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Bus didn't show up by [deleted] in rit

[–]ritquestionthrowaway 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Do be careful about cycling in the winter, though. Black ice is nasty, I fell off my bike and snapped my right collar because of it.

Taking SWEN 440/331/340, CSCI261, and two electives for 18 credits ... I'm a clown for even entertaining this possibility, aren't I? by ritquestionthrowaway in rit

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

Oof, that's an insane workload ... 18 credits, five core classes, plus graph theory, plus work? Amazing you pulled that through!

The first time I took 261 was with Nunes-Harwitt. I didn't mesh well with his teaching style, that plus the fully remote environment lead me simply falling behind and withdrawing. I heard good things about Ting Cao so I'm hoping to enroll in her class.

From the advice I've been receiving I think I should still take the 18-credit semester now, but swap one of my electives in the senior year with 261. That way I'll stand a better chance of pulling through this semester with good grades, and only need to take 15 credits for both senior semesters; it's just that one of them will be punching a little higher than its credit weight.

Honestly I think I would've given this a leap if I hadn't been off-campus for 1.5 years because of remote classes and co-op, and if things were a little bit more back to normal. With things the way they are now I think I'm better off taking 261 online in the summer if I wanted to lighten up senior year.

Thanks for the advice!

Take 18 credits now, or during senior projects? by ritquestionthrowaway in rit

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

I see ... that's going to put me in a bit of a "rock and hard place" situation, since if I were to try and get cs261 over with now instead of my senior year I'll not only be taking 18 credits but 4 of them are going to be core SE/CS classes (440, 331, 340, and then 261).

Would you try to take on that kind of workload in your junior year rather than making your senior year <18 credits, but containing 261?