My Ivy League Computer Science Degree in 11 Minutes

In today’s video, I finally get the chance to walk through my entire Yale Computer Science Degree from Freshman year to my senior thesis, including all of the CS struggles and cool software engineering internships I got to experience along the way!
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I’m 22 years old and a recent graduate from Yale University where I studied Computer Science. I’m an amateur filmmaker, aspiring magician, and avid student. This is my life.
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[@JoshBeasley]

I apologize for the mic quality, my Rode mic decided to break right before I filmed this 😭 watch this vid so I can buy a new one lololl

[@AganChoudhary]

i think you should pin this comment

[@zigguratdemetrius5984]

Just wanted to say that I was just admitted to my dream school (Brown). Josh, your videos inspired me for years in high school to push myself academically. Thank you so much and good luck!

[@PuneetkBajaj]

Congratulations dude

[@JoshBeasley]

CONGRATS!!!

[@drunkdonutboy]

Wanted to go to brown myself congratulations

[@getmeto100withnovidz8]

Congrats

[@user-xw3rr6mg3d]

​@@JoshBeasleyHello. Please help with your advice. I am interested in programming, I love technology, Linux. And now my father says that they can help me get a degree in Computer Science. But some say that this education is useless. I remember your video in which you said that CS it's a good education but it's been a while since that time. Please tell me what you think about it now. thank you

[@litovillar6027]

OMG! I watched one of your video 5 years ago!!! AP calculus and stuff you discussed. Time flies by wow! Congratulations 👏

[@neelsharma6847]

I swearrr you were just posting your AP/high school tips videos and now you have graduated college... time really does fly omg

[@valentinaguo2034]

Hey Josh, I watched your video last year and decided to take Games with Glenn; it is honestly the BEST class I've taken, hands down. Thanks for everything!!

[@ethanriley2939]

I also learned data structures and algorithms in C. I love that systems programming is the hardest class. Yale is doing it right.

[@creditwarrior9633]

Hello Josh. loving your old videos about Yale. I’m currently in the AF and going to be at Yale for a Scholar Warrior Project this summer, but was undecided on whether to go to Harvard for the same program, but your videos have helped me a lot in my decision. Thank you for your service! Salute!

[@pumpkin12348]

I recently got into Yale!! And I wanted to say thank you to you because you are the KZbinr that rlly introduced me to Yale and I’m not sure I would’ve applied if it wasn’t for your videos so thank you!!

[@zigguratdemetrius5984]

Congrats! When do you find out what residential college you are in?

[@racool911]

Wait getting in is actually possible?

[@qudduskesson4667]

I just love this video 🌚❤️. Thank you Josh🙂

[@PuneetkBajaj]

Me - *Sees the notification from Josh*...*smashes like before even the intro rolls in*. Man I gotta say it you are the only college youtuber I have been consistently watching since like the last three years. And now that I'm a Sophomore myself majoring in cs, I can relate to your videos a lot more than before

[@JoshBeasley]

love to see it!

[@austinfunk2739]

I'm a freshman at Brown studying CS and engineering. Its interesting to see how Yale's program is similar and how it differs. My CS professor this past semester was one of the head developers on Racket, so I am also an avid hater of parenthesis. Congratulations on your graduation!

[@iwonder2218]

Lol I was in that class too, never touching pyret again

[@dr.mikelitoris]

In rainbows fucking sucks

[@anvithkakkera7196]

merry Christmas! u posted this video on my bday, so imma hit the like button and subscribe!

[@bbjjooddhh]

Love your videos Josh!

[@JoshBeasley]

You rock!

[@yoovanshubajaj6125]

Loved this video man. Been watching you for years now, and you're one of the people who gave me the motivation to apply to Yale. My Yale REA decision comes out in around 24 hours now! So, wish me luck man. And as always, thankyou for your videos!

[@ENIGMA-ur3tb]

What was the outcome bro ?

[@Basic01-]

How did it go??

[@JoshBeasley]

^

[@AganChoudhary]

Aw, Snap! Something went wrong

[@tobimichigan]

Cool! You made some good pointers!

[@nafisaanzum3482]

Great video! Loved it

[@JoshBeasley]

thanks!

[@emzywillrich7243]

Josh, you did a great job! You should come to visit the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington. It will make you wonder why you went to Yale. Texas tries very hard to keep its brightest minds here in Texas.

[@stevensong8784]

2:50 - 3:10 I haven't taken CS50, but I like how they start out with puzzles. I did coding bootcamp, began with HTML, CSS and it was a nightmare.

[@JoshBeasley]

ugh gross

[@stevensong8784]

@@JoshBeasley for a newbie who walked in blind it was very stressful. plus, I moved from opposite side of the coast.

[@Vim_Tim]

Yes, looking forward to OMSCS videos!

[@JoshBeasley]

More to come!

[@irock550]

Omgggg I used to watch your vids when I was like a sophomore in high school and now I’m a sophomore in college

[@HoangTruong-vk7ek]

same here this is mad nostalgic

[@jaylaw.7660]

You are so smart- you should be proud of yourself! 😌

[@jacquelineviera3983]

My high school isn't known for being the best school, but my engineering classes are definetly amazing and need more validation I am learning how to code and use Arduino's as well and its fun and super cool.

[@MKNguyen15]

that sounds dope

[@dinosaurdude5668]

4 engineering classes + Rushed and got 4.0 for semester!? Like a Boss.

[@rickgao5510]

this was the reason why I applied to Yale. Yale was the only target/reach school that accepted me.

[@MCFChristian]

I’m starting to think my spring semester course load is going to be insane lol. Linear algebra, statistics, electricity and magnetism, introduction to microeconomics, and algorithms and data structures at Princeton. May not be ideal lmao.

[@stephen7715]

Mine is 4 upper level cs courses. Hope we both make it lmfao 😊🔫

[@pugboi8017]

Why electromag? What are you studying?

[@FadeStrategy]

Sounds like hell, lol.

[@sitrakaforler8696]

Sounds fcking awesome !

[@lotuswolf1518]

To anyone watching Remember in college days during submissions and exams U will have many breakdowns U will feel like giving up even crying Sometimes u will fail Just don't give up Failures are a part of success

[@JoshBeasley]

^

[@AganChoudhary]

Bro I will highly recommend you to read Bhagwad Gita- it is manual of life

[@MysticFnaticz]

JOSH I GOT IN USC WITH EVEN BAD GRADES (I know it's not a ivy league but I'm happy with it :) )

[@aeb1305]

Dang, I’ve been here since your AP videos and now you’ve finished college! I’m also studying cs. Did you become an officer in the military and did you join outside of college?

[@JoshBeasley]

I did rotc at Yale an commissioned through them!

[@hashbrown9245]

Just finished my first semester of UWaterloo CS, we did racket as well

[@JoshBeasley]

gang

[@justiceessiel6123]

Can you make a series on data structures and algorithms and how to computationally think

[@rachaeljessica4721]

you should do a video reacting to your old videos.. that would be fun to watch

[@JoshBeasley]

the cringe would be unreal, but I'll think abt it lol

[@davidx5828]

Pretty intense workload! I wonder if he’s working on a ML degree now and where?

[@gsjxbxbxhdhs5352]

Hey Josh, I just got into Yale for and I’m going in for Comp Sci. Been watching your videos for years thanks for the help along the way. Watching a ton of your vids recently trying to get the scope of your degree. Any profs to look out for?

[@yoovanshubajaj6125]

Wait. How? 45mins still left no? or Questbridge?

[@JoshBeasley]

shoot me a DM on instagram and I'll answer any of your CS related questions :)

[@gsjxbxbxhdhs5352]

@@yoovanshubajaj6125 Questbridge yessir

[@gsjxbxbxhdhs5352]

@@JoshBeasley thanks!

[@PuneetkBajaj]

Ayy congratss!

[@trumanlazarus8637]

Congrats Josh! Great Video. (I’m in AP Computer Science right now lol)

[@JoshBeasley]

thanks! good luck!

[@fredisanchez55]

I like how he has a code in the back just opened 😂

[@zacharyrivera3924]

I’ve never really made my mind up of what I want to do but I plan to get a bachelors in computer science at VMI and then become an officer in the Air Force. I’ve never been particularly good at math. I think it was because I had trouble connecting formulas to the situation to solve the problem. I already know hard work can get you just about anywhere but, is it going to be a devastation going for CS and having no experience or idea of what I’ll actually be doing?

[@vladusa]

I can't help but wonder why you decided Yale for CS. It is much better for law and, if you really want it, mathematics.

[@stephane1623]

I like the fact that Columbia University diploma is in English, I can actually read it lol

[@hannah-jaimesgold3754]

My biggest regret was not taking computer science serious when i was studying it at high school 🙃

[@JasmineP-qk6ob]

Me currently with chemistry and exams are coming up🥲

[@MrMusic55123]

Yale was my dream university but I've never applied to it

[@averagebloke4474]

Wish I had your life man.

[@i.m.2bizee569]

I graduated with a mathematics degree and I must say I regret going to college and receiving my degree because I was easily able to pass my classes during covid semesters with the help of tutors for exams and copying exam solutions online. When classes were held in person I failed one class each semester with the exception of semester but that was a repeat class with the same professor so i wouldn’t necessarily count that. I have suffered from thought suppression since I was a kid and it didn’t necessarily interfere with my studies until senior year of high school and it still continues today. Every time I learned information and processed the material visually, my mind also thinks about scenarios where I forget what I’m visualizing and I perform a rebound effect and my mind alternates back and forth to visualizing and forgetting. It’s one of the main reasons why I had bad grades and if classes were held in person I guarantee you I would have never finished college unless I had to take one hard class per semester and mix it with an elective or just take one math class alone which would then make me feel dumb and isolated from other students who graduated early. Hell I couldn’t imagine completing a CS degree with the attention problems I have today.

[@muuubiee]

CS is much, much, easier than mathematics. CS takes like 30-60hrs for an A, Math's is 100hrs+

[@i.m.2bizee569]

@@muuubiee I feel like CS makes you think more than math because you can have an error in your code and not realize the error despite checking your work and making necessary edits so that would take extra hours

[@muhammadhamid5825]

My son is planning to join CS and Economics major for fall 2024 in yale as international student. He has all 8 A* in igcse, took computers science, Economics, accounting, and business along with math and science subjects. He expects all A in AS level, too. His SAT score is 1520, toefl 111, and he has completed a bunch of extracurricular activities also. Any clue or suggestion? Thanks

[@michaeln.2383]

To me, almost all institutions are failing their students because they focus little on data structures and mostly on trees, sorting algorithms, and Big O notation and time complexity. To me, solving a complex problem like an airline reservation system using linked lists is what computer science should be all about.

[@NNNNNNNNNNNNNNl]

My biggest issue with Yale when I was applying was that they don't offer an undergraduate orchestra class, so I didn't feel like they would be able to provide me a meaningful bachelor's degree in music.

[@JacobGoroff]

What’s your advice for choosing double major combinations?

[@JoshBeasley]

don't choose two engineering majors lol

[@Anuj-2]

Factz

[@nahfamimgood]

data structure classes should be in C for sure.

[@rivermit6346]

Please add auto-generated subtitile!

[@bomber227]

I’m just lurking here, for now. But do want to hear about your work in the us military.

[@rokrok27]

So basically your saying your better than me in every way ?

[@muuubiee]

You took multivariable calculus before single variable?

[@TheNuub63]

As a European, I don't get why you only take 4 classes per semester, some of them being writing/law. like wtf? I have 6 classes every semester and they are all from the Math/Physics/Engineering departments.

[@shikhargupta6626]

How are you responding to every comment?! Also so what was your ending GPA, do you think that it really matters what it was for future jobs? Also one more question, how much does prestige matter for CS colleges. I am a high school junior right now, going to apply to colleges soon, and am wondering specially for CS, how much does college prestige matter, like for internships and pay? Thanks!!

[@JoshBeasley]

i like responding to comments lol

[@JoshBeasley]

also, in my experience, when it comes to SWE internships, prestige matters when it comes to the likelihood of you getting a first round interview/coding challenge, but after that, they only care about how good of a programmer you are

[@shikhargupta6626]

@@JoshBeasley And what about after that first internship, does prestige matter? Like I'm guessing for MIT undergrads they can easily get a first FAANG internship, but for less prestigious schools, say the first internship is a no name internship, then is it easier to get a second FAANG internship because they already have the intern experience? Or nah?

[@gooby134]

@@shikhargupta6626 work experience will almost always be better than what school you're at, expect for some rare cases. Try to get into a good college but if you don't, its not a big deal, just work on projects and build your resume

[@WildGamez]

Nice

[@jenilthummar8255]

Having Subtitles would make it to easy listen what you are conveying..

[@JoshBeasley]

the video should have the autogenerated english subtitles! but lmk if they aren't showing up for some reason!

[@nicholasg9804]

wow...... i studied at uc davis, not gonna lie, your school seems better. dammmmm..... are you actually in the military? i was a cs minor, took about 45 units of cs classes. working on a data analytics cert right now... just graduated college 2 weeks ago

[@JoshBeasley]

yes I am in the military!

[@iminni3459]

No subtitles 😢

[@justinelliott293]

Anyone in the comments working full time while doing CS degree?

[@laughing7848]

9:02 I suggest you should elaborate more on why it is cool and amazing experience getting an internship at AWS instead of keep saying amazing and cool repeatedly. Beside that, it is a great video.

[@paulasmith9736]

Calc III as a first semester collegiate Freshman?! Umm, where did you learn I & II?

[@NattyPi]

thats what i wanna know

[@JoshBeasley]

I took AP Calculus BC in high school (which covers Calc 1 & 2)

[@NattyPi]

@@JoshBeasley ohhh. ok makes sense

[@paulasmith9736]

@@JoshBeasley Ahh, okay! I did not know that AP Calc in high school covered Calc I & II! How do you like being in the military so far?

[@johnkingangimwithiga]

genetic programming to enhance brain learning totally a needed application

[@user-yr6xc7gg8q]

Now you can get a job anywhere because you have an ivyleague degree

[@nicholasg9804]

do you have a way to directly chat with you for advice?

[@JoshBeasley]

follow me on instagram and shoot me a DM!

[@myatoo4034]

Do you have any advice for someone who wants to learn computer science without a degree?

[@JoshBeasley]

shoot me a DM on Instagram!

[@myatoo4034]

@@JoshBeasley I did

[@tansky7511]

Did you have Daniel Spielman as a professor?

[@JoshBeasley]

never got the chance to take a class with him

[@tirthpatel6824]

No hate here but anyone planning on doing CS don’t go to an ivy they’re not even top 10 and it’s dropping almost a quarter of a million for not even the top tier education you expect at an ivy

[@booobooo1245]

then where to go?

[@AganChoudhary]

If you are currently in India or if you know current situation of education in India then you will better understand that even average universities in the USA provide far better opportunities and education than that in the India.

[@tirthpatel6824]

@@booobooo1245 Georgia Tech, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, UC Berkeley, university of Illinois just to name a few

[@tirthpatel6824]

@@AganChoudhary sorry but the chances of you getting in as an Indian foreign student is very slim at ivies

[@AganChoudhary]

@@tirthpatel6824 bro I have usa citizenship. If you are guessing me as an Indian through my channel name then you are wrong. I am overseas citizen of india aka OCI

[@jacobwilliams658]

I got rejected from StanFord

[@JoshBeasley]

join the club

[@20shourya]

Yale, the key people?

[@JoshBeasley]

yup!

[@wtfimcrying]

so many random fucking classes you can take.

[@janknoblich4129]

0:55 Yale University? xD

[@chadgregory9037]

It means nothing at all. That's what I dropped out of school, became a quant on my own, and now an a wealthy commodity pool manager. College means fucking nothing

[@someguy9900]

He gone make more money than you lol

[@GR-gk5xs]

Nobody asked

[@oliviahausman8800]

How personable of you to say universitatis yalis

[@Ammar-hq9vx]

Any idea why they had you writing in languages that you'd never actually use? Seems like an awful waste of time.

[@JoshBeasley]

not always

[@glowsack2909]

Wait. You look like Andy Bernard from The Office… Lmao

[@JoshBeasley]

I've heard that too many times hahahah

[@kanutaro3426]

You’re 20 and look 45

[@andiuptown1711]

Genetics

[@AllenLSY]

Jarvis is not so-so student. He's not academic focused.

[@Anyignot]

About 3 yrs ago he said he quit his job to focus on KZbin

[@Sanyu-Tumusiime]

You kind of remind me of Senator Josh Hawley. NAme is same and voice sounds same. Both of you are Yale graduates.

[@wtfimcrying]

was it worth it?

[@JoshBeasley]

hmm good question

[@wtfimcrying]

@@JoshBeasley better question: how much of the knowledge you acquired do you utilize or think you will use in the future? currently a self taught programmer and very very iffy about cs.

[@erichuddleston4611]

@@wtfimcrying Just graduated. Not an Ivy League school. It is worth it if you're willing to self study for quite a bit. But it is definetly worth it in my opinion. The reason for me is because one I am not great at being self taught, so it forced me to learn a lot of the stuff, and a CS degree gives you a foundation in data structures, algorithms, databases, math, and theory, which employers do consider, and you will have projects to show what you did to employers. I just graduated and I already had interviews for a security automation position, and technical challenge. So yes it is definelty worth it, if you are willing to put it in the work (Cyber security was my concentration for my degree). I would also recommend looking at certs as well.

[@erichuddleston4611]

Oh and you also learn how the computer actually operates close to the hardware, i.e. assembly, and designing CPU datapaths (computer organization and architecure). Oh and furthermore I had an internship (cyber security), which being a student helped me get, and said internship has been helping me tremendously in getting interviews.

[@wtfimcrying]

@@erichuddleston4611 what ivy did you attend? sounds pretty meticulous.

[@algoseekee]

What's Big Data and Russian Politics? lol

[@JoshBeasley]

totally forgot to talk about that one-- it was a mix of studying Russian political structures while also using russian datasets to appky AI techniques in R

[@vincentnnyc]

Word of advice….get a better mic

[@JoshBeasley]

my mic literally broke before this video 😭 thx for confirming my insecurities lol

[@jdbdidoek]

😂 So you wasted 4 years to work as a government contractor for low wages, way to lower Yale's employment outlook standards

[@leonardbrkanac9150]

Bro your ears are clownin

[@julianmontoya8660]

You can’t live your life in fear just because of physical insecurities. Life is not a beauty pageant.

[@agnesakne4409]

constructive criticism: your sound editing sucks. Music ultraloud and the voice volume too low

[@JoshBeasley]

appreciate the comment, my Rode boom mic stopped working the day before I filmed this video 😭, so this was my first time working with new audio