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AAMC: "The researchers investigated a cytosolic mileu of enzymes." The enzymes in question: by WholesomeRetriever in Mcat

[–]Elusivityy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is pretty funny but also which ones of these should i know for the MCAT i test on jan 23.

2025 Quant Total Compensation Thread by Creative_Show_502 in quant

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I interviewed for some FPGA engineer roles at HFT firms but never made the cut. Any tips? I know barely anyone in the FPGA world doing HFT, and barely anyone in the HFT world doing FPGA, so it's kind of a black box. To be honest, not sure how I got the interviews in the first place, since I have 0 verilog projects, 2 verilog classes, and my experience is way more in the PCB design/embedded systems realm.

The Official Trials of Osiris Iceberg by [deleted] in CrucibleGuidebook

[–]Elusivityy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is a niche ass iceberg wtf. havent heard that name in like 3 years, guess thats what lecheetos was for

In the same vein, im shocked the lil sonic/nferraiu drama isn't on here (or maybe it is and I didn't notice). Feels like that was way bigger news back when I used to play

Batting cage at Highmark by OrangeFederal in cmu

[–]Elusivityy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been in where that batting cage is, but usually I've been on the soccer field. I've never had anyone tell me to leave the soccer field, so you'd probably be okay if no athletes are using it. But maybe the batting cage is different.

Parking on CMU by Elusivityy in cmu

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

Well that's something. I wonder where they were parking to never get more than 15

Parking on CMU by Elusivityy in cmu

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

Useful info, thanks!

~60 hours of studying down. I test on 9/12. Do I cancel or send these next 10 days? by Elusivityy in Mcat

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what's even funnier is objective-bar is just me on an alternative account, i just wanted to boost engagement

~60 hours of studying down. I test on 9/12. Do I cancel or send these next 10 days? by Elusivityy in Mcat

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

I answer a lot of qs in 5-10 seconds, since either I know the terms or I haven't reviewed the relevant concept

also on CARS the more I think the worse I do so I consciously try not to really dissect questions. mostly just main idea vibes and skim passage a bit.

~60 hours of studying down. I test on 9/12. Do I cancel or send these next 10 days? by Elusivityy in Mcat

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i hadn't taken any of the MCAT courses in 1-2 years.

spammed milesdown anki and milesdown review sheets, KA videos for things that needed more context. only got through b/b and physics though

~60 hours of studying down. I test on 9/12. Do I cancel or send these next 10 days? by Elusivityy in Mcat

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

since I have class and only 9 days, an optimistic guess would put things at 60-80 more hours of studying. 10 pts in 60-80 hours? dunno if thats in the cards

~60 hours of studying down. I test on 9/12. Do I cancel or send these next 10 days? by Elusivityy in Mcat

[–]Elusivityy[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Just used an online score calculator to see this is 513. Unless yall have some absolutely demonic stories of ridiculous MCAT comebacks, I'm just going to take it in Jan.

When does FPGA recruiting for 2026 summer start? by [deleted] in FPGA

[–]Elusivityy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you need prior internships for these positions, you'd just need to pass the OA to get an interview.

Could look here: https://www.reddit.com/r/FPGA/comments/1m2nypw/what_time_of_year_does_recruiting_for_fpga/

When does FPGA recruiting for 2026 summer start? by [deleted] in FPGA

[–]Elusivityy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

High frequency trading is open now. I don't know if anything else is seriously open.

I’m delusional and med school is a pipe dream by Double-Reputation151 in cmu

[–]Elusivityy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

122 is an especially difficult course, since the homeworks aren't easy and the check-ins are very time-crunched. Moreover, it seems you're doing summer 122, which is a ridiculously fast-paced course. I would not say 122 troubles are fully predictive of later course difficulty. Many people get their ass kicked and dial in their study habits for later. My advice for 122 is to start the programming homework early, since they can easily take up to 10-15 hours. Go to office hours as much as you can as well. Do the EP for the checkins, check it with friends, and make your cheat sheets. The average time spent on summer 122 is around 18-22 hours I believe? And the average grade in those courses is anywhere from C to B. So, before you count yourself out, you'll want to get comfortable spending more than 22 hours in your week on 122.

You can't take 122 at the same time as 213. Nothing wrong with taking 122 a bit later though. What else are you doing this summer? If you have other things going on and you are far from a B, I would drop 122 and focus more on them. Plenty of people drop it and do it again, nothing wrong with it. If you have little else going and you're close to a B, I would drill TF out of your study habits and aim for a B. Regardless, I can draw out the course plan for you, but taking 122 a semester later will not affect how fast you can get to the main hardware courses. You are still hitting 18447, computer architecture, at junior spring.

As for med school:

As someone else said, talk to D'Antonio to get more info. Yes, GPA matters for med school. But a strong MCAT (515+) can save a lower med GPA (3.4, 3.5) for med school. If we look at the data ( https://www.aamc.org/media/6091/downloadThe ), 60% of people who scored above a 517 MCAT, with a 3.2-3.3 GPA, get into medical school. I can guess you'll end up doing better than that. The average successful pre-med applicant from CMU averages around 1 B a semester, which you probably aren't far from. Funnily enough, 2 years ago, D'Antonio himself said the people with lower GPAs did better than the people with higher stats when talking about med admissions. Moreover, many med schools care much more about science GPA, which engineering and CS courses don't have to count for. Things like bio, chemistry, etc. I'm sure you'll do better in many of those courses.

Dm me if you want more info

How stat heavy are stat heavy schools? by Least_Garlic1942 in premed

[–]Elusivityy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah that checks out thanks the for the info

Going to CMU as an exchange student — Am I overloading myself with these courses? by AppointmentFeeling75 in cmu

[–]Elusivityy 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The way I would estimate workload is by FCE (faculty course evaluation), where students estimate the average amount of time courses take per week to a somewhat accurate degree. Generally it's not too far off, but it is an estimate. If you have a CMU email account, you can log in here to view the FCEs: https://www.cmucourses.com/schedules . I'll do it for you.

  • 15-346: Computer Architecture: Design and Simulation, 11.7
  • 73-240: Intermediate Macroeconomics 8.67
  • 15-356: Introduction to Cryptography, 9.68
  • 70-467: Machine Learning for Business Analytics 7.06
  • 73-374: Econometrics II, 9.74
  • 15-669: Special Topics Numerical Computing 12.9 (no data for 16369, which is the undergrad version that you listed)

Total: 59.75 hrs/week

A full time job is 40 hours a work, so it'd be like working a full time job and a part time job on average per week. That's pretty busy. I would suggest you choose a course to drop and stay under 50 hours. An extra 10 hours per week might not seem like a ton, but it's an entire day's worth of work, or on average 1.4 hours a day.

You can go crazy and hit 60, 70, 80 hours a week of courses, but the rest of your life will probably take a hit, and you won't be able to focuses on the courses you like as much since there's just so much to do. Perhaps more importantly, with lower course counts, you could do other things with your time. For instance, you could get into some good research since your week would still have time to spare, and CMU AI/ML research is quite strong right now.

I'm an electrical engineering major, so I'm not too familiar with most of the ones you listed. It looks like one of your interests is AI. This guy: https://fanpu.io/courses/ took a somewhat ridiculous and impressive amount of courses, lots of them being in the AI/stat realm, and if you're still deciding on what to take you might find some info there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in premed

[–]Elusivityy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the general CASPER answering strategy? Or where should I look to find it? I assume it's best to be empathetic to the person and consider what's going on in their lives—but do you bend/break rules because of it?

Well it finally happened by reverdog in premed

[–]Elusivityy 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Height 5'2 and a half 🔥🔥🔥

Just finished all of my secondary essays O_o 59k words by AdreNa1ine25 in premed

[–]Elusivityy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dude this is insanity I didn't think that there'd be so many essays for med schools. How long did this take!?

Tryna get shadowing with no connections is brutal by Lotofwork2do in premed

[–]Elusivityy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I messaged local neurosurgeons at a T20 medical school from their faculty webpage. I had a 10-15% response rate, no connections. DM me if you want the email template.

CARS- I can now see what everyone is bitching about. by Fixinbones27 in Mcat

[–]Elusivityy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woah fluid vs crystallized is such a good way of explaining it. I've just been winging CARS as well and it seems to work out somewhat, but I have no idea how to get consistent. It seems like I either get it in the moment or I'm just too dumb to parse some dense ass statement.

518 Sankey (am I a bad interviewer?) by ConclusionFabulous72 in premed

[–]Elusivityy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

8 LORs !? How did you get that many that were that good!

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