Simfish (February 27, 1989 -) is a high school sophomore who is going to the University of Washington next year. His interests focus on stellar astrophysics and animal cognition and will be working on research projects relating to galactical history deduced from the shapes of galaxies. His goals focus on getting REUs and on getting into graduate school, although he also is inexplicably lazy. He idolizes Marie Curie's exceptional work ethics although he can never match her stoicism.
Random Notes for Self noone should look at
There are only 3 weeks when you can do research at home!! So... Be intense during those three weeks to provide for a smooth transfer once you're in UW! Try to provide a daily update and do not be so lazy because your research prospects may be in peril if you're lazy.
He has recently gone on another round of Three Kingdoms addiction.
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/projects/sow/
http://www.solstation.com/index.html
http://www.math.wsu.edu/amc/amc2004.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_deadly_sins
http://www.chem.uic.edu/web1/PDF/CH1.PDF
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa082101a.htm
http://blogs.mit.edu/sagar%20indurkhya/ . Sagar Indurkya, you are my new hero. Plus you sometimes write essays concerning topics that interest you. I wanted to do that, only laziness prevented me.
[quote]It seems that there are those unfortunate people misinformed on my "using" people. So I want to set it straight. Before you declare that I am a selfish person who is taking advantage of everyone, you should know a little bit about the context. First, I have never stayed at a school for more than 2 years. What does this mean? It means that over the years, I have evolved into someone who doesn't form hard connections. I don't invest in people. Would you care to know why? Because people don't last long. I'd rather get somethings down on paper(transcript, certificates, etc). Second, I don't invest in relationships, I invest in personal skills. Did you notice that I studied Calculus this year? Yeah, well, I realized that if cut down on interacting with people, and doing pointless things, I could do something useful. Interesting to say, I skipped 2 years of math. Amazing you can do when you stop doing pointless stuff like IMing people all the time.[/quote]
Ok so you want help on ur homework: rather than searching for online tutorial: try looking for specifics. frex question about amino acids: then search for amino acids and their properties, not overall biochem.
Don't be afraid to ask questions if you're aiming for recommendations: summer progs are arbitrary enough and if your grades are great recs will be good.
So if you panic at collegeconfidential ppl knowing more than you do - don't panic. rather, study enough so you know at least as much as what they're talking about!
Will the Sun ultimately expand to Earth's orbit? many websites say this. However, Arcturus, a red giant with a mass of 1.5 solar masses is described as "Arcturus actually shines almost twice as brightly, releasing 215 times more radiation than our Sun, from which we find a diameter 26 times solar, about a quarter the size of Mercury's orbit."
Only 1/4 Mercury's orbit. The Sun is to be smaller as it is less massive. Myth?
Antares, a red supergiant, only has aa radius of 3 AU. It would swallow up the Earth but a star three times smaller would reach the size of Earth's orbit. Most red giants are less than three times smaller than red supergiants.
Why is the region between the main sequence and red giant phase lacking in stars? isn't evolution to red giant gradual process? or maybe there are no such stars nearby (though procyon and altair will become them soon) and they aren't so bright.
Computer programmers don't try to memorize syntatical rules - rather, they learn by doing it! same should be true for RESEARCH!!
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"Do you spend hours on your chemistry homework, not because it puzzles you, but because it fascinates you? Then think about what it would be like to spend four years of college immersed in chemistry, working with top chemists, and then going on to be one yourself! It's not a pipe dream at all... this is what IIT is all about—finding what YOU enjoy, what YOU excel in, and building a successful YOU for your FUTURE!"
Stats of ppl who may prove inspirational
ZOGOTO: http://www.prstats.com/2009/display.php?user=zogoto
229 PSAT (80M 73CR 76W) AMC 12B 2004: 105.5 AIME 2004: 2 Siemens Westinghouse Western Regional Finalist AP Chem/Phys right now, AP Calc BC last year (5 on exam) Took MAT 300 (Math. Structures) last semester and got an A+ at the local university Currently enrolled in Number Theory (MAT 445) at local university
OASIS:
Do I stand a chance?
Asian male sophomore residing overseas in int'l school (US citizen, but am I still eligible even if I live overseas?) 3.95 UW GPA, sophomore, no rank, but top 3 in class of 60 206 PSAT (80W,66R,60W) 116 2004AMC10B Finished Hnrs Alg I, Hnrs Geo, Hnrs Alg II (all A+), waived Hnrs Precal, taking AP Calc BC now. Finished Hnrs Biology (A+), taking Hnrs Chem, Hnrs Physics now. Awards/recognition: high honors student, australian mathematics competition certificate of honor (2003). EC's: President of chess club, 2 year math club member, sophomore class VP, student council sophomore representative, model united nations, student tutor, volunteer at taiwan national science museum, 2004 mathcamp. Computer/Technical Skills: Proficient in MSword, quark, excel, ms access, msie, netscape, firefox, powerpoint, html, photoshop, fireworks, and flash. Some java, some dhtml and css.
I have a quick question: for those who get accepted, what do you actually DO there? Will topics be assigned or chosen by the individual?
Thanks.
Some interesting points.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=63110
to become a respected member of that u gotta at least develop ur argument and math skills to point they're phenomenal got it?!?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=60511
Lately I've been feeling as if the only point of going to class at all is to pick up homework and reading assignments. I know that I could learn the same material in a quarter of the time if I were working by myself, but because there are no 'gifted' or 'honors' classes at my high school we're left with a jumbled mix of quick, average, and slow kids in each class. The result? The majority of classes are taught at a painfully slow speed. We do full IB in 11th and 12th grade, but everyone takes three HLs and three SLs which means there's still the same distribution of kids between the classes.
Now, I understand that people learn at different rates--but at a well-regarded private school like mine, shouldn't there be some sort of tracking? The only classes where I feel I consistently learn something new each class are chemistry and math. Incidentally, math is the only class that has (unofficial but evidently deliberate) 'standard' and 'advanced' levels.
The reason this frustrates me so much is that by the time school is over, I'm exhausted. Not because I'm overworked, but because half an hour of actual information has been dragged out over six hours of class time. I get home tired and apathetic--but I still have hours of homework in front of me. Is it surprising, then, that I procrastinate until the night before the due date for all my assignments and then do a half-assed job and still get a decent grade, of course, because I don't let myself get away with anything less, but still come out ultimately unsatisfied?
Intellectual diversity be damned--dividing classes by ability benefits everyone. I'd get things done, for one, and you wouldn't have to listen to me whining.
(Sorry about the rant; I'm a little bit frustrated. Because some of the things we're learning could be interesting, you know, if we didn't waste such an insufferable amount of time just covering the basics.)
Does anyone else feel the same?
My suggestion: Bring some educational material to school and self-educate yourself during class. For assignments, just contact friends who should give you all of the information. That way you waste much less time and still get an education while maintaining your grades.
Unfortunately, some teachers take issue with that. But still try it for all of your classes and remember to sit in the back row or something like that.
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"Contrary to popular belief, mathematicians are not necessarily any better at adding or subtracting numbers, or figuring the tip on a restaurant bill, than members of any other profession - in fact some of the best mathematicians are notoriously bad at these tasks! On the other hand, there are also mental calculators -- prodigies at performing such calculations -- some of whom have moreover been great mathematicians." - Wikipedia
"You shouldn't have mentioned the stuff about Benzedrine. It's not that you got it wrong. It's just that I don't want kids who are thinking about going into mathematics to think that they have to take drugs to succeed."" - Paul Erdos