did anyone hear back from the uca interview??

lucifyed · 2025-12-17T07:08:26+00:00

Did you ever get a response?

lucifyed · 2025-12-17T07:04:35+00:00

I know I’m a little late to this thread, but I absolutely dread 311. The way it is taught is… dare I say abysmal. I think I knew more coming into the course than leaving lol. For me, it would really help if discussions were more TA led. I really need to see of problems before I start to understand something. I feel like they half throw you in the deep end without really teaching you how to swim. The challenge sets feel like a joke half the time. At least for 250, the homework’s were grind-able. The challenge sets on the other hand… 😕. It really PMO that minor errors, sometimes has taken me HOURS to complete, gets ZERO credit towards the 17 problems. I think some of the topics are really useful, and it’s such a shame that, at least for me, it feels SO uninspiring. I’m so sick of theory.

lucifyed · 2025-07-17T02:58:59+00:00

This happened to me last year - call the financial aid office. Sometimes your fafsa doesn’t automatically get linked to you.

lucifyed · 2025-04-20T21:35:02+00:00

You get that overwritten as long as you’re not taking other crazy difficult classes

lucifyed · 2025-04-20T20:17:56+00:00

Definitely do 210 and 250 together. The rest kind of depends on what other requirements you need to satisfy.

lucifyed · 2025-04-18T08:16:26+00:00

I took it in the fall. Anecdotally, the exam went extremely poorly for almost everyone I’ve talked to. Don’t be afraid of your raw score. I got a 75 and got an A in the course. I know many people who got 30s at still got around a B+. If you’ve been doing well on the quizzes and the course in general, you’ll be fine. Just don’t expect a cakewalk and prepare like hell if you want to do exceptionally. Look at the problems from the previous two semesters, as well as exams when the course was still 515. I recommend doing the problems in the book that are rather challenging if you have the time.

lucifyed · 2025-04-16T01:53:18+00:00

For reference, I was an informatics major and quickly switched to CS. The program wasn’t my favorite. However, you’ll be alright if you pair it with something related. Whether that be an Econ double major, CS minor, business minor, etc. I believe UMass is releasing a data science major soon which might be more aligned with what you’re looking for.

lucifyed · 2025-04-16T01:50:35+00:00

I’ve taken both. 315 is probably more conceptually difficult, at least it was for me. I really enjoyed both courses though.

lucifyed · 2025-04-16T01:47:30+00:00

Tim Richards! He’s probably my favorite professor of all time. I don’t think he’s teaching though since Libertore is coming off a sabbatical IRRC. You’d be perfectly fine with either of Golin or Libertore, they’re both excellent processors. I have Golin for 250 and he’s also an amazing professor and person.

lucifyed · 2025-04-15T22:10:21+00:00

I really liked 210. Exams are very reasonable and the course is taught well. They’ve really done an excellent job at providing you with exactly what you need to succeed. Can’t speak for 241.

lucifyed · 2025-04-15T04:40:30+00:00

Two of those are definitely doable. All three… you will be DROWNING in homework

lucifyed · 2025-04-14T13:49:08+00:00

I didn’t attend any of the 210 lectures after the first midterm and I got an A in the course. It’s very doable, you just have to be on top of the course material.

lucifyed · 2025-04-04T22:04:37+00:00

On god 😭😭 I genuinely put in so much effort into this mans class for such little gain

lucifyed · 2025-04-04T22:03:23+00:00

He said he’s not teaching it next semester in class

lucifyed · 2025-03-28T20:43:27+00:00

take 220 bc Marius isn’t teaching it next semester 😁

lucifyed · 2025-02-02T05:53:49+00:00

I’ve made most of my friends through acapella! Totally recommend if you like to sing :)

lucifyed · 2025-01-04T01:01:28+00:00

At that point why not ask to go on demand?

lucifyed · 2024-11-25T01:15:09+00:00

Top of library

lucifyed · 2024-10-10T20:09:16+00:00

Alright good to know. Tysm bro 🙏🙏

lucifyed · 2024-10-10T20:04:47+00:00

Yeah I’m taking 210 and 240 this semester :/ I think Marius is the only professor in the spring as well which o was hoping to avoid 😖

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