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UTD hasn’t launched a campaign as far as I know, but both Dallas and Collin County have started registration for phase 1B. Keep in mind this is just registration, I don’t think they’re giving out large amounts just yet.

$550-600 is a ripoff for a 2 year old dinosaur with a GTX960 and a 4th generation CPU.

A 30 second search on Amazon got me a new laptop for $650 with a GTX1050 and a 7th generation CPU. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072QT88DG

It's hard to imagine that a $53/month price increase on University Commons is justifiable. That represents across the ~2200 bedroom community over $1,000,000/year in increased costs to students. That is also for just this years increase. These prices have been increasing to students every year and comparably the resources provided by University Commons have not been growing at that rate.

During a time period of record low inflation as well so it's not like that can be used to justify year over year price increases of 5% or more.

For comparison in 2009 when Res Hall South first opened the per month cost was $562. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201144541/http://www.utdallas.edu/residencehall/pricing/

tbh, youtube is one of the best teachers for math. checkout Khan's Academy youtube channel.

Check this out: http://www.khanacademy.org/#calculus-1

This website has videos for everything. I used it all the time for differential equations.

Not trying to be a dick, but:

>List price $700 new!!

$189 new for same brand/spec from Best Buy

Unmarked car is not unusual but the civillian clothes are if this nextdoor post is anything to go by: https://nextdoor.com/agency-post/tx/richardson/richardson-police-department/follow-up-to-white-unmarked-police-vehicletag-on-car-and-ez-pass-email-scam-7824721/

This! Use a VPN if you must use the unsecured WiFi, or use your own access point with one of the Ethernet jacks. NordVPN is a good one, and if you crank down the power of your router you can keep it from interfering with their network. (That being said, nowhere in their TOS do they say you can’t have a router, I’m just being over cautious probably.)

If you decide to go to the Arboretum, keep an eye out for deals on Groupon, because there are sometimes discounted tickets there.

As an extra bonus, Groupon has a student discount program that gives you an extra 25% off *some* local deals for the first 6 months of use.

Oh really?

I do agree on eff the haters though and don't understand why an engineer would make fun of other engineers or other majors at all.

As someone who started in the business administration track, don't do it. It's by far the most worthless degree at JSOM. Accounting or MIS degrees are far stronger in the workforce, followed not too closely by Finance. Finance is fine but much better if paired with Accounting or Economics, as I'm sure you've heard before.

If you chose business administration because you're looking to be an 'entrepreneur,' reconsider. The word entrepreneur is one of these very odd terms where people will say, "Billy, what do you want to be doing in 5 to 10 years?" "Oh it's very clear to me. I want to be an entrepreneur!" But it's sort of this vague empty term -- it's like saying I want to be rich! or I want to be famous!

I'm quite skeptical of the term and more wantrepreneurs should be as well. If you're remotely considering pursuing business administration, make sure you've thoroughly understood Zero to One. As a previously self-declared entrepreneur, my Straussian takeaway from Thiel is that you need to be starting a business that's going to be a monopoly. Sound discouraging? The fact is, we should be starting more good businesses and fewer bad ones. Not more businesses in the abstract, and not more startups in the abstract.

Get some technical prowess from a different field. Accounting, MIS, Finance, whatever. Do yourself a favor and give BA a pass.

Willson's lectures are alright, but I found the subject matter easy to get lost on. The course moves pretty slow, but it's important to understand the topics well. Exam retakes are allowed so you'll generally get a passing grade or keep your GPA up if you want to make the extra effort.

Name is misspelled on ratemyprofessor: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1984439

I took Morales for discrete 2. She was more challenging and strict, but I think she also covered the topics better.

I took Wilson last semester for Discrete I and got a B-. I had Farage this semester for Math Foundations of SE. While at the time I didn't think Wilson was too difficult, Farage by comparison is a cakewalk now that I know.

I believe he taught well and kept things engaging. The first few weeks you'll be seeing a lot of his little toy monkeys being used in examples. The three exams we had he offered reworks afterwords for up to half credit back which really helped. All of the "homework" is completely optional. I did none of it but studied for the tests and ended up with a B-, so take that as you will. He's a quirky guy for sure which keeps things interesting. The examples he works in class are more often than not much more rigorous than anything you'll see on the exams, but still be prepared. I'd say if you do a few problems off the homework and pay attention in class you could fairly easily get an A.

Also, he does actually have a RMP page here

I'm not sure that there has been a current published release of this public information. Here's a related article, also published in 2012: http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2012/05/21/why-is-the-university-of-texas-at-dallas-the-states-most-expensive-public-university/

Edit: While I understand the purpose of the OP's post is to call out Dr. Daniel's salary for 2012, it should also be balanced with points like this: http://www.indeed.com/salary/Utdallas.html, which states that UTDallas salaries average 38% lower than the national average. I don't know if it hurts or helps the original point, but it should be noted that UTDallas isn't a huge money sink in every respect.

Taking Schlobohm for 3390 this semester. The class is pretty straightforward. She's strict about arriving to class on time and following instructions, but as long as you do that the class is easy. I took Helms for ENA last semester. Lectures are pretty fast paced and the exams are TOUGH. But there is a generous curve on all the exams. Frequent homeworks and note-taking assignments are due as well. Here's the link to his rmp: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1969013#

>Do you have any tips on professors that I should or should not take?

College is a lot different from college in that the professors for courses usually vary from semester to semester. Still, there are many professors that consistently teach certain courses. A few of the professors I've really liked have included: Charles Shields, Nathan Dodge, Zalman Balanov, Dinesh Bhatia, Jung Lee, Mohammad Saquib, and Lawrence Overzet, all for various reasons. In general though, I agree with professor ratings found on websites like this.

>Also, if I'm required to take a meal plan, do just recommend paying for the cheapest one and then grocery shopping for the meals that the plan will not provide me with?

You are required to have one of the weekly (10, 14, or 19) meal plans if you live in the res halls. The problem with getting the cheapest meal plan is that they are really cost inefficient and you will not have a kitchen in your dorm, so I would probably just bite the bullet and get the meal plan that you think you will use. I found that 2 meals a day was pretty good (because it's a buffet, so you can eat as much as you want).

>Would you recommend moving out after the first semester and paying to live somewhere else that is near campus?

You aren't required to live on campus, so if you have the option of living somewhere for cheaper you might consider it if money is tight. That being said, I feel like living on campus has pretty good benefits, and the apartments on campus are a pretty good deal ($522/month, but same internet problems :( )

I've had many problems with that app ( like it suddenly stops updating my account). I've switched to Microsoft Outlook preview and so far I haven't had any problems https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.office.outlook

It's not an easy class in general. Go here and compare different professors for her class

https://utdgrades.com/app/results?search=itss%204300&section=8164

Then read her RMP profile

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=2162590&showMyProfs=true

I'm pretty happy with the TI-36X Pro. It is really useful when working with complex numbers, and it has a lot of nice capabilities overall. Also, because it's not a graphing calculator, I'm able to use it for exams in a lot of my classes. When I'm working on homework or something else where I have access to my computer though, I like to use SageMath since I can just store all given data for a problem in variables and solve the problem algebraically. (Also it does a lot of the heavy lifting when I need to work with vectors.)

Calc 1 I had John Norwood. He's a nice guy but a bit nervous since this was his first year teaching.

Calc 2 I have Anatoly Eydelzon right now. He expects a lot out of his students and makes sure that only the ones who really put the work in get the best grades.

I've had great experiences with others on campus so I won't really worry about people not being open enough or un-cooperative. I, personally, would be excited to teach others about things that interest me(Mathematics, MachineLearning, Algo-trading). But, as a general rule in life, you shouldn't always depend on others being there to teach you.

The group is just a collection of individuals working on things. I can't really set the agenda. Whether or not they're friendly or open about teaching each other is entirely up to the individual.

The group might be most fitting if you endeavour to learn this stuff on your own in the presence of others that are pursuing their interests as seriously as you are. That sort of influence can be the sort of thing that bonds self motivated people.

I have some experience with lib-gdx on android. As well as three.js. So if you want to mess around with that stuff. I have a project in mind and might be available to collaborate on the UI.

Solidworks offers free student licenses for teams in various engineering and science competitions. https://www.solidworks.com/sw/education/all-student-competitions.htm I got my entire Shell Eco-Marathon team of 15 free licenses. Just another incentive to get on a team project.

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I bought it for $130 and of course within 3 months it goes all the way down to $68. Worth though

What are your thoughts on using TOR and/or TAILS in addition to a VPN? Does UTD discourage or prohibit students from using VPNs?

NordVPN is having a great deal atm, a couple of bucks per month for a 2 year deal. I think I'm going to go with that.

PHYS 2303 was great! Definitely meant to be challenging though, it's meant to be a "weed-out" class (so absolutely go to office hours). You're gonna be learning a lot about light + its properties, relativity, etc.

As for the math - if you feel like you have a solid grasp of the fundamentals (taking derivatives, integrals, translating from different coordinate systems) then I'd personally recommend taking the credit/don't retake the classes. Going through all that again is probably more trouble than it's worth, and you'll be using/relearning that same math in your mechanics classes.

Okay, so, to clarify, there is PHYS 2326 (introductory electricity and magnetism) and PHYS 3416 (E&M 2.0, the harder version). I presume you have credit for PHYS 2326. PHYS 2326 isn't super horrible, but being completely honest, PHYS 3416 is kinda brutal. (And I was in a similar position where my high school physics teacher didn't cover a lot of the magnetism material.) I think your next steps depend on what you have time for/the brainspace to do right now. Can you buckle down, get on Khan Academy/YouTube and teach yourself the material? Or would you prefer a professor to lean on? There's no shame in either, and it wouldn't set you back a whole lot to take it again.

One final note: this textbook will basically be your Bible. I had it assigned as a textbook for PHYS 2303, 2325, and 2326, and used it as supplementary/reference material for many others. If you end up buying any textbooks, I'd recommend this one. (Also will be helpful if you want to study ahead).

I bought some string lights on amazon and now I have them on my dorm wall and it looks really nice! :) I personally bought these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01G4YX2QY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They work pretty great but I don't use like the other modes of the light. Like it has other options like it can blink or change patterns and such but I notice they're bit glitchy. But just to have lights on these are really nice :)

If you do need to buy the book and the code, its cheaper to buy them seperately. Hold off on buying it until its clear whether you need it or not. https://www.amazon.com/Calculus-Applications-11th-Margaret-Lial/dp/0321979427/

The access code can be bought when the teacher gives you the class code. Costs about $100

Use whatever, my friend. Personally, I use Code::Blocks to compile my C code (unless I'm using my Linux partition - I have other tools there), NetBeans for the few times I've had to write Java (C MASTER RACE!!!).

Notepad++ is the best Open Source gui tool for writing code. Where possible, though, I use VI or GVIM because I find the interface more intuitive now that I've had some practice.

What I WILL advise, one friend to another, is that you get familiar with C and Assembly ASAP. Java is too high-level and abstracted to help you develop an understanding of how computers think, and C-level coding techniques will help you write fast, clean, readable code that has minimal errors. (Pick up a copy of Kernighan and Ritchie's The C Programming Language. Trust me.)

Also, learn Javadoc conventions for your comments. Use it in C/C++ as well with the Doxygen tool. Professors LOVE it, and your future bosses/fellow programmers will, too.

when I had tons ants in my apartment [these](https://www.amazon.com/TERRO-T300B-2-Pack-Liquid-Baits/dp/B00E4GACB8) worked well. takes a week or something then theyre all gone.

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Here's a good app for learning medical Spanish. It has all the medical terms as well as a Dialogue section that covers a full H&P. And it's free:

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1574202729?pt=123220161&ct=email&mt=8

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I'm a CS major so I can shine some light on our type of coursework. Usually, most profs have slides, so writing becomes redundant if you just copy notes verbatim. Scientifically, you are more likely to remember written down notes vs. typed, but I think it really comes down to how often you review your notes and how your notes are organized.

I stopped writing down notes after my sophomore year, BUT I will carry one notebook with me, just in case we do examples in class (that won't be found on slides or the prof won't post the example online) and work the problem in my notebook, so I have a reference now.

Use a powerful note-taking tool, if you plan on typing from now on. Google Docs is standard and has universal access. Something recently has been popping off called Obsidian, which I recommend taking a look at.

Hope this helps!

I've always run "hot", and this Texas weather doesn't make it easy. I found these a few years ago and they work wonders. Passing along for the benefit of others. No shame in doing what it takes to make yourself presentable. We're only human.

https://www.amazon.com/Thompson-Underarm-Sweat-Original-White/dp/B00CIZLR0C/ref=sr\_1\_1\_sspa?keywords=thompson+tees&qid=1661969281&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&smid=A37EXBQUZ9O6T7

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little over your budget but works wonders .

What I use is Notion, if you want some kind of app making a chart on there and adding all ur stuff with reminders works well and is free. Here's mine

Click on link to view the listing please:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/740761016717346/

It includes pictures of the place, as well as the overall floor plan. It also has all the necessary information that you'll need.

RE-LET

(here's the summary)

Northside Enterprise 2x2 (2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms), but 4 beds in total with 2 people in each room.

We are looking for 2 GIRLS. FEMALES ONLY! Please be open-minded, it is a SHARED room. Find a best friend you can share with! :)

Lease ends 07/27/2021

$580/month with utilities included. Electricity separate, which will be split with your roommates. $20/month for parking. Added fee if you have a pet, which are allowed.

1 roommate left. She is very nice, sweet, and clean. She is really cool to talk to. She shares the pastries that she buys, so that's sweet!

Unit is on the 1st floor, so it is easy to get in and out of the apt through the patio. UTD campus is only a 5-15min walk, depending on where you are going. And the comet cab stop is only 10 steps away from our unit.

Pomodoro technique! I still use this method to chunk out my work day - it definitely helps keep distractions at a minimum.

+1 to u/BellaWhiskerKitty's recommendations for "productive procrastinating" (my house was never cleaner than the last 3 weeks of my final semester thanks to this behavior) and the written "cheat sheet" method of preparing for quizzes and tests. Writing (versus typing) helps with knowledge retention.

Sure, I got an email to attend a CS only ug research info session and match day thing. Here is the flyer that was sent last year. It was like speed dating with 6-8 students per prof hearing about what kind of research they do. I just emailed a prof I met there.

I would email Dr. Daescu to ask if this event already passed, this semester (I'm pretty sure it has). I guess you could just email profs that are doing research in a field you find interesting if you are looking to get involved this summer. You can use this page a sort of a hub, although it will require some digging. If you let me know the kind of thing you are interested in, I may be able to give you a couple prof's names if it is related to my field.

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Well, according to UTD Grades and his RateMyProfessor profile, he seems good.

From the grades themselves, it appears like an "easy" class. Most people are getting A's and high B's, granted it's a graduate-level course. But, from his RMP reviews, it doesn't sound like he knows how to communicate well and students have to do a lot of studying/reading the textbook on their own to really understand the material and do well.

I had her for that class a few years ago, and I hated it. The subject matter wasn't difficult (honestly a lot of it was really high-school level), but the assignments were time consuming and felt like busy work. She also assigned more work than other professors teaching the same class, based on what I heard from friends who took other professors.

Her personality definitely rubbed me the wrong way. She spent a lot of time bragging about her accomplishments in a way that seemed arrogant to me. I also recall one particular incident where she compared abortion to the holocaust in the middle of a lecture that was ostensibly about writing memos, which I thought was pretty inappropriate. Other people seem to liker her though, so maybe it's just a matter of taste.

P.S. ratemyprofessor has 15 more reviews of her under her old name.

Going to have to disagree a bit with the other commenter, as DMHP pairs incredibly well with both PPF and PPA. I am in both DMHP and PPF and have found there to be great synergies between the two. They are fairly different programs, but have excellent benefits.

As far as PPA is concerned, its also worth noting that I believe every single PPA student that received an offer from a Big 4 firm this year was in DMHP as well. Leaving DMHP behind for PPA would not be advisable, as both work very well together.

And as for Polze being a jerk, I think this should address any concerns there. On an anecdotal level, he has been an incredible mentor to myself and so many others, and I can definitely attest to him being one of the best professors at the school.

i remember in drawing fundamentals we could choose our own photo reference for our final pieces, and i decided to use a photo of my kittens who had passed/disappeared shortly before that class period (long story short its a strange occurrence that's happened at least twice now with other pets, this year was relatively safe)

i think what happened is that the professor came over to see how the piece was going, and i was telling her about them since we both liked cats and i just kinda broke? i was trying hard to be quiet since other people were working in the room too, but she just let it happen, was patient, and comforted me... i still miss them :( it was especially hard since they were still young, lived at home 8+ hours away, and i just get very attached to all my cats

i'm not sure if there's a package size limit but i did get a desk off amazon so  ¯_(ツ)_/¯  vacuum is a good idea, i'd say you can just get a swiffer or broom for the flooring. depending on which apartment/room type there could be a built in bookshelf by the front door or a shelf in the closet (i had both). the patio has a sliding door (& screen) and vertical blinds while bedroom windows have normal horizontal ones. they also open and have screens. here's a couple pictures, sorry they're the emptiest ones i had lol http://imgbox.com/g/GxTaQvg29z

maybe related but an important thing to remember is that your apartment number corresponds to the building #, floor, and unit, so 1234 = building 12, third floor, unit 4. this is useful for room selection for the next year, since stairs can be a pain.

I don't think elearning platform will be down at any moment as many institutions have started to build their own educational video platform so to interact with the students without any hassle. Also maintain the classroom like feel when taught through the educational video platform. The demand for it has been increasing and it will increase further.

The ELearning market is stronger and by end of the year it will surpass by $275 billion and we can see further increase in the coming years.

I'd say review verb tenses like imperfect vs preterite, future, conditional, and subjunctive. Professor Malouf is nice, but the tests can be hard at times. There's nothing tricky on them, but if you get behind in the class, it's hard to cram in the material the day before an exam. There are oral presentations and projects, but they're pretty simple.

https://www.memrise.com/course/122116/learn-spanish-conjugation/17/ is pretty good review on tenses.

i am actually a MA history student but i've had interactions with many phd history of ideas program and i've heard nothing but good things about the program. this is the website for the graduate student association if you want to contact any of the officers. i know a few of them personally and i'm sure they'd be more than happy to answer a question or direct you to the right resource to find out more information about the program.

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-create-and-publish-a-chrome-extension-in-20-minutes-6dc8395d7153/

It's a decent guide, after that read the documentation

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/devguide

If you mean lost & found, you can submit an inquiry here for your item. UTD Lost and Found Inquiry

If you are looking to buy a new one, you can buy any cable + brick that's at least 30w such as this one on Amazon.

If could probably get it from the UTD Tech Store too.

I am fairly certain this would work (link). You could either screw the mic straight into the stand or use the shock mount.

I would highly recommend that you look up each potential professor on a site like this. It has saved me many times.

Notice how Dr. Schlobohm has a rating of 3.2/3.7/2.9 for helpfulness/clarity/easiness while Dr. Coppersmith has a rating of 5.0/4.5/4.5.

Nevermind.

> http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=1425772&page=2

My god... I can only take her class at the moment because of my other classes. But next year I might try and take this with the other teacher.

Do you know HTML + CSS? Can you make some wicked-awesome layouts?

things like:

• https://dribbble.com/shots/1315388-Dashboard-Web-App-UI-Job-Summary****
• https://dribbble.com/shots/1407112-Desk-com-Dashboard

My fast.com speeds are at 98 Mbps, with SpeedTest.net clocking in at 96 Mbps on Wi-Fi over here in Phase 8. Could be an issue on the downloading/streaming service's end bottlenecking your speeds, or maybe an issue localized to Phase 6. Does using Ethernet help at all? If I remember correctly, UTD's wired with Cat5e ethernet cables, so it should be faster than wireless.

The H6 is wonderful but minus a few features, the H4N is extremely capable and will keep you in line with the class. Is this for Sound Design?

If you have your heart set on the H6, you can do a price alert for Amazon via CCC. I've never seen one for less than $345 but I imagine you can set a item search notification for eBay if you don't mind a used unit.

I see that you have already counted but for future I want to suggest you the thing that I am using. It is free https://essaytoolbox.com/grade-calculator that calculates your grade and you only need specify some information.

If you’re an iPhone user, the combination of AirPod Pros and blast protection works for me. If non-iPhone, I can’t speak to the quality of the equivalent brand of wireless earbuds but I’m sure they will work just as well

PROHEAR 016 - $17.99

AirPods Pro - $179.99

Awesome! Thank you so much for your help!

Would this power strip work?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DOMYK4I?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details

It says UL Listed, not UL certified, but will this still pass?

Bludio T-M. They're like 30 bucks on Amazon and are pretty high quality, and the difference between them and my $300 open-backed Sennheisers is a lot less than you'd expect. I really recommend them. Also, unless you're going for high dollar audiophile quality, then don't fall for brand name memes. A lot of them are absolute garbage quality, and all of them are overpriced for what they offer. Beats are the probably the worst in this sense. They're laughably shit quality for what they cost.

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My dad got me an Ecobee for Christmas and helped me set it up at UV. The problem we had was there is no "C-wire" because the building is old, and we didn't want to mess with the air conditioner unit in the bathroom ceiling. So, we had to get this AC adapter from Amazon, and plug it into the outlet under the thermostat. It works perfectly. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L4DN5R2/

The other issue was that there is an electrical box behind the thermostat, so the screw holes didn't line up. So we found this solution: http://troxl.blogspot.com/2015/12/ecobee3-installation-on-mud-ring.html

This way there is no drilling or messing with their existing stuff, so I can easily swap the old thermostat back in when I move out.

Start buying These and take matters into your own hands.

You might be interested in mathematics more than you are in CS. I'm self studying abstract algebra and reading through concrete mathematics

Well, I recommend Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for you. Will help you chill out. Plus if you get a bike, your dating life will improve 1000%, though 1000% of nothing is still nothing so I'll just say, "your dating life will improve tremendously."

I will be studying machine learning with about 3 others this summer. You're welcome to join us. I can lend you my Russel-Norvig Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach book while we're studying.

If you can't stand EE, then you shouldn't do it. Life is too short to spend it doing things you can't stand. I agree - college is fairly obsolete for educating the workforce. It's gotten too expensive for information you can get elsewhere.

I don't know you but it's not uncommon to be unconstructive taking time off especially if you intend to return to something else. Your past is not your future. People start with nothing and do great things all the time. You will all but have to read to do it though. The ideas and inspiration have to come from somewhere. In addition to "The Education of Millionaires", "Think and Grow Rich" inspired a generation of entrepreneurs. And you can't go wrong with Tony Robbins' "Awaken the Giant Within."

The Assignments changed in difficulty a lot, some things were very nit picky things from the textbook, others were writing general Assembly programs.

the topics in general were what was difficult, writing Assembly itself wasn't that hard, but understanding how everything fits together with the diagrams was the difficult part.

we used Computer Organization and Design as our textbook, however the book is not designed very well and contains errors, it has a lot of information, but making sense of the information is what was difficult for me.

That's why I am trying to learn Digital Logic because I feel being grounded in that would make reading the diagrams and everything easier. Appendix B in that textbook, tries to cover digital logic, but it isn't explained very well and assumes you already know it when going through the actual material in the book.

Which is perfectly normal but you gave the impression that you would leave it behind which i would recommend against I have a Corsair Case so mine is fairly mobile except the weight.

Look into getting an Aeropress. I'm borderline retarded doing anything in the kitchen but everyday I have several people in my UV apartment building ask if they can come by for a coffee made by moi. Super easy.