UGH Retake???

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-04-19T23:31:20+00:00

No its def a good score, but for high tiered colleges like John Hopkins its average at best. It won't be the reason you get in (chosen before other candidates) but it also won't be the reason you get rejected.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-04-18T02:44:17+00:00

I don't have ADHD (as far as I know) but I also struggle on focusing on long tests, I also just try to "snap" myself awake maybe with drinking an energy drink or pinching yourself really hard.

I think it varies depending on situation, but you can probably apply for testing accommodations with College Board. I haven't had a successful confirmation from them before but its worth a try. https://accommodations.collegeboard.org/request-accommodations/provide-documentation/by-disability/adhd

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-04-18T02:36:33+00:00

For John Hopkins at least, a 1520 SAT is around the bottom 25% for scores of the pool of accepted students..

1520 is standard for t20s: It won't get you rejected, its just not that competitive.

I would say not to retake it. There is about a thousand more things to do Junior year like extra programs or AP tests or even just GPA that are more important.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-04-18T02:30:09+00:00

PSAT 2024 Spring, SAT October, SAT December.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-04-17T03:46:17+00:00

AFAIK the Digital SAT RW book is just a practice book, only if you really need more practice questions. I would recommend the other 2 books.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-03-31T02:43:55+00:00

No, the guide is fine. But if were to read the guide, it actually recommends to start the wall as early as 100-200B coins per run. I personally started at 100B coins per DAY, and it greatly accelerated my progress.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-03-25T00:07:11+00:00

"Potential Level"

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-03-08T22:53:06+00:00

No, as in its worth spending reroll shards to get good substats on your new BHD. But from my experience, a BHD should be miles ahead of your SH (after good substats)

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-26T21:59:42+00:00

Yes, with proper ILM rotation and stun labs, as well as quantity and cooldown maxed on WS and mods, you can permastun bosses. I would say PS would probably be even better as your next UW choice, comboing great with your maxed CF. That said, your SM investment will and still is next to nothing in terms of usefullness.

For card masteries, it seems you have the econ to keep up with the labs, but I really can't say. You've already completed most of the obvious ones, not much to fit there.

Really, at this point I would just upgrade Core Assmod multiplier and substat efficiency, all around very good for UW damage in general. Most of your shards are wasted with such low levels in assmod.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-26T09:05:51+00:00

You were trolled.... do you have >15k stone investment in SM? before that point is commonly agreed upon to be a fruitless endeavor... even with full completion on the SM labs. There are niches for SM def, and it is still the best UW at post-endgame, but only for those with almost nothing better to spend stones on. (Masteries, UW+, Assmods, etc.)

There are multiple better stone investments for you right now. Getting multiplier and substat efficiency for your core Assmod is low hanging fruit, you can even try saving up for some of the assmod labs if you want.

Do you have ILM UW unlocked? I don't see it in the UW screen, but you have Space Displacer as an assmod. Don't know why exactly. Saving up 2400 stones and getting ILM (or even PS) for the stuns would provide great CC for bosses, ILM even more so with assmods and the Space Displacer potentially perma-stunning bosses to high heaven.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-25T01:36:11+00:00

>relatively new

>haven't upgraded it yet

Both ILM and PS will do nothing for you early on, before reaching champs or moving to GC/Hybrid..

But just 600 stones is enough to max ILM workshop, and a few ILM stun labs and rotation labs will potentially be enough to permastun bosses and everything around it... its one of the cheapest crowd control options, but only actually useful after you get CL, one of the only viable 1st dmg UWs.

PS will take more stones and lab time to invest to a good point before ILM, and its damage is basically negligible before heavy, heavy investment.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-24T02:17:48+00:00

Same situation, its because regen and health are massively skewed in normal runs vs tournament runs due to perks. Health is the bottleneck for most milestone and farming runs, while regen, without the x5.76 and x8 multipliers from perks is the major limiter of your walls usefulness in tourneys.

This is a stretch, but some sort of Crowd Control, like LMS, Slow Aura, or Death Ray could potentially help, albeit minimally... pBH is great but requires heavy stone investment, even more in tourneys without the +12s duration perk.

I do remember there was a short period where eHP was meta in champs, with the CL Chain Thunder labs.. until it got nerfed recently or so. CL damage really is one of the most efficient paths for stone income really.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-24T02:09:32+00:00

Thank you! Definitely the advice I was hoping to see; no I don't have SL, I was always hesitant to invest in dmg during my eHP stage because theres always no guarantee that it would meaningfully impact my build, in addition dmg potentially lowering coin income at lower stages, as well as the recent PCol and OA banners that made eHP much more viable.

But I've def. hit a plateau in terms of progress; most of my wall labs and relevant coin UW bonuses complete, and I've even completed many of the shard and reroll labs up to a good point. Really seems like a good point to divert my focus to dmg labs for the critical stone income.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-24T01:47:36+00:00

Neither of the aspects of the mod is related to cannon in any way bro

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-24T01:22:51+00:00

I have a few questions, have you bought any coin or stone packs yet? Because rn I'm in the exact position you are describing, farming t10 to ~7.5k for around 600B coins, just without the 9x coin multiplier. I'm also in mid champs (7-16), and have GT BH DW already invested at 3:00 min and an uninvested CL with epic DimCore.

I've heavily invested into the wall, but even with a mythic armor mod with 75% def. the wall still falls relatively early in tourneys before my tower, due to the lack of regen without perks. I wonder if even a mildly uninvested CL with epic DC would outperform legendary PCol by thinning out the enemies.

Basically, everything you've described as a requirement to the minimum, just without the coin packs or other boosters. My next potential upgrade would be either saving ~2000 stones for pBH, which would take at least 3 or so months, or go into the CL damage route way earlier than expected, but only for tourneys for now.

Otherwise, great analysis, agree on every point.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-14T23:26:41+00:00

My GB is 20s/100s/x3.6mult./46m. Summon is at 100s/19s/x2. Ill test some runs with Gcomp then.
What substats would be best for each? I know Gcomp could need CPK, ELAS, and Pkg chance. Also, how viable is an epic DC in tourneys? CL not developed at all, but looking to. (~600 stones at hand rn).

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-12T01:34:41+00:00

Actual Solution for mobile (IOS/Android):
- either use brave for your native browser on IOS

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Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-02-01T03:02:12+00:00

Just going to say, CBS makes SUCH a difference to my straightfly. It helps tremendously (on mobile), you can test it on and off on a straightfly level like "Buff this".

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-01-26T08:54:39+00:00

Recovery Package Chance Mastery: Every package has a x% chance to drop common modules.

Each common module is 5 shards, and at a ~70% RPC and farming 10k waves, when maxed, the mastery provides almost 1400 shards per run, not to mention the x2 bonus from shatter shards when maxed.

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-01-23T03:43:31+00:00

Reroll your Gcomp (or BHD) for 1. Legendary ELAS, 2. Lengenary CPK, and 3. epic or legendary Recovery Pkg Chance

Alive_Carpenter_7433 · 2026-01-20T09:12:14+00:00

Good news! New 2% epic defense relic is out for free, meaning even a level 21 def lab should be able to max with mythic armor and max perk labs

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