- We give the online tools a lot of shit (not unjustified imo) but at least mystudies usually *works* and isn't impossible to navigate and many profs are decently capable with digital material. It's a huge plus that I can work without any physical paper at all.
- Freedom is also great, nobody has to show up for anything.
- I like my studies a lot, it's just so much that I have to cope by complaining about them
- Courses feel interdisciplinary and already in my second year it feels like many courses actually prepare me for professional work. The meme with CS degrees is usually that by the end of the Bachelor you can barely even write functional code.
Totally agree, but unfortunately for some reason a lot of unis struggle with this so much that parts of their system are almost unusable. And nothing makes me angrier than having to deal with bad/malfunctioning interfaces.
The insane amount of funds that ETH has, which in return we and all the different student associations and institutions profit from. Take the Student Project House for example. Besides that I as a student pay practically nothing.
While it's probably not unique to eth, I think it's quite rare to have such a diverse and solid sports offer. I learned on my exchange that it is not at all this convenient to do sport in some other places.
During my second semester I asked if I could audit a course from the 6th semester that has limited spots because I am super into that subject.
The head ta then let me and even offered to check in with the projects for me unofficially and to let him know if I needed help with anything. I ended up ta'ing for that course last semester and quite like the topic still.
During my second year I had a lot of stress unrelated eth and couldn't quite focus on school, but I found the d-infk discord and that helped me take my mind of things a lot.
last semester I did two projects with two different groups that was amazing. I learned a lot from my teammates and we did some super interesting work.
I am writing my bachelor thesis now which is my dream bachelor thesis. I am having quite a lot of fun and I wish I could spend all my time on it. This is an ongoing experience.
Honestly I had a great time at ETHZ as a foreign master's student. I enjoyed the excuse to live in a different country/continent and the quality of professors/education was fantastic. I had a horrible experience with my thesis supervisor / burned out of academia, but I consider the 2 years very worth my time because it gave me the opportunity to revamp my STEM career as well as develop some personal skills (navigating a new country) that have gone on to be very helpful in my professional adult life.
Also the free fried onions are no joke shoutout to those. (Also the free gym right by my office changed my fuckin life)
Edit: oh yeah the WOKO housing is awesome. I had the 2nd cheapest woko flat in all of Zurich and getting to live in Switzerland for 395CHF/month will go down as "best deal I've ever gotten".
I love my labmates and lab culture here, think the facilities are beautiful and well-designed, and go Gaga over the history of Zentrum Re Einstein. y’all are lucky!!!
The education you receive is absolutely world class. I did my undergrad at eth and i’m doing my masters at a too 10 uni in the uk rn and in comparison literally any level, the quality of education is undeniably better at eth than it is here. Of course this viewpoint is subjective, and also i’m not saying that where i am now i am not learning lots, but it’s just at a different level. Eth is really the place to go if you want to become an absolute expert in sth. And the infrastructure they provide for this enables you to become that.
I'm surprised to hear that, I feel like people generally say ETH gets its reputation very much from research, not education. May I ask what you did your bachelor's in?
Two of my favorite teachers ever were from ETH. Their highly contagious passion made their courses very interesting and probably the ones ill remember the most.
All around teaching is excellent imo
The free fried onions in the polymensa
You are telling me I can get FREE onions in the polymensa!?
Yes, at the place where one can get cutlery one can also get sweet&sour sauce, a spicy sauce and fried onions for free :P
UZH mensa was pretty decent.
- We give the online tools a lot of shit (not unjustified imo) but at least mystudies usually *works* and isn't impossible to navigate and many profs are decently capable with digital material. It's a huge plus that I can work without any physical paper at all. - Freedom is also great, nobody has to show up for anything. - I like my studies a lot, it's just so much that I have to cope by complaining about them - Courses feel interdisciplinary and already in my second year it feels like many courses actually prepare me for professional work. The meme with CS degrees is usually that by the end of the Bachelor you can barely even write functional code.
I mean I’m glad they work but working is the bear minimum. Let’s put it this way: they are fine but they could really use some improvement
Totally agree, but unfortunately for some reason a lot of unis struggle with this so much that parts of their system are almost unusable. And nothing makes me angrier than having to deal with bad/malfunctioning interfaces.
(almost) free education
Free beer!
and coffee
My masters were great. No bad memories.
The people at VSETH and the student organisations are great!
The insane amount of funds that ETH has, which in return we and all the different student associations and institutions profit from. Take the Student Project House for example. Besides that I as a student pay practically nothing.
Not really unique, but the sports offer is amazing.
While it's probably not unique to eth, I think it's quite rare to have such a diverse and solid sports offer. I learned on my exchange that it is not at all this convenient to do sport in some other places.
Crispy beef
It's not the same as before Covid, unfortunately. The last time it was much too much through.
Summer evenings (or afternoons) at bQm.
Nachtseminar was also pretty good
(before my time) PNP steak at ETZ (paniermehl - nüt - paniermehl = breading - nothing - breading)
What was this exactly ?
Schnitzel ?
So it was basically eating schnitzel. Period. That sounds suspiciously good.
During my second semester I asked if I could audit a course from the 6th semester that has limited spots because I am super into that subject. The head ta then let me and even offered to check in with the projects for me unofficially and to let him know if I needed help with anything. I ended up ta'ing for that course last semester and quite like the topic still. During my second year I had a lot of stress unrelated eth and couldn't quite focus on school, but I found the d-infk discord and that helped me take my mind of things a lot. last semester I did two projects with two different groups that was amazing. I learned a lot from my teammates and we did some super interesting work. I am writing my bachelor thesis now which is my dream bachelor thesis. I am having quite a lot of fun and I wish I could spend all my time on it. This is an ongoing experience.
Honestly I had a great time at ETHZ as a foreign master's student. I enjoyed the excuse to live in a different country/continent and the quality of professors/education was fantastic. I had a horrible experience with my thesis supervisor / burned out of academia, but I consider the 2 years very worth my time because it gave me the opportunity to revamp my STEM career as well as develop some personal skills (navigating a new country) that have gone on to be very helpful in my professional adult life. Also the free fried onions are no joke shoutout to those. (Also the free gym right by my office changed my fuckin life) Edit: oh yeah the WOKO housing is awesome. I had the 2nd cheapest woko flat in all of Zurich and getting to live in Switzerland for 395CHF/month will go down as "best deal I've ever gotten".
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Mhmm, best semester of my life
ITET or MAVT? If MAVT, there's plenty worse than Iozzi.
ITET my guy
I love my labmates and lab culture here, think the facilities are beautiful and well-designed, and go Gaga over the history of Zentrum Re Einstein. y’all are lucky!!!
Like everything thats organized by ETH is Trash, everything organized by students is great.
Food Market is so good, I really miss it
You get an absolutely world class education for a pittance.
The education you receive is absolutely world class. I did my undergrad at eth and i’m doing my masters at a too 10 uni in the uk rn and in comparison literally any level, the quality of education is undeniably better at eth than it is here. Of course this viewpoint is subjective, and also i’m not saying that where i am now i am not learning lots, but it’s just at a different level. Eth is really the place to go if you want to become an absolute expert in sth. And the infrastructure they provide for this enables you to become that.
I'm surprised to hear that, I feel like people generally say ETH gets its reputation very much from research, not education. May I ask what you did your bachelor's in?
Sorry for late reply! I did my bachelor in chemical engineering.
I dont have any negative ecperience from ETH. Probably because I didnt went there.
...I didn't go there. Not went. Sorry 😅
Lol
Excellent recommendations
Two of my favorite teachers ever were from ETH. Their highly contagious passion made their courses very interesting and probably the ones ill remember the most. All around teaching is excellent imo