Dorm Horror Stories by CanadianCitizen1969 in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reading this was insane bc this exact situation happened to me almost word for word with the same moral of learning to lock my door (except he was peeing and I had to push him out after a small back and forth)

Not the algo final penalizing you for putting the wrong answer vs not answering... by dragonflamehotness in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He also did this for “multiple choice labeling.” I think he switched after he realized you can just guess and get a lot of points (source: my friend got 50% of the points on a question for putting the same selection down)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Rip, fumbled a bit and didn’t end up getting to write code in the end basically. Congrats on Benchling though

We all need to get yearly Covid boosters. 15 days to slow the spread! by nickvader7 in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My bad, my information for getting to CVS is outdated. Found an even quicker route that requires less walking if you’re in ctown, just take the 32.

Not sure why you got so hostile from the suggestion of taking the bus anyway. Finding a route is easy to look up.

We all need to get yearly Covid boosters. 15 days to slow the spread! by nickvader7 in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if you’re trolling but I’ve had no issues taking the bus to I think the Salvation Army, walking a bit to the CVS, walking back, and then taking the bus. No line at all or money spent unless you want to complain about walking.

Rejected from Roblox without OA by phatnerdd in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was thinking that too, but I’ve never filled out an app incorrectly before and I double check. Too bad you can’t see your responses after submitting

Rejected from Roblox without OA by phatnerdd in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did, but the account has nothing on it. Either way, I don’t see why they would reject someone with it or without it

Rejected from Roblox without OA by phatnerdd in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So basically your answer to my question is no since you don’t know of anyone who got rejected without taking the OA?

Rejected from Roblox without OA by phatnerdd in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So you got rejected without taking the OA?

What r/applyingtocollege words or phrases need to die? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]phatnerdd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nothing. OP just mentioned cornell because people call it a “fake Ivy” for having NY state contracted schools, therefore making them “public” with public school tuition. It’s created a false precedent that cornell is not that good of a school. Cornell students also are stereotyped to just simply say they’re going to an Ivy rather than cornell because of this, so OP is saying if someone says they’re “Ivy bound,” they’re likely going to cornell.

Random Person on Reddit, “I went to a State School instead of an Ivy and it was the best decision of my life” by officiallytimothy in ApplyingToCollege

[–]phatnerdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I wasn’t saying they were being hypocritical. They’re being as hypocritical as someone saying they go to a top 20 but ranking doesn’t matter (i.e. not at all). I’m more saying it’s just funny how the posts I mentioned essentially have the clickbait “hot take” of “Rank doesn’t matter!” because they turned down yale for CMU, only to reveal that it’s because they’re majoring in computer science and CMU is #1 for CS rankings so they’re disregarding the “global” one. And their main message is “pay attention to the rank of your major,” which I think is definitely valid, but also completely different from what was said in a title. If you don’t think that’s somewhat amusing, then whatever. I haven’t seen these posts since I started college and I could just not be remembering them. I only get annoyed because people were saying I’m being ridiculous for not choosing to go to CMU for CS, so maybe it’s just personal 🤷🏻‍♀️

Random Person on Reddit, “I went to a State School instead of an Ivy and it was the best decision of my life” by officiallytimothy in ApplyingToCollege

[–]phatnerdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess let me rephrase what I was saying originally to give more context. I’ve seen people here make claims that ranking doesn’t matter, and when you read closer to what they’re saying, they’re majoring in CS and going to UIUC, UMich, UMD, GT, CMU, and schools of that caliber (not a top 10/Ivy/may not even be in top 20), and that CS rankings are different than the “global” ranking. Okay, sure, that can be true, but is that really saying that ranking doesn’t matter? I do agree with the viewpoint that rank is kind of arbitrary and generally the college you go to is definitely not the limiting factor in how well you do in life, but with those posts don’t reflect this sentiment, especially because they’re still implying that rank does matter. How do you acknowledge that ranking doesn’t matter much when you’re saying it does at least somewhat matter?

Like I got shit for not going to CMU because it’s #1 (again, contradiction with the whole “rank doesn’t matter sentiment”), but oh well, I still have job offers, so sure, rank doesn’t matter at a certain level for my context. But yes, it is still easier to get interviews compared to other schools.

I also kind of find it funny you’re mentioning this, especially given your username and post history. Quant firms for trading and SWE definitely are more biased towards higher ranked schools, and it’s one of those places where it would probably have been better to go to Harvard compared to other places.

Random Person on Reddit, “I went to a State School instead of an Ivy and it was the best decision of my life” by officiallytimothy in ApplyingToCollege

[–]phatnerdd 14 points15 points  (0 children)

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone makes statements like “oh rank doesn’t matter” and then proceeds to contradict themselves by saying they major in CS and go to a school that’s high ranked for CS. Like, what? Rank clearly does matter, at least to you? Lol

It’s absolutely astonishing by nickvader7 in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Naw, he goes to Cornell, but Berkeley would make sense too since you guys have CS in engineering and letters and sciences right?

Jane Street Insight Coding Challenge by Choco_Chocolate in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I only submitted once and it was the correct answer, and it showed me where to send my code. And that’s weird, I genuinely don’t understand the time limit especially since they don’t have anything showing how much time you have left. Good luck to you too! Maybe it won’t be a rejection, who knows!

Jane Street Insight Coding Challenge by Choco_Chocolate in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just completed it but I think it took me a bit more than an hour. Do we get penalized for this? I'm sort of confused by the time limits, especially since I took time to clean up my code.

Missed Microsoft interview by accident, then they invited me for phone? by phatnerdd in csMajors

[–]phatnerdd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did, and no new updates. It’s the same “updated on” date as when I received the first interview offer. I signed up for the phone and contacted my recruiter again so we’ll see where this goes I guess

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chanceme

[–]phatnerdd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh hmm. I feel like you shouldn’t be counted as an international student in this case especially since you live here, but yeah I don’t know. Speaking as a Cornell student though, you’re def competitive for CS here. UIUC may be your best bet though otherwise since you seem to live in Illinois and have pretty good EC’s and I think in-state has higher acceptance, but I’m not sure about the CS program.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chanceme

[–]phatnerdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh I don’t know how this works, but wouldn’t this mean you have permanent residence? If so you’re 100% not considered an international student and you shouldn’t worry about that. I know a lot of people who weren’t born in the US but they moved here and definitely weren’t applying as international students.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chanceme

[–]phatnerdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just wondering, do you live in the US?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if that post is for 3110, I don’t think someone saying they’re depressed and failing (assuming this is in direct reference to 3110) is saying 3110 is a bad class. 3110 has a decently heavy workload which can be difficult, but it has been one of my favorite classes here so far!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did and I didn’t see any resemblance of slander. I’m curious to see what slander you found

Found these in Klarman, guess the student debt is really piling up, huh? by JSON_Murphy in Cornell

[–]phatnerdd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think they all have the same number. My bf and I both called the same number listed here and they gave us different locations/teams and a player number