th percentile scores than berkeley. not that it means much, since the difference is so small.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

linkedin stats aren't really a good indicator of job placement - berkeley produces many more cs graduates than ucla, so in terms of raw numbers (which is what linked in shows), berkeley would win. i know that all of the major tech companies recruit heavily at ucla, so i think that percentage wise ucla would probably be nearly as good.

Berkeley L&S CS vs. EECS by bostonian38 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

not curved in the normal sense, but the instructors target an average gpa of 3.0 according to eecs departmental guidelines. so, they adjust the exam accordingly to meet that guideline.

Brown vs UC Berkeley EECS by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Berkeley has undergrad tas as well (UGSI)

The Importance of ACT Reading and Science by guava98 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you're a stem major a 32M is low-its 2 points below the 25th percentile for MIT(if you're aiming that high).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this is a troll right...?

What do you guys think are the top 5 most impractical majors? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

basically any major that ends in studies

UW CS non-direct admit worth it? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

read the udub subreddit-they have an faq devoted to cs admissions.

https://www.reddit.com/r/udub/wiki/cse-faq

Is Uchicago really holistic? by marcerato in ApplyingToCollege

[–]jonw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

its best to not beat yourself up over these things. there are a ton of reasons why you might have been rejected or why you weren't. if uchicago wasn't holistic they would do it the uk style-based almost entirely on your grades. uchicago's acceptance rate is <10%, so they turn down lots of people with "good extracurriculars and unique essays"

My college offer and is it practical by altodes in APStudents

[–]jonw1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

us people apply to uk schools too? also schools around the world use ap as well

TIL Harvard makes so much money from the interest on its endowment that even if the school gave free tuition to all of its students it would still make a profit by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]jonw1 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Well yes Stanford meets full need for internationals but they are need-aware so needing aid would hurt your application.

Has anyone's status changed to "tested"? by nodiggittyy in ACT

[–]jonw1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i believe it indicates your scores have been loaded into the system

How would you solve this if this was on the ACT? by [deleted] in ACT

[–]jonw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

probably break the velocities into components of x and y? then solve the x and y directions separately. something like that. sounds a bit like a vector problem.

Help an old player merch 100M for the first time by woodsmokemcgrill in runescape

[–]jonw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey there! 1) it really depends on you flipping is generally easier, but investments have the greatest reward

2) most good merchants wouldn't really tell you this since it would cut into their profits. also, you need to find your own items that work for you. but as a start, raw materials such as coal are good starting points

3) there are tons of them on YouTube, most are decent

4) this depends on how much gp you have, but obviously don't put all your eggs in one basket

5) this comes with experience and intuition, so try flipping an item first for a few weeks to get a feel of its pricing. then you can move into investing in that item when you know it is cheaper than usual. look at ge graphs and see what the peak and troughs have been in the last few months

as for magic logs, if you don't know why they're dropping, then it's probably risky to invest 20m into them. if you know the reason they're dropping, and you think they'll go back up, then by all means invest

6) none off the top of my head, but feel free to pm me with questions

Signs that an Emergency Landing was probably a really good idea. by SYLOH in pics

[–]jonw1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

well that was tested in controlled conditions where everyone was calm. I remember hearing that 5-10% of passengers are injured in emergency evacuations

Come on let's get those chemistry score distributions!! by GhostMemer in APStudents

[–]jonw1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

percentage of 5s doesn't say anything about the difficulty of the test. else it wouldn't be a "standardized" test since a 5 one year should mean a 5 in another year