basically this video is him saying he hates the classes but because he put in so much work he gets stellar grades for everything, love it

After getting my degree and working as a software engineer, it's worth it. But it was no cake walk. Make sure you guys do personal projects and build a nice portfolio of your work. At the end of the day showing something tangible to an employer is always golden.

I feel so dumb when I look at his grades and then look at mine....😂

Amazing video as always! I'm a CS student too and sometimes the math / physics is a bit too much, but i understand the need for it. Also good luck to us both!

Damn, your grades are on point!

Thank you so much! I start my first semester of CS in February and I kind of got intimidated by the math requirements. However, I formed solid study habits in high school and I figured I’ll apply those again next semester. Coding is a fun hobby in my opinion and I view grasping Calculus concepts is just a process so I’m still gonna give it a go! Wish me luck 👍

I had discrete mathematics on the first term and it was terrible. So many failed it. Although our profesor had only taught like half of the material, because to him students should learn by themselves anyway.

I think discrete math is considered difficult because you’re learning a lot of new concepts but once you get past that initial hurdles, it’s not really that difficult. Looking back at it, they actually make it easier for you. I’m surprised you don’t have to take operating systems for your cs course.

Thank you for everything you do Tim. I enrolled myself into a Harvard CS50 class on Edx so I can get more education without putting myself further into debt. My career right now and for the past 9-10 years has been a Healthcare provider. I've always had to teach myself as I was always given TA's in school to do all my schoolwork for me and never given homework. I've always been fascinated with how things work taking things apart to figure out the inner working and then putting them back together.

Love it man. Would be very great if you can do this kind of video for 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year.

thanks for this video, i think it a very good effort you put into this explanation on how hard computer science, currently studying computer science from university of the people, i actually had no idea what computer science would require of me to study but thanks to this video i think i have an insight into what i should expect.

Thank you. Not going to college maybe someday. But this still gives me an idea to what I need to research and learn on my own.

I found first year not too bad. I'm starting my second year now and its definitely faster.

This video helped. And for the record, I started to really like you once your transcript popped up. Urging you to keep up the good work.

I'm 52 and my 11year old wants me to teach him to write computer games. My strengths are Public Speaking, Gardening, Music and Cycling. But I guess it's not too late to start CS...lol

Until this video I thought you might of been in your 20s working for a start-up, still it doesn't take away anything that you are a freshman in college. I truly enjoy your videos, I watch other channels too, you are a good teacher. I am your subscriber from Venezuela. Thanks for sharing

Tim, I would like you to address what you think about that: in the first year of computer science the only computer related subjects were „introduction to computer science” (joke) and „introduction to programming” (also a joke). But I had mechanics I, calculus I and II going far beyond triple integrals and imaginary numbers, electromagnetism I and II (very,very hard). All of each had lectures + excercises + labs. I personally think this was an overkill, but on the other hand…I do know how all this works at a really, really low level

Thank you! Greetings from germany!!!

Programming Class: This is a piece of cake yo! OS and Networking: How did I get myself into this?

If you are having doubts about if CS is the degree for you then I think don't take it. I feel those who want to go for CS don't need to be convinced to take it.

I'm planning to go to university and study CS (I'm currently 16) so this is actually very interesting, and also relieving because I already know how to do the majority/all of the programming side, and I have some idea about what all the maths is about.

This so so so helpful I cant emphasise enough ....THANK YOU SO MUCH n keep uploadin such content :)

He got only A's

Very interesting video especially for me as I'm gonna start CS next year, it's gonna be in France though but at least I got an idea of what to expect so thanks mate

Great explanation. Keep it up!

Hello Tech with Tim. I would like to know your thoughts on being a "self taught" programmer. Sometimes I find myself wondering if I need the math background to be a programmer

economics is super interesting. I took macro and micro, it's analytical yet logical in some parts. probably one of my favorite extra courses, next to chemistry and horror literature.

tbh first year was a blast. The first intro course was really good at my uni. We had a phd student teach and we did the basic stuff but also got a quick tour of all the cool things you can do with cs. For example game in pygame, word prediction (basic ai). For my second course my group (me and another guy + 3 others) wrote a roguelike with procedural map gen. In the second case I went far above the requirements but I was the most rewarding experience. So sometimes it is worth to make your own spin on group projects. Anyways its probably gonna be you and one more person doing things...

Discrete math……..i get you man, i get you! 😭 this class was unlike any other math class i had before. The basics were _alien_ to me and a lot of the concepts were pretty counterintuitive, or just very abstract and not easy to grasp.

thanks for saying real facts.

Discrete math is hard. I wish I’d known about it before walking into college. So my university did something fun where they snuck some discrete math into *every fucking course* , so if you don’t know discrete math, you fail all your classes instead of just one :) There was a discrete math for computer science course, which is the standard discrete math course, but then there was a “theoretical” calculus course that makes you translate everything into logic and prove it, and the linear algebra too. Oh right and they make you use your discrete math knowledge to prove how fast your code runs in the programming class. I swear they do it on purpose to make less people stay in cs. It’s like you’re bad at this one thing because like Tim said you’ve never done anything like it, and suddenly you can’t understand any of your classes. It took me around 3 months to get used to “logical thinking”, but before that I nearly switched majors.

3:45 This is very true. Many smart kids go to college thinking it's gonna be like high school, that your innate smarts plus a bit of effort is gonna carry you through. No, no. Even smarts kids are gonna have to put it the time practicing, working, studying. You're not in Kansas anymore, Toto.

My college's Intro computing was like they were assuming you know everything.. :) The way Prof. teaches put everything on the ppt, and without giving any example codes. Basically, we have to search on our own and do the projects. (At that time, I know nothing about programming..)

Next semester I’m taking compiler theory, multi variable calculus, building secure web applications, object oriented and concurrent programming, and introduction to physics 2

Bro what are you on. I agree with everything except Calculus. Cal 1 is absolutely brain dead easy, while Cal 2 is a significantly difficult class that weeds out STEM majors.

Imagine taking harder than these classes in highschool....n no APs are crazy easy

Why no one talks about bachelors in computer science?

I'm actually studying in French public university, I'm in second year of a computer science degree and I just thought it could be interesting to compare my experience with yours :) It will be a bit long so if you guys are not interested in that, you just shouldn't read it :p I apologize if there are some English mistakes. Similarities : - That's clearly the same thing in France, a lot of people don't know what is computer science before going to the university (and I clearly was a part of those people), and that's probably why some of them quit or reassign during the first year. - There was also a lot of "difficult" maths during my first year which required constant practicing. Same thing for Linear Algebra (except the fact that we started linear algebra during 2nd year), a lot of students decided to gave up on it because it was too abstract, even if we have no choice and we have to pass the exam at the end anyway ! - Same as you : first year programming courses are really easy if you already have some basis, you probably even might get bored (I mean we even had a course called "graphic programmation" when we were taught how to use Scratch, nice joke...). It feels like that's even easier than you 'cause on my first year, teachers let us discover programmation on our own and they didn't really insist on the fact that you have to code properly, that your code have to be efficient, things like that. You go back on all those things on the second year and there, they don't let anything pass. One of my teacher said it's because if they were insisting on "good" programmation during the first year, people would just get scared and run away. - We have some classes about, I would say, communication, and it looks like it is similar to your "Technical Report Writing" class (and I find it boring too). - They're also trying to flush out a lot of students during the first year, but if you work there should be no problem for you. Differences : - The fisrt big difference is that we can't choose our courses (or at least it's really rare). We have to follow a list of compulsory courses and everyone is following the same ones. - We have much more courses per semester (and so probably less hours of class per course). We have to follow around 11-12 courses per semester (and I have 2 more 'cause I'm in a special program) so we're learning quite different things. - I don't know how this works for you but we don't have to pass all the courses to succeed and access to the next year, the important thing is that you get an average of 10/20 on all your grades of the year. It means you can have 0 for one class and 20 for another one, that's ok, you'll get to the next year (I personnaly think this is really stupid... but OK). - One other big difference is that my first year was more "general" : there were so many different courses like maths, electronics, physics, a lot of others and even chemistry ! That's because the first year is supposed to give us all the maths basis that we might have to use if we continue study in science, and also, it allows easier students reorientation during the first year. - It also looks like we have much more electronics courses to help us understand what's really happening inside the computer and much more network and telecommunications courses. I also feel like we have much more group projects, but maybe there are some projects hidden inside your courses and you just didn't talk about it (but we have specific courses called "project", that's why I'm saying this). That's it ! If someone is interested in having the list of courses I followed in order to compare, I can put it if you ask.

Bro you look down on people who don't have same opportunities you had, be more considerate tell a child who doesn't know how to grow. You seem very arrogant

Great video i’m starting cs in like a couple of weeks

So helpful, thank you❤

Thank you for the motivation i'm going to be a software engineer

So for me was a little different in intro to programming. I had NO EXPERIENCE with coding, and I mean not even a clue of how program works. It was challenging, luckily I had a very good professor who pushed to the limit. Was able to learn a lot, even though my final grade wasn’t that good

Love the insight!

Your fantastic bro

Thank you for the information i'm going to be a software engineer

Should I know exactly how each sorting & searching algorithms work?

I’m taking an AP CS classes next year for senior year of HS. Hopefully this will help on with my computer science major in college. Only worried about those calculus classes. My brother who just graduated said they were rough. I’m not that strong in math so we will see what happens...

B : am i joke to you !?

dude the quality of this video is insane , talking bout the script too

A lot of people drop out of computer science because they think that computer science is all about building and working with computers. NO! This is technician stuff! You probably don't even need a degree for that. Computer science is all the rigorous math behind how a computer work. So, computer science is really for someone who loves mathematics and logic.

I feel like how hard calc 1 is depends on the teacher. I'm taking it right now as a high school junior and everyone in my class is doing good in it and understands everything.

Good day Tim Can you give me some advice?😓😓 What course should I choose? Computer Science or Information technology?

Oh and I'm going to college next year and im going to study CS, so I was asking for advice on what to research on...and maybe some math tutorials I could watch

Great video!❤

What kind of programming did you do in your computing class? Did u have to actually implement interfaces and abstract classes in your projects?

Calculus is hard for those who struggles in math. I took calculus 2 and struggle but with linear algebra was too easy. Depends on the student

man I love you 😍

yeah discrete math for CS or other tech major is very funky there's not a lot of good sources.. sure I saw some good KZfaq videos but the stuff you get taught varies a lot from universities.

I'm very interested in this stuff however my math placement test put me into introduction to algebra. I'm in pre calculus now in high school but I honestly have no clue what I'm doing because of covid affecting my school career and me not also caring that much in my earlier years in high school. Should I pursue this program and how will needing to learn all these basic math courses affect me?

Which university are you studying in, I got admission in york university in bachelor's of computer science honours sadly no co-op tho. Any advices for me since I have next to 0 (I took some classes of programming) computer science background in school

Dude ur actually built different

If you don't like math, don't take CS Calculus 1 & 2: difficult Linear algebra: difficult Discrete math: difficult In general, if you stress about math and exams, try just learning some languages and freelancing 🤷

can u guide me where shud i start machine learning from

I like how this being the first video of you I've ever seen, and on the top right of my screen, the next recommended video by you is "I dropped out of CS" right there. 😂😂

I love it!!!!!!!

Thanks for the video I'm 16 and I'm currently in 10th Grade at my school im doing *Information Technology* *Physics* *Geography* *Maths* *English* I want to study computer science in university but I'm not sure what marks I should be getting and how to apply and which subjects should I be doing in highschool to sign up for computer scrience in university. If anyone could guide me or give me some advice illd appreciate it. *THANKS IN ADVANCE*

You look like your gonna cry

wow, i wish i'll be as successful as u in college. i'm transitioning to CS degree, and the only reason i didn't think about this degree in the first place was because of math, but now that i'm more open minded, im going for it. I just need a solid time management to be successful. Question, my Uni has a lab portion for every core classes as its corequisite. Did you have that also? so That's like taking an extra class on top of what you already have

Is maths really hard??

Hello , Are basics taught in USA for undergrad in computer science ?

I'm a computer science student (here it's called 'Mathematics and Computer Science'), grade 4, and I'm about to write my diploma in python

I'm a high school senior, I'm so nervous for comp CSI major

What makes for a good C.S. student? I'm not sure if I'm good with logical thinking in mathematics.

If I'm bad at math may I do will at CS class

So the math to know ahead of time is calculus and algebra ?

Talk about rigorous curriculum..? here's the curriculum of 1st semester of CS degree at Kathmandu University, Nepal: 1.Calculus and Linear algebra(3credit hours) 2.General Physics(3cr) 3.General Chem(3cr) 4.Structured Programming(2cr) 5.Basic Electrical Engg(3cr) 6.Engineering Project(2cr) 7.Engineering Drawing(2cr) 8.Communication Skills(2cr) yes, 20credit hours per sem for almost four damn years, could life be more fucked up?

Meanwhile here at my Uni a failure rate of 30% is considered normal and for worst cases it is above 50%😭

6:42 That does not entail that.

How easy would it be to take computer science while working (let's say welding)?

I'm currently doing my 1st year in comp sci LOL. I took the same classes you took! No economics though. I'm thinking of doing design as a minor, that could also help me with my youtube channel skills I guess. What do you think?

Thanks for this bro

I am a female with little computing skills. I need to re-train, as my previous job is null and void due to Brexit. I feel computing is the way to go. Any suggestions? My math knowledge is poor. What could I study? I taught myself Italian and some Russian. I will work but I am trying to get a degree in something useful and I'm ready to work for it, but within my means. Help! Thank you xxxx

Once you get to the data structure and algorithms classes you will realize Discrete Math was a VERY important class.

Thank YOU : )

Hello...greetings from Africa particularly Uganda,am really bad at math but so desperate to do computer science and by the way u have good grades...! So can it be possible for me to do computer science am joash n aged 17

Hold up! In Canada 80% translates to an A?! Did I hear that right? That's a borderline C in the US

I got an A in discrete math, but Holy hell.

Thanks fro the advise......

What school are you at. I’m looking into Waterloo and UofT. and I know how difficult they’re are.

Proofs are back in discrete mathematics so be aware !

everything depends on professors, like for me discrete mathematics is super easy while calculus 2 is nightmare, introduction to programming is boring while professor make it really hard to pass, because of his weird rules

Wow so your first year is like 2 math classes, including Calculus and not Analysis, which is the only thing challenging, intro to computing which you should enjoy anyway, and 2 non-STEM classes... My first year was absolute hell in comparison, why such a huge difference between curriculums? I had Analysis 1 and 2 which is like Calculus but make it overly complicated, Linear algebra AND abstract algebra, physics, Computing, and bunch of programming projects including a RPG game and a GBA emulator, not to mention digital system design projects too...

actually I am studying AI and discrete mathematics was the easiest subject tell now

Hi I currently live in Ontario and I’m looking at going into cs. Which university are you attending?

Idk if i can do the math 🧮 for CS. I have to do algebra, but i know i can do it.Idk about calculus though. Bent between CS and a cyber security degree.

Waiting for next video on Game

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my school i have to take physics with calc 1 and calc 2 for CS

How different is Calculus 1 from AP Calculus BC