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<p>Ani Nahapetian was an undergrad and grad student at UCLA, and as recently as two years ago, a longtime CS 152A TA. I think she got some kind of teaching award. This summer, she taught PIC 10A. You’d probably be in good hands.</p>
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<p>Ask anyone – Smallberg doesn’t lie about stuff like that. When he gives advice about what you need to do to succeed in the class and says you’d be stupid to ignore the advice that he and pretty much all former CS 32 students give, then you’d be stupid to ignore it. I’m amazed at how stupid some of my friends have been.</p>
<p>If you did really well in cs31, then you should be able to do really well in cs32. I had no programming experience going into cs 31 and did well in it and also was able to do well in cs32. It was more time consuming that difficult imo</p>
<p>ok guys…I’m in kind of a dilemma. And I need help.
I’m a freshman EE. First quarter just ended and I didn’t do too hot in my classes.
I failed CS, C/D in Chem, and C/D in Math.
Any suggestions on what I need to do.
I thought of taking a more lax winter quarter
Physics 1A- Zocchi
Math 32A- Park
EE3- Judy
MCDBIO 50- some guy (anyone take this class before?)
Or should I make my workload bigger? </p>
<p>I heard taht taking CS31 in spring quarter because I heard taht profs were easier and class was just easier in general. But this might include that I’m going to be taking 5 classes in the spring quarter (good idea?) </p>
<p>THanks in advanced</p>
<p>Here are my classes for Winter Quarter:</p>
<p>Math 32A Park
English Comp 3 Preece
Comp Sci 32 Nachenberg
Physics 1A Zocchi/Corbin (I’m trying to get into Corbin’s class right now)</p>
<p>Which classes do I need a textbook for? I know I need one for math and most likely physics, but what about english? Also, I’m pretty sure I won’t need one for CS32 because I got one for CS31 and never even took it out of the plastic.</p>
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<p>change your major :rolleyes:</p>
<p>remember if you’re taking 5 classes in spring you need to petition if it goes over the max unit cap per quarter (which is a bit higher for engineers)</p>
<p>RageKage, the books should be up on the UCLA store website already.</p>
<p>I dont think that changing my major is going to help this early on in college.
I’m just wondering like is it kinda normal to do this poorly in college… like a phase ?
or am I just sucking right now ?</p>
<p>Some people adjust better than others, but you have to work really hard or at least, figure out how to work effectively so you can balance everything. I pulled a 3.1 first quarter, and then a 2.9 the winter following. I started going to office hours, paid more attention and went to class & discussion - resulting in a 3.6 for the next quarter. Sophomore year I only had one B (a B+ at that), you’ve got to figure out an effective way to study. I’d consider retaking the math class if you get a C-, since you’re a CS major, failing CS31 is going to set you back a bit in terms of getting those pre-reqs fulfilled for upper divs. Look at your classes and plan it out, talk to a counselor. Any CS majors here to help me out? I’m a 3rd year Bioengineer by the way.</p>
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<p>If you’re a CS/CSE major, you should definitely change your major now. The CS31/32/33 classes are weeder classes - they’re here to tell you whether or not CS is the right major for you. CS31 is definitely the easiest CS course you’ll take at UCLA, so you either will need to start changing your habits (Starting projects earlier, going to OH for help) or change your major. However, if you’re not CS/CSE, then forget that everything I just said :P</p>
<p>Also, FYI, the spring professors for CS31 are the same ones from the fall (Rohr, Smallberg). It’s said to be “easier” because the majority of the students are not CS/CSE majors since we need it as a pre-req. And I highly advise you NOT to take CS31 with 4 other classes…</p>
<p>Yeah they are but what I want to know is if I actually need them for the classes. For example, I got the CS31 book and didn’t even use it. Mainly, I want to know if I don’t have to buy the one for English Comp 3.</p>
<p>Hey MIC - I’m on the executive board of BruinConsulting now, are you still going to be applying to consulting jobs? Let me know and I’ll keep you updated on events.</p>
<p>BTW i said i was EE major …
NOt CSE</p>
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<p>Math 32A - You will probably need the book for homework/clarifying lectures.
Engcomp 3 - At the very least, you’ll need the books that have various stories, etc because that’s what you’ll be writing your essays about.
CS32 - One of the homework assignments requires you to look at some pseudocode from the book. Just borrow from a friend or something for that.
Physics 1A - You may need the book for homework or to help understand the material.</p>
<p>Long term lurker of this thread on CC and I figured I’d throw in my 2 cents (I’m a 3rd year EE major straight path).</p>
<p>Given that you’re an EE major and not CS/CSE, it’s not the end of the world that you failed CS31. With the straight path, you’re only required to take up to CS32 and then you’re essentially free of C++ for the rest of your college career if you so choose. A number of students will put off CS till the end (although I must highly encourage you to take them back to back in terms of quarters and NOT try to put off CS32 till senior year). It’d be best to get rid of CS your 1st/2nd year as you will not appreciate how timeconsuming the projects will be once your upperdivs hit. FYI while I did enjoy the CS classes I ended up with a B- in CS31 and C+ in CS32 so don’t feel bad, I’m very very happy being EE :)</p>
<p>Now in terms of your overall performance for the quarter, it’s true you got off to a rocky start. But did you find the concepts hard to learn in general or was the struggle related to balancing your time efficiently for each class? As Deuces said, some people adjust more quickly than others and it might have been just a matter of not putting in the right amount of time/studying effectively, in which case it’s not time to throw in the towel yet.</p>
<p>If you think that the material itself wasn’t so much of a problem then just take your first quarter as a learning experience and work on your study habits 2nd quarter (getting in the habit of going to office hours when you need to will be most helpful). If I had to be honest, I wouldn’t recommend taking it “easier” winter quarter. I mean it’s better to figure out early where you stand in the major and whether you think you can handle it.</p>
<p>EE3 isn’t exactly a real class. Physics 1A and Math32A are pretty minimal in work (MadeInChina and I stopped going to physics lecture completely beginning the 3rd week. I don’t think we even made it to the last lecture haha). So in the interest of how your record will look in the future, I would recommend like Deuces to retake that math class from this quarter (the material should be still fresh in your mind right?). Your load will be manageable and I think you’ll be able to determine after 2 quarters, whether this is what you wanna keep doing.</p>
<p>Well, you can always skip out of CS 32 by choosing the Biomedical Option, if you hate CS that much. I know a couple of EE majors that have done that. However, that means you will have to take the LS and O-chem classes, which are not necessarily easier, but you it just might be that you’re not good at programming. That’s not such a bad thing because I know plenty of EE majors that have passed most of their upperdivision classes with A’s yet barely managed to get a C in CS 31.</p>
<p>Another option would be to take CS 31&32 at a CSU over the summer. I have heard from many UCLA engineering students that have done just that, and they all seem to agree that it is A LOT easier to pass. However, that could backfire because some industry internships require you program in C++ or whatever. I guess you could always stay clear of those.</p>
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<p>Yeah, that’s some good advice. If you decide to stick with EE, I suggest you look into local community colleges as another option.</p>
<p>And welcome to the boards, fatedreality 
where’s grark at??</p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys for the advice…(fatedreality, deuces, wikipedian, madeinchina)</p>
<p>Ye, I’m hoping that my poor start in college was just the transitioning and nothing much more than that. So I’m guessing that fadedreality is telling me to add an extra class in math which I guess is doable in my case. As for CS, I was thinking about taking 31 in spring quarter because I heard it was WAAYY easier and I guess I’ll just take 32 in a CSU that following summer. </p>
<p>But taking 31 in spring might make me take 5 classes in spring quarter. Math32B, Physics, Physics Lab, CS31, and EE/ GE class. Is that too much of a workload? </p>
<p>I think the problem that I had was just I didn’t have a good feel of the material, but it was good enough to finish the homework problems but not the exams which is kind of bad I guess. </p>
<p>In your guys’ opinion, you think that taking the Biomed Option is a good idea or not? Because I didn’t do too hot in chemistry first quarter as well and was really happy that I don’t need any more Chemistry after 20A.</p>
<p>cs31 is really tough. i don’t suggest you taking that with all your other classes.</p>