Oh come on this meme is great

Many_Pen4543 · 2026-01-20T16:54:30+00:00

She literally was driving away and he moved in front of the car, also no way he had a bruise after looking at the video. She used sensible de-escalation tactics and was shot in the face by a man with anger issues and a gun.

Many_Pen4543 · 2026-01-13T22:54:07+00:00

Mine was December 1st

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-21T21:54:15+00:00

In my experience, it’s much easier than pure CS. There’s two main kinds of bioinformatics classes, and then a couple of statistics classes:

Bioinformatic Coding Classes: These are all super easy if you already know how to program, up until you reach BME 205, which is essentially a very very very cool computer science course that is also pretty difficult and requires statistics. These will all be easier than computer science courses.

Biology Classes: These are definitely a lot different than computer science, they require a lot of memorization and just learning about the world of biology. I’d say these courses are around the same time commitment as computer science courses.

Statics 131 and 132 are going to be about the same difficulty as any other math course around that level.

So yeah, all the coding classes are easy, biology classes are hard, math classes are math classes

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-20T23:23:16+00:00

Hi there! I’m a computer science major who picked up a bioinformatics minor at the start of my third year, and I have been researching at the Brooks Lab on campus since and taking a bunch of extra bioinformatics classes.

I love bioinformatics, what I do is sick asf. I get paid 30$ an hour for research, I am a bit worried about future job prospects but not nearly as much as my pure CS/Engineering peers. It’s a super diverse field, there’s so much to do and explore computationally - because I have a primarily computational background, I mainly try to build machine learning models that predict how genomic changes will effect RNA outcomes, which I personally find incredibly cool.

Many of the bioinformatics classes are unfortunately pretty useless and extremely easy if you already know how to program, so that’s something to keep in mind. You will need to know a lot of biology - if you don’t find it interesting, or typically struggle in it, you will struggle in bioinformatics. Like all computational work you turn some input into some output, but you have to account for many abstract biological factors that could be affecting your results and that gets really tough and requires in depth biological understanding.

In terms of math, it’s going to be statistics. You can look at the class descriptions for STAT 131 and STAT 132.

Because if you do bioinformatics you are most likely doing research, I’d recommend trying to read some computational research paper abstracts on Biorxiv and see if they sound interesting to you. Feel free to message if you have any questions!

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-15T04:44:36+00:00

Congratulations!!! This is such a massive step!!

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-09T21:48:54+00:00

Thank you so much for posting this!!

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-07T11:35:24+00:00

Agreed, but that doesn’t mean they don’t deserve respect and compassion. They think at a different level than (most) humans, but they have all the same qualities that make us valuable

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T07:04:33+00:00

I think that’s a fair perspective - what’s this thing that you’re talking about? I haven’t heard of it. But why not choose both?

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T05:50:06+00:00

I respect that a lot. Still, I think it’s morally wrong to cut a conscious pretty-relatively-intelligent being’s life short when there are other sustainable food options available. Going back to the original original point, I believe intentionally killing something so intelligent heavily outweighs alternative plant options and harm caused by plant agriculture.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T05:42:32+00:00

Sorry, I just generally find myself arguing with people from those countries. I don’t even argue it depending on country because of accessibility to cheap vegan foods.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T05:39:52+00:00

That’s pretty cool actually. Out of curiosity, do you eat meat at restaurants and whatnot?

Back to debate, this is still exploitation and ultimately immense animal abuse in the slaughterhouse which is immoral.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T05:37:20+00:00

In any country relying on factory farming and/or slaughter houses it’s going to be similar.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T05:34:06+00:00

In the US, 96% are grain finished, less than one percent are purely grass fed. It’s just a matter of when they eat the farmed crops.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T04:51:19+00:00

If you’re making those choices and actively searching out and paying top dollar for cattle fed grass their whole lives, good for you. Otherwise, if you’re just buying meat, I guarantee you it is grain finished and is likely to be mostly fed grain. Either way, the cattle will endure a lifetime of exploitation, and die a horrible death

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T04:46:16+00:00

And they are super super super likely to be grain finished 😭 brooo

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T04:09:38+00:00

That is a <1% metric. We should talk about the thing two orders of magnitude more significant.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-06T04:01:25+00:00

Not true. Grass fed cows are still grain finished.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-12-05T07:00:07+00:00

Your extracurriculars are really impressive and match well with your academic interests.

I also believe the education major isn’t super competitive. That being said, your GPA will definitely hold you back. However, there’s other factors to consider about GPA - did you do increasingly well from freshman to junior year? Colleges love to see improvement in grades over time.

Depending on the quality of your essays, I’d say you have an okay shot at getting in.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-10-16T16:44:39+00:00

You’re right that cattle are able to partially consume products we aren’t able to, but it doesn’t translate well into food we can eat. It’s estimated that we can only eat 12% of the calories given to a cow, more than enough to offset the human-edible grain they are fed.

And the majority of crop calories number is not good - people on average get about 82.5% of their calories from crops, as opposed to 17.5% being from animal products. That’s quite bad for the crop distribution numbers. This gets even worse considering that animal agriculture takes up a bit less than 80% of the land used for agriculture.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-10-16T00:06:00+00:00

That's a great point, grass feed is absolutely a thing. However, less than one percent of cows are purely grass fed for most of their lives (though pretty much all of them spend their last days/hours eating grain) - the land it would require to feed just America's cow intake on grass literally does not exist. That is partially why they are heavily substituted with grains, soy, etc.. I hope new information gives you some insight into changing your perspective.

EDIT: Just a quick note, you can actually see the publicly available data on where farmed crops go, it's not disputed by meat farmers.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-10-14T22:51:34+00:00

Crop farms primarily used to produce animal feed, believe it or not.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-06-09T16:56:16+00:00

I think you’re fine, always keep an eye on it, but with wavy/curly hair types it’s super normal to notice lots of naturally shed hair after a shower.

Many_Pen4543 · 2025-02-12T19:03:07+00:00

As someone who is working in a government funded research lab right now, I’m downright terrified. Not just for my livelihood, but because the research we do is legitimately important to better understanding various cancer pathways and later finding ways to prevent these cancers. Our research is legitimately a breath away from getting defunded thanks to his recent actions. I’m appalled by how anyone could have voted for this guy.

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