Frank Swenton

The entire course is only graded on the exams, but there is a huge curve as the exams vary in difficulty. A lot of comsci majors haven’t taken sit down closed note tests since coming to midd, but honestly if you know how to take a test you are completely fine, you just have to do the work and study before hand. He is super helpful during office hours and the exam questions are very fair. Just do the work and it’s not that bad

The entire course is only graded on the exams, but there is a huge curve as the exams vary in difficulty. A lot of comsci majors haven’t taken sit down closed note tests since coming to midd, but honestly if you know how to take a test you are completely fine, you just have to do the work and study before hand. He is super helpful du …Read more

Abstract course, feels like an elaborate thought experiment, but if you invest enough attention it can become interesting on a conceptual level. None of the content is difficult, but you just have to be able to visualize it. Homework is optional but recommended to understand what is happening during the lectures.

I began to think of this class as an optional lecture series instead of a class. Frank was very accommodating and reached out to us at the beginning of each week to gauge what we wanted to cover more in class, then shaped his lectures around it. The class was pretty project based - he would introduce a few topics then we would have a relevant project. Often, we would do live coding in class to begin the project, and he would give us pointers of where to go from there. He often pushed deadlines later if we requested

I began to think of this class as an optional lecture series instead of a class. Frank was very accommodating and reached out to us at the beginning of each week to gauge what we wanted to cover more in class, then shaped his lectures around it. The class was pretty project based - he would introduce a few topics then we would have a …Read more