How to succeed in CSCE 221?
I’m currently enrolled in CSCE221 with Professor Leyk, looking for advice on how to succeed in the course (if I retake it) or how to study for the final exam.
For context, I haven’t been able to get above a C on the past two exams and I’ll have to get a ~66 on the final to earn a B. For reference, I’m taking this course for a computer science minor and have gotten As in 120 and 206. I do not have programming experience in high school but in my last two CS courses I did not struggle as much as this one.
For those of y’all who have already taken the course (especially w Dr. Leyk) and have done well. About how much time did you spend a week studying the material, and how did you study? I studied for the last exams using Anki flashcards for each of the quizzes, watching the TA review video and taking notes, revising my lecture notes, and doing LeetCode for each data structure that would be on the exam. Yet I still failed the second exam badly.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.