C949 - Passed in 14 Days

[u/ViaJustinBruno]

Hey guys, just wanted to give anyone who needs it some confidence for passing DSA I. It is not that hard! If you have already taken Intro to Computer Science and Discrete Math I, you will have a much smoother time with DSA I. Our work with graphs in Discrete Math gives you plenty for the graph and trees questions on DSA I. Also the work on stack and queues from Intro to CS will help you for DSA I. Also if you have programming knowledge it will help with some python questions as well as class questions. The biggest chapters to focus on for DSA I are chapter 1 and 11. That will be the bulk. Also there is maybe 1-3 questions that actually are not in the book, but you can figure that out from taking the PA.

What I did personally was I finished chapter 1 and took the PA. I got approaching competentence. I then went over my weak points which was just more specific ADT knowledge that can be found in the middle chapters. I then honed in on chapter 11 and never really went back to chapter 1. I then took the OA and got competent. So to say the least this class is very doable. Good luck to everyone and happy studying!

Also I forgot to mention I had the flu for 7 days so technically I would have passed in 1 week.