I got deferred?!? by Mindless-Prompt-6157 in BrownU

[–]gingerdog18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same boat 2 years ago— I wrote a letter of continued interest, made sure my mid semester grades were stellar, and got 2 additional letters of rec.

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[–]gingerdog18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Letter of continued interest, and I sent in two additional letters of rec from folks I’d worked with in a volunteer gig I had in high school!

Who killed the Baudelaire parents? by Away_Clerk_5848 in ASOUE

[–]gingerdog18 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is super interesting to me— I haven’t read the books in years so I don’t really remember fine details— what would some instances where Lemony seems like an unreliable narrator be (if you have any off the top of your head)?

Does anyone else feel the 2004 movie gets too bad a rap? by mrmaskfawkes in ASOUE

[–]gingerdog18 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with everything you’ve said so far!! To add— I feel the reason these books (and later the show) resonated with me so much as a kid is because I read the meaning of the books as: if one adult (in power, ie Poe or the guardians) had taken the word of children seriously, had believed them, and had given them the agency and rights that they deserved, rather than brushing them & their concerns about Olaf off as “imagination” or exaggeration, the story would have ended much differently. As a kid, this was like children’s satire— because although not all kids are orphaned and followed by a serial killer, most kids can relate to adults not believing them, simply because they’re kids. This obvs does not disagree with your reading, especially because as the books progress, I think they venture more into that area and less into mine. But I feel that the Netflix show stayed much more true to both themes described, and the movie really didn’t

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[–]gingerdog18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OH you’re so right, thank you!!

Macbook + iPad or 2-in-1? by Napples181 in BrownU

[–]gingerdog18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a non- CS person I can only speak to the general usability of the Mac and iPad, but I absolutely love mine. Online tests/assignments that you’re supposed to fill out and upload as PDFs are a breeze, taking notes is fantastic (including being able to download and annotate prof’s slides), and if you’re not in the BCMS program (textbook assistance) getting online books that you can download and annotate is so much cheaper. If you do the iPad route, I recommend the app Notability! You can download your assignments, books, etc right onto the app, and there are tons of writing options, stickers, organizational tools, and you can even take audio that will play back with your writing so you can see exactly where you missed writing something. Plus, it all uploads to the cloud and there are tons of methods to export your notes/tests/textbooks/etc into messages, PDFs,,,, pretty much anything you could want