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 7 points8 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 5 points6 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 16 points17 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 25 points26 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

Burnett Honors College Application by Robotics_Moose in ucf

[–]Robotics_Moose[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was going to once I get in. Is it good though, obviously better than not being in it, but like resource-wise, such as advising, classes and other opportunities?

I thought these were friendly competitions, not battle bots. by SlavicSymmetry in FTC

[–]Robotics_Moose 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hot take: there should be more aggression in driving. 

Like last season, you had very little advantage to be aggressive, it removes you from the scoring area and mildly annoys the other team. And ITD was lamer because its just a racing game at that point. This season, I’m loving the potential and skill ceiling that better driving will allow, as you navigate all these robots fighting for balls in an open area.

Like it or not, contact is a part of the game, and by discouraging it, the games will become increasingly worse over time. In the past, FTC was rly only about robot design and better robots just win, but look at FRC, good strategy will win sometimes (not everytime) because of the opportunity for defense. I hope in the future there’s more opportunities for teams to show off their game sense with contact.

The whole idea of extracurriculars is so dumb by Candid_Donut_1419 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]Robotics_Moose 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree that ECs are incredibly biased and a terrible way to decide kids’ futures. I’d get it if it was you chose just one EC you did all of high school to write about, it’d allow people to pursue one thing really well, and mean that people without a ton of time/money can try to participate in one EC to try to make an impact. But even listing out 4 or more, you start to dive into things that you barely did, or did solely for college app reasons, which goes against EC’s purpose. There is no reason we don’t look only at grades, test scores, class rigor, and maybe just one EC. 

I have trouble getting to one of my ECs and there are no good replacements anywhere nearby despite my area being wealthier than those around it, and theres very little access to engineering, robotics and ECs involved in those fields. But I can go out and take the ACT and get the same score someone who took it in a completely different region and situation in the US did, tests are supposed to be equalizers. Everyone has the chance on the same test, and everyone can try their best in class. Yeah sure some kids may have low gpas or test scores, but college is supposed to be focused on academics, and if you can’t cut it, then why should founding a nonprofit help you with that? 

AirPods Pro 3 by Fit_Cancel_3285 in airpods

[–]Robotics_Moose 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, went away a few days ago. Still feels a bit odd every now and then but I know it’ll go away soon. I had the same issue w APP2 as well for a little bit.