<p>First off congrats to everyone and I'll see you guys at admit weekend in a couple weeks =)</p>
<p>Ok so anyways....regarding hw. For a possible cs/eng. major, what is the type of hw that you get? Places like MIT give it mainly in the form of "problem sets" etc. but does stanford do the same? Or do we get mainly projects and/or research to do? Any help would be appreciated! If possible, are there teacher/class sites that post the hw assignments online and are accessible by ppl like me? I just want to see whether its like a problem set or something completely different.</p>
<p>I have no idea what it's like in engineering or CS, but math and physics both give problem sets, as far as I know. I've only been in math 50H and physics 60 series, though, so I suppose it could change in higher-level courses, though I kind of doubt it.</p>
<p>Engineering classes will give you a lot of problem sets: expect a weekly set in many classes. Projects will also be big. In CME102 (basically Ordinary Differential Equations for engineers) we had weekly problem set + a midterm + a final project (done in MATLAB). Many of the hands-on ME courses are very into projects, as are some of the EE classes. Projects also become a much bigger focus around junior year, because by then you "know enough" to be able to do something. Unfortunately you need to be able to log into the university's web servers to get access to most syllabi. Hope that helps</p>
<p>In intro CS classes your problem sets are in the form of programs. Some of the earlier assignments for 106A had a few smaller programs, whereas by the end your assignment would be like programming, say, a program that one could use to play hangman.</p>