Looking for some advice before applying to TESC/TESU

[Archer]

Thanks for all the feedback on the mentors. Good to see all of us CS folks on our way to bagging this degree.

You should add me on linkedin too, I'll pm both you guys with links.

Can you give any more insight? x86 asm is one of several languages I know fairly well, at least up to the 586/Pentium ISA. What did you find particularly challenging about the course?

I'm taking both, or rather I should say, I took the first and am taking the final for the second on Saturday. The comm course was ludicrously easy. There's some memorization of nonsense stuff that you'll forget minutes after reading it. I highly recommend paying for the course with the ebook, as having it available to search through with ctrl-F during the exams is priceless. I was nervous about the youtube videos because the instructions seemed rather strict. Before taking them I was pacing around in my garage practicing.

I don't know if that helped or not, but I passed the course with a 93%, and my scores on the three youtube videos were 100, 97 and 97. I thought I was going to do much worse on those. If I caught myself saying "um" or any other filler more than once, I stopped the recording and started over. I certainly would have done worse if doing it live was a requirement.

If you already know it you're probably going to be fine. I was writing stuff in C++ in some cases to try and look at the resulting assembly structure in visual studio on a couple assignments. A lot of profs say students should start ugly with C++, they oughta start ugly with Assembly though. I honestly think Assembly should be the course that programs start with vs. Java or C++ (or in cases where they are making content easier, python). Breaking it down to such a granular level from C++ was bit weird to wrap my head around.

I don't need Intro to World Religion, I've met the diversity req. via cult. anth. It was just 3 credits to pick up but since Com picks up 3 and satisfies speaking, which I was previously going to waste my final term on alongside the capstone. Now I'll put those 3 spare credits towards Operating Systems so long as a decent professor is offering the course. Thanks for input on COM, all speech classes are pretty easy in my experience but one having control over the recording vs. live is absolutely a huge asset.

If I wanted to push it, I wonder if I could get a PLA due to my professional video reviews/podcasts. I probably could but whatever.