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Incognito mode in a library is for noobs.
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Use Tor AND a VPN (use ExpressVPN and get a refund within 30 days).
Literally no one (unless NSA is really looking for you for some reason) can track you using Tor.
For a burner email use ProtonMail (again no one can track you).
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(don't take the noobs part seriously if you get offended XD)
lol i bet this is the same person who wrote an article on write.as refuting the dp's article. it's since been taken down but i found an archived copy on the wayback machine. a load of hot crap imo as a penn student, but yall can read it and form your own opinion
Read this book. It may help answer some of your questions and give you better insights into how the admission process really works at US universities, specially the elite ones
I'm a NMF with a 1520 (max) PSAT and max selection index junior year. I also got a 1490 sophomore year. The best way to study is just do a bunch of questions and read the justifications behind the answers (especially in English section). Basically get into the College Board mindset. I mainly attribute my score to grinding like hell using a book similar to this. I also read a lot of NYT/The Atlantic/WaPo articles, since similar types of articles show up on the Reading section. Some authors that appear in fiction sections include Kafka, Alcott, and Austen. Basically the classics.
For math, just use PSAT prep books. Also get a hold of SAT prep books or Khan Academy and do the questions. If you do well on SAT math sections, the PSAT math should be a breeze.
Hope this helps. If you need more advice, don't hesitate to PM.
Synsepalum dulcificum is a plant known for its berry that, when eaten, causes bitter things to become sweet.
Commonly known as Miracle Berry, you can buy some online. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L1EP5VM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_XAEM8BBKEFDPQSC8SM8G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Perhaps breaking it down into the steps might help? First you have to brainstorm what stories or experiences might fit the prompt, then writing it, then editing. For writing, I would ask my mom or sibling to type as I talked out what I generally wanted to say, or record myself talking and type it up after. You could also use this writing app, which will delete your progress if you stop writing before a certain amount of time has passed or you've written enough words. It's important to get words on paper, because you can always edit. Write more than the suggested word count and cut it down, maybe write two or three versions if you're worried about making it perfect. In the end, colleges want to hear your voice, so get writing!
35 ACT, in every section.
780M2, 780 Physics.
3.9 GPA weighted.
9 APs, scoring 4s and 5s on all of them.
1 sport, 1 instrument, a job, 2 clubs, 2 hobbies, little volunteer work, a few assorted awards.
I am purposely minimizing the significance of my achievements because this is how admissions officers will look at you. It's not quantity of stats that matters, it's quality. Adcoms would rather see one or two things pursued to a high level than a dozen half-assed toe-dippings. This is a trend in every single one of the people that I know that has been accepted to a top institution.
I also want to say that the college I am going to is not in any way bad. It is highly ranked nationally and I have no doubt that I will receive a great education there. The thing that bothers me is that I know that I could have done better, but became complacent. The main body of my post covers the reasoning that influenced me and destroyed my apps.
But if you are scared, that might be a good thing. Don't be complacent like I was. What makes you special? Doing 30 different things doesn't make you special. Doing one thing extremely well is special. If you don't have that, and you want to apply to top schools, don't just sit there and let all this go over your head. I am sure I probably read a million things that could have helped me, but I was too stubborn to take the advice. Turn your fear into determination, and make it happen. Turn your "I might have a chance" into "they would be stupid to reject me." It's really the only way. (You also don't have a chance. Admissions is not a "chance" game (fuck /r/chanceme). There is no luck, there are no odds. You are either a clear admit or you're not. Multiple people have to agree to let you in, and you will not slip by them.)
Also, the whole relativity business was something I learned from reading Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.
>EDIT: Downvoting someone clearly trying to have a legitimate discussion and calling me a racist does nothing. If you wanna have a more fair admissions process you can't just downvote every opinion you don't like.
I agree, but I feel like you're missing the point behind all the downvotes/name-calling.
When you're trying to have a discussion on a controversial topic, you not only have to watch for what you say, but also how you say it. When you say something like "on average Asian Americans lack in personality", you can pad it with formality and kindness—but at the end of the day, it's still a pretty insulting thing to say.
You might counter that it's not your intention to offend and that you have legitimate reasons for believing your generalization is accurate—I'm sure you do, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a fairly rude statement. If you wanted a better reception to your comment, you should've taken more care to build up your belief in a respectful manner, rather than just slapping it on as the first sentence without any afterthought.
I see patterns like this everywhere honestly—people think that if they're rational and reasonable then their arguments will win the day, but there's a lot more to arguing than simply being logical. I'd like to recommend a book to you:
I think it'll help you avoid situations like this in the future.
Hello!
In my post, I was referring to http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ . You just type in the name of your teacher, and student reviews of the teacher should pop up.
Interesting! Guess my middle school teacher was wrong then.
Edit: I checked online and it seems Colgate is an accepted conjugation in many parts of the world.
If you're low income, you should also check out Matriculate, a program that will provide one-on-one advising with a trained college student. They're accepting applications for the class of 2022 here: https://airtable.com/shrEbUfHQ95o2ugIX
ohhh my god tell me about it. "my parents make 200k a year but i'm not rich, just upper middle class" bruh you're literally richer than 95% of America. (paraphrasing bc $214k is the cutoff for being in the top 5%) sorry if i'm coming off as strong, but going to a school with the top 1% to 5% is kind of draining sometimes. i've learned that rich people never identify themselves as rich, only 'upper middle class', unless they've risen from poverty. being extremely financially stable, going on family vacations, and thinking $30 is a steal for cargo shorts (true story) isn't the norm, but it can seem like it when it's all they've grown up with.
a few AOs have said that food analogy essays usually suck.
tbh you have to find your own unique "voice"- it's really hard, but using sites like https://www.squibler.io/dangerous-writing-prompt-app help. That site links you to the Most Dangerous Writing app, which deletes all progress if you stop writing. As you write, you'll find that your voice starts coming out more.
I'm 17, but I'd find any 17-18 year old writing about something stupid like pasta shapes like-
"The enigma within each vaguely curved foodstuff of carefully crafted grain drew me in with its ambiguous angles and stochastic build - even with pasta, my inner thirst for mathematics was less of a controllable want to be satisfied and more of a burning, parching desire to discover the unknown in the known."
Like bruh that sounds dumb af.
Also you're a junior, i think you can chill for a year and then start worrying.
There are two things that are unclear that you need to take into account. Without them, you can't accurately judge how things will play out.
First, it's no good to just look at incomes. $150,000 in San Fransisco vs $150,000 in Lincoln, NE are two completely different things. Additionally, various lifestyle choices, and your parents' attitudes towards paying for education are important to consider. Not every family is as willing to support. It may sound pushy, but when you're taking on tens of thousands of dollars in debt, you need to know these details before you commit.
Second, you need to figure out how much you're going to earn post-college. Some schools will publish earnings by major. Otherwise you could look at national averages, but it varies by school more than most people like to admit. I don't know how much IBS majors earn, but if premed isn't a certainty then you should make sure you're accounting for both outcomes. You don't want to finish your degree and be forced to go into medicine because you realize you aren't earning enough to pay your debts otherwise.
Once you know this (your total indebtedness and your expected future earnings) you can think about how much you can pay back monthly and consult something like this amazing graph I made, and adjust the parameters to see how long it'll take to repay and how much interest you'll need to pay at different contribution levels.
In On Writing the College Application Essay by Harry Bauld, he menitons an essay that was written as a parody of Notes from the Underground which came pretty close to saying what you said. However, that was an incredibly risky maneuver. I would encourage you to get that book (it's just excellent all around anyways and should be a must-read for anyone) and look it up. If you can't come close to matching that level, don't even bother. Heck, even if you can, tread carefully.
The only reason the "typical asian" thing exists is because of a certain level of application homogeneity. There are a lot of people who want to be doctors, and a disproportionate number of them happen to be asian american. It's sort of a supply and demand thing. So how do you differentiate yourself?
Showing off more smarts is one way, but limited unless you're a bona fide genius. Displaying leadership is always valued. But showing maturity, reflection, and thinking beyond yourself is also important, particularly for an aspiring doctor. I'd recommend reading When Breath Becomes Air and reflecting a bit on it and your medical aspirations.
Link shorteners are technically against reddit rules. You can make a link like this:
It'll show up like this:
http://www.themostdangerouswritingapp.com/
Use this. It actually helped me start writing my essay when I had no idea what to do. But in general too, just start writing something, because once you get in the flow, it usually goes well!
They have paid dues, and a "donate with cryptocurrency" button on their webpage.
They also have a bunch of kindle books you can buy on Amazon. If someone gets "The beginner's guide to success on Reddit" they should definitely post a review.
Edit: They sell this book . Clearly they have your best interests at heart. /s
Try to get perfect grades and study a ton for the SATs. Get involved in clubs and work your way up to leadership positions. Develop 2 or 3 talents, such as playing a musical instrument or a sport. Find competitions to compete in so thst you have awards to put on your apps. Plan for your summers. Try to do community service, work, or take cc classes. Your counselor will write a recommendation for you, so try to become friends with him or her. Work a lot on your writing style so that your essays are really good. I recommend Strunk's The Elements of Style. These are some things that could help you in college admissions.
This is really specific advice, but for comparing weather I’ve found weatherspark to be extremely useful. They tell you the average range broken up by month, and then the average coldest weather and warmest weather. You can compare it to other cities or look at any date in the past. weatherspark
Parents are often afraid of crossing the line as they navigate how much to involve themselves in a process that can be angst-filled. Questions or things parents might consider as they support their high school student in the college application process include: 1) reflecting on what success looks like for their child and sharing this with their son/daughter; 2) discuss with their child about the purpose of college and expectations; and 3) developing a speadsheet with projected costs for 4-5 years of college including interest on loans used to fund college. These and other questions are provided as a resource in book I wrote "Am I Too Late?" about my own experience supporting my oldest son through the process that resulted in taking a gap year.
I'm not an AO, but I would write as if I'm talking to a stranger and avoid "bullshittery." Idk, you should whatever feels natural to you.
You've probably done this, but (thesaurus.com)[http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/bullshit] has some good synonyms to bullshit :)
Yes. They would be best off buying that house now as the value of your primary residence is not counted for financial aid EFC calculations.
Colleges will very much expect your parents to drain their savings accounts and your own personal savings account before they give you aid.
This book is pretty good at explaining how aid is calculated
is it shameless of me to plug it 💀idk i just wanna disclaim that it wasn’t my intention at all but IF you’re interested (<3) here’s a link! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H6MC9P9/
tho actual disclaimer: i’ve literally improved so SO much since writing this but it really helped me grow
I've heard those 3-tier carts are a must have for college dorms because you can store virtually everything in them. Here's the link (wow it's long!!): https://www.amazon.com/SimpleHouseware-3-Tier-Utility-Rolling-Turquoise/dp/B08572JZLR/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=3+tier+dorm+cart&qid=1611004163&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzUkZCN0g3TkNLMjNEJmV...
This is really hard to say. The topic, of course, should be something meaningful to you, but more importantly is how the topic is conveyed. The best essays that you find on the Internet literally have a voice and a personality that goes beyond simply the words being used to communicate the ideas. In other words (to use the cliche), it's like the author's talking to you right there and then.
The point is that you can write an essay like this too, even if you do not have some extremely impactful life experiences that are unusual for a high school student. In fact, it doesn't hurt to mention that good essays often turn the ordinary into something with meaning. That said, it's very hard to craft an essay that captures this well and it's even easier to fall into cliches. The best way for you to get an idea of what I'm talking about is to go out and find examples of extraordinary essays. You should check out "On Writing the College Application Essay" as well as these two links. Notice how not everybody is going to be able to tell the story in the second essay; however, the first essay takes an experience anybody can have and really spins it into something unique.
The problem with thinking that it's ok to not be happy now because future you will be happy is that wherever you go, there you are. All you can do is control your now and work on skills that will make you happier now.
Here's the deal. Unless you have severe undiagnosed depression that requires medication, you can be happier if you are willing to make changes in your life.
I would suggest a few things:
Talk to a counselor or a therapist and tell them how you are feeling.
Read a book about mindful meditation. One that I really like is 10% Happier by Dan Harris. It's not really for kids, but you might enjoy it. Another book I found helpful is The Happiness Equation by Neil Pasricha. Read about positive psychology. It works.
Make a list of five things you are thankful for everyday. Studies show that if we can train our brains to focus on three to five things we are grateful for everyday, we I'll be happier. Simple stuff like air conditioning or the texture of peanut butter on your tongue.
Do 5 nice things for other people every day. Just small things. Help someone at the grocery store. Help your mom or dad. Pick up trash off the street. Read a book to someone in a retirement home.
Get outside. In nature if you can.
Do 3 minute meditations. Just sit and focus on your breathing. Don't worry if you have other thoughts that are bothering you. Just acknowledge them and go back to your breathing.
Exercise.
Eat healthy food.
When you start having self doubts or thoughts that make you feel bad, tell that monkey brain of yours to shut the fuck up. Tell it that you are gonna learn to control those thoughts.
Sing. Dance. Play music. I walk everyday outside on the bayou listening to my favorite music and singing at the top of my lungs. Sure, I get a few strange looks, but I don't care because I've got Freddy and John and Bob and Bruno and Taylor and all my other legendary friends to sing with.
Breathe.
Good luck!
Mindset by Carol Dweck. Book by a stanford psychologist about how to have the right mindset when you're going through life.
Book TLDR: You either think your position in life, your abilities, your pesronality is constant or you believe that you can always grow and make yourself better. Choose to have that growth mindset.
Definitely retake classes. I think most people do. It'll help refresh you and get you into the grind of college because boy do classes go by waayyy faster here. For study skills, what really helped me was setting a small and simple routine everyday and building up from that.
For example, I never made my bed ever. So I started making my bed every morning. Once I developed that habit I added to it. After I made my bed and did my bathroom routine, I sat down and wrote down what I wanted to get accomplished that day. As time went on I slowly started adding more things to that list. Small steps help a lot. When developing study habits its usually the first few weeks that are the hardest than it just become routine.
You can also use some psychology. Give yourself a reward after studying x amount of time. Make the reward something like, go and hang out with a friend for a bit or watch some netflix, but only after you complete your study time block. Sounds cheesy but it works. I recommend reading the book, The Power of Habit. Its a great read.
I used the default lightweight CRM template: https://www.notion.so/Lightweight-CRM-9c12681443cf4df7aa5863da95ed0899, but there are plenty of excel spreadsheets and more complicated trackers out there both free and paid.
There's an app called Notion that I am in love with! https://www.notion.so/
If you need any tutorials or guides check out Studycollab Alicia on YouTube, she has great videos about it.
Ok, that's a tough call.
$16k x 4 = $64k for UVA
$24k x 4 = $96k for Cornell.
You want your total student loan amount to be less than or equal to your likely, realistic, first year's salary post-graduation, assuming you land a realistic early-career position in your desired field.
I don't know what Global Health professionals get paid, but health care jobs tend to be better paying than most.
https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/14850:4:US
Highs in the low 50's F tomorrow.
Bring a fleece or hoodie, or you'll be sorry.
It's windy on the mountaintop.
Here are some tips that worked for me: * Create a thought map where you connect stories you want to tell with messages you want to get across (that you're smart, have overcome adversity, are passionate, are creative, have big dreams, whatever). You're not just telling a story, you're advertising yourself. * If you can't write, talk! Record yourself talking about the topic at hand and then go back and transcribe the good stuff. You will get more natural phrasing this way. You can also ask a parent/sibling/friend to type as you talk to do this. * Force yourself to write by using a timing app like (The Most Dangerous Writing App)[http://www.themostdangerouswritingapp.com/help.html]. You have to keep writing or it'll delete what you have written.
Best of luck, and remember not to over edit. Your essays should sound like you!
If you're having trouble sitting down and writing without getting distracted or procrastinating, try the pomodoro technique: https://lifehacker.com/productivity-101-a-primer-to-the-pomodoro-technique-1598992730
My best writing advice is just to write! Keep writing no matter how bad you think your essay is. Get all your thoughts out on paper - then you can revise and make edits. The idea of writing a "shitty first draft" is what got me through majoring in English.
Yep. It's definitely a mediocre university. That's why its students and professors are responsible for the creation of LLVM. Oh, and that touch screen that allows you to interact with your smartphone? Some of the touchscreen's pioneers were at UIUC.
There's also this great cloud based IDE cloud9 (recently purchased by Amazon) where you can code in any browser and run code on the servers so it doesn't matter how bad of a computer you use. it also gives you access to a full linux terminal so you can do pretty much anything. 10/10 highly recommend (https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/?origin=c9io) Also pick up the github student pack which gives you a ton of free resources like free AWS and server credit (https://education.github.com/pack)
Nevermind got the email. From what it looks like you can use https://coda.io/@schoolhouse/welcome/certification-91
to certify AP Stats or Calc. Basically, you record yourself speaking out loud with your reasoning and get 90% on the test, you can be certified
If you have no idea about your major, you can at least decide between STEM and liberal arts. There are some distinct differences between the two. Here is a link to a prezi I made about them:
Okay if you wrote it like "Studying under XYZ who is extremely accomplished in ABC will enable me to do PRQ"... Then prolly it will be fine, can't see any other scenario with that. But with this also it will be dangerously close to swaying away from the topic.
I’d really suggest getting the FISKE College GuideFISKE College Guide It’s a little expensive but so worth it (esp. over other college guide books which I’ve found sound very very biased tbh). Go through the schools and see what you like and don’t like about the schools. Answer some of the questions others have mentioned (size, location, majors, greek life, etc.) and see what vibe you feel about the schools after reading about them as try to figure out WHY you feel that way And if you’re really unsure where to even start, try figuring out what states you might find interesting to live in and look at the schools in those states and see what you think
I would recommend taking a short online course (just search "free online python course" there are plenty of options). Make sure you take one that will teach you how to use numpy and matplotlib -- these are essential libraries for data analysis.
This one looks promising: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/python-data-science-course-matplotlib-pandas-numpy/
After that, honestly the best way to learn is just do various projects. Maybe not full-blown research projects, but just think of various things you could program and implement that in python. Whenever you don't know how to implement something just look it up on google -- someone's done it before and honestly learning to search things up on google is an integral part of programming. That's how I learned python, at least.
Few can. It has more to do with the application of time than the reality of it.
If I told you you had to do something for twenty minutes and that is the only thing you can focus on. You will have no distractions, no interruptions would you feel confident about staying on that task?
https://lifehacker.com/productivity-101-a-primer-to-the-pomodoro-technique-1598992730
I agree with everyone here that Wellesley, Pomona, Williams, Macalester, and Carleton would be great choices for you. I also wanted to suggest Swarthmore! It's on the northern region of the East Coast. It's in a suburban location, but it's super close to Philadelphia, so you can kinda enjoy both locations really conveniently. They also are home to the Scott Arboretum, which has a ton of nature and is incredibly beautiful. Here are some of the images of the place: https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=scott%20arboretum%20swarthmore
Swarthmore has also really good history and environmental studies, so you would definitely enjoy their departments in those fields.
Good luck!
Have a nice day!
hey guys a lot of people found my cheat sheet helpful so i added a couple pages to it, and made a page with keyterms. hope this is helpful!
In general, the process is (1) coding challenge, (2) 1 or 2 technical interviews, (3) offer. Snap had two technical interviews, each about 45 minutes. There is actually an entire industry based on how these technical interviews work and how to prep for them. You can practice on a site called LeetCode, for example. This YouTuber explains the process very well.
The description of that interview seems pretty vague, but maybe just read up on Python syntax and know how to perform common things like instantiate a class, the different ways to manage data and their tradeoffs (ex. map vs array), et cetera.
Had the same exact problem while writing my own college apps. It sucked.
The only thing that ended up working for me was The Most Dangerous Writing App. Pick an essay prompt you want to work on, set the timer for 5min, and press Start — it will force you to continuously write until the 5min are up. Give yourself permission to ramble, go off-topic, spout pure garbage, whatever — as long as you’re writing something for the full time — and then go back in once you’re done and pick out the good bits.
Hi there! I don't know if you made it yesterday or not, but I'm going to do a fifteen minute super speed short Zoom Mindfulness session today at 4 central. Come join if you can --https://zoom.us/j/872040895
I wrote a script that used puppeteer to control a headless Google Chrome instance. It went to the cal poly login page, logged in, then navigated to the status page. It then returned the innerText of the status line element on the page.
If you know Node/JS, it's simple stuff. Otherwise, it might be a bit difficult.
Use this: http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
It's for prose, so it helps with cutting down apps and it is a LIFESAVER for me now. Eliminate all red sentences (too long). Yellow sentences aren't too bad, but make sure you don't have too many all next to each other. Adverbs (blue) aren't too bad so as long as they aren't too repetitive.
You may feel like you're simplifying too much, but remember that admission officers are going through thousands of these. They want something easy and concise to read.
You could always try applying for private scholarships. Cappex and Unigo are good places to find scholarships. Here's one that I recently came across - http://jarvee.com/jarvee-coms-essay-writing-competition/
Nowadays bidets are very much accessible. I just searched Amazon and found this one for 25$ linkToBidet
Pink Floyd: The Delicate Sound of Thunder
This album should be mandatory listening material prior to being declared an adult.
David Gilmour will take you on a journey of emotions with his Fender Stratocaster. Each note is offered to you to sample and enjoy before the next note is delivered. Pink Floyd is in no hurry. If it takes them 12 minutes to encapsulate the emotions of "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" then the track will just have to be 12 minutes long. Don't worry about the history of the band. It's long, and deep and meaningful if you're interested in learning about them. But none of it is important to your enjoyment of their magnificent work on this album.
Break out the big headphones. Turn the lights down low. Lay back in bed, and give the stereo some extra power. The music tends to be complex at times, with lots of detail to enjoy, and a little extra volume can help you access that depth.
Pink Floyd is one of the top 10 high selling artists of all time. This one album will show you why.
Khan Academy has everything available in the official SAT guide released by CB for free.
If you want additional practice in some particular area, I'd recommend looking on Amazon for books designed specifically for higher performing students like this one.
Tell him to install a decent paid VPN, it really pay offs. ExpressVPN is an often recommended one but there are others that are just as good. I don't recommend setting up your own because if the firewall changes, you'll have to change your VPN setting etc, so using a company might be a couple more bucks but saves a lot of time.
It's a game called Fissure. It's a simple, reflex-based, casual game that has a retro theme. Here's the links:
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gmail.co.studios.fiish.fissure
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fissure/id1418850758?ls=1&mt=8
I'm not sure what book this was in, maybe On Writing, but I once heard someone put it like this: "once you know the rules you can break them." If a fragment helps you better communicate your message, then it's perfectly okay to use one. I don't have an example on hand though.
From what I heard about people that have done it at my school before from my teacher, you can really do anything as long as it is rigorous and you have a year-long plan. There have been people that chose a certain author, wrote reports on their life, made a biographical website, and wrote poetry and short stories in the author's style.
There also have been people that maybe spent first semester reading books like On Writing by Stephen King and second semester writing a novella using those writing guides.
I also had an idea to translate a work into or from the world language I'm also currently studying to see how the translation process works. This type of project seems very useful if you're bilingual because I guess you'd be able to strengthen translation skills and learn literary translation that doesn't just translate word-by-word literally, but takes into account deeper meanings and linguistic connotations.
I contacted my counselor and they contacted the district and now the details are being straightened out on the district level on how it's going to work since no one has done something like this in a while, I guess. So your counselor is your biggest resource for this.
Since it seems like self-study is a legitimate course option at your school and you just need the details on how it works - you should talk to your counselor and see if there are limits to what you can study, and how you would go about making a proposal (or if you even have to).
The Elements of Style is a simple book that gives a lot of great rules to follow when writing. A lot of it may seem like basic knowledge (e.g. using semicolons, apostrophe's, etc.), but it's a good resource to go back to when your writing seems shoddy and you don't know why.
I transplanted from California to Minnesota. The key to living in a place with cold weather is proper winter gear. Don’t cheap out, and don’t let style outweigh function. Buy from retailers that specialize, and look for weather ratings on the jackets. Make sure the one you buy is rated for colder weather than the typical winters of the area. Longer jackets are ideal for the foot/transit commuter. Your boot choice is also very important. Sorels are the most popular, but they’re heavy. If that’s an issue for you, there are some solid waterproof options made with thinsulate that are lighter while still being warm and dry, like Keens and Ahnu’s.
Also, be very careful when buying winter clothes in California. Often, ‘winter’ gear sold in stores here is intended for day trips to the mountains, which is not the same thing as actually living in a cold climate. Stores like l.l. Bean, Eddie Bauer, Canada Goose, Patagonia, and Carhartt are reliable options, but make sure the clothes you’re looking at are rated for the climate you’re moving to, not the one you’re in.
if you’re concerned about sun, light therapy lamps are pretty cheap these days
Proper gear makes a seriously huge difference in your quality of life during the winter. If you do it right, the season is so much easier.
Congrats on Yale, have a great time!!
I’d recommend this course from google for a more true intro course, or the one from MIT as more of what’s expected in a college course. They’re both a little more in depth, the one op linked is pretty light imo. Polymorphism is usually intro at a college level, intermediate at the hs level.
https://www.udacity.com/course/introduction-to-python--ud1110
If you got any other questions lmk
That's actually really cool, I recently got plastic surgery for my eyes and I'm planning to get one more this summer and I really appreciate everything my surgeon does for me.
Another question, what specific products from coxrx do you recommend and how often shuold I use my clay mask? it's the classic https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07SDQDMZ4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 which I use every day and find pretty nice
It won’t be included in the gpa calculations it it’s not transferable. Was it a while ago? If so it’ll matter even less. Can you use academic renewal to extra “erase” it? Maybe talk to the counselors at your CC. And I guess you can mention it in your addition info essay although I’m not sure you want to take more than a sentence for that. I read somewhere once that majors/schools where the admissions decisions are largely based on prerequisites and GPA (nonimpacted majors at Davis and Irvine, were listed as examples) they only read the additional info section (only look at PIQs for borderline cases and scholarships) so you definitely not skip that optional essay and should put in a self sales blurb while briefly addressing any critical issues. I think that advice maybe came from here: https://www.amazon.com/How-Transfer-California-Community-College-ebook/dp/B013FBFK46/ref=nodl_
Are you seeing evidence that supports the assumption that university admissions are interested in seeing MOOC completions in the application?
I've wondered about this from time to time.
There are some really good MOOCs & courses out there.
Here is a link that might be worth bookmarking:
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
They say they have links to 1,500+ free courses, and they are nicely indexed into categories.
I immediately thought of Cal Arts. DeAnza CC and San Jose State have some good film/digital animation classes and I wonder about UCLA, which has a pretty good arts college (admission based on portfolio) or UCSC (bet their computer game major classes would include some that are relevant). I know someone who studied art at UCI and then got additional training at a CC and now works in app design making quite a bit of money. There are so many schools in California, you’d have to research what you want and think hard about the practical/artistic balance. It’s pretty hard to get a job drawing comics but design and video production skills can be used so many ways.
Are your parents California taxpayers, making you in-state? All the public school applications are due in late November. It’s expensive and hard to gain residency if your parents don’t live here. If they do, are those 60 credits from AP or dual enrollment in Cali CCs? Be careful because the UCs (if you are interested) will only take junior transfers. That means you need 60-80 hours and to have completed all the necessary prerequisites + probably GE done if you want a good shot. And if you have too many credits by the end of June (they won’t hold AP or Cali CC units against you but credits from an OOS public would definitely cause you to hit the cap) the UCs will auto reject you. So be careful. If you are from Cali I might suggest moving back at Christmas and going to CC, although it’s too late already to get that CCC priority if you are currently studying OOS.
Here are some resources on transferring to Cali public universities:
https://ca01001129.schoolwires.net/cms/lib/CA01001129/Centricity/Domain/441/UC_oneyeartransfer.pdf
https://www.amazon.com/How-Transfer-California-Community-College-ebook/dp/B013FBFK46/ref=nodl_
We didn't use one and my son got into all the colleges where he applied, including Harvard and Vanderbilt (those were the two highly competitive schools he chose to apply to). That said, we relied heavily on books like this one https://www.amazon.com/Conquering-College-Admissions-Essay-Steps-ebook/dp/B01M1JAB5Q We also did college visits before applying and paid close attention to what they said they were looking for. That said, we are really good an independent research so were able to replicate what a counselor could do. I know people who hired the expensive counselors here and were disappointed because the kids didn't get into any top tier schools, so there is just no telling and no guarantees.
Yep, should be that, unless you have another lexical.
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You probably can’t apply to transfer to another UC after a year; they only accept junior transfers (90 semester hours complete; AP/IB can count) and the most important thing is completing all major prep and GE for your campus (need a letter of reciprocity). At SD your GE requirements depend on your college but I’d try to line them up with major prep classes and double count them if you can.
There’s a section in here on UC to UC transfer so maybe it’ll be helpful; it explains how the UCs admit transfer students. https://www.amazon.com/How-Transfer-California-Community-College-ebook/dp/B013FBFK46/ref=nodl_
This book has a lot of tips and tricks on the transfer process. She hasn’t updated it since around 2019 but it explains things like the maximum hours you can have for transfer and boosting your gpa. https://www.amazon.com/How-Transfer-California-Community-College-ebook/dp/B013FBFK46/ref=nodl_
i have a notion that i made for building a college list and one i found here for keeping track of colleges you’re applying to (i forgot who made it but i’ll give credit if someone knows!) the one i made is for my friend so it’s super niche to her lol you can change/delete stuff ofc
> He is interested is nothing particular as of now and has no extracurricular or sports.
I'd focus on exposing him to vocational activities as opposed to academic ones.
I'm not saying you should send him to small engine repair class, but help him see various jobs as they are.
What does an office job look like?
What does a technology job look like?
And what does a trade-skill job look like?
Why is full-time employment better than gig-work?
This can help him appreciate academic skills that support career-paths.
If he is a reader, books can be an excellent tool to help stimulate imagination.
Here is something that might be interesting:
iWoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way
Everyone fawns over Steve Jobs at Apple Computer.
Steve Jobs was a salesman.
Steve Wozniak was the engineer and programmer who brought the ideas of Apple to life in the early days.
Here is another one:
Jony Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products
Jony Ive is the product designer & engineer who led the team who created the iPhone and iTunes.
Steve Jobs was a salesman.
Steve Jobs didn't create these masterpieces of modern technology that revolutionized communications.
Nerds did. Engineers did.
it was a 5-in-1, here's the amazon link for it. it was absolutely smooth to write with and the pens would literally effortlessly glide on paper. it did run out quickly so i'd have to get refills for them too
You're fine.
As an AO, I always loved when students wore T shirts or hoodies from other schools when I visited their high school. I would almost always playfully give them crap about it.
Also as a (former) AO and general college nerd, most of the T shirts I own are from random schools I've visited while traveling. I remember wearing a Pomona College shirt to committee at Vanderbilt and my director asking me "who do you work for??" I told him Vanderbilt, but Cecil the Sagehen is much cuter than Mr. Commodore.
Hello hello! Thought I'd drop some more items that I personally found useful during my first year of college:
- extra long phone charger (ideally 6ft or larger - allows you to charge your phone from your bed)
- tissues (never know when you'll need them haha)
- chip clips or rubber bands (for snacks!)
- shoe racks / hangers & stacking organizers (make the most space out of your closet or under your bed)
- I'm an engineering student, so having a small whiteboard to use for problem sets (ex. math, physics, chemistry, bio, etc. homework that you complete and submit totally online) was super helpful - saves you a lot of paper.
- I'd definitely second having some sort of mini-vacuum, especially if you know your dorm is going to be carpeted.
A couple of super random other notes:
- Make sure you have clothes AND shoes for the weather of your university. It snowed a lot at the university I attend this last year, so I was super thankful to have a great pair of boots to make it easier to get to class in the snow.
- I am very biased towards deli containers (like these on Amazon) for food, snacks, and other storage uses because they are super cheap, easy to wash and reuse, and also last a very very long time.
- I would say if you're living in a suite-style dorm next year (where there are only a few other people using your shower) you don't need shower shoes.
Great thorough research on your part to get ready for move-in this summer, OP - best of luck as you begin college in the fall!
[How dare you take your culturally collectivist upbringing and mentality and try to make a go of it in an individualist meritocratic society?!
Don't you know you have to be completely beaten by "the system" before anyone has any sympathy for you?
If you have any hint of privilege, and I mean ANY at all, that's it! No sympathy!
actively moves the victim goal post further
How dare you come from a culture that values a family and team effort to push you to get ahead, to do better and better and better than the previous generations?
The next thing you know, you'll have siblings working hard to pay for you to go to a good school, only to have your own country of residence turn against you for "doing so well" as a result.
No no! Not on our watch. You're either completely broken by the system or above it. Anyone near the top needs to be stamped down... just because.](https://www.amazon.com/Different-Mirror-History-Multicultural-America/dp/0316022365)
(If anyone has any questions about what I've written... nearly all answers are in that book. To sum it up, ethnic minority groups like Jews, Asians, or literally anyone who pools resources and effort to make better the collective is actively shit on in this country. What's happening in the college system is really the tip of the ice berg. Whatever odds are stacked against a group of people, if you don't work as a group to overcome it, you'll never get ahead. Remember, America's pride is rooted in individuals overcoming "great odds" to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps." Anything else is looked down upon and actively fought against. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.)
There are quite a lot of BSMD programs, but the acceptance rates are veryyy low. The most notable ones are the Rice/Baylor and Brown's PLME program. They each have a seperate admissions process, and all decisions are made by the med school.
Here is a list of all the other ones so far
We have a virtual high school STEM internship this summer if you'd be interested in applying! https://www.notion.so/inspiritvr/High-School-2021-Summer-Internship-4cb3ecd5e71040b7aecf69bd66b3e1f8
This is a college server. But the most important one I can think of, is being able to empathize with others.
Some others I think are important is respecting everyone, which includes treating people nicely(even if they are assholes), Gravitas, and Confidence(or display of).
I suggest you read this: https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034
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This will probably be one of, if not the most important book you will ever read, provided you take it seriously.
Sorry that your experience at Harvard has not worked out yet. I say “yet”, because you are just starting out. I would highly recommend that you use the famous Harvard network and reach out to alumni who may have a similar background to yours. There are many successful first-generation Harvard grads who can help. Also, I suggest you read this book:
Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691169276/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_KZ1AJKYJF4J6HRSE4S4K
Ok. Two options:
Visit https://www.lenovo.com/us/outletus/en/
Click "Shop Laptops"
Click "ThinkPad" on the left.
Not "ThinkStation" not "IdeaPad" not "Lenovo"... none of that bullshit.
Focus exclusively on "ThinkPad"
See if you can find a T480 or an X13 in the $500 ballpark.
A T480 is a beast-mode tank of a laptop.
It's a Nokia brick-cell-phone of a laptop.
No, it's not as pretty as a new MacBook Air, but it's half the price and will work like a champ for 5-10 years if you don't drop it.
Too expensive?
Ok, fine.
https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-ThinkPad-T470-1920x1080-Notebook/dp/B07W68GSGK/
That is a refurbished ThinkPad T470 for $299
It was a top-of-the-line business laptop just a few years ago.
It's as reliable as a 2008 Honda Civic.
The only challenge with a refurbished laptop via Amazon, is that it's probably unwise to trust the Operating System to be completely safe & unmolested.
As a university student, Microsoft wants you to grow up to me a happy little Microsoft consumer.
So, Microsoft will give you or sell you a fresh copy of Windows 10 Student for something between free and $50 through the student bookstore.
You just need a moderately savvy nerd-friend to download Windows 10, mount it on a bootable USB drive, and install it on your new laptop, and completely erase everything that was on the laptop to be sure you are safe and clean.
You might want to review this book or speak to a college financial planner. https://www.amazon.com/Paying-College-2022-Everything-Admissions/dp/052557154X/ref=nodl_
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hey! there are portable bidets that you can use @ college. the vast majority of colleges use shared bathrooms so use these instead.
With a pair of boots with at least some insulation, any pair of mid-calf socks will work fine for a trip to & from class.
If you are going out into the cold for the day, for a day-hike or some kind of an outdoor activity, any merino wool sock in the $16+/pair range should be fine.
If the advertisement says 100% pure merino wool for $4/pair it's a lie, those are bullshit.
Darn Tough from Vermont are a fantastic investment (guaranteed for life).
But you only need 1-2 pair of them for those long-exposure outdoor days.
You do not need boots as heavy-duty as these: Sorel Pac Boots
Those will be too warm for stomping around on campus, but would be great for trekking into an ice festival.
Something like this: Columbia Newton Ridge Hiking Boot isn't technically insulated, but is mostly-leather construction, with a waterproof liner, so it will be warm enough for on-campus, but will benefit greatly from better socks if you are going out all-day for an epic snowball battle royale.
Don't be too depressed about it. If there is anything I can tell from my extensive SAT experience, math is actually the easiest section to improve in SAT. Khan academy is actually not a good SAT math practice source. Here's a book that helped me to get 790 on math. I recommended this book to literally all my friends. I hope you do well.
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Some people get into Berkeley but not UCI so I wouldn’t give up yet. Have backup plans though.
The UC system takes 1 transfer student for each 2 freshmen. It’s a different applicant pool and someone who already knows how to get a 4.0 has a huge advantage. All UCs except LA/B/SD offer guaranteed transfer admission for most majors and the required CC GPA is around a 3.4.
Do you have a bunch of AP credits or dual enrollment credits? Like at least 20 hours? If so, and you want “prestige” you can apply for a one-year transfer.
My daughter ended up being denied by most UCs as a HS senior. She did a bunch of research and developed a very solid course plan that would cover GE and all prerequisites for majors she liked at her top 5 favorite UCs. Started early with a summer class, filled in her TAG form first week of school. Boosted her chances by taking 5 honors classes in 2 semesters. A year after those rejections she was accepted to Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Davis and Irvine. It was easier maintaining a 4.0 in CC than high school and she knew she was double guaranteed Irvine through TAG and Honors to Honors if she finished all her classes and kept her grades up.
I don’t think college should be about your parents’ ambitions but most of the very focused students we know who tried this plan ended up at LA or Cal (unless they applied for nursing or CS), which should be good enough for even your parents. And because it cuts college costs in half there’s more money left for grad school or buying a house.
Here are some helpful links:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Transfer-California-Community-College-ebook/dp/B013FBFK46/ref=nodl_
Here are some helpful resources if you end up doing it:
Ebook is definitely worth the $3
https://www.amazon.com/How-Transfer-California-Community-College-ebook/dp/B013FBFK46/ref=nodl_
I barely ever used the graphing function specifically but the basic memory and display features of a graphing calculator were so useful in STEM courses (usually homework). Some other features like multivariable solvers tended to save some time as well.
Also because I wasn't specifically using graphing features, I didn't find a need to get a premium TI one. I was using something like this one through all of undergrad:
Highly, highly recommend u/admissionsmom's book, Hey Admissionsmom: Real Talk From Reddit! It's a good book no matter what stage of the game you're in, but I think it's particularly geared towards beginners/those who aren't familiar with the process. It's just a fun read too! You can find a link to download it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/co4e33/hey_admissionmom_real_talk_from_reddit_free/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
I also thought A is for Admission by Michele Hernandez was really interesting, but not necessarily for beginners. It's also slightly outdated, but it does give a deeper look into how the admissions process works in top colleges, so it's a very enlightening look into the whole process; it'll help you figure out which parts of your application prioritize if you're gunning for Ivies/T20s. Amazon link (not affiliated): https://www.amazon.com/Admission-Insiders-Getting-League-Colleges/dp/0446540676
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Yeah, I agree with /u/Detective-Fadget that you need to at least consider the weather differences between those two schools.
If they academics are pretty similar in quality, and if the cost of attendance is roughly the same, and since you are an International, all of the student bodies are going to be kind of strange to you anyway... Weather is significant.
Right now, today, as I type this the current temperatures at those two schools are:
University of Arizona: 54F / 12C
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/USAZ0247:1:US
University of Minnesota: 10F / -12C
I believe its a more "change your passwords on other sites" kind of deal. A lot of people use the same password everywhere and if its compromised somewhere you should definitely change it everywhere. The website https://haveibeenpwned.com/ is designed to help with this (shows if your password was taken in a reported attack).
It seems like the data breach in 2019 that is the cause of this, or at least someone must have bought the leaked account info from a website where people sell hacked account credentials, but I'm not sure:
In January 2019, a large collection of credential stuffing lists (combinations of email addresses and passwords used to hijack accounts on other services) was discovered being distributed on a popular hacking forum. The data contained almost 2.7 billion records including 773 million unique email addresses alongside passwords those addresses had used on other breached services. Full details on the incident and how to search the breached passwords are provided in the blog post The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach.
You can learn more about this here:
Maybe Community college? I know web development is a great way to get a job. Especially if you are pretty decent at math. Odin project is a great online resource to do so and it tells the basics all the way to how to get a job. this is the website It’s FRE
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