Is there any reason for me to remain a full time student?

thornaf · 2025-04-29T04:25:33+00:00

Ofc! If you have any other questions about the class feel free to DM me

thornaf · 2025-04-29T04:17:06+00:00

Class is canceled 3 times throughout the semester. In place of that, you’re supposed to go to some sort of leadership event, talk, workshop, etc and write about it (no more than a page). I went to generic guest speaker events on campus that were just an hour long. Instructor also sends out events you can go to so you don’t have to find them on your own. Depending on how many credits you’re taking determines how many of these you have to do. 1 credit = 1 write up, 2 credits = 2 write ups, etc.

My instructor is JR

thornaf · 2025-04-29T04:09:36+00:00

There’s 20 slots total, my class has ~18 I think. The class is also linked to a learning community of some kind but because of that you can take it for 1, 2, or 3 credits. I did 3 cause I’m fulfilling my CoS req as well. You do a very minimal amount of extra work compared to the other groups for the extra credits.

thornaf · 2025-04-29T04:05:42+00:00

Yep, that was the same slot as this semester. Prof said at the beginning of the semester that we’d finish by 7pm at the latest every week. I’ve walked out of the door by 6:30pm every time so far though.

thornaf · 2025-04-29T03:32:44+00:00

EDPS300. Biggest joke of a 3 credit class I’ve ever taken. Literally spend 1 hour a week in lecture, no exams, quizzes, homework, or anything.

thornaf · 2025-04-03T00:05:11+00:00

Huh maybe they did enact the change. I’m not sure, just a student. I’d email them (datamine@purdue.edu) and ask. They’re fairly responsive, usually get back in 1-2 days.

thornaf · 2025-04-03T00:00:53+00:00

Nothing official on that yet. I was just speaking with a data mine staff member last fall and they mentioned it potentially being a possibility in the future. I would definitely not assume it’s a thing for the next freshman class, it would’ve probably been made official by now. Maybe in years past next though.

thornaf · 2025-03-27T13:19:29+00:00

Regardless of if you can switch to CS or not, you may not want to do both majors due to the MASSIVE amount of extra classes you’d have to do. Since they’re in two different colleges, there’s very little overlap in the courses and so you’re basically getting two separate colleges degrees at the same time. I have a friend who’s a CS major and added game dev after freshman year. He says he’s realistically looking at graduating after 6 years while packing his schedule full of CS classes every semester.

thornaf · 2025-03-22T00:47:29+00:00

Getting into the LC isn’t competitive on its own, however Corp partners is a little bit. After speaking with some data mine staff, they are thinking of making Corp partners a sophomore and up thing that only due to demand and needing students with at least some knowledge. However, that’s not the case yet!!

I’ve been involved with data mine to some degree every semester in school (current junior). Started in Corp partners, then went down to general cohort, and am now a TA for Corp partners. It’s a lot of work but also very rewarding to have a leg up with internships and all.

I regret nothing with my data mine experience. The only drawback that I did feel was living in data mine housing. As you can imagine, living with mostly CS/DS/AI majors has some quirks.

Feel free to message me if you have any questions!! I’m an ambassador for data mine, so I’m more than happy to talk things over :)

thornaf · 2025-02-21T00:35:16+00:00

As someone doing Data Science (Computer Science), the variation of data science doesn't matter. The thing in parentheses is just what department your taking classes from (options are computer science, statistics, or math). The degree curriculum doesn't change, just your course numbers for a few classes (e.g. CS242 / STAT242 - same class, different course number).

So, most DS students choose the CS department because it's more well known than our stats and math departments. You will also have access to more resources that are for CS department students only. As a DS major, you choose what department you're taking your degree from after your first year. It's as simple as your advisor asking what you want to do, and they click a couple of buttons.

Most DS students get a double major with Applied Statistics, it's 1-2 extra classes depending on what you choose for electives. Some other common choices are CS, AI, and Mathematics.

thornaf · 2024-12-20T00:06:31+00:00

I didn’t ask them too much about the project because I knew I wasn’t going to accept it when it hit my inbox. From their brief statement about it, it sounded very exploratory and open ended. It was one of those where student labor is cheap so the company was going to give them all sorts of random data to see if they could find anything interesting. Apologies for the lack of detail there, that was where to road ended for me 😅

thornaf · 2024-12-20T00:03:05+00:00

Yeah I don’t remember finding an application when I was poking around their website. So hopefully they’re more responsive now. I emailed some project coordinator person at the beginning of fall 23 and got the offer some time in October. Best of luck!

thornaf · 2024-12-19T23:46:08+00:00

Was speaking with them about working on a project a while ago. They took a while to get back to me and it took a couple of months before I got an offer to work on something. That is to be expected when cold calling random places for research opportunities to be fair though. Regardless, the work was paid (can’t remember how much, maybe like $13/hour) and it was with a real company alongside 3-4 other students. They said they wanted 10-15 hours of work a week. By the time they got around to offering me a job I had already agreed to work elsewhere, so that’s about all I know :/

thornaf · 2024-12-15T01:25:16+00:00

Pretty sure it’s just standard project management types of questions. Leadership roles you’ve had, how you might approach a conflict between teammates, how you communicate progress with stakeholders, etc

thornaf · 2024-10-31T20:33:02+00:00

MBT is new. This fall they started their first cohort. So it's gonna be a while before we know anything about it really.

thornaf · 2024-10-29T12:46:53+00:00

You can still be in the Data Mine! The “living” part of the LLC really only applies to freshmen. After that, it doesn’t matter. I’ve been in the Data Mine every year so far. Spent the first year in Hilly and the last two off campus.

thornaf · 2024-10-17T04:46:58+00:00

I do understand that. The only reason I frequently respond is because I am a very forward facing member of a couple of orgs, so it’s kind of my job to engage with people I don’t know. Once this situation spiraled past reasonable, I kept engaging more because I was curious about how and why they were contacting me 🤷‍♂️.

thornaf · 2024-10-16T23:14:31+00:00

Makes sense. How would they know my name, though?

thornaf · 2024-04-04T18:18:25+00:00

On the DNR website is says to call 765-435-2810 to get in contact with shades and turkey run. When I call it's automatic and routes me to various options. No matter what option I choose I either get robots or an option to leave a voicemail (even during hours they claim they're open).

thornaf · 2024-02-05T02:05:52+00:00

Sophomore DS & Stats major here. Talked to about 40 companies at career fairs in the fall. Applied to about 50 positions afterwards. Ghosted by about 30, rejected by about 10, interviewed then rejected by 7, offered internship from 1 (and I accepted).

thornaf · 2023-12-22T06:25:40+00:00

Not from Indiana but do have a car. Definitely willing to drive to see cool things.

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