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I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by yava2025 »

jdkaim wrote: post #7

Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith. They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to…

bro what money do you think you are holding on to? Just let it go and graduate or move onto another school. How will they "make it right". They just want you to stop messing with the reg system. Its their school not yours. For better or worse. Hell, you chose them.

Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by [deleted] »

uwthrowaway wrote: post #119
simonbw wrote: post #91

I went to UW a decade ago, and back then it was pretty common knowledge that you don't fuck with software and the class registration system. Registering for classes was really competitive and they were really strict about making sure that no one had an edge over anyone else by being able to write code. There were plenty of rumors of people being expelled for using scripts to try to get the classes they wanted right w…

UW cs student - most current cs students would still know that this would get you in trouble.

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Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by ipython »

dylan604 wrote: post #179
eru wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you think so?

Because even if you "win", you now have all of those lovely legal bills that the lawyer sends you. If you loose, you now have all of those lovely legal bills that the lawyer sends you. So the lawyer wins either way.

All campuses have student legal aid offices. I engaged one once myself when I was in university. Even though the complaint is against the University itself, in this case, attorneys are still subject to strict ethical rules and so you can at the very least get an honest read on the situation at a very low or no cost to you. (if they clearly demonstrate a conflict of interest, then you'll have an easy pro-bono case from a real lawyer against the University now for two things)

I would take a look at your Student Legal Aid office and get an appointment. Usually consultations are free.

Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by hirvi74 »

MrLeap wrote: post #166
jdkaim wrote: post #7

Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith. They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to…

You've encountered a psychopath in the wild. "You did such a good job we want to show our appreciation by _stealing your work and threatening your future to do it while compensating you nothing_." It's so egregious. If you do a gofundme for legal support where would you post it? So we can follow you there.

Sounds like UW does not follow its own Honor Code.

Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by brewdad »

jimt1234 wrote: post #117
jdkaim wrote: post #7

Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith. They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to…

Do you need an account to register for classes? Can't you just register in-person like I did back when we roamed the earth with dinosaurs?

At UW? No. You must log in at exactly 6am (preferably 5:58) on your registration day. Have your planned schedule in hand with all class codes and multiple backups. Assuming the system doesn't crash repeatedly, all of the required and/or popular classes will be full by 6:05.

Rinse. Repeat for the entire 2 weeks of registration.

Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by buildbot »

uwthrowaway wrote: post #122
loeg wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I benefited from a UW CSE spot trade in like 2010 and didn't get in trouble for it at the time.

Yeah, a small amount of "organic" mischief isn't bad IMO, but it's problematic on a larger scale.

Yeah I agree, not ideal given how limited capacity is in some classes.

Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by hirvi74 »

simonbw wrote: post #91

I went to UW a decade ago, and back then it was pretty common knowledge that you don't fuck with software and the class registration system. Registering for classes was really competitive and they were really strict about making sure that no one had an edge over anyone else by being able to write code. There were plenty of rumors of people being expelled for using scripts to try to get the classes they wanted right w…

> they were really strict about making sure that no one had an edge over anyone else by being able to write code.

Or you know, they could have just improved their registration system so this wouldn't be an issue... But hey, I'm sure UW raises their tuition every year for good reasons and the money is well spent.

Re: I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled

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Post by croemer »

jdkaim wrote: post #7

Update: I immediately took down my class project site after receiving yesterday’s ultimatum. I still don’t think the simple demo site violated the letter or spirit of the registration rules, but I took it down because I always want to operate in good faith. They followed up today to thank me for doing it, but also indicated that they were putting a hold on my account anyway. As a result, I am not going to be able to…

One half of me is sympathetic with you, the other wonders whether you're trying to get attention for a job (this is how the end of your LinkedIn post makes it sound).

It's hard to judge from the outside as you haven't shared the actual writing from UW.

I would probably cut this from the end of the LinkedIn post, this makes you look like you're possibly trying to blow this out of proportion for attention:

> I'm scheduled to graduate in a few months and am eager to move on to projects that don't need to be cleared with the UW Registrar. If you know of anyone looking for a full-time software engineer with a knack for getting the attention of senior leadership, please send them my way! I can start full-time in June

Your LinkedIn profile states you graduated high school mid 2023 and started at UW mid-late 2023. How can you graduate in a few months already? That would mean you'd just take 2 years instead of the normal 4?

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