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CecilSunkure
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MysteryMeat1
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On August 09 2013 07:41 CecilSunkure wrote: How much time is each class? You'll be expected to attend the class itself of course. I imagine a 5 credit class will be like 5 hours per week per class. That's 10 hours per week for both classes. You should already be planning to study on your own time at least an equal amount of time. This makes 20 hours a week devoted to your classes, not counting any transportation time to/from classes. Can you realistically do this? I've told you from the start to just take one class. You can definitely nail one class while moving out for the first time and working. Then once you do one class you have a good frame of reference, and some stability in the new living environment, to judge what courseload you can take. So what is your plan? Better be a good one, share it! What is your weekly schedule. I haven't signed up for CS yet and I'm still on the fence about it. However Calc 1 is finishes the latest at 9:50. If Cs happens to be at a good time then i will take it if not then i won't. As for work. I only plan on doing like 20 hours give or take a bit depending on how school goes. The house is only about 13 minutes away by bus to UW. if I work 5 hours 4 days a week. I still have time to study before work for several hours and maybe 2 hours after work. Work ends the latest at 9:30 and I would get home about 10ish. Also I don't think Calc 1 is a good frame of reference because I have already taken it. It was also at a time when I only went to class on monday to see what we were doing during the week. I assure you I attend every class now and pay attention in class. @Hawk: UW is on the quarter system. I think you multiply semester credits by 1.5 to get the quarter equivalent. 5 credit class means i go to school 5 hours a week for that class. Physical Chem while only 3 credit hours is much hard than Calc 1 which is 5 credit hours. And as for financially being independent. I'm about 7.5k right now including the deposit, september will bring me down to 6.7k as i do have to furnish some stuff. by the time school starts, I should be up to around 9k saved up for w/e. I'm not counting on my parents for everything and shooting for complete independence. If they come to me in a month and say he mystery, take this money. Then of course I would take it but i didn't plan on it. Also my advisor said my financial aid would probably increase if i claimed that i was living on my own. Also not planned into expenses. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32091 Posts
I agree with cecil, you wanna ease in here, not dive in without knowing how well you swim. It's really easy to get overwhelmed ahhhh ok I gotcha about the credits. I still think you should reconsider calc and cs and do some dumb, easy gen eds! The added perk of that is you're more likely to be in class with other people your age and that will help you make friends! Core courses tend to have upper classmen | ||
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
Studying on your own time teaches you much more than just the subject material. You learn discipline, the ability to grow independently, research skills, and a sense of self worth. Edit: Hawk's idea is a good one too! I actually think taking some random general education course, like english or history, would be ideal to start with here. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32091 Posts
On August 09 2013 07:53 CecilSunkure wrote: Calc 1 will be a great frame of reference whether or not you've taken it. You'll know what is expected in a college course, and have gone through the entire process. You can see the workload and experience it. More importantly you need to take the "study equal time out of class" part really seriously! Even if you've taken the class before, you need to study an equivalent amount of time on your own. Studying on your own time teaches you much more than just the subject material. You learn discipline, the ability to grow independently, research skills, and a sense of self worth. This is important and I know I sucked at it hahah. I was also an english major, so there was reading, not studying, so I didn't have to do it as much as you guys | ||
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MysteryMeat1
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
On August 09 2013 07:55 MysteryMeat1 wrote: I've been in college for 3 years. Bad MM. Bad. You haven't "been in college" yet yo. Take it from the dudes who are living on their own and have already gone through what you have. Your old tricks and habits for going through classes aren't going to work anymore. You gotta build up a good independent work ethic. Take one class, ease in. Study on your own time an equal amount (even if you don't want to). | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32091 Posts
Still agree with cecil though, just take it easy for the first semester on your own! Plus side: by doing one course now, you can work more and save so that you don't have to stress about money as much when you up your course load. | ||
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MysteryMeat1
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QuanticHawk
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
Just because you get an A in your class doesn't mean someone is going to hire you when you graduate. Ensuring you'll get hired requires portfolio work, side projects, an internship or two (which are best achieved through the previous two items), and skill. These things come from that "study on your own" time I keep rambling about. Nobody except financial aid is going to give a single fuck about your grades. I have a solid 2.0 GPA and am considered a top student in my school. Albeit my school is a little unique in this regard, but it still goes to show that grade letters are not what is most important! | ||
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scott31337
United States2979 Posts
If you do not work full time/school and do nothing but sleep there, they will drive you nuts, unless they do the same. Try to be patient and professional, clean your share, Don't get too crazy with the torrents on their internet, Don't stuff the washer and break it having it go out of balance, etc. | ||
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MysteryMeat1
United States3292 Posts
On August 09 2013 08:07 CecilSunkure wrote: Ah another word of advice: Just because you get an A in your class doesn't mean someone is going to hire you when you graduate. Ensuring you'll get hired requires portfolio work, side projects, an internship or two (which are best achieved through the previous two items), and skill. These things come from that "study on your own" time I keep rambling about. Nobody except financial aid is going to give a single fuck about your grades. I have a solid 2.0 GPA and am considered a top student in my school. Albeit my school is a little unique in this regard, but it still goes to show that grade letters are not what is most important! I've been under the impression that in order for me to get internships or research positions in the first two years i have to suck up to my professors. (Fully prepared to do this btw) and then when/if I get into my program to network to get interships that are related to my field of study. Also by finding professors that are researching what i'm interested in. And also GPA matters for me to get into the program. If I can't pull the grades they won't let me in at least to some extent. | ||
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CecilSunkure
United States2829 Posts
And no, I got all of my interviews from my own personal endeavors with meeting people in the industry. I was just a Sophomore and had 3 or 4 interviews from different companies for internships this summer. Not to say you shouldn't interact with your professors, it's just not the only way. Since you're in a CS degree you'll want something like this eventually: http://randygaul.net | ||
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MysteryMeat1
United States3292 Posts
On August 09 2013 08:16 CecilSunkure wrote: Lol yes you want a GPA that lets you actually get into programs. The point is that you can't get a letter grade and then just stop improving yourself as if that A means you've accomplished life. And no, I got all of my interviews from my own personal endeavors with meeting people in the industry. I was just a Sophomore and had 3 or 4 interviews from different companies for internships this summer. Not to say you shouldn't interact with your professors, it's just not the only way. Since you're in a CS degree you'll want something like this eventually: http://randygaul.net I'm studying chemical Engineering but might do ACMS instead (Applied and computational math science) which requires two cs classes. Chem E is my first choice, and ACMS would be my back up | ||
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MysteryMeat1
United States3292 Posts
On August 09 2013 08:24 CecilSunkure wrote: Oh gotcha, for some reason I thought you were a hardware engineer guy. Yeah then the blog like mine isn't as applicable Your blog was quite nice! Gots to go to work now. | ||
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