Well, that's what you called it back in middle school. I guess you can refer to it as the first day of class. For me, it's the first day of the last semester of college. And man was it sweet.
Woke up to the rhythm of the pouring rain, made some Maruchan ramen, and then went to class. EE129 - Nonlinear and Neural Networks. There are no exams, no homework, and the only grade is based on lecture summaries and a final project. The professor explicitly stated that the class material will never help us in life, but also stated that the material will never be obsolete (like 90% of our education).
I also was pleased to get into E190, which means I can graduate in May. I hear there's a lot of work with Nevader, but people still think he's awesome, so let's see how this goes. I was also the last one to get in...that's gotta be rough for the 18 others on the waitlist.
IEOR 171 could be a bit less intimidating, as I can't recall how much reading I've done in my entire career here at Cal. But hey, apparently even the IEOR kids just peruse the case studies, so why can't I? Though, I'm probably going to go for a decal instead, since I don't need CoE units, but just units in general. I have Visual Studies 186X on Friday, the photo class. If it's silly, I'm going to drop it.
A pretty good start, if I may say so.
-eleung
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