9/23 When is (was) the L&S CS infosession? - brendal
\_ Could you be a little bit more general? Jeezz. If this is a
good deal, if it's for a CIO position in Santa Clara your getting
ripped.
\_ It's the motd. It's either a sysadmin or coder job.
\_ besides, how many of the sorority girls on
campus could pass a Turing test?
\_ I think it might be next week... I have seen rather
more conflicting information than I'd like though. -brg
\_ It will be on Tuesday October 5. And I apologize for the
conflicting info, but we had some unexpected snafus. Flyers
will be posted soon. -dans
\_ why even bother? Its all a big waste of time.
\_ what percentage of all CS applicants get denied?
\_ 100%
\_ Obviously not true. - paolo (who used to be math)
\_ I think it's about 75% (deny rate). There are lots
of stats available... go to the infosession to find
out. If you're below 3.3, your chances aren't too
high, but you can even get in with slightly below a
2.9. Personally, that's why I applied under EECS :)
\_ yeah, you can skate by with a 2.0 while people
who are doing much better than you get fucked over.
\_ I got in with 2.1 combined with letters from
a number of profs.
\_ If you come to the infosession you can find out.
\_ No you wont. Haven't you realized? The infosession
is all about _discouraging_ people so they won't even
bother.
\_ That's a load of crap. It's about showing people what
they're actually up against. Please sign your posts in
the future so I know who's septic tank is leaking.
-dans, Interim L&S CS Infosession Czar
\_ "showing people what they're actually up against":
If *that* phrase isn't discouraging, I don't know
what is. You sound a bit brainwashed. -not the
same person from two posts up
\_ How is "showing people what they're actually up
against" discouraging? If you think you're going
to get in with a C average, then you're probably
deluded. If you think that you need a 3.5 to get
in, then, for the moment, you're deluded to (it
could get up to a 3.5, thus far it hasn't).
Frankly, I think that knowing what you'll likely
need is useful, and provides something of a
reality-check. If you think that facing reality
is discouraging, then I feel sorry for you. -dans
\_ If you don't believe the L&S CS admissions committee
is acting in good faith in helping the CSUA to put on
this infosession by providing statistics and
counseling, then why bother even complaining about it?
For previous L&S infosessions we've had the EECS
Department Chair and most if not all of the L&S CS
admissions committee up in front of the crowd speaking
and answering questions. It's not as if there's a
higher authority than that. So this represents the
CSUA's best effort to get all the official information
about how best to approach getting in to the major out
to the people who need it. And if you still don't
believe it, there are hundreds of schools you could go
to where they won't even begin to give you a hard time
about getting into CS. -brg
\_ There is a higher authority, I remember Katz saying
that the dean of Engineering was higher up - also I
remember them saying that the L&S dean needed to be
contacted if there were changes in the way that COE
doesn't get money from L&S Students in their program.
These guys never showed up to any L&S infosession.
Maybe they should? - paolo
\_ I stand corrected. Perhaps they should. (Perhaps
they just don't care...) -brg
\_ I don't believe that we've ever asked them. Perhaps
this is a matter that we should consider addressing
-dans
\_ Right. I'm sure they will come running just
an undergrad calls. Take your own advice and
get a your own reality check.
\_ Oh deluded one: Did I say that it was going to
happen like magic? Did I say that they would
come running? I don't see that in my post. I
see the statement "Perhaps this is a matter that
we should consider addressing." The only
illusion that I'm entertaining at the moment is
that I can convince you to pull the crack pipe
out of your ass through reasoned discourse.
Don't worry though, you're rapidly dispelling me
of this notion. And, how exactly does one "get a
your own reality check"? Sign your posts, and
learn to write a proper sentence you twink. -dans
\_ Do they no longer teach patience and good
manners in CS anymore? Apparently not. Oh
well. Send me your resume.
\_ "Whether 'tis nobler in the mind
to suffer \ The slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune, \ Or to take arms
against a sea of troubles \ And by
opposing end them. . ." (Hamlet 3.1)
I choose not to exercise patience and
manners here. I do not stand idly by
and suffer the slings and arrows of
outrageous hosers. Hamlet did. Look
where it got him. -dans
\_ And being a rude jerk is getting
you somewhere? At least Hamlet
didn't sound like a low grade
moron. It is possible to make a
point without being an ass. In
fact, being an ass has never
convinced anyone of anything,
except that the speaker is an ass.
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