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Read "The C Programming Language" ( https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Language-2nd-Brian-Kernighan/dp/0131103628 , it's also on libgen)

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Make sure you're cool with data structures (most of them are important, but hash tables are very key because they form the basis of caches, something you'll have to learn)

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Look up some basic digital logic (up to flip-flops and d-latches, and cover some FSM too if you have time)

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I don't really know of any great resources to self-study assembly, so you'll have to just make the most of the lectures on that.

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Prof Nagarakatte is super fair imo. Multiple project extensions, a multitude of extra credit opportunities (I believe it totaled to something around 15% of the total course grade with max extra credit when I took it), and no curve- you just need an 85% (after extra credit is applied) to get an A, which is nice. The best thing about him, though, and something I've never seen anywhere else, is that the TAs know what they're doing. He tries to get his own grad students TA positions, and so he's got a great working relationship with them. Go to recitation, because the TAs know what's up and will often write out significant portions of the projects for you. In my opinion, the course wasn't particularly easy, but an A is definitely achievable as long as you put in the effort. His lectures are pretty fast, but the slides are online and fairly self-explanatory, so try to go over them after each lecture if you can.

Nothing specific, but there are definitely good and bad suggestions. Do not get a Chromebook, for example.

You definitely want something with an SSD and a decent display (1080p IPS display), battery life, and CPU (i5 or i7). Backlit keyboards are also nice. I personally don't care about touch screens, and prefer laptops without them, but that's completely subjective.

You won't need anything super powerful just for CS. You pretty much only need a very powerful computer if you plan to play a lot of games or do serious rendering (so 3D modeling, video editing, etc.).

For $707, this Dell laptop is a very good option. It is powerful enough to not be useless after a few years, has a backlit keyboard and a solid display, a 256 gig SSD, a 2.3 GHz quad-core i5 processor, and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM. It can even be used for moderate gaming. The biggest drawbacks are its weight, and for you, the price.

This Acer is also pretty good, and it costs a little less, but I don't think it has backlit keys, and it has a worse display (TN instead of IPS, meaning it will have worse colors). It actually has a better CPU, though.

For $700, this ASUS is a solid choice. It is lighter and smaller, has a good display, backlit keyboard, and it even has a fingerprint reader.

You should also look at Lenovo's ThinkPads. They're very customizable and you can open them up and upgrade them in a few years if you want. The good ones cost more, though.

I had an internship with Amazon during my Sophomore to Junior summer. I also received offers from Microsoft and Google to intern this upcoming summer (Junior to Senior), but instead took an offer from Fog Creek Software. I have friends that have interned or are full time at Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, all from Rutgers University.

My advice is to anyone looking to get one of these positions is:

1. Start early, companies have only so many positions, and once they are taken, they stop looking. Generally this means you need to apply by November.
   
   
2. Data Structures and Algorithms, know them inside and out, know their complexity, know how to implement them, know their tradeoffs, and know when to use them. A great book for someone who has never done any data structure stuff is Data Structures and Algorithms in Java. I took CS111 and read this book and was able to get through the Amazon interview.
   
   
3. Read and do the exercises in Cracking the Coding Interview. Also use the author's resume template for making your resume.
   
   
4. Interview every chance you get. Seriously, I interviewed at about 15 places before I interviewed with Amazon, by the time that I got to the Amazon interview, I was fairly comfortable with the process. I was still nervous about the interview, but I knew generally what to expect and didn't get hung up on their curveball questions.
   
   
5. Pick a single club, whether it be IEEE, USACS, RUMad, etc. and be deeply involved with it. You can be a member of more than one, but you should be really involved with one.
   
   
6. Pick a language and know it. You aren't going to lose points because you don't know Python, or Ruby, or whatever else is the hot language this month. Java, C, C++, you should know one of these languages, and preferably two, C and then either Java or C++.
   
   
7. And finally, the only way to really know a programming language is to use it, so program, program, program, and then program some more. While you're doing all this programming, you should take a few minutes out of your day to learn about source control (git or git, there are no other options :) ). Then put the cool stuff you make on github or some other source control website.
   
   This may seem like a lot because well frankly it is. But if you actually enjoy programming and computer science, than this is pretty straight forward and easy. And finally, don't get discouraged. Just because you didn't make it into one of these companies the first time you apply, doesn't mean you'll never make it. Some people don't interview well(it is its own skill, hence #4), some people just can't build out a good resume(seriously use the template that I provided and read cracking the coding interview from front to back), and other people just aren't ready(you really need to program a lot). But that doesn't mean that you will never make it with them, just give it another year, identify your weakness, and work on it.

> I just use 3 subjects notebook from student center convenience store

Now I'm interested :D

I've heared the 3 subject ones are 150 pages, does that mean 150 pages per subject or 150 pages total? If it were the latter I wouldn't buy, but if its the former then I'm interested.

> Chemistry doesn't really require notes imo, so I wouldn't bother getting a notebook for that.

Could you elaborate? I got all of Tav's notes from my friend since I'll be taking it off season. I'm not sure who my instructor will be, but I've always had a policy of taking down notes in some fashion.


> You can easily prevent this by using a pen that doesn't bleed as much. Using a pen also makes sure your notes stay semi-permanent.


My problem with pens is I don't feel like I'm able to write as well with them as I am with a pencil, I use this pencil for reference I'm extremely pleased with the quality and performance of it <3 Are there any pens that can match it? I generally feel my notes become sloppier with a pen, so that's why I'm hesitant to use a pen for notes, I've done it before, its not very comprehensible.


> It's much easier to organize your stuff in one notebook.

I would like to agree but I'm saving up a lot of them for the MCAT, and I don't want to carry around old baggage from classes which won't be on the MCAT.



Thanks for taking the time for responding! Have a happy new year!

I'm a programmer now that majored in physics, but honestly I'm hard pressed to find any class in the Physics department at the undergrad level that would be useful for a comp sci major interested in research or professional work. Looking back, while I loved the major, the massive point of physics is emergence/power law distributions that you don't see as an undergrad because they don't really offer a class that focuses on stuff like this. In terms of usefulness, I couldn't recommend any physics track to a person that just wants to check it out. You're paying for the class and using your money for it, so it'd be much better to take an offering that would help you in terms of adding to your skill-set for jobs/prestige/resume.

Honestly, why not take another math or theory class if its allowed, especially if its going to be relevant to your work? I've sort of read through a few of books after undergrad and some classes that spring to mind are automata theory, combinatorics with a focus on generating functions, abstract algebra, and stochastic modeling/stats.

Sorry for the delayed response! The professor that helped me the most in terms of career was Dr. Kristen Syrett. I was a research assistant in her laboratory. All of the profs are great. Dr. Ken Safir is another person who helped me. There are a few others, but a few have moved to different universities. If you take profs multiple times for different courses and get yourself involved in any of their research, they really get to know you and will be great resources. The department is really pretty small, so it sorta becomes a nice tight-nit linguistics family.

My current career is as a school administrator where I supervise bilingual programs and design ESL curriculum. I do love what I do. I chose an applied linguistics route, so I use a lot of what I learned studying language acquisition in curriculum decisions. Other linguistics grads from my cohort either work for companies like Google as computational linguists, or are doing post-doctoral work related to the field.

As for how I got interested in linguistics, when I was in high school, my school's library had a "graphic novel" type book called Introducing Linguistics by R.L. Trask. It was a short read, but it made me think about how much I don't know about language and how it works and I decided to take it as my college major. Coming into my education-related job was a development that came later on when studying language acquisition and language pedagogical theory.

thanks ! and thank god to the chair.... xD i am not a huge fan of the chair i had during orientation -.- wasn't the most comfortable.

thank you for the input on the desks, i have been trying to figure out if i can use something like this

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052AWGLE/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1Q5TXAPOS7WLS

on a desk...or if i have to go with one that is sitting on top of the desk.

thanks again :)

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It just depends on you. For one, I prefer the messenger bag because it's a snap to get certain things, while others, a backpack is a great friend for space. I love messenger bag because of versatility and how easy it is to pull out my laptop.

I brought this 2014 Timbuk2 Commute Messenger Bag and so far. it's been holding up well. I fit most of my books in here and there is a couple of nice spots for certain things, like keys and flash drives. It's also TSA friendly which is great when I travel, but again, your needs will vary.

Honestly you're in a great place with that experience, so the thing to do now is just apply (online!). Apply to the big companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft (usually a traditional resume + form) and to startups in NYC and SF (often more informal).

You'll also need to learn how to do technical interviews, which comes down to have tight grasp of data structures and thinking on your feet. I'd recommend this book to get started.

Pretty sure they get left open but I could be wrong. Also if you're willing to drop the cash, something like this is pretty awesome to have in your dorm/apartment/house

I believe those were the books used during the 2016-2017 school year (thats when I took discrete II)

From what I understand now, the newest renditions of the course use

Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications by K. Rosen

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A First Course in Probability by Ross

But it'll depend entirely on who it is that's offering the course during the summer and what they include on their syllabus so I'd wait until seeing what they say to purchase either of the books.

The first book you listed (Mathematics for Computer science) is available for free for anyone to use here

The second is available for free on the Rutgers libraries website so I'd advise you not waste your money buying either of those two.

Hope this helps

I took micro last semester and just used the pdf version of the book. I think all the micro classes use [ http://www.amazon.com/Microeconomics-11th-Edition-Michael-Parkin/dp/0133019942 ] but the 10th edition is very easy to find the pdf for and that's what I used, they're pretty much identical and homework is not from the book so you're good.
PM if you want link to pdf

I'm on board with this. It wasn't until i got diagnosed with type one herpes that i realized pretty much everything i thought i knew about it was wrong. There is a really amazing graphic novel i have called Monsters about the subject that you should check out. PM me i have a copy, maybe we can talk.

Which one would you recommend? I was planning on getting this one: https://www.amazon.com/Aumox-Ethernet-Unmanaged-Optimization-Play%EF%BC%88AM-SG205%EF%BC%89/dp/B07QLV899F/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?keywords=ethernet+switch&qid=1568919335&s=gateway&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUFUQzA3S0xLOVJBTjImZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA1NzAwNzUyUTgyODNVWFhHWlJaJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTA4MDY4ODExNkdITEc4UVE2TjVUJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==#customerReviews