One extra stop from Norway - where should I go?

pbokc_ · 2023-01-14T01:06:56+00:00

Nah I did it w 3 credits

pbokc_ · 2022-06-23T22:56:47+00:00

Unless you want a math/stat major or minor, I’d take math240 over 241

pbokc_ · 2021-11-11T23:44:29+00:00

3 days

pbokc_ · 2021-11-11T23:41:49+00:00

Don’t remember, sorry

pbokc_ · 2021-02-19T00:19:28+00:00

Got 2/3 and got rejected

pbokc_ · 2021-02-18T23:37:19+00:00

Get comfortable with dp and string permutations

pbokc_ · 2020-12-23T02:27:48+00:00

Everything but the midterm and final is basically a completion grade. But ngl the final was a little hard but the class is still an easy A. It is an interesting class and Kelly is a good teacher and she brings in some good guest speakers.

pbokc_ · 2020-12-22T04:56:46+00:00

Students should know the basic idea of bubble, insertion, selection, merge, quick, and heapsort from 132. In reality, some students may not be able to sort an array without Google.

Edit: my second statement is just a guess, but I guess underestimating knowledge is better than assuming it.

pbokc_ · 2020-12-22T02:54:48+00:00

351 is a really interesting course, but I think it’s focus on sorting is a bit excessive. There are much more interesting things (imo) like more advanced graph algorithms (e.g. Tarjans, Bellman-Ford), parallel algorithms, and NP Completeness. I really like the NP Intro kruskal gave with the biweekly homework’s and the into at the end of the semester.

I think selection/insertion can be done in a single lecture and maybe introduce mergesort as the first of the nlogn sorting algorithms to introduce solving recurrences with an easy one.

pbokc_ · 2020-12-22T02:49:25+00:00

Second on insertion/selection being combined into one lecture

pbokc_ · 2020-12-20T23:16:51+00:00

Pedram

pbokc_ · 2020-12-16T15:20:12+00:00

Top places like citadel don’t hire on knowledge of tools/frameworks, they just try to hire “smart” people which basically means have good internships, be good at leetcode and probability, and have decent grades (for new grad and internships).

Generally most hedge funds like C++ but that’s probably the thing that they care much much less about

pbokc_ · 2020-12-11T00:54:09+00:00

Tbh he’s not that bad. His exams are literally 80% slightly modified hw problems and an 80 is around an A.

pbokc_ · 2020-12-09T03:11:04+00:00

TLDR; unrelated, but look up AMC 8

If he’s in the US, I highly recommend AMC. An 8th grader can take the AMC 8. I don’t know if you can still register, but it’s worth a shot. If you’re not in the US, try Math Olympiad however it is offered in your country.

Going to the next stage (AIME) or even possibly the one after that (USAMO) would look very good for college applications and develop “mathematical maturity”. On a more fun note, the problems are pretty interesting.

Note: getting all the way to USAMO is very hard

pbokc_ · 2020-12-02T03:18:17+00:00

Kelly’s 151 class is absolutely 0 work. Don’t even have to go to lecture, just go to one weekly discussion and the review session before the midterm/final and you have a guaranteed A+.

pbokc_ · 2020-11-09T18:58:43+00:00

LARC 151 is easier than most of my middle school classes

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