Javohir Aliev

I am done with my third semester, the most challenging semester I had so far with 18 credits. Generally, I did my best in terms of learning concepts and managing my time, but I will need to push harder if I want to be at the top of the class. Here is my review of the classes I took this semester:

EE202 - Signals and Systems
Loved the Professor and TAs. Exams required no memorization. Results for homework and exams were released very quickly. Content-wise, we learned about various types of transforms used in engineering and the properties of signals and systems.
The best course of this semester for sure.

CS101 - Introduction to Programming
This was probably the most academically rewarding class I took. I couldn't wait until the new homework was released and felt so satisfied after spending hours on a task and finding a solution. We learned Python and created many games. (I will share those too).

We worked with a robot called Hubo and covered topics related to animations, loops, conditionals, sequences, photo and text processing, objects, etc.

MAS109 - Introduction to Linear Algebra
I didn't do too bad or too good. Made a lot of silly mistakes in the midterm but did well in the final exam and quizzes. The book itself and its contents were quite easy, but exams and quizzes were more challenging. We learned about Determinants, Matrices, Dimensions, Linear Transformations, and Diagonalization.

EE204 - Electromagnetics 1
Basically, Calculus 2 + Physics 2 = Electromagnetics 1
Loved this course too. Loved the Professor. Again, no memorization. Formulas were included in the exams. Pure knowledge and pure skill. Everything was almost picture-perfect. The only thing that could be improved is they could release the exam and homework results more quickly (maybe the problem was with the number of students).
Although I learned a lot in this course, the exams were a little difficult and required more practice than just the book problems (for me personally). Though not being at the top of the class I did all I could possibly do and I am ready to do better in the upcoming semesters.

EE211 - Introduction to Physical Electronics
This was a very conceptual class, related to semiconductors. I would have named this course Introduction to Semiconductor Physics. Taking into account that this was the most difficult class for this semester, I think I did quite well. Nothing much to talk about.

HSS273 - English Short Stories
Wrote essays, and did presentations (mostly on feminism and racism). A very good humanities course.

This semester I took Introduction to Programming, we learnt Python. I liked this course a lot, it was nothing like any other programming course I have taken before. I especially liked the fact that we didn't just learn the syntax of Python, but practiced thinking and knowledge of programming.

Though for people who have never done programming before, it seemed like it was difficult. And it was for me.

We had homework and labs every week. And I am going to share what I have done so far. It was very interesting.

@showroomavenue

I was into cars since my childhood. When I am bored, I just like looking through the pictures of the cars they post on this channel.

This one has been my favorite by far.

One of my teachers has started a project, definitely check it out.

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