Recent content by nsimmons

I'm doing upper levels at the moment, I use this guy. http://www.flickr.com/photos/minieng/465646820/ Seriously. I hardly ever use a calculator. I don't even bring it to exams. Anything really ugly I use maple and wouldn't even try on a graphing calc.

http://students.sfu.ca/calendar/physics/mathematical-phys-hon.html

Let me qualify my statements with the fact that I'm old (30's) with other responsibilities. I'm almost 4th year, 3.5ish. I transferred from Douglas College, which was a joke requiring minimal effort, and was a huge disservice for preparation. I have absolutely become a better student. Very...

I can only comment on SFU. You will get pummeled with homework. Most of my 2nd, 3rd year courses in physics, math took 12-15 hours per assignment with a new assignment every week. Usually 10-11 per semester. Typically they are very difficult, which I assume is because of cheating and...

I'm exactly the same. Same age, same circumstances (more or less). I took as many transferable credits as possible from a CC (58, max 60). I took all my electives and language classes. I also took some non transferable prep physics, chem courses as I forgot everything completely. I think I did...

Nerves are everything, you must force yourself to remain calm and clear headed. I wrote my physics EM test last Tuesday. I was sick with the flu, in the process of moving, having financial problems. I found out the Sunday two days before the test a close family member has stage 4...

Ive worked night for years, you adjust pretty quick as long as you accept the fact that during the day you must sleep. Tinfoil bedroom windows, total darkness, and a fan to drown out ambient noise. One difference is most people get up, go to work, then run errands, socialize after work...

there's some good advice here and some misguided. Diet (properly proportioned meals, not low fat starvation) is key to weight loss, but without a proper resistance program, (not running or swimming but weights) you will loose as much muscle as fat. Goal is to be lean, not thin and skinny/fat...

This is what I do. Work in a vet lab at night, school in the AM, the money is ok, enough to support myself and pay for school. Though not enough to convince me to give up classes.

Move to a suburb, I am 5-10 min from vancouver. I am paying $575 for a fair sized 1 bedroom. I can be anywhere in van in 30 min. Work fulltime, 15hr, I have about 6-700 a month left over which includes paying my way through school, (slowly). I have also have a car and spend maybe 120-150 a month...

Well then you should be fine.

Be aware of the demands of full time employment and school. My 40 hour week easily reaches 50+. Factor in commute, errands (youre moving out), just cooking dinner, let alone studying and class. During the semester my sleep drops to 5 hours tops with a part time course load. Proper time managment...

Another vote for philosophy, took logic, ancient phil(greek), modern(hobbes, descartes, etc) and phil of religion. 4 of the most interesting classes.

I read a quote once that said the body can do without sleep or food but not both. I've found this to be true. If I am up for 20 hours i can't stop eating, and if I am resticting food, my sleep will double.

It depends, not on rpm as much as the pulse width of the injectors (assuming efi). low rpm lugging = longer injection time, vs high rpm small injection time. Car and Driver did a study a few years ago and concluded that moderate acceleration (60-70%) and short shifting (couple thousand below...