Two Questions

changturkey · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:52 pm

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 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:56 pm

http://registrar.mcmaster.ca/future/requirements.html

try this website

changturkey · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:04 pm

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 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:11 pm

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 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:34 pm

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 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:57 am

mcmaster is decent, you can't go wrong going there

implosion · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 7:33 am

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 · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 5:58 pm

implosion @ Fri May 08, 2009 7:33 am wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 9:57 pm

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 · **Posted:** Fri May 08, 2009 10:39 pm

implosion @ Fri May 08, 2009 9:57 pm wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 7:21 pm

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?

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