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Chapter 1 Computational Analysis

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1. Tactical Knowledge Systems

comment_ewlyuik (Baruch, Score: 11, Date: 2019-08-11)

Author: branwu
Full text: Hey man here’s the strategy I used to get into the one section of MKT 3605 with the easiest professor (Marketing majors know which one I’m referring to…)

Take the closed class and put it in your shopping cart on CUNYfirst.
Download coursicle
Using coursicle, set a tracker for your desired closed class. It will notify you when the status of the class changes (closed, waitlisted, or open)
Wait for waitlists to be dropped usually happens 2-4 days before semester begins (Now if someone drops the class it automatically go from closed to open rather than closed to waitlist)
Have your phone on you at all times so if you do get the notification from coursicle about the status change from closed to open, you can quickly swap sections on CUNYfirst by having the class you currently have and the one you want cause it will be in your shopping cart (can be done on mobile, but it is easier to navigate on desktop)
- Character count: 929
- Theoretical framework: Tactical knowledge systems - multi-platform coordination strategy

comment_fhdvsyc (QueensCollege, Score: 21, Date: 2020-02-12)

Author: RepresentativeField6
Full text: I would say think long and hard about what your trying to get out of university before choosing QC. Not that it’s bad, but because different people are looking for different things (both students and staff)

This post is both for those looking at QC and those already trapped here. I am a doing a second degree at Queens College and well aware of the CUNY ecosystem, within the department I would be considered a Senior.

First of all the CS program at QC is over maximum capacity at this point. It’s doubled it’s enrollment from just a few years ago (due to tech boom) and overtaken psychology as it’s top major at QC, and frankly the department does not have enough staff to facilitate all the students. They barely have enough classrooms; for the most part all your classes will have every seat filled unless the professor is known to be a tough grader.

Students initially choose CS for many reasons, lucrative career prospects, growing up as “the person good with computers”, and a love for video games. Generally there is a rude awakening when they realized that CS@QC is essentially an engineering program with an heavy emphasis on theory.

There are four classes where you will learn programming CS 111, 211, 212, and 313 (you will likely start 111 in your upper freshmen semester, because the classes filled up before your registration time, disappointing but also extremely common so get your liberal arts and math classes done during the first semester)

After these classes the rest of the major consists mostly of heavy theory classes, where while you might have to write some programs, the emphasis in the lecture is no longer put on this. Essentially you are on your own to debug your code and to continue to get better at coding. A lot of students don’t do this and cannot code at this point (barely passing 211 and 212 and just continuing to plow through)

A lot of the complaints stem from a misunderstanding of the major before entering, not realizing it is for the most part a heavy theory curriculum. Computer Science is as much about Computers as Astronomy is about the study of Telescopes. 320 Theory of Computation is one of those classes where we have some great professors, but the students expectations don’t align with the professors. If your not up for theory I would suggest going more into IT route. Data Science and Machine Learning routes require even heavier math (Statistics and Linear Algebra respectively) so avoid those if math is a personal weakness.

Cheating is rampant, some if it is justified in that the professor is undecipherable, other times it’s because teachers don’t have the resources to track cheaters (reassigns same assignment from prev. semester in class sizes of 200+ students) , lastly a lot of professor use an online textbook. There’s a QC Chegg server that will get you any textbook/virtual textbook answer you need; to some degree I blame the professor for switching to online resources like WebAssign and Zybooks where the answer pool is going to be shared somewhere, but what else are they going to do, when each prof. is assigned four/five classes with 38 students each? If there’s an easy route to a passing grade a lot of the students at QC will take it, despite it biting them in the ass later.

The most common reason though is because students can’t program and they refuse to retake classes that they “passed” (often with a C+, I think it’s a disservice for Waxman to give so many C+’s in 211). There’s some weird desperation factor that comes into play around Upper Junior/Senior year where everyone is extremely desperate to graduate whether they can program or not. They are incorrectly assuming that the degree is all that matters and they won’t be tested on this material ever again, which is false for jobs that require a CS education (Discord had a post about some dude failing 20 interviews once they got to the white board question).

These cheaters are both hurting the CS program (they hurt the curve) and the industry (My resume has gone straight to the trash as soon as they see Bachelors from QC, cause the other QC grad bombed the interview so bad). Even ratting them out won’t due anything because professor’s already look so burnt out.

Professor’s are hit and miss, but its mostly adjuncts and the best adjuncts get poached by better universities or industry. Adjuncts make $20k~25k at QC (St. Johns pays double), this is the union rate, and it also ignores how difficult the class is to teach. Yes that adjunct teaching your 300 level class and the one teaching CS12 are making the same amount. QC really does keep it’s best Full Time professors for it’s incoming students though. Ryba and Waxman who cover 111 and 211 are great teachers who genuinely get student’s excited about the material. But IMO they are way to generous in grading, (Waxman changed his curve from sqrt(grade)*10 to sqrt(grade)*11 despite his test being out of 200 points) leaving 313 to be the real gatekeeper class.

313 is where a lot of students drop the major. There are no more reserved lab class hours (so you are expected to have syntax down 100% by here). Staff for 313 changes constantly, but there’s usually at least 1 professor who is both competent and clear. This might be why there is so much desperation and cheating at this level everyone feels so invested. After this class though, it’s a dice roll though, get reviews from other students and avoid teachers who can’t teach (even if they are easy to pass)

If your going to QC picking your classes and trying to get them as early as humanly/roboticly possible is going to be key. Heck pay a senior to hold a seat for you if it comes down to it. The difference between a good professor at QC and a bad one is a huge margin. If you do get stuck with a bad professor you essentially need to self-study the course. Almost all your classes will have a free alternative on MIT edX, Coursera, or Udemy. (I avoid Udacity, because it’s not university backed, but other students swear by it.) These courses are difficult, but they are generally considered by all to be the best resource (so your not really gonna find anything better without hiring a private tutor) Speaking of tutors, QC offers tutoring up until your 300 classes, where the tutors will no longer be able to assist you (because they are likely taking the same classes, further fueling desperation)

The ultimate secret weapon to why CUNY is a great school is the ePermit. 99% of students don’t utilize this, but if you do you can avoid shitty professors and instead take some of the best professor’s CUNY has to offer. The drawback is of course commute, but it’s worth it for certain classes where at QC there are 0 good teachers available. (IMO 323 is shit at QC and you should ePermit to Brooklyn College or CUNY graduate center for a good algorithms class) Again my definition of good is clear and competent professor (has nothing to do with ease of passing) If you’re deciding between two CUNY schools, ePermit lets you get the best of both universities.

I’ll end this post with just my personal recommendation of who I consider good (clear and competent) professors and who I would suggest avoiding, but of course this is just my opinion. If I don’t list a professor most likely I never encountered them or I don’t feel strongly either way.

Good

Ryba
Waxman
Alayev
Kong (Probably the best QC has to offer)
Boklan (Have your GPA nuked in exchange for taking a class with Albert Einstein himself)
Yeh
Obrenić (She’s mean and unapproachable, but it’s an act)
Leavitt

Avoid

Brown
Phillips
Character count: 7649
Theoretical framework: Tactical knowledge system - comprehensive navigation guide with ePermit weapon, professor ratings, resource alternatives

2. Care Infrastructure

comment_itwfhhb (Baruch, Score: 43, Date: 2022-10-26)

Author: Nervous-Passion-1897
Full text: Most of these solutions offered here will not prevent you from losing your apartment or home. I currently attend Baruch full time, i am 33, I pay 1850 rent and I do not work. Those offering to get a job hourly aren’t clearly aware of what it takes to prevent eviction.

Step 1: Go to HRA and apply for the full range of benifits.

https://a069-access.nyc.gov/accesshra/

Step 2: Create an account.

Step 3: Apply for SNAP, Cash assistance, medicaid and for rental assistance also known as the one shot deal/grant.

Step 4: gather your required documents, food stamp and cash assistance are pretty straight forward. Provide identity documents, income documents (or the lack of income), your lease or a statement from your landlord verifying your residence.

Step 5: You need to get proof of rental arrears. If you have already received paper work from your property management/landlord be sure to provide these documents to the HRA.

Step 6: Over the span of 25 days, monitor your “e-notice” category around the clock, the one shot grant team will release updates here and may require more documents. Sometimes the case moves up the ladder and the new agent will want you to submit everything all over again. DO NOT SLACK, SUBMIT EVERYTHING ALL OVER AGAIN.

Step 7: You need to provide a future ability to continue paying your rent, you could provide a job offer letter, or a provide a relative that promises to pay a certain amount towards rent.

Step 7: you’ll get a payment notification like this:

https://i.ibb.co/hyDs27B/Screenshot-20221026-160548-Chrome.jpg

Step 8: The grant limit for one shot deal is I believe 7500$ and you do not have to pay it back.

Step 9: you made it yay, no more eviction.

Now that you are approved for SNAP/CA/Medicaid you can move further down.

Get free high speed internet

Apply for the affordable connectivity act:

https://www.affordableconnectivity.gov/

Your approval is usually instant if you have a Pell grant or SNAP or cash assistance.

Once you get this code head on over to:

https://www.verizon.com/home/free-verizon-internet/?cmp=KNC_H_P_COE_GAW_FiOS_99_99_BP-9120&abr=CMOGBRPLUS&c=A005126&kpid=go_cmp-15621458566_adg-132086749595_ad-628072119348_kwd-1646154501518_dev-m_ext-_prd-_sig-Cj0KCQjwteOaBhDuARIsADBqRejSsKcmB3xTJ2Zweu0ovjm17HOFEtKeHpQQbqcOTwneu-kNzwt3k3saAgMXEALw_wcB&gclid=Cj0KCQjwteOaBhDuARIsADBqRejSsKcmB3xTJ2Zweu0ovjm17HOFEtKeHpQQbqcOTwneu-kNzwt3k3saAgMXEALw_wcB

Schedule for a Verizon fios or high speed installation.

Once install is complete, call Verizon enter your affordable connectivity code and you will now have free 0$ per month high speed internet, this will allow you to stay connected for free to keep your online presence consistent to find employment.

If you are also still in school, once you reach to the bottom of this guide you can apply for an income adjustment, have your EFC reset to 0 and the Pell grants will flow in giving you the needed cash surplus boost.

I genuinely wish you the best of luck, and I hope this guide helps you get through it all. Good luck again, Godspeed.

Edit: forgot to mention, once HRA approves you, you’ll get roughly 281$ + 95$ every month for food. That’s 376$ per month to buy food. If you live near the hood, some stores let you use SNAP to buy whatever, you can pick up your bounty, bathroom essentials this way without touching your cash.

If you get approved for CA you will get a bi-weekly allowance for about 200$x2 per month. If you get approved for one shot deal, they usually lower this amount and send monthly checks to your landlord for small amounts. I get 2 checks 107.50$x2 per month sent to my landlord. So my rent is 1850 but with the assistance of these checks it brings it down to 1635 per month.

Character count: 3756
Theoretical framework: Care infrastructure - comprehensive benefits navigation guide with multi-layer support systems

comment_lefsdw7 (CUNY, Score: 6, Date: 2024-07-22)

Author: stupidquestion
Full text: * If you are not in wait list position 1, you have to wait for the person ahead of you to enroll or remove themselves from the wait list. it is really annoying to wait for the person ahead of you to check schedule builder or give a shit, but its more fair to whoever jumped on the waitlist first. if that’s the case, give it a few days but check regularly. no one behind you on the wait list / not on the wait list will have access ahead of you.
If you are in position 1 on the wait list and cannot enroll, it is reserved for some other block of students (at QC can be reserved for grad students, SEEK students, who even knows what else, plus CCNY may have their own things) and who knows when you can enroll - they may have 10 held spots or 2 held spots, schedule builder won’t show it or give a reason.

Your advisor also won’t necessarily be able to override a roster (also kind of disrespectful to have them act as intermediary, some professors have overtally / registration limits for their own reasons and the advisor will not be familiar with dept protocols UNLESS it is specifically an advisor from that department… I have heard professors bitch about this, so just a heads up) - your best shot is to email the department that oversees that particular class / professor and ask what you need to do to be added to the class. something like:

“Hello, I am interested in registering for XXX 123, section Y, at (day/time), however am currently on the wait list and cannot enroll. I wish I had been able to make my schedule sooner, as I desperately need those classes, but unfortunately could not; is there a way to be added to the class manually or be connected with the professor to ask them directly? Any help or information would be appreciated. Thank you, OP”.

They may forward it to the professor or send you the add/drop form or tell you it cannot be overtallied and you have to wait until the start of semester to see if someone drops. You can also ask the professor in person on the first day (sometimes gets more sympathy than through email). I have had to do this a few times at my own school, and sometimes asking works (especially if you are nice and not pushy) and sometimes it doesn’t due to aforementioned refusal to overtally (usually small classes / labs). Keep in mind there are a fair amount of drops a few days before classes start, so you may want to wait until then to try enrolling again - anyone you ask via email may also tell you to wait until then, or they may be totally cool with handling it now, so it’s really up to your sense of urgency.

(edit: I know you say there is an opening in the class, but I don’t know why the opening is, whether its wait list person ahead of you or reserved spot - that’s the reason I mention overtally, they may be expecting someone else in that spot and you might have to be added on top of the 30 spots. if its just a matter of being 2nd on the wait list, they may not want to jump ahead of the other person so might also consider it a potential overtally or they might be like yeah sure whatevs. also just wanted to give general info for anyone who might be in this situation!)

Character count: 3153
Theoretical framework: Care infrastructure - detailed waitlist navigation with template communication

3. Identity & Belonging

comment_m2993e6 (CUNY, Score: 224, Date: 2024-12-16)

Author: Middleburg_Gate
Full text: Anyone in NYC who looks down on CUNY should go fuck themselves. CUNY is an engine of social mobility for NYers and there’s a net benefit to NYC in investing in folks from NYC.

I’ve found that folks outside of NY will often mistake CUNY for NYU - which might work in your favor for hiring. Otherwise, they might not know much about it and treat it like any other school, unless they’re like Seinfeld fans or something.

Character count: 418
Theoretical framework: Identity & belonging - fierce institutional defense and social mobility narrative

4. Digital Communication Practices

comment_i2cshfi (Baruch, Score: 60, Date: 2022-03-27)

Author: MissingLastPiece
Full text: Something that really grinds my gears are group projects. I just hate it when members do not communicate at all during these group projects. No one’s life is so busy that they can’t respond to any inquiries about the project. Everyone’s constantly on their phones but yet they can’t respond to a message for the group project especially when the deadline’s in a few days.
Character count: 371
Theoretical framework: Digital communication paradox - constant connectivity vs selective engagement

comment_hl9l8la (Baruch, Score: 34, Date: 2021-11-19)

Author: ChesterProf
Full text: The problem with WhatsApp groups - someone will respond to the stupid question enabling them.

Someone actually asked this 4 weeks INTO the semester and shows you how clueless some students get.

Student - why did I get a zero? Professor - well you didn’t submit the assignment. Student - but I didn’t know that meant zero. Professor - what did you think would happen if you didn’t submit? Student - I don’t know. You didn’t tell me I would get a zero if I didn’t submit. Professor (after 30 seconds of being speechless) - well it’s also written in the syllabus. Student - And where is that posted?

Zoom face palms all around -
Character count: 634
Theoretical framework: Digital communication practices - platform enabling dynamics and learned helplessness

comment_lo92u7q (CUNY, Score: 95, Date: 2024-09-21)

Author: Mr-MuffinMan
Full text: there’s a thing called oversaturation.

Everyone and their mother wants to major in computer science or something in medicine and be a PA. While both are highly respected jobs and pay well, they’re getting oversaturated.

Just an anecdote, my genetics class had about 35 students and at least 20 of them were looking to be PAs. The rest were nursing, or therapy. I was the only one looking to go into something different.

Character count: 422
Theoretical framework: Community formation - collective awareness of market pressures

comment_mpjhj41 (CUNY, Score: 81, Date: 2025-04-28)

Author: [deleted]
Full text: covid has killed ppl’s social skills. everyone gives you a 1000 yard stare when you approach them, so i’ve just stopped. i only (v rarely) make acquaintances in class when we’re working together.
Character count: 195
Theoretical framework: Social capital erosion - pandemic impact on campus community formation

comment_mn6abxk (CUNY, Score: 135, Date: 2025-04-15)

Author: Middleburg_Gate
Full text: I took a few classes with the girl I ended up marrying. Her boyfriend was in the first class we took together so we never really interacted. A few semesters later they had broken up and we ended up in class together again. I wasn’t really looking for a relationship but we started hanging out and after that never really stopped. 20 years later we’re married, we have kids, a house, etc.

I’m no expert in relationships but I think it’s hard to force romantic connections with people and the best results might come from letting them form more organically.

Character count: 556
Theoretical framework: Social capital formation - organic relationship development through repeated academic interaction

Thread Examples: Iterative Problem-Solving

Thread t3_1eaougu (CUNY, 68 comments) - Schedule Optimization

Original Submission (Score: 31, Date: 2024-07-24)

Author: ihearttuv
Title: schedule
Text: is this a bad schedule?
Comments: 68

Iterative Refinement Pattern:

Initial shock (comment by sinnafrll, Score: 54): “how tf u start your day at 8:30 and end at 7:45 and still end up going 4 days a week😂”

Validation of concern (hishiakebono, Score: 39): “looking at this schedule, it scares me.”

Harsh reality check (duffyduckit, Score: 28): “Literally the worst schedule I’ve ever seen”

Constraint acknowledgment (ihearttuv, Score: 8): “i can’t change it since i’m a freshman 😭”

Support and solidarity (hishiakebono, Score: 8): “you’ll survive this semester 😭”

Institutional barriers (ihearttuv, Score: 7): “good luck cause when i went to orientation they told us in order for us to change our schedule we need a valid reason.”

This thread demonstrates the collective sense-making process where students iterate through:

Problem identification (bad schedule)
Community validation (multiple confirmations)
Constraint recognition (freshman limitations)
Emotional support (survival encouragement)
System knowledge sharing (valid reason requirement)

Thread t3_1m2blqw (Baruch, 30 comments) - Math Placement Issue

Original Submission (Score: 7, Date: 2025-07-17)

Author: Specialist-Wafer5175
Title: Hi guys, I’m an incoming CS freshman at Baruch, I have questions about the schedule
Text: Hey bearcats! I’m an incoming freshman in Computer Science, so excited!

About a month ago or so, I built a perfect schedule: I had my desired calc class I earned an AP credit for, all the required elective courses and my major-related class that would be a prereq for better classes in the future. I couldn’t register for the classes, cause I had a “registration appointment” that was yet to come. Ok, I thought, they will register us for classes during the orientation day(they did not in fact or maybe I was slow and missed something).

The day after the o-day, I checked my CUNYFIRST Schedule builder to be once again hit by the red “registration appointment” flag.

Next day(today) I checked the schedule builder, and, APPARENTLY, I’m already enrolled in a bunch of classes with exactly none of them being related to my major.

The attachment shows my current situation(all the checked classes are what I intended to do, the rest are what I somehow got enrolled in).

I’m feeling frustrated. Should I go to school asap and ask them about it, or smth, I don’t even know

Iterative Problem-Solving Comments:

System knowledge sharing (IDivineChaos, Score: 3): “No, at least not as a first semester freshman. Maybe in your second semester if you have completed the pre reqs for some CIS or physics classes. But if you don’t have any priority enrollment, you’re not getting into any CIS or higher level physics classes until your sophomore year.”

Extended explanation of constraints (IDivineChaos, Score: 3): “Yeah but you’re a first semester freshman. All first semester freshman have their schedules made for them. You CAN NOT choose your own schedule. Only starting the second semester you can. Perhaps you do meet the pre reqs for those CIS classes and physics classes but you can’t enroll in them because once again you are a first semester freshman. During your second semester freshman year, you are free to choose classes. But keep in mind, students with priority enrollment (honors, disability, athletes) get to to choose their schedules first. Then seniors get to choose their schedules, then juniors, then sophomores, and freshman last. So in your second semester, these classes will most likely already be filled up.

Btw: I’ve been admitted into the CS major (passed all the course requirements to be admitted). You don’t need CIS 2200”

AP credit navigation (Top-Compote4454, Score: 2): “Getting a 5 on Ap calc meets the requirements for calculus 2. But also you can’t pick your schedule for your first semester, you can only tell them about how your exam score and they’ll make adjustments based on that.”

Tactical knowledge (i_kei_gai, Score: 1): “If you have ap scores, make sure they are submitted and evaluated! 5 on AB gives you credit for 2610. If you did BC, and scored 4/6 A/BC, you will receive 2610 and 3010. That’s calc and 2.

Don’t assume that they can read then universe and give you credit automatically even if you submitted the scores already. It is still done manually.”

Thread Structure Pattern:

Problem presentation - Detailed frustration with system opacity
Constraint education - Community explains freshman limitations
Hierarchy mapping - Registration priority order explained
Tactical knowledge - AP credit manual processing warning
Collective refinement - Each response adds layers of system understanding

Summary

These complete text extractions reveal the sophisticated digital vernacular and collective intelligence systems operating within CUNY Reddit communities. The evidence demonstrates:

Multi-layered tactical knowledge systems requiring cross-platform coordination
Comprehensive care infrastructure guides with step-by-step bureaucratic navigation
Identity formation through institutional defense and social mobility narratives
Digital communication paradoxes around constant connectivity vs selective engagement
Iterative problem-solving threads where collective intelligence refines understanding

Each piece of evidence contains substantially more detail than summaries suggest, with complex procedural knowledge, emotional support mechanisms, and system workarounds embedded in the discourse.

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