----------------------------------- changturkey Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:52 pm Two Questions ----------------------------------- 1. Anyone have any opinions on Mac CS? 2. I have roughly a 81-82 percent Avg, the cutoff is a 78-80. Am I safe? ----------------------------------- apomb Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:56 pm RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- http://registrar.mcmaster.ca/future/requirements.html try this website ----------------------------------- changturkey Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:04 pm Re: Two Questions ----------------------------------- Also, just to add to this, is there a way I can see what University-Level CS is like, difficulty or concept wise? How hard exactly is first year? ----------------------------------- Tony Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:11 pm RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- Look through the University website. Find out what courses students are taking, what material is covered. Some courses would have websites with assignments available. Although first-year difficulty would largely depend on your own abilities and study habits. ----------------------------------- implosion Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:34 pm RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- nice, i applied to mcmaster cs aswell. but i'm not 100% sure if i want to go to university for CS/CE/SE ... they updated the mark for acceptance (on mcmaster's site), on the einfo site it has it around mid 70s. to be honest, your never safe. lol and for there course they only accept 50 people (tiny) but you've got a good shot. i too have a 82.3 average, which is about to go up =D on another note... what have you guys heard about mcmaster reputation for compsci ? (considering doing undergrad there and hopefully graduate at UW) and is it true they just got a new building ? ----------------------------------- nike52 Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:57 am Re: Two Questions ----------------------------------- mcmaster is decent, you can't go wrong going there ----------------------------------- implosion Fri May 08, 2009 7:33 am RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- Hey bud, to be honest i don't think your gonna be able to get in... i have an 82.3% and i just got rejected yesterday. ----------------------------------- Horus Fri May 08, 2009 5:58 pm Re: RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- Hey bud, to be honest i don't think your gonna be able to get in... i have an 82.3% and i just got rejected yesterday. huh what? I got accepted to mcmaster in the 1st term with the following marks: english: 66 advanced function: 87 data management: 87 physics: 77 computer science: 94 which averages to 82.2 and my gr 11 marks avg are like low 70s i'm not going there anyways, got into waterloo ^^ ----------------------------------- implosion Fri May 08, 2009 9:57 pm RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- seriously ? gr.11 math: 79 gr. 11 chem: 71 gr.11 physics: 71 gr. 11 english: 75 and then my compsci marks were mid/high 80s. this year my top 6 marks for compsci @ mac are Chem: 71 Adv. Func: 77 calc: 75 Compsci. 91 Com.Eng. 94 Eng. 85 plus i got gr. 11 compsci award ... did mac have some supplementary form ? ... congrats, btw ps. if people decline in may, and there is still room do uni's still put out offers ? (yn) ----------------------------------- Tony Fri May 08, 2009 10:39 pm Re: RE:Two Questions ----------------------------------- ps. if people decline in may, and there is still room do uni's still put out offers ? (yn) I think I might have heard of something like that, but Universities seem to oversell their offers, expecting a certain fraction (based on historical trends, I presume) to decline. ----------------------------------- changturkey Mon May 11, 2009 7:21 pm Re: Two Questions ----------------------------------- I got in, but I am not sure about accepting the offer; I don't know if I can handle the math content. How hard is university CS math? EDIT: Holy crap, just realized I already asked the question about math. Oh well. Any more comments?