Hacker News with Generative AI: College

College students in court case stemming from 'Catch a Predator' fad on TikTok (apnews.com)
Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through the Tinder dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok (AP Video: Robert Bukaty)

Social Media, Law, Crime, College

4 points by petethomas 23 hours ago | 1 comments

College students charged in 'catch a predator' assault as seen on social media (apnews.com)
Six Massachusetts college students are facing charges after police say they assaulted a man who had been tricked through a dating app into visiting campus as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on social media.

Crime, Social Media, College, Law Enforcement

9 points by JumpCrisscross 6 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: Nineteen Year Old Seeking Career Advice (ycombinator.com)
Hi everyone. I'm a second year in college and I'm really struggling with having a career vision for myself.

Career Advice, College, Personal Development

11 points by judiciously 41 days ago | 17 comments

How to Study Mathematics (2017) (math.uh.edu)
This essay describes a number of strategies for studying college level mathematics.

Mathematics, Education, College

264 points by ayoisaiah 47 days ago | 103 comments

Things I wish I knew the day I started Berklee (2008) (sive.rs)
This is a talk I gave to incoming first-year students at Berklee College of Music today: September 5, 2008.

Music Education, College

35 points by tosh 49 days ago | 19 comments

Accidentally writing a SAT solver (danielh.cc)
In my freshman year of college, I found myself staring at the screen looking over this for the first time:

Programming, SAT Solvers, Algorithms, Computer Science, College

133 points by max__dev 51 days ago | 38 comments

There's a Very Good Reason College Students Don't Read Anymore (nytimes.com)
Nationwide, college professors report steep declines in students’ willingness and ability to read on their own.

Education, Reading, College

8 points by bookofjoe 84 days ago | 5 comments

The Elite College Students Who Can't Read Books (theatlantic.com)
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

Education, College, Reading, Literacy

55 points by BerislavLopac 109 days ago | 45 comments

Berkeley Tech Clubs Are Broken. Can They Be Fixed? (dominicdb.substack.com)
Over the last week, this email (or one very similar) has been sent out thousands of times. A large portion of Berkeley’s computer and data science majors will - or already have - written essays, attended coffee chats, gone to infosessions, participated in interviews, and completed technical projects in an effort to gain entrance to the 20-ish tech clubs on campus. Most of them - depends on the club, but between 80 and 98% - will fail.

Education, College, Computer Science

4 points by paulpauper 127 days ago | 1 comments

Personable Ballmer Leads College Extracurriculars, Microsoft (2002) (thecrimson.com)
Personable Ballmer Leads College Extracurriculars, Microsoft

Microsoft, College, Leadership, Technology, Business

4 points by divbzero 130 days ago | 0 comments

College Grades Have Become a Charade. It's Time to Abolish Them. (wsj.com)

Education, College, Higher Education

36 points by bookofjoe 132 days ago | 55 comments

An Infantilizing Double Standard for American College Students (nytimes.com)

Education, Social Issues, United States, College

5 points by gk1 137 days ago | 0 comments

Stephen Wolfram: Do Not Study Computer Science, College, and Elon Musk (youtube.com)