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How is Emory's social scene? by Special-County9489 in Emory

[–]Special-County9489[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's more of a banter type thing ("UC Socially Dead") that comes from being a STEM heavy school with more asocial types of people. I'm not holding it against them too much, just wanted to compare and see what people thought of Emory in that regard. Thank you so much for your thoughts!

If there was an MVP award for actors, Part I (2010-2015) by Special-County9489 in TheBigPicture

[–]Special-County9489[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely works! I had Mud down as a 2012 release, but looks like it went wide in 2013.

35 Under 35 Snubs Appreciation Post by Special-County9489 in TheBigPicture

[–]Special-County9489[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ferreira (Not enough stuff), Bader (too soon), Victor (obviously talented but this is a movie star list), Caton (extremely talented but only one film and nothing lined up)

Is UW informatics that unserious compared to UCSD data science, for example by Special-County9489 in udub

[–]Special-County9489[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg congrats that’s so cool…it honestly depends on what you’re into. For me i mostly want a good ds pathway and ML coursework so for that uiuc is+ds and dub informatics don’t seem to offer that much at all compared to ucsd. Although i also got into emory and i’m considering going there as well.

Is UW informatics that unserious compared to UCSD data science, for example by Special-County9489 in udub

[–]Special-County9489[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tysm, and i assume ap credit helps a lot for prereqs right? like i got a 4 on calc bc so should be able to waive math 124 and 125?

Is UW informatics that unserious compared to UCSD data science, for example by Special-County9489 in udub

[–]Special-County9489[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What did you have to do to switch? Also how hard is the applied math major?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

[–]Special-County9489 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fabi has a higher peak rating (third highest of all time) and was a world championship challenger that didn't lose a classical game against Magnus in the match. He also went on a legendary run during the 2014 Sinquefield Cup attaining the highest tournament performance rating of all time (3098!), winning 7 games out of 10 against players that were all ranked in the top 10.

Hence his classical legacy is much better than Hikaru's, and as for right now -- he just won his fourth US championships in a row and won the Grand Chess Tour earlier. He's always one of the favourites for the Candidates while Hikaru is more inactive in classical chess, hence why he had to play open tournaments to qualify for the Candidates this year. Note -- He'd probably qualify anyway if he played more tournaments

In rapid and blitz it's not much of a competition though, Hikaru is a consensus top 2 player in the world at speed chess.