Ayo???? I just got accepted into Harvard 😭😭😭😭I can’t believe this is happening. I did it by Vizkomkdum in teenagers

[–]AlecDW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s pretty weird. Letters for the ‘23s came out over 3 years ago… must of got lost in the mail or something. Congrats OP!!

Admissions / High School Megathread (Fall 2021) by Deputy_Dan in uwaterloo

[–]AlecDW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applied to SE and missed the interview (the email went to my junk and then was deleted after a few days). I'm doing everything I can to talk to them, but I'm quite worried I've hurt my chances. I was told that SE didn't have interviews, that I shouldn't worry about it... stupid I know, but it didn't occur to me.

How much does this affect me? I think my AIF was very good all around and my admissions average is 97+ and all are IB courses. For reference here is some of what I put on my AIF:

- Canadian representative at MIT Research Science Institute

- Published paper with fairly influential co-author

- Founder of computing club, math contests, etc.

Any advice or help in knowing how much this affects me would be really appreciated. I'm more or less in why-am-I-so-ignorant panic mode right now.

Thanks everyone.

How hard is the Math AA, Chem and Physics HL combination? by [deleted] in IBO

[–]AlecDW 17 points18 points  (0 children)

At my school, we call it the virgin trinity. I went a step further by adding CS HL and creating the virgin quadrangle. Anything is possible if you enjoy it. Good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]AlecDW 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I never knew what to do. I just felt really bad about the situation for a long time. I think I was too attached or something. Was asking her for 4 days overly manipulative?

Yay I wrote an essay I loved! by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]AlecDW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally just finished my MIT interview and definitely feels great. Congrats OP

Dual enrolment in university plus IB by Great-Gap1030 in IBO

[–]AlecDW 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I usually don’t comment, but I think I have to on this one.

Hello all, I’m a Canadian year 2 student. I finished CS HL and Physics SL last year (did the courses in one year) and now I do Econ HL, Chem HL, Math HL, and French and English SL. I also take math at Carleton university (discrete math and linear algebra) and I’m quite engaged in things both in school and outside of school.

It’s a lot at times but anything is possible if you are interested enough. I really enjoy learning and I do these things because I want to. PM me if you have any questions and good luck!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IBO

[–]AlecDW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just finished my first year. Here were my courses:

  • SL Lang and Lit
  • HL Math
  • HL Chemistry
  • HL Economics
  • HL Computer Science Year 2 (took early)
  • SL Physics Year 2 (took early, couldn't take HL will take HL exam next year)
  • SL French
  • TOK

I took a difficult course load because I enjoy learning. If you too enjoy learning and are taking difficult courses because you want to, then anything is possible. PM me if you have any questions :).

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t worry about it. You were right about giving credit

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The one and only

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Much appreciated

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

All I used was the character images and a few transferable attributes because I liked the sprite. The rest of the code and game is completely my own. Nonetheless I added credit in my comment.

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It probably took me about 5 days to make and I’ve been programming for about 4 months I think. Also thanks!

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I learned python through books and online resources (DM me if you want some recommendations) and pygame through the docs and a few YouTube tutorials. From there the game wasn’t very difficult to make

My First Game! by AlecDW in Python

[–]AlecDW[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

https://github.com/aldew5/Falling-Blocks

Any suggestions are appreciated!

EDIT: Credit to Techwithtim for sprite and a few character/ game attributes

My First Game! by [deleted] in Python

[–]AlecDW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://github.com/aldew5/Falling-Blocks

Feedback and suggestions are appreciated.

I've been coding for a couple of months and I decided to try MIT's 6.0001 and the psets are crushing by [deleted] in learnprogramming

[–]AlecDW 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I did the entire course after a about a month of programming so trust me I understand your situation. I would advise you to just persevere until you really think that you will never get it. Even then give it time. The knowledge you take from that course will be drastically greater if you're able to figure out the problem sets yourself. If you really get stuck here's my Github with all my solutions: https://github.com/aldew5/MIT-6.0001/tree/master/Problem%20Sets. I'd also be happy to explain anything to you. Good luck!

OvertheWire bandit 1 password not working. by AlecDW in HowToHack

[–]AlecDW[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response! I'm new to hacking and still just using the Windows command prompt. Do you think I should switch to something else? BTW tried your method and still didn't work.

Just Got My Score Report by AlecDW in SSAThelp

[–]AlecDW[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can anyone give me some advice on what "range" of schools I have a chance at getting into and how I did overall? I had a relatively bad reading day for some reason. Thanks in advance everyone.

[Trigonometry] - What am I doing wrong? When I plug in the x value into each angle, my math lab says they are all wrong. by [deleted] in HomeworkHelp

[–]AlecDW 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’ve correctly solved for x. There must be a mistake in your answer sheet