CS 2130

Delong is the best lecturer for this course IMO. He does hardware and the foundation of CSO is hardware so he's good at explaining that. The first 1/3 of the course is the hardest, and our exam 1 was hellish compared to previous exams. They chilled out after that so our exam 2 was fair. I'll update after the final. Homeworks vary, some are extremely difficult (hw1) whereas others are pretty easy (hw 4 and hw5) and some are mid. You'll spend a lot of time outside of class doing CSO. Whether it be homework, finishing lab, or studying for exams, there's always so much to do. The course is unnecessarily difficult imo, but it's not nearly as bad as some people paint it out to be; those people are probably part of the the 80% who don't attend Delong's lectures. If you simply show up to lecture, you'll be ahead of 80% of the people in CSO! Yippee!