Recent content by Encarta

I wasn't suggesting the gaining-research route as a standalone solution to my current predicament. Rather, I was suggesting that once I've fixed my grades to getting A's and B's, graduate schools might overlook the fact that I did poorly in my early undergraduate years, if I have some decent...

I do like your idea of going to a specialist, to rule out problems. I don't know how helpful that will be, but I'd like the peace of mind. Thanks!

Thanks for the uh, diagnosis, javanut, and I would give more credence to your advice if not for the fact that I was doing excellent in high school, which would not be the case if I had a learning disability. I was able to put the effort in then, and came out to in the top 2% of the graduating...

Well, I only considered grad school off the table, because I thought that I was a hopeless case. But certain developments in recent hours have led me to believe that I am slightly farther from rock bottom than I've initially believed to be. For instance, I've been told that there may be a...

Thanks for being honest. I don't want to consider dropping out yet, until I've explored all the options I have left. And to be honest, it seems like I have received enough of a kick in the rear to start working hard now, and until I've gotten knee-deep into the next semester, I can't say whether...

I haven't heard of anything like academic salvage at my campus except with freshmen, and that was called freshmen forgiveness and doesn't apply to me. But I will be inquiring about this to my advisor at the next meeting. Thanks for the links, I am usually skeptical of books that claim to...

I don't suppose it's because I don't know how to study, since I was a good student in high school (having put the entire effort in), and scored towards ~100% in all my classes senior year. Thanks for the kind words and for assuring me that there is no shame in dropping out of college, but with...

I was occupied for the larger part of the last 24 hours, so I apologize for not being able to respond to your comments, all helpful and insightful, any sooner. That said, let me reply to as much of these responses as I can. Thank you all for responding on this post; I certainly did not expect 10...

This was the sub-forum where I thought I may be able to find any help in, so I really hope I didn't go wrong there. So, dear readers, I come to you because I have ran out of options to get me out of the mess I find myself to be in right now. If you could lend me your honest thoughts and advice...

I don't have the numbers for this, but it would probably be the case that leaving windows open a little bit could cause more damage from the strong winds, than it would from a difference of air pressure, if you were to leave it closed (which is the reason why people consider leaving it open in...

Be that as it may (although it still sounds far-fetched), I don't think that's just by criss-crossing windows.

Criss-crossing duct tape on windows, I fail to see how it could prevent debris or even strong winds directly blowing against the window pane from breaking it into a thousand different pieces. Maybe if you applied the tape to the entire window, leaving no part exposed, you would maybe have a...

I don't think it would. But, what about this: The windows of one's house could resonate to the natural frequencies of the winds outside, causing it to break. Does that sound like a dubious claim at all?

What's this about duct taping windows criss-crossed? All you see in Facebook and Twitter are of people duct taping their windows in X's against the supporting frames. When asked, they say that duct taping it will prevent the windows from resonating to the natural frequency of the winds outside.

Wait, sorry for not being clear, a and b are not options. They are two different scenarios. What would need to happen for a to take place? And what would need to happen for b to take place?