Met a guy from Stanford and was really dissapointed at his level, exceptional case or overrated ?

Mind you I am european and don't really care about US universities but I do share the common believe that some of them are the best in the worlds and should logically receive and train the best students in the world right ?

The thing is during my last internship I had to pass on my project to the new intern which was at the end of his second year of bachelor degree in CS at Stanford.

Obviously I thought that the guy would be a total beast but I really quickly noticed that he didnt know anything practical about our job, I come from an unknown mid university in Europe and here I was explaining to the guy from Stanford basic computer system architecture and programming habits that we learn in first year. And also he wasnt learning fast at all. Tried to ask him nicely why don't he have knowledge of these basic subjects and he muttered something explaining that at his school they dont have a lot of technical classes during the first two years ?

I mean it's the only person from there that I ever met so it may just be an exceptional case but in my mind people that attend these top schools were all basically geniuses,

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 10 hours ago

Home University delivering diploma in january CSCSE problem

I have the pre admittance letter from Tsinghua aswell as the JW201 form but to get the official admission and be able to apply for my X1 visa I need to verify my diploma with the CSCSE and send it to Tsinghua, problem is In july I will get an attestation of sucess with is valid to continue my studies in my country (France) but it is NOT a real diploma. The real diploma will only be released in January.

I called the CSCSE and basically they don't know if the attestation will work since they ask for the full official diploma, anyone else in this situation or anyone that know what I can do?

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 1 month ago

Hom much time left for the star atlas ?

5 meep away from completing it, the battle pass ends in 7 days, does the star atlas also ends with the battle pass or will it stays the same until the end of the season ? (if so any idea on when does the season end??)

thank you!

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 1 month ago

A quel point Grenoble est elle internationale ?

Bonjour! J'ai été admis a l'ENSIMAG en formation ingénieur. Pour moi le coté international d'un environnement est très important pour que je soit épanoui, je parle anglais et chinois mandarin a un niveau C1 certifié et j'apprends le Japonais. J'ai passé l'année dernière a Paris pour mes études et j'ai justement beaucoup apprécié le coté international de la ville (surtout le nombre de chinois avec qui parler ahah)

Bien sur je ne m'attend pas a ce que Grenoble soit aussi internationale mais j’aimerais quand même vous demander des informations la dessus étant donné que je n'y suis encore jamais allé ? Surtout sur le nombre de chinois et d'internationaux en général.

Merci de votre aide!

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 2 months ago
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Admitted to Tsinghua University with full scholarship as an International student, worth it ?

Computer Science master student from France, C1 English C1 Chinese (self learned), I can also go to Universities in my country but theyre ranking is not that high (around QS 300ish)

Worried that Tsinghua might not really be worth for international students.

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 2 months ago

Career guidance, good University in home country or internationally recognised university in China ?

Hello! I am currently a third year computer science student primarly experienced in AI and Data at a pretty mid University in France, I speak Chinese at an around C1 level 9been learning for 3-4 years) and i've just received admission from a few Universities in France that are among the best in the country but not really known internationally, (around QS top 300 if it means anything), on the other end I also have been admitted at Tsinghua University with a full scholarship which is arguably the best University in China.

The problem is that I have heard that Universities in China are really not that prestigious for international students as it's way easier to get into, also I am wondering if the degree will be worth much in other countries because I don't really want to be forced to work in China all my life. My goal is to work in international companies or in the US and I don't really mind which country as long as it's interesting. If I stayed in France I have the opportunity to study my master will doing an apprenticeship which will give me roughly one year of work experience as an AI Engineer.

But going to China would also be the opportunity for me to become fully trinlingual by improving my Chinese, is there work opportunities for profile like me that speak French English and Chinese ?

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 2 months ago

Theoritically speaking if I didn't know any tactics, just the basic of opening and didnt take initiative much except some one or two movers move but never blundered a piece fork pin... and always find it when my opponents make this kind of mistake, what elo would I be ?

In other words at which elo do you think it's not just about making less mistake than your opponents and more about playing tactically

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u/Magnificent_Mat — 2 months ago