CS major here

fadastic · 08-14-05, 10:52 PM

So I'm starting Cal Poly Pomona as a freshman this fall. Any survival tips?

Keng · 08-14-05, 11:39 PM

Take Lazlo, he's funny/nice professor.

fadastic · 08-15-05, 12:24 AM

Well..right now I'm taking Soroka. I read on gradecalpoly.com that he's a nitpicker, but other then that he doesn't seem too bad.

Keng · 08-15-05, 12:41 AM

Soroka, he seems alright. I have his book for CS140 never used I dropped the class but can't returned because I didn't get the receipt from Bronco Copy. Anyway leave me a message if you interested.

swagner · 08-15-05, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fadastic

So I'm starting Cal Poly Pomona as a freshman this fall. Any survival tips?

Good luck friend

I did my undergrad in CS, you are in for one wild ride! Make sure you give yourself plenty of time to get your programs done, I -never- did, and certainly paid the price with plenty of all nighters.

xkai · 10-06-05, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Keng

Take [Laszlo], he's funny/nice professor.

I had (and dropped) him for CS 130. He seems to use the class as a means of weeding out students who "can't handle it," resorting to calling everyone worthless and a failure, and not answering questions fully and refusing to do so when asked to continue. He seems very resentful of being required to have office hours as he mumbled about hating the university policy over it.

I'm not entirely sure why he teaches this class (he's the only one who teaches it throughout the year) but I've heard he's much nicer in all his other classes...and makes fun of how he treats the CS 130 students...

Keng · 10-09-05, 06:00 PM

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I had (and dropped) him for CS 130. He seems to use the class as a means of weeding out students who "can't handle it," resorting to calling everyone worthless and a failure, and not answering questions fully and refusing to do so when asked to continue. He seems very resentful of being required to have office hours as he mumbled about hating the university policy over it.

I'm not entirely sure why he teaches this class (he's the only one who teaches it throughout the year) but I've heard he's much nicer in all his other classes...and makes fun of how he treats the CS 130 students...

That's because pretty much everyone in the class DON'T DO anything. They don't read nor study. Personally I enjoyed him

xkai · 10-11-05, 09:50 PM

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That's because pretty much everyone in the class DON'T DO anything. They don't read nor study. Personally I enjoyed him

Well, it's subjective.

I'm just saying he can be exacerbating to some students. Discrete structures isn't exactly a very easy to digest for many, especially as the first CS class most people take, and his general attitude towards the class wasn't encouraging.

david90 · 10-25-05, 04:12 PM

it's gonna be the best 8 years of ur life.

some2 · 12-13-05, 10:17 AM

Welcome -- good times here at cal poly. These are some of the key professors I have taken so far.. and yes, welcome to the best 8 years of your life! One of the best things is that our enrollment in CS is down so far you can almost wait until after registration is over to register and still get the classes you want.

Laszlo (CS408): Median on the midterm was a 0 out of 50, upper quartile was something like an 8. He also said he reserves the Fs for people with 0s all quarter long -- which by the way isn't that rare to find. Overall I feel like he knows his stuff and he's probably a genius, but he likes to play games with you all quarter. Other professors covered more material than our class, but I did learn ML pretty well all things considered. Learned a bit about other languages but never was really tested on them. Funny thing is he hates Java....

Salloum (CS241): Watch out for his creative scheduling where he will have you come to class on a weekend to take tests. He "asks" if it's okay... but it's not like second quarter data structures should require more than 18 2 hour meetings.

Liu (CS420): You can't slack off in his class or you will fail. His programs and exams were reasonable, but the exams were the type where there'd be 4 main questions and if you missed a single concept you'd be hurting quickly on the exam grade. Resonable timelines and grading.

Eller (CS130): I had just taken a formal logic class the quarter before (got an A) and knew the material cold. He didn't. I passed anyway, but know the material well so you can call him on it when necessary.

08-14-05, 10:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
fadastic Newcomer Joined: Aug 2005 Location: LA County Posts: 6	CS major here So I'm starting Cal Poly Pomona as a freshman this fall. Any survival tips?

12-13-05, 10:17 AM	#10 (permalink)
some2 Newcomer Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 17	Welcome... here's my CS experience so far Welcome -- good times here at cal poly. These are some of the key professors I have taken so far.. and yes, welcome to the best 8 years of your life! One of the best things is that our enrollment in CS is down so far you can almost wait until after registration is over to register and still get the classes you want. Laszlo (CS408): Median on the midterm was a 0 out of 50, upper quartile was something like an 8. He also said he reserves the Fs for people with 0s all quarter long -- which by the way isn't that rare to find. Overall I feel like he knows his stuff and he's probably a genius, but he likes to play games with you all quarter. Other professors covered more material than our class, but I did learn ML pretty well all things considered. Learned a bit about other languages but never was really tested on them. Funny thing is he hates Java.... Salloum (CS241): Watch out for his creative scheduling where he will have you come to class on a weekend to take tests. He "asks" if it's okay... but it's not like second quarter data structures should require more than 18 2 hour meetings. Liu (CS420): You can't slack off in his class or you will fail. His programs and exams were reasonable, but the exams were the type where there'd be 4 main questions and if you missed a single concept you'd be hurting quickly on the exam grade. Resonable timelines and grading. Eller (CS130): I had just taken a formal logic class the quarter before (got an A) and knew the material cold. He didn't. I passed anyway, but know the material well so you can call him on it when necessary.

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08-14-05, 11:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Keng Guru Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 597	Take Lazlo, he's funny/nice professor.

08-15-05, 12:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
fadastic Newcomer Joined: Aug 2005 Location: LA County Posts: 6	Well..right now I'm taking Soroka. I read on gradecalpoly.com that he's a nitpicker, but other then that he doesn't seem too bad.

08-15-05, 12:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
Keng Guru Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 597	Soroka, he seems alright. I have his book for CS140 never used I dropped the class but can't returned because I didn't get the receipt from Bronco Copy. Anyway leave me a message if you interested.

10-25-05, 04:12 PM	#9 (permalink)
david90 Enthusiast Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 152	it's gonna be the best 8 years of ur life.