Recent content by asilver

**** yeah, the whole "rise to the top" thing is extremely overrated. If somebody goes through their life constantly worried about the "gold right around the corner" they will end up old and alone with nothing around them, wondering, "Where did my life go?" I've seen it happen, but I sometimes...

Learning how to read, analyze large amounts of information, and write is never a waste unless you plan on financing all of your academic research by yourself, in which case it probably wouldn't matter.

Well, let's say I hypothetically raised my standardized test scores significantly and stood a shot out of state (for various reasons). Do you think going the Precalc/Calc (CC, yep) route instead of sucking it up and taking the online class (I'd take the test because it's paid for, but the...

Pretty much everything you need to know is summed up at: http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/theorist.html. It DOES require a lot of math, though.

I'm banking on in-state acceptance. Out-of-state would be sweet, but it's not the end of the world if I can't get in. My school district requires AP Calc AB before BC, but because BC goes over all the AB material and then some, the online school will allow me to go straight to BC. I am not...

Here's the deal. I basically overloaded/slacked off Sophomore/Junior year of high school because I switched to online (virtual) school with a few humanities-based dual enrollment classes (that I got As in, of course) at my community college in Florida. The summer of my Junior year (this summer)...