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Want to start bouldering, is there a climbing gym on campus? The ones in the greater Tucson area are kinda far without a car. If anyone goes climbing please lmk 🙏

I've heard the walk is far, should I invest in a bike? I've heard theft is really bad though.

I can't connect to a network even though my identity and password are correct. When I first try connecting it makes me select a CA certificate and there are a bunch of different options, like trust on first use and don't validate - none of them worked and some of them made me enter a domain to which I didn't know what to put. I don't know what to do. This is not my personal network so I don't have access to the router and stuff

Context: astronomy major, want to double in OSE

I have a lot of eligible credits but I'm thinking of maybe retaking some of them. One of my biggest concerns is MAT223. None of the professors have good reviews and it's repeatedly iterated that MAT223 assigns a lot of homework. I took AP calc BC in freshman year and got a 5, so I have credits for MAT 122B/125 and MAT129 but I'm wondering if I should retake them. I took a multivariable calculus class in high school but don't remember much. How bad is MAT223 and should I prioritize my GPA?

Other credits I'm worried about:

AP CS A -> CSC 110? I took AP CSA freshman year and don't remember a lot. I got a 4.

AP Stats -> MAT263? I took stats this year and got a 4. Don't remember anything. Tho im p sure MAT263 isnt a major requirement 😅

AP Physics 1 and 2 -> PHYS 141 & 142? I got 5 on both. I'm currently in PHYS161H which is not covered by those AP credits and if I want a physics minor my courses will not be covered by AP transfer credits.

I've fulfilled all my gen eds and writing requirements and language requirements besides building connections 1 and 2.

I, 17M, was reading Red Rising while driving through rural Wyoming the other day (I was not driving). Red Rising is an amazing book btw, 10/10 recommend. One particular scene from Red Rising filled me with an intense yearning for off-grid homesteading. What I mean by this is that I want more than anything to live off-grid with a wife in a log cabin on a mountain in the middle of the woods, which makes zero sense:

1. I'm only seventeen?!

2. I have zero survival knowledge and have never been a boy scout

3. I am reliant on and addicted to technology

4. I already have a girlfriend, yet I still dream of a hypothetical soulmate

5. I love talking to other people and want to be a polyglot (speak 3 rn)

6. I'm going to college and then grad school (astrophysics), I'm likely never escaping academia

7. I'm a city person, I love the bright lights and sounds and smells of huge metropolises

8. I'm not conservative nor a tradhusband, and don't want a tradwife.

Now, to be clear, I've held this fantasy for a while, but it kind of renewed itself with fervor and it's almost all I can think about. It's to the point where I'm reconsidering my career trajectory. I hate how much I want this. I hate how much it conflicts with everything else I want.

I need to get this out of my head 🤒 any and all advice is appreciated!

Context: finally figured out how to make a bootable drive and re partitioned my hdd (I know - I don't have an ssd) to make space for linux. I'm using Lubuntu (whatever the most recent version is). Everything works fine until I open Firefox.

I can't upload a picture here?? What??? Either way it looks like the browser is just completely glitched out and unintelligible. This does not happen for the home screen nor terminal nor any app I've tried. I've updated my kernel version and done the sudo apt upgrade and update and updated all nvidia drivers. Not sure what is up.

I applied for housing after April 1 because I was still deciding where I wanted to go, so IDK my dorm yet. I will probably be assigned one of the following dorms since I only selected these:

Honors

Stadium

Coconino

(I also selected cochise but it's full I think - the selection got cleared)

My question is how is the AC in these dorms? I'm used to living in 81 degree AC (my parents are frugal) and have never been able to use a blanket in the summer. Will I be able to use a blanket and should I bring a blanket?

Hey! Im going into college studying astro and want to get a macbook (i have no computer rn) but am worried about software limitations. Can any mac/ex-mac users lmk how y'alls experience was?

Hey y'all! Need a computer for college (had to retorno school chromebook) and the student discount on the Macbook Neo seems tempting. I​'m wondering if there are any software limitations on MacOS or things that are absolutely necessary for astronomy that you can't get as a Mac app file (not sure what the apps are called)

I have filled out over 100 questions, when does this end??

Hey!

Incoming Freshman here - I want to take notes on iPad as I've heard it's a lot more efficient and I tend to lose paper notes very easily. I've heard that if you have an iPad you don't need a computer, and can just use the magic keyboard and treat the iPad like a computer. Is this true?

Edit: astronomy and optical science major - decently coding and math heavy, might need specific programs and idk how LaTeX apps are on ipad

Hey! Started with 2 silkworms, now on the F1 generation. However, there are hundreds of eggs, and theres no way our tiny mulberry sapling can sustain them all. All of these eggs were laid a week ish ago, and none of them are diapause. Is it too late to refrigerate them? Can you even refrigerate non diapause eggs?

Hi y'all! I'm basically ready to commit to UArizona for Astronomy and Optical Science & Engineering. I plan on becoming an astrophysics professor (I know employment is cooked). Here are my pros and cons:

UCSB Physics: cost of attendance: 74k/year (15k scholarship) (can cut this down to like 70k optimistically)

• On the beach
• Best for physics department wise
• Unsure if I'll get CCS (I applied too late sadge)
• Has condensed matter machinery and undergrad opportunities for physics research

UArizona Astronomy + Optical Science: cost of attendance: 46k/year (22k scholarship + pending amount for national merit)

• Franke Honors (required senior yr research + quest project, priority enrollment, honors dorms, research grants)
• Astronomy hella good, optics strong too
• TIMESTEP program (summer internships, research apprenticeships, tons of other research opportunities)
• NASA space grants
• Steward Observatory
• Can't do pure physics since the department is cooked
• It's a lower quality school than UCLA or UCSB

Is it joever for me if I go to Arizona?

Hi y'all! I'm basically ready to commit to UArizona for Astronomy and Optical Science & Engineering. I plan to become a professor of astrophysics. Here are my pros and cons (allegedly):

UCLA Physics + Math: cost of attendance: 84k/year (can cut this down to like 80k optimistically)

• T20 Prestige
• Math is very good
• Very little access to physics or math research
• Classes curved down
• Can't get the classes I want or need

UArizona Astronomy + Optical Science: cost of attendance: 46k/year (22k scholarship)

• Franke Honors (required senior yr research + quest project, priority enrollment, honors dorms, research grants)
• Astronomy hella good, optics strong too
• TIMESTEP program (summer internships, research apprenticeships, tons of other research opportunities)
• NASA space grants
• Steward Observatory
• Can't do pure physics since the department is cooked
• It's a lower quality school than UCLA or UCSB

My questions are:

Am I wrong about any of the UCLA bullets?
Any other insight you might willing to be provide about UCLA?
Specifically, how is astrophysics at UCLA? I know the physics and astrophysics majors are tiny - like 160 undergrads total.