#UIUC!!! (2022-2023)

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slim gorge
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uiuc CS top 5 that’s all that matters!

valid tendon
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does anyone know generally how hard it is to get in for materials science engineering

keen atlas
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for RD?

tired robin
tired robin
empty scroll
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EMERGENCY! I accidentally applied for crop sciences instead of computer science

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Anyone know how hard it is to transfer

dim flint
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💀

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just write “CS” on ur resume issok

empty scroll
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My entire resume is cs lol I think I had 1 engineering ec

empty scroll
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do we need to erport midyear grades in the srar

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its a very painful process

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so I dont want to do it

glad latch
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they are not considered

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and u r already accepted

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so unless you got Ds & Fs it won't affect ur decision

empty scroll
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thats great

late crest
serene prawn
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I got into UIUC for CompE, is it worth it to write LOCI for Cornell or Gatech because I'm feeling lazy as shit

hollow verge
serene prawn
empty scroll
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cornell engineering doesnt look at loci

serene prawn
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I kinda wanted to tell them about another letter of rec I got in during RD

empty scroll
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ill most likely get rejected since I got a b in multi

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they most likely deferred me bcs they didnt have the grade yet

serene prawn
empty scroll
serene prawn
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Felt

valid tendon
serene prawn
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I want to have fun

empty scroll
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im in a similar situation as you

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I visited cornell and thought it looked great but during actual school time it becomes depressing

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uiuc is known more of a party school than cornell

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also you are doing CE I dont think it will be all fun and games

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@strong fox how much fun have you had in CE?

strong fox
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Yes lol

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Oh wait how much

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Uhhh

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In my major or from outside activities

empty scroll
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both

strong fox
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Work hard play hard

empty scroll
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understandable

strong fox
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It depends on a bunch of factors

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Short answer yes

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I have a lot of fun

empty scroll
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thats good to hear

strong fox
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If you time manage and don’t overload you’ll be fine

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If you don’t expect to have a perfect gpa you’ll be fine

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Nobody gets a perfect gpa

empty scroll
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yeah that makes sense

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how many credits are you taking?

strong fox
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17

empty scroll
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damn

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is that normal

strong fox
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Uhh 16 is average I think

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I don’t think grad school cares

empty scroll
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ok thanks for the answers

strong fox
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From what I heard a 3.5+ will get into UIUC grad

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A 3.8 for like Stanford

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Or a shot at Stanford

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UIUC has a better rep than any of those schools

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A worse gpa at UIUC looks better than a better one at like

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Uiowa lol

empty scroll
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ive heard the grad school for uiuc engineering is one of the best

glad latch
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i think grad school we need a 3.25 gpa and we in

empty scroll
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wow thats a pretty good deal

strong fox
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A.

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Don’t worry about grad school now

strong fox
glad latch
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3.5?

strong fox
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3.5 is pretty strong to get into grad

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But it’s no 100%

tired robin
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i remember our online MCS program having a pretty simple set of reqs that near gurantee

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but thats about it

dim flint
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yo is it possible to do a bs/ms at uiuc still

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for cs

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i heard it was banned or smtg

tender matrix
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yoooo

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good news for some of yall

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i guess

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I found out that the senate of Illinois

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just approved two new CS+x majors last september

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and its officially going to be offered in 2024

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both of these CS+x majors will be in grainger

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instead of LAS

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these will be CS + Physics and CS + BioEngineering

hollow verge
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wtfff

tender matrix
hollow verge
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cs + physics = pure vibes

tender matrix
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here is the curriculum for cs+physics

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cs + bioEng

hollow verge
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got in for elec engineering... how hard would it be to transfer since it's in grainger now

tender matrix
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I think the reason why there isn't many bio classes is cause they are probably making some computational bio courses for it rn

hollow verge
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there's gonna be a bloodbath to transfer now 💀

tender matrix
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lmao

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they will be competitive for sure

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cs + bioEng will have a focus on neuroscience so I've heard

hollow verge
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cs + physics so cool

tender matrix
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ikr

hollow verge
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W uiuc

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I would've put that as first choice fo shooo if we had the option

tender matrix
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I know CS + polisci and CS + art&design are being considered

empty scroll
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whats the difference between cs+physics and ece

hollow verge
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uiuc just loves their CS + X

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also the CS +X degree is gonna be a BS not BA now?

tender matrix
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its never been a BA

tender matrix
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cs+physics does a bit of simulation

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with matter and stuff

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lol I was wrong about the polisci

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it was english

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cs + english

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which seems like cs+ling

hollow verge
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idk how some of these work man

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what is cs + cs 😭

hollow verge
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cool

tender matrix
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already exists

empty scroll
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though that actually makes sense

hollow verge
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what's the point 💀

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there's cs + everything now

tender matrix
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true

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CS+Crop sciene is just a worse version of CS+GGIS imo

empty scroll
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thats true. what is the point of doing +X

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isnt that just double majoring or maybe the x is the minor?

royal yarrow
warm shard
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when will uiuc tell u if u got a scholarship?

empty scroll
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as far as I can tell the +X just makes sure cs majors study in other aspects of the university lol

tender matrix
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you need to first transfer into engineering undeclared

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and then transfer into cs+x

tender matrix
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the best combos of the +X i've seen so far

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are in stats, math, linguistics, music, ggis, and phil

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I feel like there is great cs and X overlap in these ones

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the other ones

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like CS+ chem

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there is little to no overlap

warm shard
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if u do cs + stats does that mean ur getting 2 majors??

tender matrix
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no

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Im getting one degree

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that combines both

empty scroll
# tender matrix yea

honestly thats super smart in uiucs smart. they realized everyones going to do cs anyway and by doing this they make sure the entire university gets used

tender matrix
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im taking the whole CS core

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and the whole stat core

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just not required to take as many electives

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but still can if I want to

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but I get the freedom to choose whether they lie in stats or in cs

tender matrix
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also cause the cs dept here

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is decent at scaling the core courses up

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our intro to cs classes

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have like 2000 people

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but it works

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cause they have a system where it works

empty scroll
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good management/leadership

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in uva my friend couldnt even do a cs core class bcs it was overcrowded lol

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and he applied for cs to begin with

tender matrix
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yea

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anyone can get into the early cs classes here

silver yew
tender matrix
serene prawn
empty scroll
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haha same

glad latch
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anyone out of state received their acceptance package? i still have not got mine

tall mirage
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by acceptance package u mean the stuff that comes in the mail right?

glad latch
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yes

tall mirage
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like stickers and stuff

glad latch
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i check my mail daily

tall mirage
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yea i haven't received anything from colleges i've gotten in

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except for ASU and OSU

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💀

glad latch
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im so impatient

tall mirage
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same

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😩

glad latch
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i got a scholarship to osu

tall mirage
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omg same

glad latch
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just 2 days ago in the mail

tall mirage
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how much did u get?

glad latch
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16.5k

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13.5k + 3k

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two diff ones

tall mirage
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yep same here

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did u also get the honors thing?

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idek what that is

glad latch
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for osu?

tall mirage
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its just called honors program

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yea

glad latch
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i dont remember

dim flint
glad latch
tall mirage
dim flint
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cali

glad latch
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what

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me too

tall mirage
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same

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smh

glad latch
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i get nothing

tall mirage
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mailman be wildin fr

glad latch
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south cali?

dim flint
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chill itll prolly come tmrw

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or so

dim flint
tall mirage
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bruh

empty scroll
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lmao chill youll get it soon

glad latch
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i cant chill. I WANT MY PACKAGE

tender matrix
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ohio

tender matrix
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but you'll get so much

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illini merch

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week 1

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your drawer will be packed

glad latch
tender matrix
empty scroll
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got to flex somehow

tender matrix
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be on the lookout for free food

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week 1

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shit

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you guys missed the deadline for the uiuc cs shirts lol

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they were selling uiuc cs shirts

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for like 16 bucks

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and mailing them wherever

tall mirage
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im leaving this megathread

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💀

empty scroll
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lol

glad latch
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idc

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cs people are 🤓

empty scroll
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bro you are going to do cs anyway 💀

glad latch
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pure cs people are mega 🤓

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and im just joking

tender matrix
empty scroll
tender matrix
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you can get bitches with the cs shirt

glad latch
tender matrix
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in general thats what ppl beleive

tall mirage
tender matrix
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but a decent amt of grainger ppl here do have relationships

tender matrix
tall mirage
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😩

glad latch
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cuz ik some people who are in some deep dating and hate to see them break up cuz they go to diff colleges

tender matrix
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but honestly

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break it off

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starting college fresh

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is a good idea

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imo

slim gorge
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when can we get them next RDJScream

tender matrix
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this dec

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they are really nice

slim gorge
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damn

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only 10 months away

tender matrix
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yea

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im wearing mine rn

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kekw

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always flashing the CS

slim gorge
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is there a way to get them when we get there

tender matrix
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hmm

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I dont think so

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they dont offer them

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until the celebration of CS

slim gorge
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oof

tired robin
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the two new majors were already announced months back

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they look awesome as interdisciplinary fields of studies, horrible for undergraduate courseloads

slim gorge
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do you think people not in that major can take some of the intersection courses

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i might be interested in some cs+physics classes

dim flint
tender matrix
tender matrix
slim gorge
tired robin
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prob can at least ask the prof, but dedication towards the blended discipline varies

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i see little reason they'd gatekeep

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fwiw, we get some ece and music tech in our muisc computing courses so

slim gorge
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ah

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cool

echo minnow
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cs+physics looks tough as fuck

echo minnow
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this is literally light asf

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in terms of physics

strong fox
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Cause that’s for bioeng

echo minnow
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oh

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shit

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god

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the cs+physics looks hars as fuck

strong fox
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Which classes

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Send

echo minnow
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bioE honestly looks p chill tho

strong fox
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Lol

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That’s

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Not too bad tbh

echo minnow
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im so bad at physics bro

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im dying in e&m

strong fox
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So don’t do cs + physics lol

echo minnow
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yea ik

strong fox
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I’m in E&M now

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It sucks

echo minnow
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ye

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mechanics was p chill

strong fox
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I got a B in mechanics here lol

echo minnow
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well

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college physics prob way harder

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than what i took

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lol

strong fox
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Average is a B

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Every single ECE gen ed has a B average

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Maybe a b+

echo minnow
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ic

strong fox
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@solar portal ping?

solar portal
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?

strong fox
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Pin*

solar portal
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Oh

solar portal
strong fox
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Can you pin the message please I think it’s helpful to incoming students

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Thank you !

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Everyone here uses the website religiously

bitter vine
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gtech or uiuc which one in your opinions in better for cs

cursive knoll
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why should i choose UIUC computer engineering over others?

i need advice guys

glad latch
cursive knoll
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GT UMICH UCLA UMD

glad latch
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is money an issue

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if so it depends on the state u live in

cursive knoll
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im intl

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money is not an issue

glad latch
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then ucla

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and if ucla rejects, uiuc

iron valve
lean forge
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😋

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Is cs + x double major?

frozen lava
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does uiuc give any scholarships for oos?

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or any aid at all

lean forge
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prob some merit scholarship

glad latch
glad latch
strong fox
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Barely

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Do not rely on it

frozen lava
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lmao too late

glad latch
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for those who are admitted and wanna tour

strong fox
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you fucked up

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it didnt log you out

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are your initials JX?

fluid flame
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💀💀

iron valve
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LOL

surreal dome
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😭

waxen blade
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💀

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@solar portal yo delete this pls

solar portal
waxen blade
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ooo okay my bad

grim perch
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can you transfer into cs from an outside college

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ik you cant transfer from directly inside

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but how about i go to another college for 2 years then try and transfer in

glad latch
# strong fox delete this link

oh that's not my account lol. i doxed by friend who emailed me the link cuz i didn't get it in my email yet. my bad 💀

strong fox
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lmao its all good

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rip to joshua

strong fox
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actually i know you cant

glad latch
strong fox
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i dunno

glad latch
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i need to tell him

strong fox
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i didnt do anything

glad latch
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im sad

strong fox
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it just said his full name

glad latch
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oh well. ik to check now. let's just move on now

grim perch
strong fox
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yes

grim perch
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😭

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cs+x is ok?

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to transfer

random iron
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like can u transfer to cs + x?

glad latch
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read the pinned messages

tender matrix
tender matrix
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Grainger pathways

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3.5 gpa auto admit to cs

echo minnow
strong fox
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thats diff though

crisp fox
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for some revenge, birb's name is also joshua

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and his last name is

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👿

glad latch
crisp fox
serene prawn
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Also gatech doesn't have "more prestige" within the CS field

surreal dome
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the uiuc cs prestige 🥵

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mfw paypal mafia

glad latch
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@tall mirage my package finally came today

tired robin
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every bioe here ik wants to die

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but like a dozen of them bartend at kams to where they have a gc to let people know when theyre tending for free drinks

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so uh

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conflicting information

tired robin
tired robin
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we love waf

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best prof

hasty plinth
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general question, are there any differences between the core cs curriculum that cs eng majors do vs cs + x

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i was looking online and i saw that the cs eng requires cs 357 while cs + x doesn't but all the other core reqs are the same, why is that

tall mirage
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got GT and UIUC's together

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UIUC gave a buncha stickers and a book

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GT gave nothing

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😐

empty scroll
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see GT is a L school

strong fox
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Can confirm

echo minnow
serene prawn
echo minnow
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no but

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its just impressive to say you go to GT

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lol

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to like family members and stuff

tall mirage
echo minnow
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and theyre equal in cs prestigd

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so why not go to the more overall prestige one

tall mirage
echo minnow
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most important thing

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😂

tall mirage
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real

empty scroll
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idt any of my family members know any college outside of ivys and hypsm

echo minnow
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oh

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that sucks

tall mirage
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overall

echo minnow
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no

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how

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wtf

tall mirage
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at least it's more well known

echo minnow
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gt is known as like a school for smart people

tall mirage
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imo

echo minnow
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uiuc is just party school

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lol

tall mirage
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oh

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😳

empty scroll
tall mirage
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i live in the bay area

echo minnow
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how did u not know but still applied

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lol

tall mirage
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everyone and their mom wants to go to UIUC

glad latch
tall mirage
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we send like 30 kids to UIUC a year - i checked Naviance 💀

glad latch
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and a bunch of other ivies

tall mirage
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at GT < 5

empty scroll
echo minnow
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nah

glad latch
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same with gt i never heard of it.

echo minnow
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uiuc just likes bay area kids

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same w purdue

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gt cares more about diversity within their departments

tall mirage
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maybe yea

glad latch
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they fuck oos people

echo minnow
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yea

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thats why your school doesnt send many to gt

hollow verge
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gt prestige is certainly higher internationally

tall mirage
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nah but at the end of the day

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prestige doesn't matter

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as long as ur in CS

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just go to career fairs

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network with profsg

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get the job

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ez dubs

echo minnow
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idc

glad latch
echo minnow
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i care what random ppl think

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😂

glad latch
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would you guys pick harvard or cmu cs

tall mirage
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harvard

echo minnow
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harvard

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id die in cmu

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lol

tall mirage
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i'd die in CMU SCS

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would you guys pick UC Berkeley EECS or GaTech CS (ignore tuition)

echo minnow
glad latch
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cal

tall mirage
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damn ok

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i'd pick GT over Cal

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even tho im in state

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💀

empty scroll
tall mirage
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Cal EECS is way too hard

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even GT is easier

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💀

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wait

echo minnow
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i mean

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who cares

tall mirage
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does Cal EECS have more prestige

echo minnow
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not like your gpa really matters in college

tall mirage
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LOL

echo minnow
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way more

empty scroll
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so yeah probably

tall mirage
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yes, bay area

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but

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berkeley 👎👎

empty scroll
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its also overcrowded

tall mirage
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its so scary there

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like

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crime and shi

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💀

echo minnow
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which would you guys pick (if you want to be SWE)
-berkeley applied math
-uiuc cs+adv

(i applied to undeclared for berkeley cuz i aint getting in cs)

glad latch
tall mirage
echo minnow
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really bru

glad latch
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grad school looks at gpa

tall mirage
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applied math is like STEM but idk

echo minnow
glad latch
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and i thought employers look at it too

echo minnow
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3.0 is fine

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lol

empty scroll
tall mirage
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applied math is for like ppl go are gonna go to grad school but dont know what they like

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so they can explore multiple STEM fields at once

glad latch
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do employers look at gpa

tall mirage
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and then specialize later

echo minnow
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ic

tall mirage
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it just has to be decent enough

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so like >3.5-3.7 ur good

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varies but yea

glad latch
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the avg is supposedly a C at uiuc calc 2.

empty scroll
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its a weeder class

echo minnow
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good thing i took AP Calc BC

tall mirage
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nah but BC AP credit?

echo minnow
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😂

tall mirage
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yea

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LOL

glad latch
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i took ab

echo minnow
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common AB L

glad latch
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L

echo minnow
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so did everyone

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else

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lol

tall mirage
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💀

glad latch
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i think 25% got 5s

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im in the top 25%

tall mirage
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wow

echo minnow
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well

empty scroll
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well...

echo minnow
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you really gotta be dumb as a rock to not get a 5 on AB

tall mirage
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real

glad latch
echo minnow
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i guess so

glad latch
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i got a 4 on physics 1

empty scroll
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how abt physics

echo minnow
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4 on physics 1 is valid

tall mirage
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i got a 5 on app1

glad latch
echo minnow
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i got 4 on chem

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😂

tall mirage
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prob will get for appc mech too

empty scroll
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I need to retake physics m+em tests

echo minnow
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im gonna get like

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a 3 on mech

tall mirage
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but e&m im gonna get a 3 or smth 💀

echo minnow
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and a 2 on e&m

glad latch
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i got a e&m retake tomorrow

echo minnow
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bruh i have 0 clue

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what is going on

empty scroll
echo minnow
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in e&m

glad latch
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do u guys do labs

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they are USELESS

tall mirage
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yea

echo minnow
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not rlly

tall mirage
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wdum

glad latch
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mine are

empty scroll
glad latch
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imo

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a lot of people in my class agree too

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and the grading is so strict

empty scroll
glad latch
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one of the main feedbacks the teacher got in s1 is that labs are useless

empty scroll
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lol

glad latch
empty scroll
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yes

echo minnow
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yea

empty scroll
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it needs mech, em, thermo, and quantum

echo minnow
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im kinda bad at physics

empty scroll
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and im going to really tryhard skipping mech and em

glad latch
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i hate physics

echo minnow
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good thing uiuc cs+adv doesnt require any sciences 💀

empty scroll
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im not looking for the c avg first semester

glad latch
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i retook every test so far from this year except for one

echo minnow
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bro

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you going to die in EE

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lol

tall mirage
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omg

glad latch
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so i am below average on most of the tests

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well my teacher is shit

tall mirage
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i need to get a 5 on mech and e&m LMAO

empty scroll
glad latch
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part of the reason

tall mirage
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noooo

echo minnow
tall mirage
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otherwise i gotta take physics at gt

glad latch
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he just gives us worksheets

tall mirage
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im not doing that

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💀

glad latch
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and never posts the answers

echo minnow
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bruh GT requires mech and e&m

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damn

glad latch
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so u gotta rely on classmates and self studying

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and when i ask he is vague af

tall mirage
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😭

empty scroll
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bro the problem with understanding mech and em is that you need atleast multivariable calc + linear to understand everything

echo minnow
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is it like a gen ed there

tall mirage
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yea

empty scroll
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and im still learning that stuff

echo minnow
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ic

tall mirage
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ah yea i took mvc before this class so we covered a ton of e&m concepts

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like flux and gauss and shi

glad latch
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i choked on tests too

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like i can do good at home

empty scroll
glad latch
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but when its test day i just fuck up

echo minnow
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im lowkey

glad latch
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its a common trend for me

echo minnow
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fucking with the cs+adv curriculum

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its like

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only cs/advertising/some math

empty scroll
echo minnow
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no science

tall mirage
glad latch
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im learning about capacitance rn

echo minnow
#

no idc about advertising

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lol

tall mirage
#

wait what career is that

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cs+adv

echo minnow
#

i only did it to get into uiuc

tall mirage
#

LOL

echo minnow
#

i just awnt to do traditional swe

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grainger cs is 7% so that wasnt happening

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lol

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math cs and stat cs are in the low 10s

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thats not happening either

glad latch
tall mirage
#

yea honestly idk why i applied for math+cs 💀

glad latch
#

im pretty sure ee & ce is in the low 10s

tall mirage
#

my essay wouldn't have been any differnt if i did grainger cs

#

if the acc rate diff is only like

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3%

glad latch
#

i got rejected by purdue but got in here.

tall mirage
#

or whatever

tall mirage
echo minnow
#

im excited to see the cs+x acceptance rates for this cycle tbh

tall mirage
#

probably

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lol

glad latch
tall mirage
#

i got waitlisted from UMass 💀

glad latch
wicked wing
glad latch
echo minnow
#

i got rejected from purdue FYE

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lol

tall mirage
#

whats fye

echo minnow
#

first year engineering

tall mirage
#

oh

wicked wing
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ooh yeah i heard its acceptance rate was really low this year

empty scroll
glad latch
echo minnow
#

i got rejected from pretty much everything ecept uiuc

#

lol

wicked wing
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true true

tall mirage
#

oh yea for purdue

glad latch
#

i think my essay carried me for this school

tall mirage
#

what college is the CS major in

echo minnow
#

oh

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i got deferrals tho

glad latch
wicked wing
#

it's honestly such a tossup w these schools

tall mirage
glad latch
#

idk

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do they name their colleges

tall mirage
#

idk

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but basically

glad latch
#

wait did u get in

tall mirage
#

it said college of sciences

wicked wing
#

college of science

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yeah

tall mirage
#

but is that an alternate thing

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or the only one

wicked wing
#

it's the only one

echo minnow
#

cs in college of science

tall mirage
#

like yk how some have in LSA and COE

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k ig purdue isnt like that

empty scroll
#

COE is usually different though

echo minnow
#

cs is in the college of science

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at purdue

glad latch
wicked wing
#

yeah for purdue it's just college of science

tall mirage
echo minnow
#

anyway

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i looked at some people linkedin who did cs+adv

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and seems like they did fine

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so i shud be ok

glad latch
#

what is adv again

echo minnow
#

advertising

tall mirage
#

advertising

glad latch
#

i thought is was advisory or smth. idk my school has advisory and it is the most useless shit ever

echo minnow
#

lol

empty scroll
#

it is useless

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advisory is a free period so cant complain

echo minnow
#

advertising is honestly such a useless major

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idk why someone would major in it

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lmao

glad latch
#

so basically our free time is wasted

empty scroll
#

tutorial?

tall mirage
#

omg

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wait

#

what state r u in

glad latch
#

im in the bae

tall mirage
#

omg

empty scroll
#

wow that sounds really nice

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I dont have that

tall mirage
#

u prob go to my school or smth

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💀

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or a similar school

echo minnow
#

i have that too

empty scroll
#

lol

echo minnow
#

yea

empty scroll
#

doxx

echo minnow
#

no im guessing

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lol

empty scroll
#

ok

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actually idt mods care if you say the school you go to

#

I posted it atleast once

hollow verge
#

I go to le rosey

echo minnow
#

no

#

i go to ur school lol

#

i know you know me

tall mirage
#

OH

#

omg

#

ur that guy

#

LOL

echo minnow
#

yes

glad latch
#

undox me rn

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🙂

empty scroll
#

he clearly said that lol

echo minnow
#

joking tone

empty scroll
#

¯_(ツ)_/¯

tired robin
#

cs357 isnt particularly integral to the curriculum, or at least i don't get that impression from the students who have taken it

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i don't see it as a loss, i think i can even find cs only students who agree

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if anything i just hear it's busywork but that's from the few students i know who took it

dim flint
#

frfr

strong fox
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If you care about the prestige so much go to gtech

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It’s not more prestigious for CS or ECE, but the people that care about that stuff are generally obnoxious

hollow verge
#

prestige really don't matter that nuch

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the only reason I care about prestige is coz I wanna impress the brown aunties at the dinner parties

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other than that it doesn't matter at all 💯

strong fox
#

If uiuc doesn’t impress them that’s sad

dim flint
#

they not impressed by anything except ivies smh

strong fox
#

The amount of INTL students who pay 50k/yr here says otherwise

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ECE and CS here is better than every ivy

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And has better recognition

dim flint
#

yea

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idc about prestige, the cs program is top tier tho

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so i would choose uiuc over lots of top 20s

#

lmaoo

#

congrats

strong fox
#

They hired 33% of their interns from UIUC

dim flint
#

oh wow

#

thats a hell ton

strong fox
#

Not a single one went to an ivy

#

We were all underclassmen too

dim flint
#

uiuc built diff 😤

strong fox
#

UIUC has arguably more prestige than gtech

dim flint
#

yea for sure

strong fox
#

Especially if we’re competing for internships at a close hiring rate to a company next to gtech lol

dim flint
#

its just that ppl look at acceptance rates and think gatechs impressive

dim flint
strong fox
#

And then you look into departmental acceptance rates

dim flint
#

everyone knows uiuc here in silicon valley

strong fox
#

And realize CS is 6%

dim flint
#

yup

#

average person doesnt know that tho

strong fox
#

Prestige is overrated

dim flint
#

agreed

strong fox
#

Average person doesn’t need to

#

Who gives a shit of an auntie never heard of uiuc

dim flint
#

yea only the tech employers need to know

strong fox
#

When you’re CEO of the company making her phone that’s all that matters

dim flint
#

ion give af about flexing a school, thats lame shit

dim flint
strong fox
#

Lmao

#

I know this is a bit extreme I’m venting a bit of steam

#

But today a girl is like “yeah my daddy’s a Harvard professor”

dim flint
#

issok noah, pls hire me when i go to uiuc

strong fox
#

Like nobody cares

dim flint
#

when u own a fortune 500 company

strong fox
#

LMAO

#

I’ll remember you

dim flint
#

yessir

grim perch
#

does prestige attract employers a bit more tho

#

of course there are a lot of factors

#

but im saying prestige will increase chances of being accepted i think. it's probably one of the least important factors tho.

#

and also prestige means people can brag.

strong fox
#

It matters somewhat

echo minnow
#

uiuc has prestige for employers

strong fox
#

But like

#

Gtech v Illinois won’t matter

#

And going to a college solely for prestige means you’re a snob

grim perch
#

i saw a post on the a2c reddit

#

about this topic

#

and the comments said to pick harvard

strong fox
#

A2C is a cesspool of morons and degeneracy

#

Then they’re just an idiot

echo minnow
#

what

#

why would you not pick harvard over uiuc

#

lmfao

strong fox
#

For CS?

echo minnow
#

yes

strong fox
#

why would you

echo minnow
#

because

#

harvard is harvard

strong fox
#

And UIUC is uiuc

echo minnow
#

bruh

#

harvard cs student can get any opportunity that uiuc cs student can get and 10x more

strong fox
#

K

echo minnow
#

like

strong fox
#

That’s simply not true

echo minnow
#

ur actually troling me

grim perch
#

i would pick harvard cs too

#

please dont attack me noah

strong fox
#

Harvard CS has a worse program

#

More expensive

echo minnow
#

not to the average person

strong fox
#

Less known to recruiters

grim perch
#

no

echo minnow
#

bruh

#

thers no way you said harvard is less known to recruiters

grim perch
#

harvard is more known

strong fox
#

Nobody cares about the average person

echo minnow
strong fox
#

Harvard is a more known school

echo minnow
#

cuz harvard aid is rlly good

#

bruh

strong fox
#

But that doesn’t mean it’s good to CS recruiters

echo minnow
#

bruh harvard is like #15 in cs or some shit

strong fox
#

And uiuc is 4th

grim perch
#

yeah that's not a huge difference

echo minnow
#

it makes up for the gap with its prestige

grim perch
#

exactly

echo minnow
#

even dartmouth sends people to good cs jobs and it has a really low ranked department

strong fox
#

I dunno what to tell you

grim perch
#

there's a reason why HYPSM all have such a high yield rate

strong fox
#

Every school sends people to good cs jobs

#

I know for a fact

#

Recruiters weight UIUC higher than Harvard

surreal dome
#

take my money pls uiuc

strong fox
#

I can speak firsthand my internship does

grim perch
#

im just saying harvard looks more appealing

strong fox
#

65k a year? Lmao not even for internationals

grim perch
#

its known over the whole world

#

uiuc is still famous but nowhere near harvard level

echo minnow
#

im paying 62 for uiuc

#

oos

strong fox
#

How

echo minnow
#

wdym how

strong fox
#

Ah

#

Wow it got expensive lmao

#

It got a big price increase

#

That’s true damn

#

Last I checked for OOS it was like 45k

lone smelt
#

tf

#

Thats a huge jump

echo minnow
#

45 is like instate

#

💀

strong fox
#

Meh it happens

#

45 is more than instate

#

But regardless the recruiters I’ve talked to and my friends have

echo minnow
#

do you have a meal plan? or you cook yourself

strong fox
#

Care more about uouc than any ivy

#

Meal plan

echo minnow
#

even cs+x?

strong fox
#

I’m cooking next year

#

CS + X is usually seen as a double major

echo minnow
#

okay

#

im prob committing

#

just gotta see if iget berkeley\

strong fox
#

Good luck

grim perch
#

is meal plan forced for freshies

strong fox
#

I wanna say yes cause I don’t know a freshman without one

grim perch
#

but there are different tiers of prices im assuming

strong fox
#

Yep

grim perch
#

then i would just get the cheapest one and cook on other days

#

how far is a grocery store from campus

#

any walmarts or targets

strong fox
#

Uhhh

#

So the target on campus is fine for food

echo minnow
#

its not possible to get a solo dorm right

strong fox
#

There’s also a grocery store not too far depending on where you live

#

No it is

#

My friend is a solo

echo minnow
#

oh

#

imma get a solo then

#

fuck a roommate

strong fox
#

good luck

echo minnow
#

is it hard?

strong fox
#

Not 100%

surreal dome
strong fox
#

Well you@pay more for sure

echo minnow
#

i think my parents will be cool

strong fox
#

But you just neee luck

echo minnow
#

i gotta have my own study space

grim perch
echo minnow
#

bro

#

i dont wanna live w a rando

grim perch
#

i think one of the best parts of college is to meet new people

echo minnow
#

a roommate is literally 1 person

grim perch
#

you can change every year

#

or semester idk

echo minnow
#

im getting an apartment w my homies after

#

i have like 10 friensd going to UIUC prolly lol

grim perch
#

then just dorm with them

#

and save $

echo minnow
#

but i want a solo

#

how am i gonna jack off and stuff

strong fox
#

Bathroom

#

Shower

#

Room

grim perch
#

bro

echo minnow
#

bruh

#

i dont like living w people

#

lmao

grim perch
echo minnow
#

i mean its fine cuz i have a room

#

if i didnt have my room i would prob go insane

#

i cant share a singular room bruh

#

that seems like hell

strong fox
#

It’s not that bad

#

My roommate also is never around though

grim perch
#

why

#

wait but if u share a room

#

u share a toilet and a shower

echo minnow
#

which is the best residence hall

strong fox
grim perch
#

maybe i wanna solo now

strong fox
#

So half the dorms have communal restrooms

grim perch
#

thats even worse

strong fox
#

Meaning it’s like hs locker room style

#

Half have singles

grim perch
#

what if you take a massive shit and you have the loudest fart

strong fox
#

Where it’s like 4 bathrooms for maybe 15 rooms

#

But they’re single use

#

The bathrooms are kept clean

#

They’re cleaned every day

#

At least in my dorm

#

They’re also single use

strong fox
#

I just turn the shower on every time I take a shit

#

This sounds like a joke but it’s not

#

Farts aren’t audible

#

But I don’t want people to hear poop noises so I turn the shower on

grim perch
grim perch
#

this is why solo

strong fox
#

Not my bill

grim perch
#

oh

echo minnow
grim perch
#

wait

strong fox
#

If I pay 35k a year