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there is just no way to go over every data structure/algorithm in a fashion where they are useful to you in a white board situation in one semester.

from my experience, learning how to implement them from scratch is great and all, but practical use of data structure outweighs any shitty homework that requires you to memorize how its done in the book. the class (again my experience) gloats over all these things that introduces you to what is important, but then you need to spend hundreds of hours outside the class to look at a problem and know what you need to use in order to grab the best run time, minimizes time/space complexity, and their tradeoffs. I highly recommend that book and http://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-6th-Programming/dp/0984782850/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449310024&sr=8-1&keywords=cracking+the+coding+interview+6th+edition if you are looking to succeed in getting internships. Sites like hackerrank, leetcode, lintcode are all great places to practice. hop over to /r/cscareerquestions for more people in the same boat as you

if you wanna go more in depth regarding 146 at sjsu, feel free to PM me your email and we'll talk more

good luck

For whichever professor you have for Math 42, I highly recommend you get this book: https://www.amazon.com/How-Prove-Structured-Approach-2nd/dp/0521675995
It definitely saved me a ton. It’s straight to the point, and not as dry as most textbooks can be. Math 32 will be a bit more work, but in my experience just start homework early and don’t be afraid to go to professor office hours and ask questions. Even if they seem distant during class, most professors do appreciate students who make the effort to ask questions. If you need free tutoring in any of your classes, contact Peer Connections. Specifically for math, I believe MacQuarrie Hall room 221 offers drop-in tutoring for free as well! And for physics, Science building room 319 has free drop-in tutoring.

Alternatively if you are disciplined to do so, you can pay the music use fee (at the student services center) for access to the instruments and teach yourself piano.

I did this a few semesters ago. It was a great stress relief and highly enjoyable. If this is something that you might be interested in, this is the book I used, Alfred Adult All-In-One Course. There are multiple other books in this series to guide your profession. Also, /r/piano is a great community to follow for additional help and inspiration.

At that price point the [Acer Aspire VX 15](http://www.Acer.com/ Aspire VX 15 Gaming Laptop, 7th Gen Intel Core i5, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 15.6 Full HD,16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, VX5-591G-54VG https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MR82G0W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_QxvzzbAEC1YYJ) and Lenovo Legion Y520 are some of your best bets. The Dell Inspiron 7560 might also be good. I know they're gaming laptops and you might not play games but a quad core CPU and dedicated GPU are definitely helpful if you need to run any intensive programs. You should also check out r/hardwareswap if you don't mind buying used, r/buildapcsales and r/laptopdeals for sales, and r/suggestalaptop for more ideas. The Thinkpad option isn't bad neither, and there's r/thinkpad for that.

31 is much harder than 30. That being said, I found the workshops for both to be useless and got waivers for them. I found that the workshops were mostly assigned problems you had to finish before working on your homework, which is often more important to your instructor (since they select homework related to the exams). To me, they were a waste of an hour I could use for my own study plan.

You will need to practice a lot for 31. Go to your professor's office hours. If you can I recommend taking Shubin, she was an AMAZING professor. She gives a lot of effort and rewards students who work hard and improve.

Furthermore, I recommend checking out How To Become a Straight-A Student. It's a great, short read with very, very practical advice. The library has a copy. I've gotten all A's at state thanks to sharpening my self-study practices through its advice.

I would recommend a printer B/W minimum because there will be moments where you need printouts asap and going to the library/engr everyday just to print is a pain. The brother laser B/W printer is super cheap. One toner cartridge lasts me a year for $11.

Printer (Laser B/W):

Toner (Lasts me a year):

If you really need color:

You can enroll this in HP instant ink where they send you ink cartilages when you run out for $7-10/mo depending on how many pages you print. The $10/mo is like 500 pages

You may want to consider changing your browser (and or clearing your cookies) while looking for textbooks. Though its been a few months, this thread comes to mind.
Also, if you haven't already Amazon.com offers a free 6 months of student prime to students- all you need is an .edu email address. The first book you have US: A Narrative History seems to be quite cheap for either purchase or rent on Amazon.com

Writing data structures have no "real world" practicality. No job/internship process is gonna ask you to implement a hash table from scratch. They'll just ask you to solve an algorithm and you have every tool at your disposal to do it. Space/time complexity should be something you know by heart coming out of this class, and every single 146 prof aside from Taylor sucks ass at actually doing what they're supposed to be doing. Just grab CLRS and comb through it and then you'll be fine with what 146 is SUPPOSED to do: You having a better grasp on the data structures itself, when to use X in Y scenario, etc etc

If you're planning on taking 149/158A/157A/166, just ask your advisor to let you yolo it, none of that shit needs 146 anyways

Don't recommend for 160 though

I'm thinking somthing like this: http://www.amazon.com/Razor-E300-Electric-Scooter-Matte/dp/B0085HM36Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=outdoor-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1453180005&sr=1-3&keywords=electric+scooter

So if I remember correctly, SJSUpremiere uses WPA2-Enterprise to connect, in which the PS4 doesn't support. One thing you could do is use a device like the TP-LINK to connect to SJSUpremiere network, then plug the PS4 into it's Ethernet port for direct access

isnt it 23 dollars on amazon? https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Premium-Practice-Graduate-Preparation/dp/1101919698

It is automatic by the system.
Price is the new professor filling in for the one that retired recently.
When looking at class schedule, just uncheck the box that says "dropped classes"
The books I've used: Fall &
Spring

The 146 one is much harder, but in my opinion a very hard book to understand because they focus more on the mathematical side than the implementation/code side.
This is the one we used: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algorithms-3rd-Thomas-Cormen/dp/0262033844/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1450742857&sr=8-3&keywords=data+structures

Are the topics actually the same? I watched the first 2 videos and we didn't really discuessed those in my class (I'm taking Crunk).

I'm struggling with the textbook that was assiged to us and I'm looking for another resource that I could use.


This is the book we have:

Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences https://www.amazon.com/dp/1305251806/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_zwgxCb29E996J

Robert, your post speaks for itself. If you want to actually help people, then I'm not kidding about reading up on structural violence. If you aren't afraid of a civil discussion, meet with the chair of the SJSU Anthro department, buy him lunch and ask him to look at your post and explain what's wrong with it.

I don't live in the area or I would come talk to you, I'd even walk along on one of your marches to watch you upset the dirty homeless you seem so scared of.

I don't care that you never threw a punch. Congrats on meeting the very bottom criteria for not being a terrible human, you still went out and harassed homeless and made judgments about people based on their appearance.

There is so much wrong with your post, man. Please, I'm begging you, please meet with the chair of the Anthro department and also a therapist to help you work through your ideas about power and responsibility. I'm in therapy too man, I don't mean it as an insult, but I do mean to say that you need a professional to help you understand what your actions are and why they are not okay.

Please at the very least read Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault and Pathologies of Power by Paul Farmer. You are contributing to the tension between the haves and havenots in downtown SJ, and you have no right to do so. You are hurting more than helping, and you are doing so in an arrogant and uninformed way.

If you want to pretend to be doing the right thing, than at least read up on what it is that you are contributing to. Foucault will be a great resource for you.