#UIUC!!! (2022-2023)

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I had the same feeling when I did it lol

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But my friends said physics sucks

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The calc sequence here is ass

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Cool stuff

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damn

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cs+adv doesnt have to take any calcs beyond calc 2

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common ap calc bc W

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Yea

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Stats and CS L

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Taking math classes every sem

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lol i wish i was in stats cs

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but i prob wouldnt get in

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💀

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Nah I'm so tired

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Stats and CS has a larger workload than pure cs

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For the first year at least

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Any CS + x for that matter

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But math sucks

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So yea

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my first sem is prob:
adv 150 (free class i heard)
cs 124
math 257
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is that good

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how often are there tests in calc bj

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I keep think blowjob lmao

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Calc 3 had 4 in a sem

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Not including finals

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I think stats and CS is just hell

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Yea

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ok seems reasonable then

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That's good make it chill

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But CS 128 and CS 173 will slaughter you

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Second sem is goes down

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wait r u doing 128 and 173 rn

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Yes

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ahh

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CS 173 got weekly exams

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Lmao

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do teachers give practice tests for calc

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Yes

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like tests from previous years

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Just do those

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I think calc 2 and 3 do

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I heard some calc 1 sessions dont

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so the format should be similar

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Yea

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do u care about ur gpa @tender matrix

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Well there was this one midterm for calc 2

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are there answer keys with work

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That was way harder than normal ones

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my teacher doesnt do that

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y

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its annoying

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i herad college gpa doesnt rlly matter

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I'm asian

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And grad school

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I want good gpa for grad apps

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damn u want grad school

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ic

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Yes I will 100% go for grad school

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do ur employers not also look at college gpa

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i mean

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Nah

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if its good then put it ther

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Anything above 3.0

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Good

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if its not good then dont put

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4.0

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Can't get a 4.0 anymore

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I fucked up in my CS class

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aww

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im just gonna try in cs classes

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And got a plagiarism notification

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I had a 98%

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bruh how

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cuz i want to get a good cs education

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Dropped to 88%

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Cause of plagiarism accusation

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but u didnt plagiarise right

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No

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I worked with someone on a project

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so r u gonna beat the case

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That's not allowed

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oh

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oh yeah that happened to me once in a cs class

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Not copy

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I helped someone with a project more like

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It was an intl student

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luckily it wasnt reported

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Who struggled with English

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And so I taught him how to do it

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Our code was too similar

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Got a plagarism notification

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rip

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appeal it

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rip

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is there english class in college

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This is after appeal

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Cause too many students

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and history class

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Yes

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oh no

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Yes

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please no history

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whyy

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Well it's part of gen ed

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It doesn't have to specifically be history

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But some humanities class

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wait how many credits can we transfer

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I think I might be able to skip all gen ed classes

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uiuc be like

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CS + Underwater Basket Weaving

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bro you are doing advertising

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hey man

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i did it to get in

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gotta do what u gotta do

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is that like economics but rebranded

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why the fuck do yall hate on advertising

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smh

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noice

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making me feel bad

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about liking it

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Don't listen to them

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not that ill get in but whatever

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im just joking

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All CS + x people are cracked

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cs+adv is honestly not bad

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yeah fs

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like it could be useful

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whats ur biggest class size bjz

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i swear if this is the reality of like college apps just choosing a major u dont like to get in

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theres no way you can get cs+x without being cracked

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no yeah fs

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im not saying that

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im just saying college apps is sad

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as fuck

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out of all the cs+x programs, cs+adv was the one where my profile was more aligned with

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so i chose that

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what class is that for

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CS 124

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only one prof?

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Cause everyone wants to transfer into CS + x

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then i dont understand

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Yea one prof

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It's online tho

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i mean its not a big deal lol

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So you'll never meet anyone in the class

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Lmaoo

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no im just like wonderinf

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i legit

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biggest in person class size

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would have gotten into 0 schools last friday

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if i didnt do cs+adv

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Zoom proctor

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Profs almost never answer questions

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In any class

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In any uni

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ig but then arent u wasting tuition if you dont like the adv core?

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Cause you have office hours

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who knows

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i might like it

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lol

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i didnt get into anything else so far, besides crappy schools that uiuc is lightyears better than

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The prof rarely holds office hours

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plus

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i plan on taking extra cs classes

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hopefully i dont get my ass ate

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i see what ur saying i guess

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like

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i have ap credit to get rid of gen eds

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so i can take some of the cs classes im "missing"

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by being a cs+x student

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thats facts

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yea that works

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i hope i get somehow get in RD

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honestly

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smh

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i wont tho

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🙏

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take some cool cs electives

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that stuff is fun

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dont take calc

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dont take physics

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honestly

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cs+x is lowkey better than pure cs

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as long as u have ap credit to take extra cs classes

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like im comparing the two

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Yea in a way I suppose

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i feel like if you like the X then cs+x is a really fucking worth major

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You lose some bragging rights

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But it looks cooler

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to whom

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like grainger cs mfs

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Yep

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yeah i guess so

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thats cringe tho

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grainger cs is the prestige major

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It does exist tho

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The rift

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thats cringe lay prestige

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employer prestige is basically same

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Grainger CS ppl might be more cocky

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iirc

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Lmao that's why whenever someone tells me that stuff

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I say recruiters believe I'm double majoring

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You gotta find which ones

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are tas paid

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Yes

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do you say "Statistics and Computer Science" or "Computer Science and Statistics"

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They are usually grad students

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by the prof?

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or the school

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Kekw

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ic

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On my applications for internship

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I write CS as my major

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Cause stats + CS is not an option on most applications

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Kekw

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Nobody knows I ain't Grainger

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then if the profs rarely hold office hours and dont answer questions, they sound like a useless piece of shit

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lmao pure cs makes u takethis bullshit class

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cs+adv is bae

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LOL

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🔥

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yessir

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At any uni

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Their purpose is to do research

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Teaching is the boring sidejob they are forced to do

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My discrete math teacher

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Literally cancelled all lectures

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He doesn't teach

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if u want teaching go to a lac

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😂

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He holds worksheet classes and that's it

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It fulfills ur advanced writing requirement

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CS + x usually have theirs in their X part

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oh

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😦

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But I don't cause no one writes shit in stats

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Hence the minor in Linguistic

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ic

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bro

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im gonna email a cs advisor

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to see if they will allow me to audit my degree requirements

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to take cs 233+341 instead of 340+ 4xx

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cuz

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i wanna take systems programming so bad

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its so useful

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Yea you can

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No one's stopping you

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Ur advisor has barely any say

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And sometimes they are straight up wrong

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well

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the thing is that

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on here

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it doesnt have 233+341 as an option

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but on all the other cs+x it does

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how hard is college

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so im wondering if thats an error

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idk

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Till now

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I'm taking a break before I go to sleep

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god

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so i might as well enjoy the 6 months i have left

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wait

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does cs+x go to grainger

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for cs advising

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thats literally arguably the hardest major

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ur ce

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what were you expecting

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no ce

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cs 240 = 340

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That's the first CS + x I've seen to not offer the old path

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yea imma see

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if i can audit

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to get the old path

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I had a lot of free time sem 1

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They 100% are in many cases

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i mean

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its has a major research focus so that makes sense

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for advising

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i wanna email

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to see if they can do that

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Sure

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Im p sure they can

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Harder classes

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Well hmm

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I'm also taking 17 credit hours

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damn

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im so uninformed

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idk what is a credit hour to begin with

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15

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You need 128 in Grainger to graduate

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Some classes are 1 credit hr, some are 3, etc

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were u just as clueless as i am

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1 credit hr = 3 hours of work

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before college

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Yea

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I learned this when I got here

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However despite 1 credit hr = 3 hrs

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This is only in practice

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One of my CS classes is 3 credits

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I'm probably gonna be doing 10 to 20 hrs

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Of work

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Instead of 9

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is it project based

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Kinda

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At uiuc there is something called an MP

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Stands for machine problem

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They are basically like mini projects

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That you program something and have a bunch of requirements

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The harder ones can take 20 hrs

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Or so

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oh I see got it

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ive had a similar class and that was hell

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CS 128 has an MP per week

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and you need to do multiple of those??

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per semester I mean

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Yea

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This is just one class btw

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One out of the 5 I'm taking

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Lmao

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bruh just one of that class gives nightmares

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if i took calc ab, what calc should i start with

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calc 1, 2, or 3

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2

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You can't start at 3

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2 is helllll here

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It's the lowest gpa for all calc

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ahhh

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how about calc 1

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Calc 1 is ok for gpa I think

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Idk tho didn't take

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Start at calc 2

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u make it sound miserable

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u make all ur classes sound extremely miserable

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I guess so 💀

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But I'm kinda pessimistic

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Lol

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And I care a lot about grades

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If u wanna scrape by, you will not be spending as much time as me

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Or u can become a business major troll

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so calc 2 and 3 are like straight weeder classes

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Yes

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Physics as well

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Both mechanics and em

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ok im going to try hard the ap so i can skip them

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Yea

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It's just

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They make calc hard for the sake of hardness

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Don't skip classes etc

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Diff eq is the next in the sequence

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Usually

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Ahh yea

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It just be like that here too

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oh I thought you meant after diffeq I see

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diffeq was much harder than calc 3 at my school

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just my experience

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what is first day of school like

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Yea here it's way easier than calc 3

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is it straight down to business

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Welcome week?

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or ice breakers

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Or classes?

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My math classes have always been down to business

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And CS classes too

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Others kinda do some syllabus stuff

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Small classes might have icebreakers

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what is the class u have smallest # of students

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For CS 124 they had a quiz the first day

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why

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for credit?

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To test if they read the syllabus

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Lmao

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Ye but it was a graded quiz

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oh that doesnt matter

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We have 30 ppl

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I think

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More

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30 ppl is the norm for my high school

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I think there is more

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Yea

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So in college

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Each class usually has a lecture

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And a discussion

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Lecture is usually big

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One prof teach lots of students

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how about privates

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Discussions are smaller sessions

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isnt the ratio a lot smaller

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Held by TAs

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And then you do worksheets or smth

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see this is why i am considering one

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Uiuc is like a top 5 in terms of student enrollment

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Yea

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despite the outrageous tuition

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Tbh tho, whenever I needed help

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I got it here

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where is here

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uiuc?

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Yes

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We have discords set up

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And online forums

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well i mean its ur uni where else u go

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For help

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Yea but like I never had trouble

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Finding help

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Is what I mean

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ok thats comforting

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so u asked classmates and tas

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yale does not help it seems

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why yale

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Yea TAs

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Sometimes CAs

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Which are undergrads

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Doing ta work

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Also online forums

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Etc

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in mental health specifically

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Aight ppl I got 9am class tmrw

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Bye

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bye

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bye

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how's UIUC CS+X vs UT Austin CS?

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UIUC CS+X

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Both are strong and I’m biased lol

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uta cs much better

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uiuc cs + x vs purdue/usc cs?

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i would go UT for other factors

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why/

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?

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uiuc better ranked

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more prestige, better weather, location, dont have to take coureses in the X discipline

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nah uiuc has way more prestige

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no one knows what uiuc is

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uiuc is super well known in the tech field

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bro...

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ok but besides that

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legit no one knows what uiuc is

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every tech employer knows uiuc

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yea ik

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it just doesnt have lay prestige

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lol

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but UT does

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its literally a target school alongside mit, cmu, and cal

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ik that

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prestige doesnt matter in tech

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its only known internally

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prestige is only to flex lol

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yea

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i want to flex

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lol

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bruh

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career wise uiuc soloes

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You can't flex with CS + X tho troll

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exactly

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oh

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idk im doing pure cs and i think uiuc better

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if ur goin pure cs then sure

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Nah but I'm kidding. It's a meme. CS + X and CS are considered the same in the industry

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yea

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idk

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could go either way

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like UT is respected too

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in tech

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iirc theyre like #10 or something in cs

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Yeah UT and UIUC are both great options

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im from cali and i dont like the cold

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so thats the main reason

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also austin is good

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That's fair

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idk

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"UT Austin" has a better ring to it

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🗿

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You can't go wrong with either for CS. But UIUC is indeed ranked higher than UT if you want to be nitpicky with that

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ye

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maybe 70% of them UT

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terminology is inconsistent you're literally not wrong if you claim it is imo

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i hated self and did 20-21 last two sema

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notice of admission letter is out

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anyone get anything unique in it that i didnt

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mine completely generic

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What are that they mailed letters of acceptance and stuff to intl students?

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its in the admission checklist thing

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124 was nice, though YMMV, lin alg TA knew her stuff (maybe a bit too well lol, was lost sometimes), music was fun, genEd cool

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128 was a pain but there's enough students and staff to usually save you, 173 was :// i shoulda connected for better TAs

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225 was fantastic, shame it's not a smaller class size (literally the only con), 361 was LOL but TA saved us, 222 was a garbage show, and ECE prof was way too smart and nice

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but its a big uni and stuff varies hella, ppl get unlucky:( but imo i think you can get a lot if you spend some more effort looking for the right people

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unless ur into AI ethics and software documentation standards (?, though i havent taken it so idk the content) i dont think youd wanna

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Yeah probably

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ah

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lol

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Fuck these classes

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i mean

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Cosman is just a TA

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rip

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dont depend on 173 or 128 profs its literally a 1:400 ratio

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Not taking 361

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find a good TA and/or study group

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at all?

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It's not in my sequence

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oh

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Yea it's not part of stats and CS sequence

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a little ironic for stats& but ig

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i assume you have a diff track for that

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Ye cuz we have other stats classes that make up for it

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Yep

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173 + 128 is tough but imo you learn a lot if you put yourself to it

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Yea that is true it's just hell

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For a 3 credit hr class it truly is ass

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everyone says CS > CE but unless you hate SW or HW, you can orient self to get grad studies or careers in either "field"

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Different fields

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Can't compare

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not exclusive

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Right

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So 225 is good right

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lol

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Good thing taking it next sem

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its prob bc ranking and everyone focuses on that

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yeah

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imagine 128 with in decent person lecs

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Or maybe CS 128 without hellhole mps

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and not that onslaught of MPs (once every 2 weeks)

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but it's somewhat equally challenging

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Yea but you get more time

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128 dumps shit on u after feeling somewhat good in 124

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more focus on conceptual understanding than 128. its no longer a C++ class–it's a class that uses C++

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LOOOL ive grown to be more sympathetic to nowak

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Yea 128 is basically a data structures class intro

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Like a shallow skim

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C++ is considered like hell but alas, LLVM school gotta live up to its name

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💀

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there's prob some dedicated DS classes that don't touch circular linked lists

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Maybe yea

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But why can't they call it intro to DS or smth

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lol

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Cause like recruiters think it's an intro to cs class

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Lmao

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oh

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you can totally bend the name a bit

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They expect u to pick up c++ instantly

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I guess I could

tired robin
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Intro to C++ programming

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That still doesn't sound good for data structures purposes

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i think most RP and local companies know that the intro classes are no joke

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Hmm

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124 was kinda a joke lolll

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not for those who didnt come from a programming bg

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True but most CS majors will take it

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With bg experience

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ik some CS majors who didnt have much bg

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it's not fully equitable because the diversity is so wide

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Hmm guess so

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its meant for everyone and Challen can only do so much making it effective for everyone

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Yea

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Still much easier than 128

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oh yeah

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The gap between those two classes is way too huge

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124 should be slightly harder to make up for it imo

glad latch
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or 128 easier lol

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Or 128 should be easier

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Workload wise

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Yea

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yeah that's fair, i think they know that too

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but its...working LOL

glad latch
tired robin
glad latch
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but im just the one that cant play (or rather, doesnt want to)

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I know people who want to quit CS cause of these classes

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So much for intro classes huh

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i hope 128 adopts some of the 124 format, Challen's instruction format really takes off for introducing programming

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yeah i can see that being a poor impression

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but getting through is...pretty rewarding

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which is why i

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A walk through hell

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vastly think the CS minor is cracked

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124, 128, 173, 225, + 2 electives

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Yea but it is very hard to get through for the average person

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if you chose 374 and a systems course, that's like 80% the CS core

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yeah:(

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374

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Not looking forward to that

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lol

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im auditing it rn

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its uh

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Hahaha 173 is killing me already

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imagine 173 all grown up

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taught better (though YMMV)

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Exactly

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but LOL the hw is ew i skipped all of it

tender matrix
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your mileage may vary

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ur a cr

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car

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LOL

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Wait how do u audit a course

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And what's a reason for doing so

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the way your supposed to do it is to submit a form or something and let prof know

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the way everyone does it is just...show up

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though i did imply it to a prof and they were all for it lol

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If it's 374

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That's a big class right

tired robin
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technically ur not allowed to interact with the prof/staff (?) and do no work

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So no one will like need to know

tired robin
tender matrix
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not sure, that's what i heard. some level of "no interaction"

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but they do not care

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why gatekeep

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Hmm true

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So ur auditing it

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So it's easier next sem when u actually take it?

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yep

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Hmm ok

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though i think im not doing enough of the classes i audit to make it that much easier

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Hmm I see

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Wait 374

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Technically you can take that right after 173 right

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uhh 225 is prereq i believe

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Oh huh

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did anybody get anything new with their admission letter

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You can tell if ur a James scholar

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In the letter or not

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guess I wasn’t rip

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But pretty much only instaters get them

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James scholar is a scam btw

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Not worth it

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Campus honors way better

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lol yeah

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i was gonna apply for campus

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I didn’t get honors either

tired robin
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but backed out

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I'm gonna do it

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But I have no positions in clubs rip

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It's 1k dollar per year

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screw dat

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Anything to get me to reduce my tuition

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oh yeah

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i mean just...get a slightly cheaper apt:D

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Yea mines is cheap too

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But it's hella far

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Mines is 650 a month

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oop, where

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20 min walk north of siebel

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Lmao

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But I have car

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wat

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that better be a mansion

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is James scholar common

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It's cheap

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It's kinda big

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or campus honors

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for like freshmen admits

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campus is much smaller, ~200 i think?

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And free parking spots

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Yea campus honors is rare

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I only know 1

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theres several honors programs

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On the other hand half my friends are JS

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which uh, kinda defeats teh purpose lol

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ik quite a few JS

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the main motivation (unfortunately) seems to be registration priority lol

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Yea

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Don't worry Abt JS

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It's pretty tiring

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You gotta do so much stuff

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And most ppl I know dropped it

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no I’m just trying to gauge how competitive I was

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what abt merit scholarships I’m grainger are they rare

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havent heard anyone but i never asked either

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They basically don't give JS to anyone out of state

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D:

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some of the smartest grainger students I know

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CS too

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dont get JS

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its just an instate thing mostly

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I know people with 1200 SATs in state getting JS

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but 1600 and international awards oos not getting it

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(not to quantify it off of SAT scores)

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ofc but just a measure to show how its much easier for instaters to get it

tired robin
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eh

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im not denying that its rigorous or particularly fair

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almost all my instate friends are JS

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none of my OOS friends are

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I dont know a single OOS admitted JS

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campus honors too I think

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they tend to favor instate

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makes sense too though, cause I'm sure the creator of the james scholar program wanted more instate students to get it

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i mean in-state has priority regardless as a public uni

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yea

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I guess so

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but like ASU honors program takes a bunch of OOS

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and psu too I think

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and their honors programs are way more stacked than us

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lol

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almost chose psu honors over uiuc

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that’s what finaid told me

slim gorge
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but later on you need to apply to them

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where everyone is cracked af

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they can't make all cs majors JS

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ye

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plus if you really wanna know

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how competitive you were

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check your admissions file

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once you get in

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I kinda regretted it though

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cause they basically said i was the bottom admit for stats+cs

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lmaoo

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NOOOOO

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prove them wrong

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bs

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WAIT did u make that stats& post

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Ye that's me

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Kekw

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my file was boring

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like maybe a paragraph of comments

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though they were putting my admission on the condition that music also wants me

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so idk the records on the interview/audition

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I had so many comments 💀

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4 reviews

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Of my application

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Tbh the way the AO talked to me Abt it

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Almost felt like they knew me

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xd, they allocate more if borderline

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Cause I think they spent a lot of time debating my app

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:p its ok

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In a very near universe

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I'm not here lol

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I'd be at psu lmaoo

tired robin
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hey and youd kick ass there

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Fr

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schreyer?

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Yep

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nice

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i heard they wanted like 80 essays

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Ngl I thought so much abt it

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Still came to uiuc in the end

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Yea I wrote 16 essays 💀

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bruh

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in a far universe i could be in UT doing music comp

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and $200k in debt

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ideally killin it tho lol

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texas music ed and band programs based

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Oh damn

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Wait ur instate for uiuc?

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Or?

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oos

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im cali

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Ahhh

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unfortaunte

slim gorge
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Wait is UT that much more expensive

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its 60K i think

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vs 50ish here

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pain of being intl needing aid 💀

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Where is the admission letter

tired robin
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and cheaper rent

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I am

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intl**

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?

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But non citizen

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ahhh

tender matrix
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Ahh

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so in state tuition but no aid

tender matrix
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Yea I'm intl top

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massive L

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Too

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Loaning 10k a year lmao

tired robin
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student loans prob get you

tender matrix
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Not much

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$6k

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no interest

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can u defer enrollment at uiuc

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But still I wish I had instate tuition

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Yea for a year

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I think

slim gorge
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maybe 1 year at cc could be good?

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yeah

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if you want, try parkland

slim gorge
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what’s parkland

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Yea that way you can attend uiuc events

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they're nearby here and you could get the uni experience with parkland for a year

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It's the CC next to uiuc

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ahh

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they have a pathway program but you dont need it for ur particular situation it hink

slim gorge
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is it expensive to live there tho

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Join some uiuc clubs

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And stuff

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Nah champaign kinda cheap

tired robin
slim gorge
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See what aid you get

tired robin
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if you can defer and get parkland, that actually sounds kinda sweet

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Do u qualify for instate tuition

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yeah

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so 40k coa

tender matrix
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That's gonna make ur life easier already

slim gorge
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I get Illinois MAP grant 7k

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wait 40k??

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breakdown for me pls

slim gorge
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so cost should be 33k ish

tender matrix
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Everything added up

slim gorge
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Yea fees housing tuition etc

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oh

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Tbh u could loan what u don't have

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screw that

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remember that ur housing and food can be much cheaper outside fo dorm and meal plan

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And be an RA

slim gorge
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who tf spend 6k on food a semester

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6k covered my housing AND food for fall sem i think

slim gorge
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Yea true 6k too much

tired robin
slim gorge
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Would I rent at parkland

tired robin
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3meals everyday averages to $11/meal i think

tired robin
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Ur first year gonna be expensive

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Ah

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But then the remaining years

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If you do RA

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what’s RA

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It's like 20k ish a year

tired robin
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resident assis*

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Resident assistant

slim gorge
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ooh

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You manage the dorms and get free living space

tired robin
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free housing but thats basically it

slim gorge
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is that hard to get

tender matrix
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And do some on campus jobs

tired robin
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my RA was overworked to hell tho, cant recommend exactly

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You'll be able to get by

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And loan the rest out

tired robin
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Uiuc provides loans themselves

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But the interest rate sucks balls

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Ah they do?

tender matrix
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Yea I believe

tired robin
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dont take interet loans if you can

tender matrix
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Yea try not to

slim gorge
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Do u know much they loan max

tender matrix
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But a CS degree is strong

tired robin
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i got about 2-3K/sem 0% interest

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ask them

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they know far better than us

slim gorge
slim gorge
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:(( depending on what your career prospects are, can be justified

slim gorge
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So idk if it’s like FAFSA where irs like max 5k a year

tired robin
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or if I can loan more

tired robin
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get someone to advise you

tender matrix
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Yea

slim gorge
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should I wait until I get my finaid letter or call right away

tired robin
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cant hurt either way

tender matrix
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Also apply to a bunch of scholarships rn

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The online ones

tired robin
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but they prob need ur fin aid letter to help with

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Yea I am trying

tired robin
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oh god

tender matrix
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See what you can get out

tired robin
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i never had luck with those

slim gorge
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I’m semi finalist for jock

tender matrix
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Same but my friend did

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And got two of them

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5k

slim gorge
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jack kent Cooke*

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but doubt I’ll get that

tender matrix
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Not a lot but anything to reduce tuition

slim gorge
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Yea

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I’m applying for anything

tender matrix
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Yea

tired robin
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gl

tender matrix
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And once you get here you'll be eligible for some stuff too

slim gorge
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about the RA is it reasonable to expect that I could get it or is it something hard to get

tired robin
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Reasonable

slim gorge
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okay

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but ig dont count on it (as with anything)

tender matrix
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Quite a few ppl get them I think

slim gorge
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that and summer internships should help a lot

tender matrix
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Worse comes to worse there are really cheap places

tired robin
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But overall ur spending is lower after year1

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Cause the dorms mad expensive

tired robin
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our research park pays around $20/hour, it's work but its quite good

tender matrix
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Yea

tired robin
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research and TA around $12

slim gorge
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so RA pays in addition to free housing?

tired robin
slim gorge
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ah

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I see

tired robin
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youre gonna have to go to training and organize/attend events

tender matrix
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Campus jobs

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13 dollar an hr