Recent content by Leonhart231

I know nothing about the Praxis test, but for future people, which NSpire? CX? CAS? Some of them can also store PDFs I think, which would probably be prohibited for obvious reasons. If in doubt, I think a TI-89 would be fine, and still have 99% of the features, but the NSpires are certainly nice.

Okay, for books on C++, I think the one you should get is "The C++ Programming Language" (4th edition) by Bjarne Stroustrup. It'll be released on May 20th I think, so it's timed well for the end of school. The Raspberry Pi is really cool, but I will say that it's hard to get up and running, so...

I'd say to try to find out what the main programming language your school uses, and learn some about that. It's usually C++, but it's sometimes Java. C++ is always a safe bet though. Or, if you want to start a little easier (nothing wrong with that! I might even recommend it), and still learn a...

Well, the first thing I'd ask, is are you actually interested in medicine? Because if you're not that into it, then you REALLY don't want to be stuck with it for the next 35-40 years. For engineering, if you got a degree, would you necessarily have to stay in Australia? As it is, it doesn't...

I'd say that while you don't need linear algebra for ODEs, I'd still take it first. That way, when you do take ODEs, you'll be ahead of the class. In terms of difficulty, linear algebra is pretty easy. DEs vary from person to person. I found them incredibly easy, but some people think they are...

Ah, that's definitely reason enough...I'd forgotten that that could happen, since the IB school I went to was the HS I was going to anyway. In that case, good luck! And don't stress too much (I know that's hard)!

Actually, I haven't taken chemistry yet. Haha. I've been putting off my "breadth" courses, so take that into account.

I have to say, as someone who went through IB, and took some IB level classes, I don't think the program is worth the extra work and stress unless you're going to a VERY high level university like Harvard or Yale or something. (If anyone has a different experience, feel free to call me out). The...

I initially meant the order to learn the modern physics topics in, but I guess it applies to any pre-requisites as well. Thanks for the thoughts!

Any thoughts regarding my first 2 questions (or additions to the third)? Thank you jtbell for your recommendation!

Computer science is a very broad field, so you could be doing a variety of things. If you take a low-level logic route, you could work for somebody like Intel or ARM. If you end up liking programming (which, as a CS, you should), you can work for anyone that needs programming in their...

I would second this answer of C++, but maybe throw in a word for plain old C depending on the platform. C++ has the advantage of more features, with no overhead if you don't use them, but some platforms (microcontrollers mostly, which I assume you aren't using), don't implement C++. So as long...

PowerPoint is pretty much the standard, it has the potential to look very good (Word Art isn't the answer) if you know how to use it. Keynote is the equivalent on Mac, and OpenOffice / LibreOffice on Linux. Out of all of them though, and having used all of them, PowerPoint is the "gold standard"...

Like a lot of people, I'd recommend Ubuntu. But, with a few notes: Get used to using the command line as much as possible. Once you've gotten comfortable with Ubuntu and installing programs, try to not use the "sudo apt-get" command to install a program, instead, learn to install from source...

So, I'm a third year electrical engineer, with a heavy interest in more advanced / theoretical / particle physics. I have a few questions actually. What more should I learn before trying to tackle special / general relativity, quantum mechanics, etc? Is there a particular order I should learn...