<p>hi!</p>
<p>could you tell me how many units you have completed so far (indicate year plz) and how many you expect to complete upon graduation. thanks.</p>
<p>I think I have done around 104 - I'm in the class of 2010. I haven't planned on completing a specific number of units before graduation - you need 360 to graduate (at least from hss anyway). I guess I'll probably have around 400 units when I graduate - but I am thinking of double majoring and/or going for an accelerated grad program (extra year) so that could increase.</p>
<p>I'm class of 2009, and I have 289 units (came in with 80ish units through AP). I'll probably take an average of 45-50 units for the next 4 semesters, so I guess I'll graduate with around 480. Getting enough units to graduate isn't hard at all; 360 gives you an average of 45/semester, which is lower than what most CS majors ever take, except possibly the semester when they take OS. Minimum units for fulltime status is 36.</p>
<p>I think it should also be mentioned that CMU counts units a bit differently than other schools (most of my friends at other colleges avg. 15-17 units....).</p>
<p>Units are supposed to indicate how many hours a week you will spend on said course. But... I think they lie (for instance... Concept Mathematics is only 9 units. I think most would say they spend a lot more time than that on it)</p>
<p>I think if you divide by 3, that's about how many units cmu courses would equal at other universities.</p>
<p>But many people also spend less than 9 hours a week on cognitive psychology and interp. It usually balances out; a normal course is 9 or 12 units; calculus is 10, for instance.</p>
<p>Dividing by 3 is the best way to convert units -> credit hours.</p>
<p>I'm '11 and i'll be coming in with somewhere between 47 and 85</p>
<p>I am at CMU for pre-college, and asked Mark Stehlik about the OS thing. He said it was primarily because students tend to procrastinate. Could anyone verify this claim. (but there is also a factor that OS is the kind of thing where great isn't good enough)</p>
<p>Procrastination is a problem with OS (or any class)- I know someone who didn't do anything for the first 2 or 3 weeks of the class and spent the whole semester behind on everything they were supposed to do. I also know people who had problems because they had poor communication with their partners. That said, it's still a remarkably time consuming class- it seems as though most people I know were spending at least 3 hrs/day a day, 5 days a week coding outside of class, and there's more to the class than just writing code.</p>
<p>I heard that someone in SCS finished the OS project in 5 days, could anyone justify this claim? thanks</p>
<p>Yes, there is a guy who says he thought about his project for a week or two, then coded it in 3 or 4 days, and I don't think it's completely impossible - he's a very strong and talented student. Keep in mind though - that's one person out of the 500+ current undergrads at CMU - most people work hard throughout the semester and don't do as well as he did in the class.</p>