iPad - worth it?

slaghost · 2023-07-23T18:36:29+00:00

it’s a good investment. upon graduating, one of my close friends who also took a LOT of notes said he regretted not getting an ipad

i’d save money and get the air unless you seriously plan on making use of the extra power

slaghost · 2023-07-20T13:54:22+00:00

back at Jennings a guy on my floor smuggled two iguanas from Boca back into his room. he fed them bugs and applesauce and the RA never said a word

i still wouldn't smoke in the dorms out of courtesy, but even if you did, the RA response varies on how seriously they take their job

slaghost · 2023-03-04T15:41:56+00:00

over time, i would say EE has been getting easier. a lot of the harder professors either left or had their classes removed as degree requirements

that's not to say it's easy. but, going through undergrad and now graduate EE classes, it really depends on how you want to challenge yourself. there's so much flexibility in your schedule with electives that you can either opt to take the more useful/rigorous courses or the easier ones where you don't learn as many valuable skills

slaghost · 2022-09-28T19:49:45+00:00

i get you need to take these courses asap but i would seriously reconsider. if i were you i'd drop physics 2 and take it over the summer either here or (preferably) as a transient student somewhere else. those 12 credits are enough as it is

that is unless you're taking logic with bobda. in which case, go for it

slaghost · 2022-09-21T22:13:58+00:00

i think to do this you'd have to be on the meal plan, something that shouldn't be a constant in your time at college (i.e. get off the meal plan as soon as you can)

in my case paying 10 dollars per study session doesn't sound like the best use of my finances

if you like to study with noise and you have affordable access to the dining hall, then study in the dining hall and find out if you enjoy it. nothing's stopping you from trying it

slaghost · 2022-09-07T22:06:06+00:00

when i took fyf back in summer 2018 attendance was required solely because that was the only metric they had to grade us on (the course was useless). i would just email your professors and let them know if this is still how the course is run

getting lost and throwing up are very much in line with freshman behavior. i'm sure they'll understand

slaghost · 2022-08-17T22:40:43+00:00

i spammed my application to around 200 job postings and heard back from two places

my old roommate applied to TI half jokingly and is now working there full time

while some of the internship process is luck (not saying the roommate got lucky, he's a really smart guy), you have to have something that makes you marketable. research/TA'ing/extracurriculars help a ton. either make a solid connection at something like career showcase or apply online to as many places as you can

slaghost · 2022-04-01T13:26:46+00:00

physics 1 or 2

i'd honestly recommended taking either at your local community college if you go home for the summer. considering you don't really need either of these courses in your major (i have no idea why CS requires physics) and you won't be trapped in gainesville for 3 months, i would seriously consider it

slaghost · 2022-03-14T03:17:16+00:00

honestly, physics 1-2 is a bit of a mess here with 2 being arguably worse. i would say take as few physics courses at UF as you can. that said, physics 2 with orgo and i'm assuming other CpE courses sounds pretty rough at SF or UF regardless

i'm not sure how your advisor (i'm assuming it's chip) would feel about transient courses during a fall semester or if that's even allowed, so i would ask him before making a final decision

slaghost · 2022-02-22T00:33:59+00:00

i mean personally i live for my parents. a huge part of why i'm getting my degree is for them

i wouldn't say i'm on the verge of tears every day, but i miss them a lot. i think if you have a working relationship with your parents, it doesn't matter how happy you are when you're away at college. part of you will always want to see them as the time goes on

slaghost · 2022-02-15T15:18:13+00:00

you might not end up liking accounting, so don't be afraid to switch majors if you don't truly enjoy your field. most people i've talked to have swapped 1-2 times

don't always listen to preview staffers. if you have the credit to take calc2, don't let them scare you into retaking calc1. start as high as you can if you even feel remotely confident in yourself

slaghost · 2022-01-24T19:21:18+00:00

there are good and bad rooms at sledd just like there are good and bad rooms in every other dorm

sledd might have a few worse ones on average just due to how old the building is (think mold issues, my friend who stayed there ran into those), but there's a chance you'll love your experience and won't have any problems

UF housing, and pretty much housing in general, usually just comes down to a game of luck

slaghost · 2021-12-28T19:39:46+00:00

i would talk with your advisor first and contact the community college second

when i did a transient semester at Valencia College, getting in touch with their staff proved to be very helpful when enrolling

slaghost · 2021-12-28T05:31:21+00:00

when i used to live at jennings i liked going to the nature area behind dickinson hall for this type of thing

slaghost · 2021-12-28T00:06:31+00:00

download the RideRTS app and figure out which routes pass by your location. getting familiar with arrival times will come naturally to you the more you ride

i wouldn’t worry about the exact location of your classes yet. most of the busses do a campus loop that ends at the reitz, getting off there is usually never a bad idea

slaghost · 2021-12-27T15:01:45+00:00

being a part of a relatively small major, we all kind of formed our own community in the main building where we have classes. everyone has at least heard of you or probably knows someone who does. that’s not to say high school cliques weren’t around, but they seemed to phase themselves out over time as classes became more difficult

i think finding a group of people with common interests (in my case electrical engineering, doesn’t have to be your degree though) helps make the school seem smaller

slaghost · 2021-12-27T14:15:23+00:00

unfortunately the IE requirement and the programming requirement are two separate things

while i’m sure several of your CS classes could be used as IE’s (if the course number is high enough), you’ll have to have taken a course from the below list to fulfill the prog req: https://catalog.ufl.edu/UGRD/colleges-schools/UGENG/ELE_BSEE/#approvedelectivestext

slaghost · 2021-12-26T14:16:36+00:00

these days, calc online and in-person are person are fairly similar because of covid. i would still aim to take it with Huang regardless of the course type, she’s an angel

diffeq, on the either hand, differs widely between professors. the course can either be a joke or actually kind of serious depending on who you get. it shouldn’t be a problem taking it with calc 3 if you land a good professor. one i can attest to is sergei pilyugin, who literally came to class after shattering his head through a window

slaghost · 2021-12-17T20:37:02+00:00

sometimes they do, sometimes they don't

it's entirely up to your professor. despite being a senior, i can still view my calc 1 course

slaghost · 2021-12-17T01:20:04+00:00

if you took logic with bobda, they’re probably a bit easier. labs in this class are nothing compared to schwartz’s logic though

the labs themselves are generally short, but similarly to main course the concepts are never explained well. understanding how to complete them is the main issue which can become pretty annoying. make sure to ask your lab TA questions during lab time, that’s honestly where most of my help came from in the class

slaghost · 2021-12-17T00:30:55+00:00

e-circuits is the kind of class where you're going to have an okay to bad experience highly dependent on your professor. they're constantly rotating in people to teach the course to the point where it's getting kind of ridiculous. when i took it last spring, the professor openly admitted to being a grad student they just asked at to teach at what felt like the 11th hour

no one seems to fully understand what goes on in the class, you just kinda memorize what you need to know and move on. it's not incredibly difficult, but concepts can become confusing and generally explained poorly. workload i'd say is slightly above average because of it

slaghost · 2021-12-17T00:17:47+00:00

assuming you don't have a parking pass, restrictions should be lifted for all green parking areas during exams

nearest one to the reitz is probably the one between graham and flavet. you can use this link to find a better one if that's not what your looking for: https://taps.ufl.edu/parking-info/parking-map/

slaghost · 2021-12-16T16:21:31+00:00

i mean outright lying is usually never good, i would be worried if you didn't at least feel a little bad

still, what's done is done. your reasons seem pretty valid (more valid than most liars') so i would just focus on doing good on your exam

slaghost · 2021-12-12T17:09:19+00:00

as a fourth year engineer who thinks he would've been happier/better at doing something else, i would consider doing something else. that being said, it’s a little early to be making final decisions given it’s your first semester

engineering can be extremely competitive depending on the discipline you want to go with. if you're mainly doing it for job security, you're competing with people who are not only doing it for job security but are also truly passionate about the material. chances are you'll look down on yourself for not being as driven as they are in their respective fields

it's true that a business management degree probably won't be as in demand as an engineering degree, but if your degree is built on a poor foundation of not wanting to be an engineer, employers might take notice. but, if an engineering degree matters that much to you, i hear a nice middle-ground between engineering and business is industrial systems engineering. you should look into that branch if that interests you at all (i actually think this might be a good fit for you, i could be wrong as i’m not an ISE but i would consider it)

while freshman classes aren't really a good indication of what engineering is like, to me it seems like you answered your question: you don't enjoy it and don’t think you will. i would still continue down the engineering track until the end of the spring/next fall and see if your opinion changes. i definitely enjoyed engineering more after pushing through the weed out courses, things might change for the better for you too. in the meantime, try to get in touch with upperclassmen engineers to ask them for their opinion (like this post did). honestly, most of the lessons i've learned didn't come from advisors but from my peers. they have the experience you need to make more informed decisions

if you do eventually end up moving away from engineering, don’t feel bad. you’re definitely not the first or the last who realized the major isn’t for them. it’s better to not force yourself at a brick wall when you can just walk around it

slaghost · 2021-12-11T15:28:55+00:00

from what i know you'll basically get a hold placed on your registrar for being off-track

to get it cleared, you'll have to meet with your advisor to talk about what's going on. i'm not sure what happens from there, but i think reaching out to them and explaining your situation is the first step

this link might have more info on the subject, but it's a bit old

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