CS371p Week 12

What did you do this past week?

This past week was mainly spent finishing up the two programming projects that were due this week, and completing the final problem set for Algorithms. I also had an unusually high workload for Chinese last week since it is close to the end of the semester and all the hardest assignments and tests, and the final group project are coming up.

What's in your way?

Currently in my way are the last two projects for my programming classes, but neither seem especially difficult, so hopefully they shouldn't be in my way for much longer. I also have two tests for Chinese next week, so there are going to be a couple of long study sessions for those. The main thing I worry about and have worried about since shortly past the beginning of the semester is my Algorithms class. I have a hard time understanding the recent lectures in class, and I know the final will cover much more simplified versions of what we cover but I don't know by how much.

What will you do next week?

Next week I will continue working on the last two programming projects for the semester, and hopefully finish them before the end of the week so I can go watch Avengers: Endgame this Sunday with a clear head. I will also be studying for the two Chinese tests I mentioned previously as well as two quizzes for the same class. In my spare time, I will try to slowly better understand what we are discussing in Algorithms to prepare ahead of time for the final.

What was your experience of Project #4: Darwin?

This project was a little different than the programming projects I am used to, but it was much more satisfying when it worked because there was actual visual feedback I could understand that returned when it worked correctly. That doesn't mean my initial design had a couple major flaws which I had to eventually redesign when I found them after I had already coded them in, but it does mean that I enjoyed this project.

What's your pick-of-the-week or tip-of-the-week?

Just this week I learned about utcatalyst.org which can show previous semesters' grade distributions for classes. While in the end, it might not affect my final class selection, it is interesting to know that this semester I apparently chose all difficult classes according to the grade distributions.