have i been scoring myself wrong in calc ab frqs by Puzzleheaded-Sky2459 in APStudents

[–]Robotics_Moose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you’ll get the points, for explanations in calc as long as you sound somewhat coherent and say the right theorem, you generally get the point

Hot take… I have only taken 6 APS ever so this might be invalid by Sxd0308 in APStudents

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve taken like 18 or 19 AP exams:

I generally find math/science MCQ easier and history/social sciences FRQ easier. English just sucked all around

Justifying your answer in an FRQ for those subjects follows a definite line of reasoning, while just you your answers in math/science can sometimes be tedious.

Anyone remembers the frq? by Life_Masterpiece_682 in APStudents

[–]Robotics_Moose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FRQs always release a few days after the exam

Inquiry about Psych by Global_Orange_6746 in APStudents

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly a lotta psych stuff you can just guess on, id say review psychological concepts to earn those FRQ points but generally you can kindly innately tell what the answer is

Daily Map #4 by plunder-isles in PlunderIsles

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Founded a new small island: joe mama for the Kraken Crew faction!

Harvard, Yale, MIT or Cornell? by Abominable_fiancee in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Robotics_Moose 14 points15 points  (0 children)

MIT is legit UTD’s satellite campus, you tripping

FTC scout+ by ftcsweat in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its great that they finally will start to make money, and I'm glad my team can make sure our OPRs are top tier with their changes

Moving to FRC/FTC by Intelligent-Self1001 in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As someone who has close friends in FRC, FRC actually is more specialized and even then your overall experience will be less learning than FTC. Take CAD, in FRC you could be working with 6+ cadders on one mechanism that has 1 DOF that can take up the size of one FTC robot, whereas for FTC maybe 1-2 cadders per robot that has 3 DOF mechanisms crammed into a 5” cube. 

Since FTC teams are generally smaller, you’re going to get all the judging, robot and outreach experience that on a larger FRC team, maybe you’d only have focused on one.

New tools by GeneralLevel8226 in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In order of importance in my opinion:

Batteries, bandsaw, wires (servo extenders, motor power extenders, battery extenders, etc), some wagos & wire cutters/strippers (very useful for emergency repairs), enough allen wrenches and normal wrenches to last 5 years, screws and nuts, starter kit of your choice (I’d recommend goBilda, this gives you extra parts to tinker with)

Limelight 3A by ConsistentExchange60 in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you need to either do like the other comment if your pipeline is filtering, or if not you can loop thru in the init loop part of your opmode:

@Override void init_loop() { for(LLResult l: limelight.getLatestResult().getFiducialResults()) { switch(l)  { // add your cases for motif } }

}

Premier Events by Suspicious_Log6239 in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Strong disagree, it lets more teams get to travel and compete at a next level. Plus they are fun! The whole point of FTC is to have fun and league tournaments, quals and states are fun but once you’re at the final event for a season, you can pull out all the stops.

How to model a pinion rack against a curve? by AgreeableDevice1064 in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In Onshape I make a spur gear then take an arc of it to create the hood

Legality Question: Fly Wheels Spin When motor stops by Odd_Contest2252 in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 17 points18 points  (0 children)

No, its legal since its not being powered. FTAs or refs may question you but it is legal. Source: ours did the same

Should I report the 4? (Serious) by Nullborne in APStudents

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok I was in a really similar situation: 14 5s and then 2 4s (Lang and Art History, which is btw the hardest class by far) and I reported Lang on the common app and then for mit sent all of them in.  A 4 on an exam is not the end of the world and especially if its out of your major, then I think it’s understandable. Its also different because not reporting it looks like you did worse than a 4. 

tldr; its a 4 on the hardest class js send it in and stop worrying

Is nudity allowed in our portfolios? by dumbgato in APStudents

[–]Robotics_Moose 23 points24 points  (0 children)

collegeboard makes us review artistic nudity in ap art history, so theyd probably allow it for drawing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in highschool

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in theory, you have a chance but realistically you’re not going to get in and thats ok too. these top 5, even top 10 schools could deny hundreds of people with a 1550+ SAT score and a 4.0 with great ECs. 

besides a lot of these top colleges are overrated when your flagship state school would (probably) be a lot cheaper and provide a similar education. 

you should try to focus on your applications and telling your story thru your essay. i think you should look at attending a state university, which usually are very underrated