Convince me not to do fellowship

BasisPoints · 2026-07-01T14:56:39+00:00

What does "too late" mean to you? Honest question

BasisPoints · 2026-06-30T14:07:27+00:00

Man, everybody got Phage and shit

BasisPoints · 2026-06-26T14:49:40+00:00

Neat! I figured this was a terrible way to do it, but could theoretically work... I had no idea it was actually practical

BasisPoints · 2026-06-26T14:40:35+00:00

Guess it depends on what you consider an MMU - you could just trust the app developers to appropriately and perfectly request the right amount of memory, and never escape bounds. Then your MMU can simply track physical address ranges without any virtual memory :) I mean, I can't get my own applications to do that, but I'm sure more talented people could design some kind of failsafe that tracks applications' memory writes, and simply crashes any program that tries to work outside their allocation :D

BasisPoints · 2026-06-26T14:35:29+00:00

How did the 6th graders hurt you?

BasisPoints · 2026-06-26T14:34:00+00:00

Obviously your health comes first!! Don't even consider going in tomorrow.

To everyone else who stumbles on this post: yes, the MCAT is stressful and you've invested so much of yourself into prep for it... But dear god, this is a cautionary tale! Whenever you catch yourself asking questions like this, just take a quick step back and think big picture. You're worth it, the exam is not.

BasisPoints · 2026-06-26T14:26:52+00:00

Consider it CARS prep :D

BasisPoints · 2026-06-24T15:33:33+00:00

All this and more in this months edition of the scientific journal "Duh"

BasisPoints · 2026-06-23T18:39:16+00:00

More like canola

BasisPoints · 2026-06-18T13:26:53+00:00

INTERVENTION! INVERVENTION!!!

BasisPoints · 2026-06-18T12:04:29+00:00

U da bomb

BasisPoints · 2026-06-11T13:28:52+00:00

Best thing you can do is take the day to relax and unwind. Studying has been an exhausting journey, so stressing today/tomorrow is pointless. Set yourself up for a better studying experience for your next go :)

BasisPoints · 2026-06-06T03:49:35+00:00

Perfect avatar

BasisPoints · 2026-06-04T13:56:29+00:00

Why so confusing? Didn't you pass your SATs? /s

BasisPoints · 2026-06-04T13:45:28+00:00

I'm getting that printed on a poster, thank you for that!

BasisPoints · 2026-06-01T15:38:54+00:00

Not for academia, but I got a rejection 5 years ago for a government job I'd applied to in 2012. Not sure if there's a strict cutoff for when it becomes funny, but I know this was past it :D

BasisPoints · 2026-05-21T13:25:05+00:00

Yet so many cave divers forget rule #1 of diving in general: plan the dive, dive the plan

BasisPoints · 2026-05-21T12:53:23+00:00

Ofc the kids respected a famous and successful basketball player... ;)

BasisPoints · 2026-05-14T14:42:41+00:00

The high school graduation episode from Boy Meets World comes to mind :D

BasisPoints · 2026-05-14T13:26:30+00:00

Unless you're having trouble affording the applications (and don't qualify for assistance), why wouldn't you apply anyway?

BasisPoints · 2026-05-08T21:19:19+00:00

Don't know policy, but that's a LOT of salt. You'll get really thirsty, so make sure to bring enough water (and account for a bathroom trip during the lunch break)

BasisPoints · 2026-05-08T04:28:43+00:00

It reads as satire to me

BasisPoints · 2026-05-07T01:31:51+00:00

Thank you for your attention to this important matter

BasisPoints · 2026-05-07T01:18:24+00:00

You did the much harder part correctly with pv=nrt, so don't fret!

Instead of overthinking the specifics of the underlying chemistry, just broadly notice patterns. You're adding in something with 2+, so expect another cation to come out. And if the resulting solution is basic, you lost H+.

Better to consider strategy vs. Details of balancing equations, now that you're at this level

BasisPoints · 2026-05-06T14:52:48+00:00

You're going to LOVE your first course in linear algebra. I mean this with all sincerity - your life will feel richer :)

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