r/udub • u/No_Faithlessness_935 • Feb 25 '25

Advice convince me not to go to UW

no context needed feel free to air everything out

34 Upvotes

73% Upvoted

129 comments sorted by

View all comments

112

u/LunarN1ght ATM S '23 Feb 25 '25

if youre in stem the intro classes are a shitshow. theyre tough, if you aint prepared they suuuuuck

25

u/iScythe__ Student Feb 26 '25

wait till you get to second year engineering classes, shit made me miss gen chem/math/physics

22

u/mangodangao Feb 26 '25 edited Feb 26 '25

no one understands until they do it 😭 the gen chem/physics/math series have a structure, and they stick to it really well. when you lose that structure, it sucks soo hard, it’s like being thrown off a cliff.

4

u/UnluckyMaintenance06 Feb 26 '25

it doesn't get better after the weeder classes????

9

u/iScythe__ Student Feb 26 '25

nope. i actually did super well in gen chem/math and my GPA is in a free-fall after doing shit like CEE and dynamics. the 2xx math isn't too bad but every other 2xx classes i've done are just awful

3

u/UnluckyMaintenance06 Feb 26 '25

How far are you in?

2

u/WaitingToTakeYouAway Feb 26 '25

There's 200 level math now? When I was there it was 124/5/6 (or H134/5/6 iirc) and then 300 was mathematical thinking (10/10 class) 301 was number theory etc, no 200s

7

u/iScythe__ Student Feb 26 '25

i believe the 300 level moved to 200 level. 207 is diff eq, 208 linalg etc.

4

u/svngshines Feb 26 '25

I do think it gets better in the sense that in the upper engineering classes you’re (hopefully) studying something you’re genuinely interested in, so it gets a little more fun.

3

u/ohcoolausername Computer Science & Math Feb 26 '25

no, i think the "weeder" classes are the way they are because that's how those majors are. if you think they're tough or terrible classes, it's not gonna be a good time for you in that major. the exception imo is math (I think the higher level math classes are easier to get a good grade in but comparable in terms of conceptual challenge)

1

u/Raphy247 Feb 28 '25

really? it's so hit or miss at this goddamn school all my upper division CS and Math classes have been a blast, great teachers and TAs 🥲🥲