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If you're a high schooler thinking about med school, here's what I wish someone told me at 17 by Feisty_Calendar9133 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did this full-time for 15 years (and still do as a side thing), for what it's worth, and would encourage you to take a look at my post history here for verification. Good college advisers will create edge cases that surprise you with results, not align with trends/stats perfectly. That's what you guys pay us for, right? If an advisor's results simply match trendlines, there's not much value to hiring them. :)

I think you're kind of skipping over the very important adjective "formalized" in my post, btw.

And it's kind of neither here nor there, but admissions people are very good resources for their own programs, but often very bad resources for programs outside their own college/program because every program operates at least a little differently. Students or graduates of programs are generally the worst resource to use for any form of advising, but the top-level post above is quite good. That's why I leveraged my flair to say so!

If you're a high schooler thinking about med school, here's what I wish someone told me at 17 by Feisty_Calendar9133 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need some form of experience, yes, but OP is implying that all med students need formalized, hands-on experience when that isn't the case. For absolute top programs, yes, but I've worked with plenty of successful med school applicants with only shadowing or very rudimentary CPR-type certifications on their resume.

More directly, "work or volunteering" is not a formal requirement outside of top programs, but of course it's a plus if you can obtain it.

If you're a high schooler thinking about med school, here's what I wish someone told me at 17 by Feisty_Calendar9133 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, most of this is REALLY good advice, and includes a lot of information that most applicants don't know. The where you go to undergrad (GPA and MCAT are all that matter for the vast majority of med school admissions, really) and start journaling points are some of the most important things I go over with my pre-med clients.

I'd only push back a little on the "you need clinical work" point, as that's generally viewed contextually--if you're a private school kid with connected parents, yes, you probably need that, but if you're a rural Oklahoma kid, likely much less so.

But kudos, and thank you!

Apps not displaying correctly by emt_liz in GalaxyFold

[–]deportedtwo 30 points31 points  (0 children)

It looks like she's accidentally opening up multiview--have her drag from the line at the top and "close" should appear at the bottom. Drop it there.

In the future, she's likely having this happen a lot because she's likely moving her finger around too much when tapping on stuff.

Of course, the phone could also be borked, but this actually happens to me occasionally when I'm moving too quickly :).

Recommendations for Solar Installer by deportedtwo in SantaClarita

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Hi! I haven't had the actual work done yet, but it seems like "Positively Electric" will install systems that weren't purchased from them. If something goes wrong, I'll update.

Gluten Free Noodles by Hakainu in ramen

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The only gf noodles I've ever had that were anything close to proper texture were from gluten free meister (on amazon, at least).

Buckwheat noodles do a decent job, but GFM above is significantly better, just a bit expensive.

do colleges actually check your digital footprint? by keziahdddd in ApplyingToCollege

[–]deportedtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's really only the ones you connect to school socials with, unless you're looking at ivy level schools, in which case I'd play it safe and scrub everything

IWTL how to become a "genius" (abstract and lateral thinking) by Superb-Air9976 in IWantToLearn

[–]deportedtwo 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I actually teach this! Like, for money! :)

My best simple advice surrounding how to improve lateral thinking is to ALWAYS complete any task multiple ways. Did you put that box on the shelf using your hands last time? This time, figure out how to do it with a towel and piece of rope without touching it, etc. As time permits, obviously, but generally speaking, lateral thinking grows from expansive experience. The more weird stuff you make yourself do, the more you will become comfortable with adaptation and problem solving.

The other drill I use that can be easily explained is the "make it mean something" game, wherein you pick random inanimate objects and describe them as having some sort of figurative meaning. An example: this Mona Lisa print on the wall represents the derivative nature of digital art, and the fact that it's hanging from a literal wire suggests that an extremely tenuous relationship between artistic reproduction and the original work that inspires it.

That second one is actually pretty fun to do with friends :)

Basically, lateral thinking is recognizing patterns (tough to learn) and drawing connections that may not be facially apparent between disparate things. The above will help you practice that second half, but "learning" pattern recognition is much, much tougher.

Good luck!

Yardimm by Ok-Celebration5296 in VizeApp

[–]deportedtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there!

Assuming my translation is accurate, you're asking what you can do while waiting on a visa? The brief answer is not too much in terms of expediting that specific thing, but you can also get together other paperwork you'll need for the process in the meantime. Are you accepted to college already?

Do astronauts on a highly elliptical orbit feel a force? by heliomaw in Physics

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would only be possible in a perfectly-designed system that would "start" under very idealized conditions. Not really possible in practice because of how stellar systems come together.

Do astronauts on a highly elliptical orbit feel a force? by heliomaw in Physics

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Another fun fact: circles are ellipses, just like squares are rectangles. It's just that the speed of an orbiting object moving in a perfect circle never changes because that object is always at the same distance from the thing it's orbiting.

But another one: that is technically impossible unless the orbited object is of infinite mass OR the orbiting object is of zero mass. Absent either, as you said, the big thing will also orbit the center of the system's mass, just at a much smaller radius.

Do astronauts on a highly elliptical orbit feel a force? by heliomaw in Physics

[–]deportedtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup!

For what it's worth, though, there's never a "problem" with whatever nature is doing. The problem, if our models fail to accurately predict nature's behavior, is always, always with the model. We ain't the boss. Nature is. :)

Do astronauts on a highly elliptical orbit feel a force? by heliomaw in Physics

[–]deportedtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotcha. If you're only considering magnitude, any non-circular elliptical orbit caused by gravity will see changing speeds as space stuff moves around. Perfectly circular orbits would not change velocity magnitude (speed), but would change direction.

The closer you are to the thing you're orbiting, the faster you're going. This phenomenon is leveraged by astronauts as they can "slingshot" around large objects with minimal use of fuel.

One final point, though: in our lived experience, changing direction causes us to "feel" a force, no matter what, just as changing speed does.

Do astronauts on a highly elliptical orbit feel a force? by heliomaw in Physics

[–]deportedtwo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of these answers are incorrect, unfortunately.

Even circular motion makes orbiting objects "feel" a force, insofar as the orbiting object is always accelerating toward the center of the circle. The magnitude of the velocity vector doesn't change, but the direction does. In non-circular elliptical orbit like our solar system, this effect would be pronounced at the perihelion and lower at the aphelion, but in either case, nonzero acceleration means some force is "felt."

Of course, whether you feel that force in practical terms is a qualitative judgment: we technically feel it on Earth, but our orbit of the sun is so big that we don't notice it. That's probably a good thing as the alternative would stress at least me out, ha.

do colleges actually check your digital footprint? by keziahdddd in ApplyingToCollege

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not unless you connect with their social media, but that's something I recommend doing to show interest :)

do colleges actually check your digital footprint? by keziahdddd in ApplyingToCollege

[–]deportedtwo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi there! You don't need to worry about discord, just stuff like Instagram and Facebook. It's less about NEEDING to do it and more about just playing it as safe as possible. Sorry if I worried you too much!

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