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jodogohoo
Canada2533 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States24033 Posts
On October 06 2014 10:50 jodogohoo wrote: Which sport is the best? NHL, NBA, or NFL? Or what are the best and worst aspects of each sport. NFL unless you are Canadian. | ||
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Tephus
Cascadia1754 Posts
On October 06 2014 10:50 jodogohoo wrote: Which sport is the best? NHL, NBA, or NFL? Or what are the best and worst aspects of each sport. NHL, NBA, and NFL aren't sports. They are professional sport leagues. It's really going to come down to personal preference for what is better, but I prefer NHL > NFL >>> NBA. In my opinion, NCAA basketball is better to watch than NBA basketball. As for aspects: NHL: Good: Fast, physical, high skill Bad: NFL: Good: Strategic, high skill Bad: Slow NBA: Good: Dunking is cool I guess.. Bad: Slow (play stopped way to often, especially in close games) | ||
The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
I am doing extremely well in all of my other classes and this class is fucking stupid so I wanted to drop it, but I wasn't allowed to by the time I realized how bad it was. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 06 2014 11:43 The_Templar wrote: How bad is it if I fail a class in my first semester of college that is in the same area as my major? I am doing extremely well in all of my other classes and this class is fucking stupid so I wanted to drop it, but I wasn't allowed to by the time I realized how bad it was. It's quite extremely bad. In Engineering here, getting a C- or lower in any class in first year, meant that once it came to specializing in 2nd year (Chemical, Petroleum, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, etc)... You are only allowed to choose the category 2 degrees, which meant that the only 3 you could choose from were Geo, Software, and Electrical. You are also disqualified from many, if not all scholarships offered by the university. In essence, do not fail a course in university, it's a big deal. Just try to squeeze that C-, and if you get A to B+ in your other classes, you'll still end with a 3.0-3.5 GPA, and you'll be well off. edit: Just think about it, why would they want you, if 90-95% of people aren't going to fail that class? They'd much rather take someone who is capable. Also, look at it from an employers view, you want someone who is consistent, not someone who is burning out, or whatever other excuse for failing a class. Someone who is consistent in his studies wont fail a class, and that is someone who is reliable. From a employer stance, I would avoid hiring new grads with highly fluctuating marks, it shows poor time allocation management, reliability, lack of being well rounded, etc. If it's an isolated case, then a mishap or two might not be looked at too harshly, but failing a class is really setting you on the wrong path. | ||
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farvacola
United States18863 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 06 2014 12:00 farvacola wrote: That specialty hierarchy is unique to your school. I know that at least electrical and software engineering can be incredibly discriminating programs depending on the university's priorities. That hierarchy is based purely on competition to get into the program, rather than any priorities of the university. There are seven different engineering degrees offered, each with limited number of space for the 500~ remaining second years, from the original 720~. The students choose which faculty they want to go into, and admissions are purely off of GPA. So for example, Chem will be 3.5, Petro 3.2, Mech 3.1, Civil, 2.7, Elec 2.4, Soft 2.1, Geo 2.0... They want the students who are doing well to get into their desired programs, so troubled students get restricted into the low demand programs. It's purely based off of student desires and not university whatever. Of course this will depend on your university, as demand will different between areas, but generally there will be low demand engineering faculties, and those are the ones you will be restricted to if you do poorly (below GPA cutoff or failing a class). | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On October 06 2014 11:57 FiWiFaKi wrote: It's quite extremely bad. In Engineering here, getting a C- or lower in any class in first year, meant that once it came to specializing in 2nd year (Chemical, Petroleum, Mechanical, Civil, Electrical, etc)... You are only allowed to choose the category 2 degrees, which meant that the only 3 you could choose from were Geo, Software, and Electrical. You are also disqualified from many, if not all scholarships offered by the university. In essence, do not fail a course in university, it's a big deal. Just try to squeeze that C-, and if you get A to B+ in your other classes, you'll still end with a 3.0-3.5 GPA, and you'll be well off. edit: Just think about it, why would they want you, if 90-95% of people aren't going to fail that class? They'd much rather take someone who is capable. Also, look at it from an employers view, you want someone who is consistent, not someone who is burning out, or whatever other excuse for failing a class. Someone who is consistent in his studies wont fail a class, and that is someone who is reliable. From a employer stance, I would avoid hiring new grads with highly fluctuating marks, it shows poor time allocation management, reliability, lack of being well rounded, etc. If it's an isolated case, then a mishap or two might not be looked at too harshly, but failing a class is really setting you on the wrong path. It's an isolated case because it's an extremely advanced programming class disguised as a lab for a math class that I am taking and doing extremely well in. I am also getting high grades in just about all of my other classes. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18317 Posts
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 06 2014 12:15 The_Templar wrote: It's an isolated case because it's an extremely advanced programming class disguised as a lab for a math class that I am taking and doing extremely well in. I am also getting high grades in just about all of my other classes. An advanced programming class in first semester of Computer Science? Well if your university follows a similar schedule to most NA universities, you probably haven't had your midterms and final yet, so don't you still have like 60%+ of your mark up in the air? So you can still do just fine. Computer science is nice because your GPA will matter a lot less for your first job than Math, Physics, Chem, or Engg. It's much easier for an employer to test your knowledge and habits in Comp Sci than in any of the others. | ||
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The_Templar
your Country52798 Posts
On October 06 2014 12:20 FiWiFaKi wrote: An advanced programming class in semester of Computer Science? Well if your university follows a similar schedule to most NA universities, you probably haven't had your midterms and final yet, so don't you still have like 60%+ of your mark up in the air? So you can still do just fine. Computer science is nice because your GPA will matter a lot less for your first job than Math, Physics, Chem, or Engg. It's much easier for an employer to test your knowledge and habits in Comp Sci than in any of the others. No, it's a math course with calc pre-reqs. But the homework requires advanced programming knowledge. I have an introductory computer science class and it's smooth sailing so far. | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
On October 06 2014 12:17 Acrofales wrote: From my experience, albeit non-American, employers don't give a fuck whether you failed a class or not. If you took excessively long over college it might be a negative point, and if you won a scholarship that is generally a pro, but I have never even studied a CV closely enough to discover someone failed a first-year class (then again, the people I have interviewed for jobs have continued education far past college, so maybe in the US and/or when looking for a job immediately out of college this is a far bigger deal). Well when you have 1500+ applicants for a 2 positions at Shell for new undergrads, they need some sorting criteria. And when university is what the students focused on more than anything, GPA, # of fails, and such will naturally dictate a little bit of the process. Of course the communication, team work, and all other skills need to be addressed as well, but you can expect high demand companies will throw away 1/2-2/3 of the applications away, simply based on academic merit. I know that for big employers here it's within their process to check all transcripts, and we are required to attach one with an application anywhere. You might have people that want to be nice, and will tell you: "GPA just doesn't matter, work on your other skills", but that is simply a lie. It's just there is no point to create sorrows over something that you can't change (like having a bad GPA your first two years). Do your best, and don't fail the class! For the first couple years in your career, GPA and # of courses failed makes a difference (but significance varies a lot company to company). | ||
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FiWiFaKi
Canada9859 Posts
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Thieving Magpie
United States6752 Posts
On October 06 2014 12:27 FiWiFaKi wrote: Well when you have 1500+ applicants for a 2 positions at Shell for new undergrads, they need some sorting criteria. And when university is what the students focused on more than anything, GPA, # of fails, and such will naturally dictate a little bit of the process. Of course the communication, team work, and all other skills need to be addressed as well, but you can expect high demand companies will throw away 1/2-2/3 of the applications away, simply based on academic merit. I know that for big employers here it's within their process to check all transcripts, and we are required to attach one with an application anywhere. You might have people that want to be nice, and will tell you: "GPA just doesn't matter, work on your other skills", but that is simply a lie. It's just there is no point to create sorrows over something that you can't change (like having a bad GPA your first two years). Do your best, and don't fail the class! For the first couple years in your career, GPA and # of courses failed makes a difference (but significance varies a lot company to company). This is 100% untrue in majority of american tech companies. Hires are based solely on the discretion of a hiring manage who have arbitrary definitions of what counts as good and bad which differ from team to team. And pretty much all of them don't give a fuck about transcripts. They barely want to have to take time out of their day to hire you let alone take time out of their day to look through a fucking transcript. The HR team that supplies the hiring manager names are judged on total number of people they present and less on the quality of the applicants they present (unless the applicant is outright detrimental to the role) and so the only things they care about is degree in some related field + work experience. They don't care what you did in college because its fucking college and they know its stupid to think its applicable to the work force. What hiring managers ACTUALLY care about is the job interview and and the references. If you sounded smart (to that particular hiring manager at that particular conversation) and your references sound smart (and not just sound like they're praising some kid they know, but that they actually sound like they know the field you're in) then you're almost guaranteed to get in. For the most part, if you're not qualified they won't talk to you, and if you are qualified 90% hinges on how you are in the job interview. That is how the American tech industry works. | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10665 Posts
Im trying to save money for a Wii U Smash when it comes out. Prefferably something that can hold a good shit ton amount of coins. Cause right now I have a shoebox thats about half full. And Im pretty sure if I tried to carry it it would fall right apart due to the weight. | ||
zatic
Zurich15366 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11883 Posts
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DrNoKro
United Kingdom5 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
On October 07 2014 19:18 xM(Z wrote: is there a(t least) correlation between the number of fingers do you type with and the numbers of fingers do you jerkoff with?. How do you jerk off with less fingers? Is it like a classy sort of thing to do like how royalty hold their tea cups? Like if I was a prince, would I have to flog my log with my pinky flared up? | ||
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