How to Get into ESL 118 & ESLAT Preparation Guide

I’ve been busy since the semester started and haven’t written anything in a while. Maybe I overworked myself this week, because when the weekend arrived, I felt completely drained. I spent an entire day doing nothing, and even now, I don’t feel like tackling anything on my to-do list. So, to distract myself, I decided to do something unplanned—like writing a blog post. This post will summarize my experience preparing for the ESLAT and offer some advice that might help future students place into ESL 118, sparing them from several semesters of struggling with English writing (perhaps even finding a shortcut). ...

February 23, 2025

My 2024 Fall Course Selection and Reviews

Introduction This blog post is inspired by David Teather’s blog and serves as a record of my course summaries and evaluations during my studies at UW-Madison. The courses will be categorized into CS / Math / GeneralEd. Since I am a transfer student, courses in Basic Calculus and some Basic Computer Science topics were not taken at UW-Madison and therefore will not be included here. Computer Science Basic Computer Sciences COMPSCI 400 Programming III Taught in Fall 2024 by Professors Gary Dahl and Florian Heimerl, I attended Professor Gary Dahl’s section. ...

January 26, 2025

My UW-Madison Course Selection and Reviews

Introduction This blog post is inspired by David Teather’s blog and serves as a record of my course summaries and evaluations during my studies at UW-Madison. The courses will be categorized into CS / Math / GeneralEd. For a more detailed introduction to the learning content and assessment criteria of each course, please click on the relevant links in the course sections. Since I am a transfer student, courses in Basic Calculus and some Basic Computer Science topics were not taken at UW-Madison and therefore will not be included here. ...

January 26, 2025