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Hey everyone! I volunteer with AHS and I wanted to let everyone know that this is happening. Here is the message: You are invited to a virtual COVID-19 Community Conversation with post-secondary students on Thursday December 10, 2020 from 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. This discussion is jointly hosted by Alberta Health Services (AHS), the Alberta Students' Executive Council (ASEC).
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If you need a textbook, there is a high chance it's available for free on <strong>https://libgen.is</strong>
Somebody showed that to me in second semester of first year and I was really regretting any textbook purchases.
For profs to take/avoid, I usually take a glance at Ratemyprof.
Of course with all sites like this, reviews typically are in the absolutely terrible or godlike range, with not much middle ground, so take it with a grain of salt.
GPA wont matter unless you plan on going to grad school.
Probably need to improve your interview skills. Sites like LeetCode are helpful for practicing technical interviews.
Take the logic class asap too. It's awesome and will help in every area of cpsc. I took it second semester and felt ahead of the game in many of my other classes.
Edit: ~~I can't remember his name but~~ get ~~the old guy~~ Macintosh!!!!. He is absolutely amazing. One of the best most helpful profs you'll have. Will look at any question you have about an assignment. Usually always in his office. A+ cause of that guy (very entertaining too). As a first year student please know that a prof makes the course. Could be the best or worst material in the world, the prof can make it or break it.
Edit2: As for knowing C++ and C, I wouldn't worry about it toooo much. Your introductory to cpsc will likely be Python. It kinda of lays out how everything works. And once you learn that and kind of know how everything works with ifs,ands,for/while etc statements, you will likely learn java in the next course which introduces you nicely to classes, objects and other stuff. All things used in C++ as well. C is just kind of a dumbed down version of java/C++ so it will be easy for you once you know that, but what you'd be doing with C may be a little more advanced (not in the aspect of writing huge complex programs, but getting deeper into the architecture of the computer; doing things that you did in java with one line of code with 100 lines of C code), editing CPU registers to accomplish tasks etc, which is ~~easier~~ more efficient than writing it in assembly, which again is just another step deeper into architecture.
People have been cheating in university for a long time. It, not something new it just in this situation easier to accomplish. check out this stats https://unicheck.com/blog/academic-cheating-statistics
I always had a lot of luck with this website. Even with the exchange, it's a pretty great deal.
Semi off-topic and repetitive, but buying international edition textbooks is also a cheap, legal alternative if you need a textbook for a class (eBay, abebooks, etc.) after exhausting all possible resources. If the NA and international editions are the same nth edition, the only difference are page numbers and page/cover quality. The content is essentially the same.
Try to use the Awesome-CV template if you can it is a really neat one here is the link https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/awesome-cv/dfnvtnhzhhbm and good luck for your internship hunt :)
This is Hamilton's rating: (He also posts lecture notes every week incase you miss a class and don't have anyone to get the notes from, which is nice)
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1751096
I'm sorry that I can't help you with the stat course. I transferred my stat course from a different University, so I didn't take it at UofC.
She's supposedly reviewed as a solid professor
I'm not sure if you should take their word for it or not, but that's the best i could find.
Learn the Spring framework which is used to build web apps using java. It teaches you strong OO skills, back end databases, front end development such as HTML, JS and even cloud. This will make you highly employable since most developer positions will require not just knowing a programming language but also a framework. I wish I did this when I was still in university. I only learned it after I graduated. I would go to Udemy.com and find courses on Spring or other frameworks to start off. (note: wait until they go on sale for $14.99) Then start building projects (this is the most important step because it will test your knowledge). Note: Mobile development is not as popular as it was in the early 2010s. Full stack Web development is where the market is trending too so I would focus on that. Good luck!
Alright, well maybe just start on the conted webpage if you haven't already. Flip the through the green book and that should give you some more info on the courses and certificates offered. Also, don't be afraid to just straight email if you have questions.
Why are people giving so much shit to this. I started a crypto club at my uni and we recently held an even with the founder of Celo. With him present it also attracted a digital bank founder, post doc AI researcher, and others from the industry. It was the most successful event we’ve held where everyone got the chance to connect and talk about their experiences in blockchain (not trading cryptocurrencies). Let this person be. Crypto isn’t only about gambling.
> I personally prefer pencil and paper, but if you’re OCD like me and want a note books for each course, there are physical limitations to doing that
Scrap paper for taking to lectures. Bound books for organized notes and revision. Artist sketch books are my favourite but I like them so they handle my fountain pen ink well. I bought one of these clipboard organizers but cheaper at the bookstore. Take that with you and some scrap paper. Then if you want to study, bring one of your notebooks to update and work in. Can be just as light as an iPad.
So I have 3 of these, which hold 32in/27in/27in and as much as it won't matter if you're mounting a cheap <24in monitor it's nice to have something that has a good hydro-component since if that fails your monitor is going to fall onto your desk, which is what happened when I really cheaped out.
Any of the monitor stands that have that blue usb should be the same base model, most of the companies buy from the same distro and just rebrand them.
Dual Arm Monitor Mount - Adjustable Gas Spring Desk Mount VESA Bracket with C Clamp/Grommet Mounting Base for 17 to 27 Inch Computer Screens - Each Arm Holds 4.4 to 14.3lbs https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07T4KB7H4/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_Y3PSA7B4J9XKZFHES27G
I've got this one off Amazon. Pretty good with my 27 inch
Maybe if you wanted to visualize an equation for your own interet or something but otherwise I've never really had a reason to use a graphing calculator. I've found Desmos to be way better anyways
Maybe this will help you to pass!
Wizedemy needs a student rep for ENGG 225 or ENGG 201 class. It is paid and a good experience to add to your resume. Time demand is very low. Most of your work will be online. Job Perks include access to all of Wizedemy ENGG 225/201 course materials for free!
Use the link and my name as referral ( they will ask you for a referral). My name: MD Shahriar Parvez Khan
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Personally I like Joplin (https://joplinapp.org/), because as much as Google Keep, etc are probably better or easier to sync, I like to keep my notes minimal and don't like giving all my data to every company.
https://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~denzinge/courses/cs433-fall2017.html
Check out his past classes
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsptid=1844147&showMyProfs=true
Here are some reviews
People may be over-exaggerating how bad he is, they might not be. If you only have a few withdrawals/no withdrawals you can always drop the course if it is actually that bad.
It costs $1.99 per course (with 5 free resets) and we've integrated our service with Stripe. You can read about their security policies here: https://stripe.com/docs/security/stripe. To get premium, you include your phone number when filling out the form and it will redirect to your checkout page.
Our service detects when a course opens by polling against U of C's VSB. Udemy is a great resource to learn web development. Most courses teach you how to build a fully fledged application so it's a good resource to base your future projects off of. Feel free to DM us for more information.
Here you go: https://gofile.io/?c=jjjuxq from 2014, our actual midterm 2. Obviously I have no idea if your course has changed or what units are being covered now. So yeah, be mindful of that.
> I was TAing last semester, my work hours basically doubled with the online transition. I had Zoom meetings with students at 8pm, on weekends, etc. just trying to accommodate everyone.
As a previous TA, that's kind of on you. I did the same thing, but not like I expected to be paid more, I just enjoyed helping. If you're being forced to TA more hours than your agreement there is an issue.
Most people I know aren't calling for teaching salaries to be reduced, even though most profs I know of evaporated office hours and resorted to just posting notes online or scrolling through notes while talking over them on zoom.
> There are also spending increases for the university to manage this situation. With the university being potentially open for fall semester, just imagine the cleaning staff that we will need to properly sanitize everything!
Far less than we would save if there were proportional administrative cuts.
> Plus licensing costs for online learning tools, extra support staff for aiding professors in learning these tools, etc.
Zoom has been offering free services to academic institutions (https://zoom.us/education) and paying techs is not that expensive relative to the median salary of admin staff.
forget the electives. Just pay for algo expert or leet code and learn
- OOP Python
- Datastructures and Algorithms
- A ML course
You're doing a MBA and want to do fintech right. .....why bother with video games?
I'll be blunt. You're better off doing the above so you can deal with ML Models because all trading is dictated by algorithms and electronic trading these days. I read a report about some Chinese engineer being on the rope for like $100 Million in the UK for trying to steal some trading signals or some shit. Trading is all algorithmic now. You need a PhD/Masters/legit IQ and coding ability + math really to design these algorithms. But that doesn't mean you can't learn how to use or tweak them.
Do you know any algo and data structure? Are you sure you know what you're getting yourself into.
Try this (its free) ....if you can't stomach it...you might not get far (being blunt):
https://leetcode.com/explore/learn/card/binary-search/
Everyday in a SWE is not leet code or solving weird algorithmic problems but fintech is a far cry away from simple front end editing and simple code plumbing. Leetcode is slight overkill for some "banker" but if you really just want to dive into video game programming / tech possibly, you're gonna need algo and DS knowledge. Something as simple as a dynamic high score board is a basic computer science data structures
It was 82 for high school this year, it has been going up steadily though.
Like what others have said - it is surviving - I just took CPSC 231 (the very FIRST CPSC course) - 30% of my lecture dropped the class by the final - who knows how many failed the final.
Browsing the proffs website, he used to post previous final exam grades. Out of 60, it was typical to see 12 F's on the finals, a string of D's. That's close to a 30% "fail" rate. If you got a F on the final, the max grade you could get is a D+ which does not let you continue on.
I strongly suggest you take the Python CodeAcademy course, then the Java one. I strongly recommend you finish AT LEAST the Python one (before you apply to UofC) and you will get an idea of what you are getting yourself into, but then magnify that by 2X fold, plus 4 other courses that probably resemble Math 31 in terms of workload/content. http://www.codecademy.com/
If you're still on the fence about taking it, you can always use your break to check out an online course on Python (that's the language you'll learn) and see if its for you.
Here's Codecademy's course. At a quick glance, it looks like it covers most if not all of the material in 217. Get through this and you'll breeze through 217.
https://www.amazon.ca/REVIV3-PROCARE-Day-Trial-Kit/dp/B00VXRJKC8/ref=asc_df_B00VXRJKC8/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=293004033305&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10245054498382162415&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001312&hvtargid=pla-435369899998&psc=1 heard great things about this system when i worked at a hair salon
I haven’t bought a textbook in two years since discovering that site. Sometimes it can take a while to find a textbook and you have to play around with the way that you input the title (or just enter the authors name and find it that way)... but it works.
Sorry I misspelled her name. http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=809098. Yes, you only need to pass. I'm just saying it's a course you might struggle with regardless of who teaches it. 418 isn't very difficult. I'd recommend attending tutorials, as answers to some of the assignment questions are basically given to you, and what's on the midterm and final is substantially easier than what's on assignments.
Not Lakra. ANYONE BUT LAKRA.
My sister had her 6 years ago for 317 and hated her. She warned me about her.
But I was a n00b and a fool and took the chance.
"A lot has changed in 6 years, right?"
It hasn't.
ANYONE BUT LAKRA. DO NOT IGNORE THE WARNINGS.
EDITED: Don't know about Kallousa, but here's here rate my profs page link
I received this problem in a phone interview at Intel:
https://leetcode.com/problems/trapping-rain-water/
The on-site interview had two dynamic programming questions and a breadth-first search for cycle detection (after I solved it quickly, they asked me to make it run on many CPUs).
I had other similar interviews. The people I know also had similar interviews, mainly data structures and algorithms.
your flair is schulich???? Fam I gotchu as a engg kid (with a minor drinking problem) heres what you gotta know (there maybe some spelling problems as im kinda drunk rn): First off, first year courses: * ENGG 233: (https://processing.org/) maybe read up java in the summer because this course teaches you a language called processing (basically a watered down version of java), going to class wasnt too important as there were video lectures. but tutorials are a must (quizzes and hand in assignments). Profs: moussavi BAD , moshirpour OKAY * ENGG 200: group projects (back in my year they hated us so we had a 30 page nasa report and a fully functioning goldberg machine as final projects, but i heard they made it easier), Id recommend you to be in a group of hardworking ppl cause youre stuck with them for the whole semester, really fun course when i took it Prof: doesnt really matter its the TAs grading so be sure to get a nice one * ENGG 201: usually ppl think this is the toughest course in first year, i have heard that they got rid of all the lab writeups and replaced them with group presentations, profs: Sen AMAZING, Kallos GOOD BUT TESTS ARE HARDER, Sumon YOURE GONNA HATE HIM FOR NOW CAUSE HES NOT THE BEST FOR 201 BUT LOVE HIM IN SECOND YEAR
If this study is related to music while working/studying, there's a good article on video game music in particular. Music in video games is specifically designed to motivate players while staying in the background without distracting the player from the games objectives
https://desktime.com/blog/why-you-should-listen-to-video-game-soundtracks-at-work
No I was using Private Internet Access which generally wasn’t a problem but then on my iPad I turned on that new iCloud pseudo VPN thing to try it out and now I have been locked out twice. So I need to just turn off the iCloud thing and I should be fine, but now I can’t access my account, can’t reset or recover my account either.
It's a leatherette type thing, with a vinyl sleeve so you can put your degree in there and it will stay safe. You can prop it open on your desk if you're into that, or store it on a bookshelf. It's like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Diploma-Leather-Certificate-Holder-Document-Holder/dp/B081GW3KM7/ref=asc_df_B081GW3KM7/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=335567326787&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5611536220496786862&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9001337&hvtargid=pla-879226704200&psc=1
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Or, at least that's what I got when I graduated...13 years ago. Ok, so it's been a minute, but I can't imagine it's changed much - it has the U of C logo on it.