There was just so much jargon I couldn't really understand, and I spent most of my time trying to understand the difference between initiation toughness and propagation toughness, which were not essential to know?
Why isnt N=mgcos(theta)? Geometrically, it represents the component of mg perpendicular to the surface if you did vertical angles for theta., thus equating N.
The answer is Ncos(theta)=mg, but both seems geometrically sound to me
im taking calc iii this year and i have a pretty moderate understanding of physics so far, like its mostly applying the ideas to questions I have problems with.
When should I start preping?
Something about p(x) = (a-x)(x-4)/(x-13) or something and that p passed through (4,0) and which of the following was correct and one of the choices was literally p(4)=0?
Idk if I misread, and the numbers are def different, but they convey the same idea. Did anyone else get that? I'm so scared I misread that question
Like, I would look for a word similar to "speech" or "recount," but all of the options dont seem to match.
I usually work with Bambu and Prusa printers so this is something new. What does the error mean?
Also, nothing heats up or moves when I play around in the interface. Am I missing something?
BIG TECH TREE printer
Like, am I interpreting that they miss sleep before both days? So that the bar should go up to 200% if it's homeostatically regulated? But then its not like they missed a whole day of sleep right?
So I grew an Instagram account to a few thousand followers to showcase my work in outreach and education in my area, which originated from a club I did at my school.
Now I'm a junior, and the seniors applying to college from the same club want to list the Instagram account, but they didn't do any of the outreach and only did the in-school club activities.
Do I just let them list the account? I feel like my work is gonna get stolen, and that when I apply, it would be as if I only helped grow the account when I was the founder of basically the whole outreach effort.
For questions like this, say I need both I and II to prove its similar. how would the answer word it? Or do they avoid traps like this?
I was thinking of applying to college, and ppl told me I can just apply questbridge and not rank any schools to get finalist status for my common app RD decisions? Is that how it works? Is it common?
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: Chinese
Residence: Eastern Virginia (not Northern Virginia)
Income Bracket: Need aid
Type of School: Mid-size public
Hooks (Recruited Athlete, URM, First-Gen, Geographic, Legacy, etc.): FGLI
Intended Major(s): Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
GPA (UW/W): 4.0 UW / 4.89 W
Rank (or percentile): 3rd in class (98th)
# of Honors/AP/IB/Dual Enrollment/etc.: 11 AP Exams
Senior Year Course Load: AP Gov, AP Lit, AP Chem, magnet school courses
List the highest scores earned and all scores that were reported.
SAT I: 1550
Local University Project
10th–12th grade; Combining physics, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering to construct a stable magnetic environment for calibration to assist in a university fusion project; two pre-prints, one pending pub (co-author)
Niche Competition
9th–12th grade; Team captain; focus on building and optimizing solutions for renewable energy; a lot of CAD and engineering/physics; cant reveal name or i'll def get doxxed
Research
9th–11th grade; Contributed to and reporting remotely to weekly research group meetings for a self-lead project on modeling fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field using machine learning; assisting mentor on his project on an adjacent topic; 2x conference pub
Job
9th–12th grade; Worked in the family restaurant, handling cashier duties, delivering, cooking, and contributing during high-intensity rush periods.
Summer Program
10th grade; Selected as one of 11 students statewide in a state-sponsored program to perform upgrades to a robotic arm for greater adaptability and robustness in assembling particle accelerator parts; a lot of coding and CAD; robotic engineering mainly imo
Niche Competition
10th–12th grade; Team captain to lead experimental design involving lunar dust, including growing plants using lunar regolith and developing durable construction materials from lunar regolith and chemical additives.
MathCounts and Math Honor Society
11th–12th grade; Club president; organized mathematics lessons and directed events including math contests and preparing students for competitions
STEM Outreach Club
11th–12th grade; Club President; Hosted STEM lessons and events for local middle and elementary school students; integrating an engineering approach to the curriculum in addition to the CS lessons already present
EC #2 Middle School Version + Outreach
11th–12th grade**;** Co-founded a chapter at a local middle school, fundraising and guiding students through lessons and engineering construction on renewable energy systems (like building replicas and testing); preparing them for the same competition that I do;
Debate
9th–12th grade**;** Participated in monthly competitions on a variety of topics and levels.
#1 - 2x International level for excellence for my lunar regolith experiments
#2 - World Champion for my 2nd EC
#3 - 2x Qualification to State Science Fair
#4 - 2x State Qualification for Debate (my region lowkey not competitive)
#5 - Regional Math Award (team)
(Briefly describe relationships with your recommenders and estimated rating.)
Math teacher - multivar teacher; heard he writes good and im a top student in his class so probably 7-8/10
Humanities teacher - she has a lot of ppl asking her, and im not very close with her, so probably 4-5/10
Club sponsor - sponsors most of my club, was my freshman year math teacher and saw mme grow and take responsibility, trusts me, 9/10
Research mentor - chill guy really, idk much about his ability to write recs, but ive worked with him for 2 years, probably 6/10
Summer programs made me write a lot of essays, so id say i have some experience, albeit its pretty inconsistent sometimes. Id say, based on others in my school, theyre like a 8/10
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
idrk what to do cuz its not like I need it for credit since i already have 5 in higher level courses, but maybe it'll show self-initiative?
Rising junior here for the August SAT. I've gone through all the math questions in Oneprep and wrapping up the last 70 questions for english in oneprep (all on hard difficulty). I just took a practice today and got a 1550, 1 wrong in mod 1 eng and 2 wrong in mod 2 eng.
Tho it may seem like im doing better, the practice tests are getting easier from 11 (no prep) ->10 (1 week of prep) ->9 (today) so idk if theres a point for me to continue the rest or save them for the week before the august sat. also, idk what to practice anymore. my main weakness is vocab, dense reading, and old english works which im running out of pretty fast (i am getting better, as shown by my practice test today)
Should I take a break from studying? Im mainly lost as to what I should do now.
I did a regression with a table (9,-13) and (3,-4) where the first coordinate is the vertex. Now, I know i can solve this by hand and I did which I got (1/4)(x-9)^2-13.
However, I wanted to check my work on desmos, so I plot the regression but it gave me (0.21875)(x-9)^2-13 and the graph doesnt even fit the second coordinate.
Is this a case where I should not use Desmos at all? I mean, i know the math, i just want to check my work
I use copilot to understand why the other answers arent correct, but this one has been confusing.
Like when they search me up to verify my award, am I cooked? 😭 😭
Ive heard of ED, REA, and EA, and it summarizes for me that REA is just EA but u cant apply to other privates, EA u can apply to other privates, and ED is one shot, full commitment type of thing. If so, if one gets accepted, how does the deadline change? Do we get full time until May? What about multiple early applications? Does that just mean RD but all EA?
Demographics:
Intended Major: Mechanical Engineering with Data Science/CS
Academics:
Standardized Testing:
ECs:
Awards
Essays/LORs/Other:
Math Teacher (10/10) - known her since 9th grade, sponsors most of my clubs
English Teacher (7/10) - too many suckers in my class, cant really stand out
Counselor (8/10) - somewhat, don't really talk much
Essays (7/10) - not a horrible writer, but quality varies
Chance me for: MIT, Stanford, Princeton, Georgia Tech, UC Berkley, CalTech, Cornell, Columbia, Harvard, UChicago, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, UMich, UPenn, UCLA.
Where should I apply early to?
"In light of the growing unhealthy population, the government should implement policies to regulate the nutritional content served because it promotes healthy citizens everywhere, supplements consumer opinions, and ends world hunger."
The argument is debateable since its government interferance on the market, but the claims are pretty obvious. is this bad?
