Dougy Mak's Blog

After transferring to a 4 year college from a City College, wow, what a drastic change. Pace is so different, but more importantly, the Computer Science department cares about its students. I just felt so welcomed during the transfer orientation. When I met our CS advisor, I never would have expected her o hand me a sheet of paper with the classes I need to take. She also showed us the shortest and quickest roads for us to graduate by telling us what classes can be double counted and various other little things. There’s also a mentor program here where we have to meet with a CS mentor 4-5 times a semester to discuss our progress in our classes and to provide support and help for us for whatever what need help with. Coming from a place where I had to plan all my classes myself and where the Computer Science department was nothing more than a place where professors took their breaks, this was a huge change. They practically held my hand and gave me everything that I could want; they really exceeded my expectations. Loving SJSU so far.