im not sure why i have my probability homework in this file LMAOOOOO. also just realized this was my general TA app, not the intro series one so will update accordingly
I would like to be a teaching assistant because I have found that my true passion lies in teaching, and computer science access and education. My future plans include pursuing professorship in computer science.
Before transferring to UW CSE, I worked as a tutor at Bellevue College and also through my own nonprofit tutoring foundation, where I led 23 other college students to tutor people all over the world in countries such as Gambia, Morocco, Egypt, Laos, & many more. While taking CSE 311, CSE 351, and currently CSE 312, CSE 331, I find myself regularly explaining complex concepts to students of many different background. I spent countless hours explaining the theory behind each homework assignment, each lab, and concepts of low level programming rather than just giving away answers to my fellow students.
I also truly have enjoyed all of the computer science material I have learned and have realized that teaching the subject makes me understand it much better. It makes me appreciate the knowledge that I have learned and enables me to gain new perspectives of approaching problems. I believe that a good teacher or tutor can change your life and your entire outlook on a certain discipline and I believe that I am a person that can foster this spark for learning, in students.
I have also been a student mentor for the cse software engineering career club, where I have used my internship experiences to help guide and teach other cse students and students from various other majors.
Overall, I enjoy seeing people grow and go from barely knowing a concept to fully understanding it. In this aspect, I feel that I am similar to many underrepresented students, having come from an untraditional computer science background. I believe that my background helps students feel understood, not judged, and gives students hope that they can achieve more! Given the chance, I am positive that I can make an impact on students education and life. Thanks for your consideration.
I would like to be a TA as I love teaching and helping people understand concepts. Teaching others not only benefits them, but I also find I learn something each time, big or small. Throughout my time taking CSE courses, I practically acted as an unofficial undergraduate TA for CSE 142 all the way through CSE 351. I performed quite well in both of these classes despite also working a full time job alongside school, and have a great understanding and interest to dig deeper into these concepts and spread computer science education. I love helping my peers and classmates grasp difficult concepts and collaborating with students to achieve solutions. During my time in CSE 351, I would host my own (unofficial) office hours for about 5-10 peers, as my ability to break down concepts simply was very helpful for them. I helped with explaining the theory behind each lab and concepts of low level programming rather than just giving away answers. My experience in 311 was similar as I enjoyed explaining the theory. I have 4 years of tutoring/teaching experience. I founded my nonprofit tutoring in August 2020, and since then have tutored and taught self planned STEM courses to 217 students from K - Undergraduate Level. Most of my tutoring/teaching interest lies in Computer Science and Mathematics. All of the students I have worked with have gone on to really succeed in their classes and find their true passion for the material. The classes were no longer something they had to do, but instead something they yearned to complete and deeply understand. Also during my time at Bellevue College, I acted as a tutor for the entire calculus series, physics courses, chemistry courses, and computer science courses.
Let X be the number of packets which get through. X is the sum of n i.i.d indicator RVs such that $X_i$ ∼ $Ber(0.4)$ Since X is the sum of RVs with μ = 0.4 and σ2 = 0.4·0.6 = 0.21, X ≈ N ∼ N (0.4n, 0.24n).Then, we want to find a value of n such that P(N < 127.5) ≤ 0.01 (since the complement of that is at least 128 packets getting through, and using continuity correction by subtracting 0.5).
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apply the CLT to standardize this - given the unit normal $Z = (N -μ ) /σ$.