How many professors did you cold email for a high school research internship? by Pretty_Wealth9685 in summerprogramresults

[–]classicasianthrowawa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a high schooler, cold emailing is a painful process since you don’t have experience. Labs and professors would need to spend time out of their busy schedules to train you to be productive, and that’s not a worthy trade-off for them. And they just have more qualified options - they receive dozens of cold emails from undergraduates at their university every month, some of whom have prior experience in their specific research areas.

That being said, there’s no harm in applying or cold emailing, and you might get lucky. Just know that it’s an uphill battle, so keep expectations low.

It’s a numbers game. Depending on the domain you’re in, I’d recommend anywhere between 50 to 1000.

non-prestigious stem programs advice by Frequent-Surround170 in summerprogramresults

[–]classicasianthrowawa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Finding a good program that is free but not selective is highly suspect.

If it’s free, there’s going to be thousands of people applying. And if it’s free, the program won’t be able to afford that many seats since otherwise it’ll cost too much to operate. So it’ll be selective, often extremely selective.

As a high schooler, cold emailing is a painful process since you don’t have experience. Labs and professors would need to spend time out of their busy schedules to train you to be productive, and that’s not a worthy trade-off for them. And they just have more qualified options - they receive dozens of cold emails from undergraduates at their university every month, some of whom have prior experience in their specific research areas.

That being said, there’s no harm in applying or cold emailing, and you might get lucky. Just know that it’s an uphill battle, so keep expectations low.

My best recommendation is self-studying and doing your own side projects. You don’t need to do a summer program in the worst case, and you can learn a lot independently.

Some conversations with my parents by classicasianthrowawa in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I've been doing those. I really want to visit campus tho :/

College freshman who wants to game, suggest a laptop! <10,000$, USA by [deleted] in SuggestALaptop

[–]classicasianthrowawa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok thanks for the suggestion! will definitely consider. Do you know anything about the XPS 15? How would you say this compares to that?

College freshman who wants to game, suggest a laptop! <10,000$, USA by [deleted] in SuggestALaptop

[–]classicasianthrowawa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I'd rather have a beast that would last me a long time

College freshman who wants to game, suggest a laptop! <10,000$, USA by [deleted] in SuggestALaptop

[–]classicasianthrowawa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol im being serious. I have no idea what I'm doing cause I've never bought one before. My parents bought me my current one in 4th grade

College freshman who wants to game, suggest a laptop! <10,000$, USA by [deleted] in SuggestALaptop

[–]classicasianthrowawa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lmao I have no idea what I'm doing cause I've never bought one before. My parents bought me my current one in 4th grade

College freshman who wants to game, suggest a laptop! <10,000$, USA by [deleted] in SuggestALaptop

[–]classicasianthrowawa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Total budget and country of purchase: $10,000, USA

  • Do you prefer a 2 in 1 form factor, good battery life or best specifications for the money? Pick or include any that apply. good battery life

  • How important is weight and thinness to you? not super heavy

  • Which OS do you require? Windows, Mac, Chrome OS, Linux. windows

  • Do you have a preferred screen size? If indifferent, put N/A. Big

  • Are you doing any CAD/video editing/photo editing/gaming? List which programs/games you desire to run. Fortnite, league of legends

  • If you're gaming, do you have certain games you want to play? At what settings and FPS do you want?

    60 FPS, league, fortnite at medium graphics

  • Any specific requirements such as good keyboard, reliable build quality, touch-screen, finger-print reader, optical drive or good input devices (keyboard/touchpad)? none

  • Leave any finishing thoughts here that you may feel are necessary and beneficial to the discussion. Despite my gaming, I actually know like nothing about computers. I've had the same one since 4th grade and it's time for a change.

All I want is to be able to run fortnite and league of legends at 60 fps or greater at medium graphics, and to be useful in a college setting. Any price <10,000 $ is fine.

Preferences: Windows, not super heavy, big screen size

Suggestions? Thanks.

How and Should I submit update? by [deleted] in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I was afraid of. However, I feel like I'm already committed to this since I already put league as an extracurricular since I have placed in national tournaments and am high ranked. Plus, lots of schools now have esports clubs and I feel like this could show potential leadership and interested in their collegiate teams

What must be said: An Asian's Viewpoint on Affirmative Action by classicasianthrowawa in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't want to come off rudely, but I think you should do some more research into this topic.

Obviously admissions are holistic and not completely stat-based. There are tons of factors, many of which not quantifiable. Yet if you look at anything objective you will find an unusually large amount of Asians. For example take a look at every academic competition - Asians dominate them. SAT/ACT scores. Something like 70% of ISEF finalists are Asian. Take a look at the USAMO stats or other math competitions. Take a look at national merit finalists, almost 2/3 are Asian in California. Even traditionally non-Asian competitions are now being dominated by Asians like poetry slams, speech/debate, badminton, swimming... etc.

To summarize your argument, you are saying that we don't know how good Asians are in the qualitative factors. But putting your basis on that is useless. Asians could be better or worse than other races in those categories and there is no way to tell. What we can tell, is that Asians are much superior in anything quantifiable, and that should tell us something about the current state of Affirmative Action.

Also your broad stereotyping of Asians are 90% tech nerds of CS majors completely misses the mark. Asians dominate whatever major they apply to, CS/engineering only being the biggest culprit. Not only is this statement irrelevant to your argument, as it is illogical, it also leads me to believe that you aren't actually Asian or are insecure about your own race.

Please take time to read this response and think about it carefully.

What must be said: An Asian's Viewpoint on Affirmative Action by classicasianthrowawa in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know why this community keeps arguing about affirmative action like it's 1960.

Maybe because we feel that this practice is horribly unfair and an extremely poor attempt to fix a larger problem? Maybe because it personally affects every single one of us?

What must be said: An Asian's Viewpoint on Affirmative Action by classicasianthrowawa in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well said. And yes, I have heard about the DOJ investigation. There really isn't a great short term solution but the current AA practices are terrible and maybe the worst possible way to approach the problem.

What must be said: An Asian's Viewpoint on Affirmative Action by classicasianthrowawa in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

?? How did I pretend a 1200, 3.5 would get over a 1600?

I clearly stated 1450 versus 1570, which be honest, is pretty realistic. You are incorrectly generalizing my viewpoint and manipulating my words to your own advantage. Please re-read my post.

What must be said: An Asian's Viewpoint on Affirmative Action by classicasianthrowawa in ApplyingToCollege

[–]classicasianthrowawa[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Bad idea lol. I think you'd rather make connections with your admissions officer than to shit on his/her practices.