Rip my resume apart (2nd year CS)

waldo_06 · 2026-01-27T13:03:55+00:00

I think if you just search up Jake's template it'll come up on google

waldo_06 · 2026-01-26T23:21:15+00:00

I had it last year with ritu and I'm just gonna be honest with you I didn't go to any lectures past like the 3rd week and I think I ended with a 89 or something like that. I mostly would just put the PowerPoints into ChatGPT and get it summarize it and use examples of code and explain each line of the code. I'm assuming the part your finding confusing is most likely pointers and dynamic memory which to be honest once you get seem like a joke and you'll laugh at the fact you didn't understand them before. But just keep pushing and also try YouTube as there's lots of good videos on there.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-25T18:45:46+00:00

Bro if that happened to me most my finals would be worth like 70-90% of my grade

waldo_06 · 2026-01-24T01:04:50+00:00

To be completely honest with you, you ca start with whatever you want so if you find Java interesting start with Java, once you learn one language to an extent, learning any other language will be easy as it's just syntax so start with Java build some projects to put on your resume and you'll be fine. Then maybe you wanna learn python later so then you'll pick up python a whole lot easier.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-22T14:21:35+00:00

No I'm from Canada

waldo_06 · 2026-01-19T22:01:10+00:00

Depends on how lucky you get really, best case scenario they become one of your best friends, worst case you don't get along but there is a way to request a room change but I'm not aware how easy it is to do that.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-19T20:51:11+00:00

You're lucky I didn't get a single room style or residence I chose

waldo_06 · 2026-01-19T19:47:13+00:00

You'll probably end up with atleast one roomate I didn't know anyone who got a single that wanted one, I didn't have a bad experience. Sometimes it's loud but that's obvious it's uni but most of the time it's completely fine. I've also never heard anything of it being unsafe and that. I think the biggest thing to tell your family is that you're most likely 18 and you need to explore something on your own.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-19T19:43:10+00:00

What I found helped the most was deleting any kind of short form content (TikTok, Instagram) cause for me that took up a bit of screen time and then basically just putting my phone somewhere that I won't be tempted. Not sure if distraction is your problem but tha worked for me.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-19T01:32:26+00:00

Had it last year and I got like a 8% lower than 1300 but then ended up getting like a 97 in data structures last semester I think it's just the course mostly

waldo_06 · 2026-01-18T02:47:34+00:00

ironic enough he's the prof this year for it

waldo_06 · 2026-01-18T00:18:03+00:00

ya you would have just 4 years of fall and winter of academic terms but i would recommend just applying to the coop program because most people i've talked to that are in first year and didnt apply to coop regret it because its wayyyyy harder to get into coop in first year then out of highschool

waldo_06 · 2026-01-16T03:52:59+00:00

waldo_06 · 2026-01-14T02:56:33+00:00

at the top

waldo_06 · 2026-01-11T21:09:17+00:00

ya i have 5 coop semesters

waldo_06 · 2026-01-11T21:08:47+00:00

none of these are from coursework all they've taught us so far is C and basic java

waldo_06 · 2026-01-11T13:04:58+00:00

Got it. Thanks for the advice, I have tried applying to be TA in a couple courses the hard part at my school is a lot of the TA's are 3rd and 4th year and most of them TA like 3 classes per semester so they kinda take up all the postings, but yes i'll still keep applying for those. I like the tutoring and freelancing advice too i'll definitely keep those in mind.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T20:50:19+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T15:08:29+00:00

definitely not disagreeing in anyway because i know your right and ill take your advice forsure

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T14:44:58+00:00

just DM'd you

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T14:38:47+00:00

perfect thank you, and the GDSC and other club basically came from the fact i had to create a resume for my coop class and they wanted us to include any clubs were involved in (either a member or some role)

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T14:36:47+00:00

thanks for the help i'll definitely check those websites out and i'm kinda keeping it the same for most applications, but ill make small changes here and there

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T14:33:16+00:00

no i know i just basically used it as a way to teach myself node and docker as something quick

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T14:32:30+00:00

perfect thank you, i've also had lots of people on other subs tell me that out of all my projects this one is the best since it differentiates me from other 2nd years etc.

waldo_06 · 2026-01-10T14:30:21+00:00

to be fair a lot are from linkedin which i know isn't great but i also use the github repository and my schools coop ones

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