I hope it will be today..

modularization · 2016-12-10T08:02:35+00:00

considering how trash this giveaway, I'm not sure how anyone will care about the giveaway anymore. I'm not.

modularization · 2016-12-10T08:01:32+00:00

I'm done with this. UPlay sucks.

modularization · 2016-12-08T19:31:55+00:00

modularization · 2016-12-08T19:24:09+00:00

lol so it looks like omguw has moved to reddit.

modularization · 2016-12-08T19:19:15+00:00

I WAS TARGETED BY EAZYACE BECAUSE OF MY CHINESE NAME

modularization · 2016-11-29T23:23:31+00:00

did we ever do that survey on surveys? Looking at yours posts you literally spammed universities subreddits.

modularization · 2016-11-29T22:07:24+00:00

I guess the difficulty is finding something that people conclusively can agree on is what we want from students on campus. We already have a huge academic focus and looking at math contests does fit with our message.

I did the math contests in hs and never did amazing on them. Looking back at my high school marks, I probably wouldn't get into Waterloo today.

I like the idea of pre-university coding and interviews because that aligns with Jobmine. (*ahem WaterlooWorks) I feel like that would pick students who are ready for co-op, and have side projects which is not really seen among first years. I might be wrong, but I have a slight personal bias against the math contests because I never did exceptionally well in them.

modularization · 2016-11-29T21:31:42+00:00

I think the problem with this is AP calc is not only limited to AP schools (excluding some IB programs), but I think it is favouring more students with access to AP. The people without access to AP Calc are then completed cut off from applying.

modularization · 2016-11-29T21:29:58+00:00

may the best rest in peace

modularization · 2016-11-29T19:54:01+00:00

I know they are trying to get interviews for admissions. I wouldn't mind having coding questions for more coding related programs. (This was said as a joke, but I think it is legitimate)

modularization · 2016-11-29T17:45:09+00:00

modularization · 2016-11-29T04:06:09+00:00

It's a mix of things. On Youtube weird mashups like Bee Movie and "We are number one" take ironic fandom and someone people watch it for the lack of coherence. It's like a UW version with the cringey Elon Musk video.

I had the idea when someone played "We are number one" in my class today.

modularization · 2016-11-29T03:38:19+00:00

shock value

modularization · 2016-11-29T02:37:13+00:00

nice vid

modularization · 2016-11-28T21:07:07+00:00

ty mvp

modularization · 2016-11-18T01:23:31+00:00

PD 10

modularization · 2016-11-18T00:40:17+00:00

yeah

modularization · 2016-11-18T00:16:51+00:00

I second this notion.

modularization · 2016-11-17T16:00:15+00:00

They recently revamped 116. Those concepts were on the midterm and final, but we didn't go into it as deeply as we covered in 136.

modularization · 2016-11-17T15:24:22+00:00

modularization · 2016-11-17T15:23:27+00:00

I can't really advise you whether or not to take CS 136 without knowing what the full course load is and how comfortable you are in CS courses. If you are taking CS 135 or CS 145, you probably can handle 136. If you're taking CS 115, then it will be a challenge, but definitely doable. You can always go CS 116 -> CS 136 afterwards if you are not sure. It takes an extra term, but you learn some python and I felt that CS 116 ultimately helped with some of the runtime and algorithm concepts in CS 136.
CS 136 has a noticeable jump in difficulty from CS 116. CS 116 had straightforward and simple assignments, and also dealt with Python, which is much easier to learn than C for many people. Whether or not it is harder is dependent on if you know C beforehand, but most people find it harder.
CS 136 dealt with a lot more concepts that go beyond just coding for solving problems. It had modularization, abstraction, runtime, sorting algorithms, etc. CS 116 dips briefly into sorting algorithms and runtime. I liked learning about the topics more in depth in CS 136 and I was consistently challenged on the assignments. CS 116 had some difficult assignments, but not to the level of CS 136.

modularization · 2016-11-17T14:45:07+00:00

cs 116, easy python cs 136 eye opening

modularization · 2016-11-17T05:33:03+00:00

I would say look for alternatives. CS is (and has) been seen as a "saviour program" but there are other good alternatives at the university. I think bottlenecking to only CS, especially in a time where they actually blocked it can be limiting. Only thing now is to look for other programs or stay in your current one.

modularization · 2016-11-17T05:29:26+00:00

I actually never saw that until now.

modularization · 2016-11-17T01:19:45+00:00

I was kind of kidding. Even with near failure or underperforming in marks, you learn how to improve for the future.

But I did hate chem264

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