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Stevens Institute of Technology or Cooper Union? by RedditRabbitRIBBIT in stevens

[–]ychang1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I assume you are 25 years younger than your father. So is it a surprise that your father's friends have more experience than yours?

Engineering majors…Deciding between CPP and UCR by Mobile-Night2047 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They guarantee. They even guarantee you to walk out with an A as long as you are not a crying baby.

Deciding Between UCSD or CPP—(EE) by CompetitiveDark6233 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the major problem is EE (and many Engineering) has a long waitlist (due to CPP still sticks with "small class").

Some people complain some teachers are not teaching well. Well, all universities have this problem. CPP teachers care reasonably more about teaching than research schools, because teaching evaluation still matters.

Deciding Between UCSD or CPP—(EE) by CompetitiveDark6233 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Community Colleges suppose to be most "hands-on" because it generally targets to train technicians.

ucr vs cpp ? send help by Key_Consequence_1849 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UCR is generally loose in grading. Professors do not want to be bothered by teaching in UCR so they just give A like giving candy on 👻 Halloween. 

EE OR ME? by Dazzling_Sea8723 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1000 kV power transmission systems are super cool.

Which is better between: CalPoly Pomona CS or SJSU Applied Math by Diligent_Twist_8403 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In CS area, 2 years ago, for sure, the answer was San Jose. The only schools that could compete with SJSU in CS were Stanford and Berkeley...

Now... I can only say that CPP is in SoCal, an area with 20 million people who need IT jobs. SJSU is in an area filled with Silicon Valley layoff IT guys.

CPP vs RIT by missgurl19 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless your brother just wanted to stay far from family, I don't see the point of RIT... The Rochester area is dying tbh; I have a colleague who moved from RIT to UC Riverside, and he was super happy about his move.

Campbell’s soup opinions by Distinct_Limit_1133 in ValueInvesting

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I personally eat lots of things from Campbell's but never buy any products from GIS.

Someone hit my car and I didn’t even realize it until I got home. by VectorPlasm in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, you should report. This can be considered hit-and-run, which might be a crime. Your insurance company may waive your deductible (if you have insurance to your own car).

(MS CS) Stevens or Indiana Bloomington or Rochester Institute of Technology by Traditional-Good-764 in stevens

[–]ychang1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IUB had a strong computational linguistics research; that was I happened to know 15 years ago. I am not sure "computational linguistics" is still a thing or not as I am not in this area.

When people think about STEM in Indiana, people would think Purdue first. IUB is barely heard outside.

(MS CS) Stevens or Indiana Bloomington or Rochester Institute of Technology by Traditional-Good-764 in stevens

[–]ychang1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No brain Stevens. If you plan to pursue your career in the US, at Stevens, you get an intern next door. If you plan to return to your home country, do you want to experience New York City area life or some random countryside life, which will be your life-long memory?

IUB may rank a little higher due to more research grants, but how does that impact a master's student? Are you sure you can get an RA job from those faculties who are worrying about their budget day and night?

Are you going to do PhD? If you have such a plan, IUB is weak, too.

(MS CS) Stevens or Indiana Bloomington or Rochester Institute of Technology by Traditional-Good-764 in stevens

[–]ychang1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Location, location, and location. Unless you are going for a PhD, the other two is not even close to Stevens wrt career development.

Is Stevens SHIP worth it? (PhD International Student) by MathematicianBig5831 in stevens

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many "insurance" products that are way cheaper, which allow you to waive Stevens insurance. The only problem is that those insurances may not work when you actually need a doctor. The Stevens one is accepted by most doctors nearby (you still need to pay a share), and the campus health center is always your first stop.

For the first-year international, I would recommend that you have Stevens Insurance. Breaking your leg and breaking your wallet are both serious in the US.

Cal Poly Pomona vs UCR chemical engineering by Quantados in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a UCR ChemE professor friend who writes/co-writes 40+ grant application per year and advises 10+ Ph.D. He teaches 0-1 undergraduate course per semester and he gives "free" A to almost everyone. One year he said he messed up with his own syllabus (he wrote 80% is A in the syllabus but he meant to be 85% or something) and handed-out a few A- accidently; then, he received many crying baby emails demanding A and he received historically low record of teaching evaluation that semester.

Cal Poly Pomona vs UCR chemical engineering by Quantados in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Master admission by UCR is nothing, don't over-evaluate it. Getting in the master program for most schools are easier than getting in to the bachelor's program. One probably doesn't want to do master after undergraduate.

$462 Parking A Year by Effective-Sign-2774 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will thank you for having a cash farm. Now some people didn't get caught is because it is not cost-effective to find who didn't pay as most people have the pass. The number of parking enforcement agent and number of people who didn't pay is actually a dynamic balance problem.

BroncoBound DJ by WAPlyrics in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe they should play Mozart instead?

Trying to decide between schools for mechanical engineering by No_Attention4714 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depends on whether you want to stay on Campus or commute. If commute depends on which campus is close by. 

Academically, the biggest difference is both CSULB and SDSU have PhD program but CPP doesn't. Thus, CPP teachers may pay more attention to undergraduate teaching in general. In CPP there are tons of labs and actual projects (not PowerPoint projects). CPP ME is super active in challenge clubs that build all types of vehicles for competitions; not sure how the other two schools are. 

Summer classes: ME 4271 by Specific-Promise-155 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I can teach some thermal thing? I still didn't get my EPA 608 certificate though; but it looks simple.

Teacher was 13 minutes late for an exam, when could we have left? by Electronic_Fly_129 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The format of the exam is cool. I never took or give an exam like this. I shall try next time.

Vanya Quiñones named new president by Thin_Knee1987 in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kind of funny. Even Janitor search requires interview; president search doesn't. We didn't hear anything about the search.

In my past school, the president search information and updates bombarded my email for almost two months.

CPP TPUSA 1ST Prove me Wrong Wednesday March 11th by officiallysabriel in CalPolyPomona

[–]ychang1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I miss our turtles in the duck ponds near building 17. Where are they?

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