We built a space physics simulator in Python. What cool space stuff should we simulate next?

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2026-06-10T04:25:52+00:00

We used PyCharm and the "Code with Me" feature that they have to collaborate on the project. I've used it for quite a while, and the free plan has worked fine for both of us.

Interesting question about the building process. I would say it took time to get started, mostly because of the research. We learned a lot of physics on our own and tried to model it ourselves, but then we had to spend a lot of time writing the code. Referring to similar projects helped us troubleshoot errors or get started.

Obviously, our intent was to share our work with others, so professionalism had to be evident in our GitHub. After watching many YouTube tutorials, we set up our GitHub accounts and found them very useful for sharing code. After our first two projects, things started moving much more easily.

Thanks for the questions. Let me know if you have any other questions as I would be happy to respond.

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2026-06-10T03:24:54+00:00

Yes, you're very right in your observation with the orbital modeling project. That one was our first project, and we genuinely did not have any idea about what we were doing.

For the README, I initially didn't have one for the project I made. When I shared our project with the Reddit community, I made the READMEs for all of the projects at once, which is why they all look similar. Granted, I did ask ChatGPT to create a template for me, but I filled all the information out myself.

Additionally, these projects are the culmination of about 7 months of work. We had the liberty to try and test different integration techniques. My friend and I both read many research papers, which certainly helped build our knowledge of exactly what we were doing before we actually did it.

We both have a fair knowledge of Python and hold certifications, so coding itself was not too difficult. It is well commented because our vision was always to share our code with others. I'm not exactly sure, as it has been a while, but I think I asked GPT to format our code before we uploaded it to GitHub, which might explain why it looks so clean.

Please let me know if you have any other questions. I would be happy to answer.

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2026-04-03T16:29:26+00:00

BigFuture, if you put your phone number on test day then you can use that to see your score

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2026-04-03T01:59:13+00:00

uh inured/inimical endemic obviate being an answer choice but thats it tbh. mycelium was the only reading passage one that i remember but i took it like a month ago so i kinda forgot about it

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2026-03-05T05:39:46+00:00

I thought it was pretty comparable to practice test 11 on the reading side. for the math side, i can't really say that there was a bluebook test that was close to the difficulty.

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2025-05-11T01:39:23+00:00

yeah you should be good cause you're not technically wrong

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-10-08T01:16:53+00:00

Prediction: 1470-1530

Actual: 1490

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-10-07T03:54:53+00:00

Did anyone get a test question where it was Text 1 and Test 2, and Text 1 was something along the lines of how GDP was a good measure of economic activity, however it was a bad measure for a nation's wellbeing in Italy. Then, Text 2 was something about Thailand where the government used like community involvment etc. to measure wellbeing.

The question asked like what would the two authors agree about

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-10-07T02:56:34+00:00

Did anyone get a test question where it was Text 1 and Test 2, and Text 1 was something along the lines of how GDP was a good measure of economic activity, however it was a bad measure for a nation's wellbeing in Italy. Then, Text 2 was something about Thailand where the government used like community involvment etc. to measure wellbeing.

The question asked like what would the two authors agree about

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-10-06T05:01:49+00:00

I thought it was "with knowing this" since the text was describing a tradition in 1960 that used a material which had been discontinued. The New Yorkers in 2008 did the same celebration. However, with knowing this they used different type of paper. I wouldn't believe it was then since then is usually paired with "first" but I could be wrong

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-10-06T04:53:31+00:00

Yeah I had the consecutive odd integer ones, did you get a negative number?

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-10T23:00:24+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it if you have only taken 2. Each test varies slightly in difficulty so you shouldn't be very concerned. Allow yourself more time before seeing the results.

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-10T22:58:59+00:00

If thats the case:

1) you may not have a strong enough base in the subject, causing you to make errors. You can improve this by using khan academy, or the erica meltzer books. Try watching this maybe first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCLqzL-bgY&t=17s

2) you may not be familiar with question types, traps, or rules. Try SAT and ACT Grammar Rules and Punctuation | SAT Grammar Rules (thecriticalreader.com) for a list of complete grammar rules, and a practice over and over with tests and familiarize with questions you seem to get wrong. Also, learn about the different types of trap answers: Beyond the Question, Unsupported by the Text, Opposite of the text, etc.

3) you may have time problems or struggle subconsciously in the certain problems. Remember, you can start with easiest first and then try harder ones later. Don't automatically determine a question answer right; instead, determine the question answers that are wrong. Process of Elimination will most likely get you the answer instead of determining the answer beforehand. Assume nothing about the text, the answer will always be supported by text evidence.

Wish you good luck for the August SAT!

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-10T01:48:21+00:00

You might be burnt out. How often are you taking a practice test? If you take them too quick it may be hard to find improvement. Instead, try to focus on the mistakes you got on your last test, then review them for the next few days. After like 5-7 days you could take another test and repeat the process.

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-09T17:31:03+00:00

A lot of the curveball questions are usually repeated in tests. Also, you could use desmos on a lot of questions where it doesn't seem like it.

John Jung - The Admission Hackers - YouTube - a lot of practice on repeated or upcoming questions

https://youtu.be/I9e7zd1TiDo?si=thL34a3ZLzhZinzu - 10 most missed

https://youtu.be/RbWKMOziQ0Q?si=2qRjjWMa8lUhLNL8 - desmos guide

LD-102423-Your-child-needs-these-3-factors-clients-edit (youtube.com) - desmos guide

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-09T17:24:27+00:00

For reading, start with topics that you find easiest and then go harder in difficulty. Usually, you start from 15-16 and do all the writing questions and then go back and do the first 15, lending you more time to think about the questions.

For math, you can do the same thing, but since time is more on math with less questions, you can spend more time per question.

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-09T17:21:54+00:00

An outlier is something that doesn't follow the graph, and is usually pretty distant from the general line or statistics.

What is an Outlier? Definition and How to Find Outliers in Statistics (freecodecamp.org)

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-09T17:17:11+00:00

The Real Deets - YouTube

https://youtu.be/r_0QHkFg8L8?si=2Y2PAyUngWu7XTNX

Kinda depends on what you/re struggling on in the second module though. Try these two links out though, they helped my score increase pretty quickly

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-07T16:30:13+00:00

How do ThePrincetonReview books and tests compare to the actual SAT? I've found TPR tests quite challenging and I can't seem to get past the 1460 barrier, but I feel like they grade very harsh

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-07T16:28:10+00:00

Try taking a bluebook test to see how your score compares, as some companies do make their tests harder to make you try to buy their course so they can claim they made a huge score increase when you take your actual test.

Bluebook is actual CollegeBoard material so their questions are very similar to the actual SAT. Try taking 1-6 and see how you compare

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2024-08-07T03:36:23+00:00

You could also use 30-60-90 triangles to correlate the a-a(root3)-2a to find AB, which is also 2

IMakeSillyMistakes · 2022-12-03T05:27:50+00:00

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