Faculty of Computer Science News

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What surprised me about Halifax: "I'm from the south part of China, which is fairly warm. So, the winter in Halifax is completely different." • • My advice to first year international students: "Be careful about the courses you pick. If you are not confident with your English skills, do not pick a course which values highly on writing essays. Practice your English more. Talking to my non-Chinese friends helps a lot, and I promise they won't laugh at you for your accent or any grammar mistakes!" • • - Yaxin Cheng, 4th year Bachelor of Computer Science student.

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My advice to first year students: "Concentrate on your academics vividly by getting to know your professor, ask them lots of questions, and attend your labs (because completing homework with the help of TA’s is much better than relying on stack overflow and spending nights figuring it out). • • Get involved in societies that interest you even if you're just a volunteer at the beginning. It’s the best way to get to know lots of people, share your thoughts, contribute towards the Dalhousie community and explore the university life apart from your studies!! And you get to keep score on your co–curricular record." • • - Rasleen Kaur-Gandhi, 3rd year Bachelor of Computer Science student.

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My advice to first year students: "Make sure you have something to do outside of the University to help forget about work a little. Most of the ideas and solutions for the problems I face in Grad school come to my head when I am practicing sports. • • Most of my undergraduate courses were in applied areas which is great in my opinion. I even designed, as part of a group project that lasted two terms, my own processor in silicon! Another great aspect was that I started doing research as early as my second term and never stopped." • • - Juliano Franz, PhD student

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What's it like being from another province? • • I think initially being from another province felt like an adventure. In high school I remember thinking that its really cool that I would take an airplane to get from home to school. Once I got to Dal I realized what being from another province would come with a lot of responsibility. There is so many little things you have to do on your own when you are living that far away from home and this causes a lot of personal growth. Being from far away also helps you bond with the people around you more. Majority of my friends are out of province students and we got to spend every weekend adventuring around Halifax and Nova Scotia rather then worrying about going home for things. What I always tell my friends back home is that when you aren’t from Dal your friends become your family. • • Knowing what I know now... • • My advice for first year students would be to not isolate yourself to just what’s happening in the computer science faculty. There is a lot of amazing things happening around Dal and great people to meet. Before coming to Dal I knew no one here. During first year I embraced a lot of what was happening around Dal and met so many different kinds of people. My main group of friends now is actually people from 5 different faculties and I couldn’t be happier. • • - Amy Steels, 3rd year Computer Science student

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How has my perception of Halifax changed after becoming a student at Dal? • • I grew up in Halifax, so I didn’t expect my perspective to shift by going to school in my hometown. It turns out that going to school in a city is not the same as growing up there. You meet all these interesting people that you want to spend time with, so you start looking for ways to spend time with them. Being a student at Dal has helped me realize how much we have to do, how many restaurants we have and just how beautiful Halifax is as a city. • • What advice would I give a 1st year undergraduate student? • • Learn how to help yourself. Early on in my degree if I ran into a problem, I was very quick to ask someone else for help. Since then I’ve learned how many resources there are out there that can help me help myself. It’s not a bad thing to seek help from others but being able to solve a problem without physically consulting someone else is extremely rewarding and a valuable skill. • • - Nathan Robertson, 4th year Computer Science student

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