ITT academic advice

[Reincarnate]

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I always seem to get B's in college now though. I don't understand why I can't get an A no matter what. I do somewhat poorly on one assignment and it drops me to a B and I can never get it back up.




I see what you are saying, but that seems a little to in depth. I'm assuming the reason to let a species go extinct is so that it causes another species to live. Still the same general idea of saving species one way or another.

1. B's in college aren't bad, especially if you're at a tougher school. A 3.3 from Berkeley or Cornell or Duke is going to be looked at much differently than a 3.3 from Randomass State U.

2. If a species is going extinct, it's because it's not fit to survive in the environment despite the biodiversity that got it there to begin with. But we may want to let a particular species go extinct or not depending on how it would affect other species or other functions of the environment -- which, in many ways, does directly affect humans.

[Wineandbread]

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I support Reincarnate's modified points pretty much 100%.

Just some things on my part for high school, cause I'm not coul enough to give college/grad advice yet:

- Make connections, even in high school. This is something I skimped a little on but they are nice to have, both at the student and faculty level (I know a kid who consults with his high school teacher sometimes for his programming homework in college LoL). You don't have to try to hang out with smart/driven people if you feel uncomfortable around them; I know for me at least I had an alternate social sphere with people whose interests were more similar to mine.

- Do the god damn homework. This is like one thing that plagued my school and I don't even get why. Homework is like super easy points in HS and it's really not a big deal, even in AP courses. Saved some of my borderline B grades and gives you a nice buffer for the stuff that matters. This may kinda fluctuate between teachers considerably but honestly, it will not EVER get that bad unless you're attending a school from hell (feel free to correct me, I felt like I had average-ish coursework throughout high school)

- Am I going to tell you not to procrastinate? Maybe. Is it going to work? Of course not. Personally I think it is fine to procrastinate, just not extremely so. By extreme, I mainly mean just missing due dates. Getting up and skipping breakfast to finish homework every once in a while isn't an amazing experience but hey.

[Izzy]

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1. B's in college aren't bad, especially if you're at a tougher school. A 3.3 from Berkeley or Cornell or Duke is going to be looked at much differently than a 3.3 from Randomass State U.

2. If a species is going extinct, it's because it's not fit to survive in the environment despite the biodiversity that got it there to begin with. But we may want to let a particular species go extinct or not depending on how it would affect other species or other functions of the environment -- which, in many ways, does directly affect humans.

I am at a generic state college. There is nothing over the top or super competitive about it.

Also, my speech already encomposes the premise that the species I am talking about are going extinct due to human involvement. Whether or not to save animals that are going extinct from natural selection is a whole different story. However it seems hard to believe that there are still animals that haven't been directly effected by human involvement anymore.

When I was thinking about the topic before I started the natural selection thing kind of reminded me of the prime directive in star trek. It is always more harmful in the long run to interfere with the natural progression of a race. This seemed counter productive to my point though.

[trumaestro]

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this thread is making me realize how happy i am with mediocrity lol

[Sweet_Feet]

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twitwaffle cumeater

had to look that up in the oxford english dictionary, very cool expression IMO, gonna start using it more often

As far as academic advice goes, you should focus on putting in the least amount of effort in your first and some second year courses. Nobody is going to look at those grades so why waste your time and effort studying when you can be doing drugs and making awesome friends right? The social aspect of college/university is by far the most important because even if you happen to become a bum you'll still have those dudes that asked you if things were cool while you hurled your guts out that night.

In the end, take 3rd and 4th year seriously, for now just try to keep a B- in your major subject and maintain 50% in your electives and you'll be just like all the other successful men who graduated with a degree.

[OneHandNow]

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anyone taking dec sat?

random piece of advice if you are, use brave new world and east of eden in your essays

nets you 12 every single time

[OneHandNow]

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maturity stage: forever 21

[virus003]

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naw dud im just an asian dude with an ubermensch mentality

who's smarter


ohn>rubix ?_?

[OneHandNow]

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who's smarter


ohn>rubix ?_?

rubix makes $160k/yr while spending his life on ffrz

rubix>us

?_?

[virus003]

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rubix makes $160k/yr while spending his life on ffrz

rubix>us

?_?

wtf does he do for a living

[OneHandNow]

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wtf does he do for a living

ask him

[Izzy]

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I wish I was smarter or at least more motivated to try harder. If my father didn't make a ton of money from going to medical school for 14 years and becoming a radiologist I would be so screwed in life right now.

But maybe if I had less opportunity due to financial backing I would have had more motivation to try harder. Who knows.

Either way, I love my parents.

[virus003]

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ask him

he thinks im a ****** so you ask him

[OneHandNow]

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i just realized this thread would be 5 pages longer with rubix

he thinks im a ****** so you ask him

oh he's damn right

jk i'll facebook message him or some ****?

all i know is he graduated wharton 09 and did the finance/statistics/operations and information management concentrations and lives in NYC now

[virus003]

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i just realized this thread would be 5 pages longer with rubix



oh he's damn right

jk i'll facebook message him or some ****?

all i know is he graduated wharton 09 and did the finance/statistics/operations and information management concentrations and lives in NYC now

he probably just invested in stocks