Wow, first semester went badly

Joshrk22
Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:11:18 +0000

@QwertyKey,
Yah totally fine, it’s just going to be a little more work. Three of my buddies and I declared CSE or CE and none of us had programming experience, we’re all doing fine. I got an A in ENGR 101 but once I got to EECS 280 and 203 I realized that I was only average in programming. Finished the classes with B+/B, so you’ll be about average. I would’ve done better this semester if it wasn’t for pledge term AND a job, so you can probably expect to do a little better than I did.

With regards to experience, my first week in 280 I overheard some kids talking about Hash tables and I had no idea what they were referring to (thought it was something about weed). Also, in ENGR101 when they say to do a project according to the specifications, do the project according to specifications!!! We had kids that thought they’d show off and used Classes on the 2nd or 3rd project and received a zero. Totally screwed their grade over by trying to look smart.

@jrt336,

Can’t agree with you more. A 3.6+ GPA in engineering is few and far between, and a 3.8-4.0 is pretty close to impossible. This is not high school anymore, no one cares about a 36 ACT or 4.5+ GPA.

@yosup,

I think you’ll be a little ahead of the class but by about EECS 280 or 281 it’ll even out. I can promise you that college classes are much more difficult than any AP classes.

Having said that… You don’t have to get 100% on everything to get an A, you just need to be in the top 10% of your class to get an A and top 25-30% to get an A-.