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Get a big Crock Pot.

Then make a [beef stew] (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/14685/slow-cooker-beef-stew-i/). That recipe should yield about 6 servings.

Get up early Sunday morning, toss everything in the slow cooker around 7am, have dinner at 7pm. Put the rest into individual serving size Tupperware containers, some in the fridge, some in the freezer. Bring the frozen ones to school for lunch.

That should take you no more than 15-20 minutes to prep and start cooking.

Cereal for breakfast is fine but you can do better. Learn to cook eggs. I'm partial to Gordon Ramsay's scrambled eggs. I usually have mine on a toasted English muffin hand I'll throw a few strawberries or some other friends on the plate top complete it. Takes no more than 10 minutes to start the day right.

Buy a whole bunch of chicken breasts, 3-5 pounds depending on how much you love chicken. Cook them to at a time in your cast iron skillet. 6-7 minutes on a side. Should take about 45 minutes to do them all, but since they just sit there for 6 minutes at a time, you can be doing other things too, like putting 8 scoops of rice into your Instant Pot and filling it with water. Meanwhile you'll also be able to cut up a bunch of tomatoes and make some home made salsa.

When the chicken is all done, you can start shredding it with a couple of forks (you can also shred some chickens while the other are cooking if everything else is done.

Put the rice, chicken, and homemade salsa into separate Tupperware containers in the fridge. It's pretty basic but chicken and rice with salsa is pretty good in a pinch.

Get a griddle, buy a big 5 pound bag of shredded cheese at Smart and Final along with a big package of flour tortillas. Toss a totilla on the griddle on medium heat, put a handful of cheese and some of your shredded chicken on it. When it starts getting melty fold it in half. Boom! Quesadilla!

The fact is, cooking for your self is a skill. You'll suck at it so badly when you are first starting out and it does, of course, take more time than walking into a buffet with your meal plan or having some Pad Thai delivered, but it's worth it. It will always be cheaper than the alternatives and, once you get the hang of it, it'll be much better than food you'd get at all but the very most expensive restaurants. Not to mention the pride you'll be able to take in the skill you develop.

Honestly, during the school year, I probably spend 4-5 hours a week cooking. I don't do much, if any, big bulk prep work because I haven't felt so crunched for time that it was necessary. When I do get swamped with exams or other school stuff, I can always order a pizza.

The fact is, unless your parents are financing a lavish lifestyle for you, you're going to have to learn to cook. My girlfriend and I usually spend between $100 and $150 per week on groceries and go out to eat (maybe) once a week.

If we were going out or ordering in for every meal... We'd have to double or triple our food budget. So, thought of another way. If we save $200/week by cooking and I only have to cook 5 hours/week, it's like I'm paying myself $40/hour to cook, not bad!

I'm not sure if you are only looking for bikes, but if not, skateboards and scooters are also widely popular on campus.

These kinds of scooters are really popular. The ones with big wheels like this.
https://www.amazon.com/Razor-A5-Lux-Scooter/dp/B01M98EKEM

Penny boards and long boards and normal skateboards are really popular.

The nice thing about the scooters and skateboards is, around campus, things can get pretty crowded in some places and its easier to navigate the crowds on these smaller vehicles. Also, our campus is really hilly, and skateboards and scooters are easier to take up stairs.

Note though, I don't have experience riding a bike around campus, I ride a pennyboard so I don't know what people's experiences are with bikes.

You will want to jump on 115A, but have a back up class in case you need to drop and realize it isn't going to work. I dropped 115A twice before I could finally commit and feel mature enough to do well in it.

One thing that really helped me was taking Combinatorics, a field that is fascinating to me. There was *some* proof writing in the class, but it was pretty basic (similar to proofs in statistics). I enjoyed writing those proofs and taught me the entire purpose of doing it. I was then able to do 115A with little difficulty.

I also got the following book, which is excellent (I used a much older edition) How to Read and Do Proofs by Daniel Solow.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Proofs-Introduction-Mathematical/dp/1118164024/ref=pd_sbs_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1118164024&pd_rd_r=DRKKPQHM9KM7NF7XS7AJ&pd_rd_w=jAI7z&pd_rd_wg=TfejV&psc=1&refRID=DRKKPQHM9KM7NF7XS7AJ&dpID=51ljxm2YBEL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=detail

Honestly? Apply for scholarships. This is such a grossly under used strategy.

Set a goal of applying for 2 scholarships a week. Dig deep around the web trying to find everything related to your field of study, interests, and passions. Research other students on campus who are winning awards and apply to the same awards. Apply to all of them.

Make a spreadsheet of every opportunity, set aside time each week, and submit applications.

If you put together a strategy and execute, you can easily make more applying to scholarships than any job could possibly pay on campus.

I wrote about this topic in detail in a book I recently published.

Not only will this bring in cash, but it will also set up a great foundation for your resume. More so than any minimum wage job.

OH BOY, recursion... midterm flashbacks intensify

Tbh, I think the best way to learn recursion is just to try practice problems. I know that's kinda cliche but I think two or three good practice problems can help drill the concept of recursion more easily than a half hour explanation. I took CS 32 with Nachenberg, and he told me to check out this practice textbook from a prior professor for the course. They were by far the best practice I had for the midterms and final.

If you happen to have the UCLA edition of Friedberg's Linear Algebra (the one you'll likely use for 115A) already, there's a section at the end with an intro to proofs. This book is pretty popular at universities with a dedicated intro to proofs class, so it might be worth checking out; I read a bit of it before taking the upper divs. Hope that helps!

Thanks for the help! Did you get it on something like this? https://www.amazon.com/dp/1464138265/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me= it says not guaranteed but it's in the title? I think it's better to ask someone to piggyback their code right? Thanks so much!

\^comforter reference: https://www.amazon.com/Charisma-Plush-Queen-Blanket-IVORY/dp/B00BLSYTT8

not saying buy that one, but for reference if you see it at costco for like $20 its a really good one. it was nice having a big blanket that i could double up or undouble

Hit my head many many times when I had the loft and desk below. Both years I put a bumper material up where I kept hitting my head. Still hurts if you stand up to quickly, but much better.

And just cause idk if I'm using the right term, I mean something like this: M2cbridge L Shape Extra Thick Furniture Table Edge Protectors Foam Baby Safety Bumper Guard 6.5 Ft (off-white) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06Y2T5743/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_KDyJDbS90F90R

I recommend purchasing yourself a copy of this book: https://www.amazon.com/Transition-Advanced-Mathematics-Douglas-Smith/dp/0495562025

Chapter 0 is especially great, as it guides you through some of the basic grammar of mathematics. Most of the material is seen in some form or another in 115A(H), but I personally found this book to be a much better introduction to the upper division courses.

https://www.amazon.com/LaunchPad-Biology-Works-Twenty-Four-Access/dp/1319015999/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500968604&sr=8-1&keywords=launchpad+for+biology+how+life+works+%28twenty-four+month+access

hey man, im sorry but I guess the price went up now. When I bought it back in april it was only 10 bucks.... maybe it'll go down sometime soon but for now thats the best i can do

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BJGTR6C/ref=sspa_dk_detail_3?psc=1

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Was in a similar situation. These fixed it. You need to make sure you get ones with a high decibel rating. I think these are 32 dB. These are way more comfortable than non-disposable ear plugs.

If your room mate is cool with you smoking in the room, just buy a smoke buddy from amazon. I used it to smoke nearly everyday for a year in the dorms and was never caught. If you want to be extra safe, spray ozium afterwards.

If you have one of the lofts it might be a good idea to get some sort of basket like this to hang off the side for some stuff like your phone or water

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VUTAFR8?aaxitk=J-9YZAe2RXs7fJlVbfI30w
I got this one last summer and it’s a pretty solid one

If the coffee was being made fresh at the event then I cannot say for sure what it was. But if it was like most catering events, where the coffee came from a Cambro (large plastic container with a spigot) then it was likely filled from a coffee machine using coffee concentrate syrup. From my experience, that syrup is Douwe Egberts brand.

Douwe Egberts Liquid Coffee 100% Colombian 1 box 2 Liter Concentrate https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ASMPB3U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_sPhHAbT5GEQS7