I've heard mixed things about university of washingtons cs program. Their upper degrees are apparently phenomenal but their undergrad is kinda bullshit. For one they learn java as like a primary language to allow for community college people to transfer in.
UIUC and Michigan are the best two for CS on that list. Ann Arbor is also second-best college town. Unless it's a different UPenn than I'm thinking of, they don't really have a CS department to speak of.
You may need to call me biased, though, as both my brother and best friend are at Michigan.
UIUC and Michigan are the best two for CS on that list. Ann Arbor is also second-best college town. Unless it's a different UPenn than I'm thinking of, they don't really have a CS department to speak of.
You may need to call me biased, though, as both my brother and best friend are at Michigan.
Coincidentally -
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Are also the only 2 which are also listed as University Exchange Partners for my 2nd major.
Hmm difficult decisions but I still have some time to work it out and gather more information.
How does one determine how good a college town is?
Ideally you would go there, but that can be difficult. Maybe check the crime logs and see what kinda shenanigans were reported or if someone was murdered.
There is a public university in every large city in America. The difference from Australia is there's additional public universities that are in the middle of nowhere. Those actually tend to be better IMO for undergrad experiences, also grad to a certain degree. The problem with large cities is of course there is more to do but also the cost of living skyrockets. For instance Seattle $1200 for a one bedroom is pretty reasonable and in Pullman a one bedroom $700 was outrageous. Smaller towns are easier to walk home drunk after going to the bar and you don't have to worry about being accosted by homeless people or dealing with people that aren't students. Although I'm not really sure what you're looking for exactly out of this experience.
Easy way out of having to do 4 extra units in Arts because the University I'm going to in Australia likes to advertise that it "broadens" units.
So if you do a science degree you have to do 4 units unrelated in Arts, and if you do an Arts degree you have to do 4 units from Science. Alternatively you can do away with it by being an exchange student for a semester.
I might still do some actual Art units as it was my hobby till I stopped having time for it but I want to make sure I have looked at the different options.
Ah yeah that's how it is here too, I just ended up taking weird classes like a sociology class about technology and a course on Japanese civilization which explains why they're occasionally fucking insane, because they've always been that way. Island fever I reckon.
The big public universities in the US are out in the middle of nowhere because they're all built on huge land grants that the government made in the late 1800s, which you can learn about here. It's part of the reason why the biggest university campuses are all out in the Midwest.
What are y'all's preferred ways to make / things to eat with rice? I've got ~10lbs to eat before I go to Japan, and I'm getting tired of the same old same old.
UC Berkeley is arguably the best UC Computer Science program, and the only UC I'd recommend for it. Davis is for agriculture. Merced is for being lonely, and Santa Barbara is for drinking and partying. Santa Cruz is for surfing and smoking pot. San Diego is for dodging forest fires. Irvine is for acting (I think? Visited there once) and LA is for..LA stuff? I know their communications program is good, but not much else.
Cal State Universities (CSU) are generally more hands-on, vs UC's more theoretical approach, at least in terms of CS and similar degrees. The only exception is Cal State San Jose, which has a very well balanced degree (though it's offset by the fact that you have to live in San Jose).
UC Berkeley is arguably the best UC Computer Science program, and the only UC I'd recommend for it.
Everyone seems to have their own opinion. Well, at least I'll have options when I present my 2nd year plan next week.
I have 6 units through the 3 years with which to fill electives, 4 of these have to be from outside of the Bachelor of Science.
I was initially going to fill them with Engineering and / or Psychology or Medical (because it's easy for me) units.
However since it has to be outside of the Science degree I've been given options to do all random stuff that doesn't seem to compliment computer science / IT or even GUI design or animation.
There is a unit on Games as an artform through history as but prerequisites are 2 semesters of Art History.
There are a bunch of units I could fill those spots in with from Communications and Media studies (mass media, communications, digital media, new media, human tech, designing games).
The alternative would be financial / accounting units from the Business school.
How much knowledge about the finance sector do you need to start programming or doing IT work for a finance / investment / accounting firm?
If you can get a key duplicated from an automated machine for $2, and a metal pet nametag engraved for the same, why do we NOT have a machine that cuts your key and then engraves some custom text to remind you what the fuck it's for?
If you can get a key duplicated from an automated machine for $2, and a metal pet nametag engraved for the same, why do we NOT have a machine that cuts your key and then engraves some custom text to remind you what the fuck it's for?
You don't want to write what a key is for on the key. Even if a key just says something like "home" or "office" on it, that greatly increases the odds of whoever finding the key knowing where to use it. You might think there are a zillion offices or homes, it doesn't narrow it that much. Except for the fact that the most likely place for the key to be found will be a place where the context of the location itself narrows it down to almost exactly one lock.
Also, imagine key rings for buildings. If someone ran into a building and stole a super's key ring, they are going to be trying every key on every door. If they were labeled, that would give the criminal dramatically more time to do the deed and get away.
Indeed. It's for a similar reason that if your car has a built-in GPS (or you use a stand-alone one), it's generally recommended that you don't use your real home address if you want to set up a "home" button on said GPS. Instead you should choose something relatively close to home (a school, a store, a landmark, etc.) that you can easily find your way home from than your actual home.
If you can get a key duplicated from an automated machine for $2, and a metal pet nametag engraved for the same, why do we NOT have a machine that cuts your key and then engraves some custom text to remind you what the fuck it's for?
You don't want to write what a key is for on the key. Even if a key just says something like "home" or "office" on it, that greatly increases the odds of whoever finding the key knowing where to use it. You might think there are a zillion offices or homes, it doesn't narrow it that much. Except for the fact that the most likely place for the key to be found will be a place where the context of the location itself narrows it down to almost exactly one lock.
Also, imagine key rings for buildings. If someone ran into a building and stole a super's key ring, they are going to be trying every key on every door. If they were labeled, that would give the criminal dramatically more time to do the deed and get away.
This is literally the situation in games where you're like where the fuck is the password to this computer and then you find a piece of paper that says computer password and then has the password.
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Unless it's a different UPenn than I'm thinking of, they don't really have a CS department to speak of.
You may need to call me biased, though, as both my brother and best friend are at Michigan.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
and
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Are also the only 2 which are also listed as University Exchange Partners for my 2nd major.
Hmm difficult decisions but I still have some time to work it out and gather more information.
How does one determine how good a college town is?
It's certainly different to Australia, where most Universities are within the suburban boundaries of major cities or inside the city itself.
So if you do a science degree you have to do 4 units unrelated in Arts, and if you do an Arts degree you have to do 4 units from Science. Alternatively you can do away with it by being an exchange student for a semester.
I might still do some actual Art units as it was my hobby till I stopped having time for it but I want to make sure I have looked at the different options.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
University of Pennsylvania
Those are the three that stick out to me, in no specific order.
Chicken and forty cloves over garlic rice.
Rice pilaf
Cal State Universities (CSU) are generally more hands-on, vs UC's more theoretical approach, at least in terms of CS and similar degrees. The only exception is Cal State San Jose, which has a very well balanced degree (though it's offset by the fact that you have to live in San Jose).
Well, at least I'll have options when I present my 2nd year plan next week.
I have 6 units through the 3 years with which to fill electives, 4 of these have to be from outside of the Bachelor of Science.
I was initially going to fill them with Engineering and / or Psychology or Medical (because it's easy for me) units.
However since it has to be outside of the Science degree I've been given options to do all random stuff that doesn't seem to compliment computer science / IT or even GUI design or animation.
There is a unit on Games as an artform through history as but prerequisites are 2 semesters of Art History.
There are a bunch of units I could fill those spots in with from Communications and Media studies (mass media, communications, digital media, new media, human tech, designing games).
The alternative would be financial / accounting units from the Business school.
How much knowledge about the finance sector do you need to start programming or doing IT work for a finance / investment / accounting firm?
Also, imagine key rings for buildings. If someone ran into a building and stole a super's key ring, they are going to be trying every key on every door. If they were labeled, that would give the criminal dramatically more time to do the deed and get away.