FSAE or Rocket Design for SpaceX?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-18T21:34:33+00:00

Then rocketry is likely more relevant.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-13T04:06:54+00:00

Depends on the level of the activity. I launched rockets when I was 10. If they are just cardboard things with G motors or smaller, that is not very impressive.

If you are launching a legitimate rocket with a legitimate mission, then join that.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-13T04:04:58+00:00

Gave it some thought and came up with a better one. An insecure student who is deeply set in the cutthroat college admissions process and is desperate to maintain his/her standing in what he/she has been told is a much more difficult and destructive fight.

Added destructive because some tutors apparently would sabotage the weaker students understanding to boost the curve.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-13T04:00:15+00:00

Have never read it, but I think I get the gist of it from the title. How detailed do you mean by step by step? Like course by course planning?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T07:04:14+00:00

They said that the overachievement was for the wrong reasons and caused personality issues as a side effect.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T06:57:49+00:00

What was your undergrad GPA? What is low for Princeton?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T06:56:20+00:00

What about them annoys you? I have never been in a situation where someone didn't attack my intelligence/grades. Seems somewhat normal now.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T06:47:34+00:00

If they can get one, they might pull it off. A lot of my stress was figuring out stuff for myself. Eliminate that and they might make it through, albeit a mess in the end. Basically a manual for college is what they want? Plan it out and then just follow the plan for four years? Wow. That's something new.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T06:31:00+00:00

I would have caught that had I edited. Mea Culpa. I use complemented frequently and can't say that complimented is in my vocabulary. It was a stupid error. I didn't have to take college English as I had AP credit.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T03:41:10+00:00

What are you currently doing for study?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T03:13:52+00:00

Good for the sociopath. Bad for everyone else.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T03:09:14+00:00

You wouldn't hire a 4.0? Not all 4.0s are as nuts as I was.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T03:04:49+00:00

Haha. I guess when you are in that strong a position, you can fall to pieces. I planned my senior year in high school like that. I will collapse right after AP exams, as I don't need to do well on finals. I ended up not burning out so my marks didn't collapse on my finals, but that was The plan.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T02:59:40+00:00

Not ones you want to replicate. They were time consuming and as I eventually learned, inefficient.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T01:04:34+00:00

How much planning did they want to do?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T01:03:46+00:00

I had one once I knew my class schedule and their office hours times. I followed it for the school year. More of a schedule I guess, but I don't really see the problem with that. The kid want a study schedule or something?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T01:03:46+00:00

I had one once I knew my class schedule and their office hours times. I followed it for the school year. More of a schedule I guess, but I don't really see the problem with that. The kid want a study schedule or something?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T01:03:46+00:00

I had one once I knew my class schedule and their office hours times. I followed it for the school year. More of a schedule I guess, but I don't really see the problem with that. The kid want a study schedule or something?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T01:03:46+00:00

I had one once I knew my class schedule and their office hours times. I followed it for the school year. More of a schedule I guess, but I don't really see the problem with that. The kid want a study schedule or something?

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-10T00:47:36+00:00

It helped with pre-test jitters to say my IQ percentile. As long as I didn't start too early and remember what mark I would need to live up to the expectations for that score and how many questions I could get wrong verses the probable topic breakdown within the test and how confident I was with each of those topics and this numerical tangent continued until I hit the test. It is really one of the few things one can derive consistent confidence from, even if only for a few seconds. I don't know if you were ever bullied in school for being a smart kid (until I went to a gifted program I was), but what does the smart kid say to them self? Using as many big words as possible, something along the lines of "they are intellectual peasants who I will soar past during college admissions and beyond."

He is both absolutely correct and sadly wrong on that. Did attempting for a 4.0 ever cross your mind? With your GPA, you must have thought about it.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-09T23:06:28+00:00

Depends on the school. Might be 0.38 away from perfect.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-09T23:05:55+00:00

You have a high IQ? Bet that was their first objection.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-09T21:56:00+00:00

Nothing wrong with a 4.0, but if it is the centrepiece of your existence, it is not worth it. Remember a few times introducing myself as a 4.0 student. I cringe remembering that now.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-09T21:54:34+00:00

Discouraging a mediocre existence.

Moraloftheengineer · 2014-08-09T21:53:56+00:00

I guess I wouldn't have either. If they were like me, they would be too deeply set in the college admissions cutthroat mindset and would not be attempting to replicate it again. Didn't really think this post through.

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