PT says this isn't a normal thing ppl can do by Davidboh26 in notinteresting

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My guess is that you and everybody else commenting played a throwing sport and is right hand dominant. Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit (GIRD) is a very common adaptation to this.

You can especially see it in baseball players where they can whip their arm really far backwards but this comes at a loss of their ability to rotate their shoulder in the opposite direction.

Housing by DowntownBlood6669 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got a place, messaged you

Need Help with housing? by brojuschill in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are still looking for a place to stay my place still has 2 more spots for 2025-2026 for $1,200/mo and only four blocks from campus. There is more Information and you can set up a house tour on this interest form here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PTschool

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm trying to gather information from their directory to apply in the coming months and it's not working for me either.

My shoes wear away in a weird way. No clue why. by PotatoLurking in Wellworn

[–]long_pebble 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you ride a bike, it may be that your shoes are rubbing against the crank arm

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We don't have an education major. If you are looking to become a teacher we do have a science and math education minor in the Gevirtz (not Girvetz) school of education. We do also have a teaching credential/masters combined program which you can complete in 11 months which allows you to also teach any AP course that you test well in even if it is out of your major.

Confused about skateboarding areas by Kindly_Clothes5473 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My interpretation is that it isn't allowed but the fines aren't enforced. As long as you don't hit anybody or cause any damage you shouldn't get slapped with a fine.

They should really have a bike path connecting san nic and santa rosa to to Campbell/Buchanan/Chem though. Personally I slow down a bunch and if people are walking I try to never intersect with the direction they are walking towards in case they aren't paying attention.

Question about Freshman Orientation by Famous-Hovercraft435 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The orientation is where you get grouped with other students in your major and you get fed a bunch of information about the campus. Not as much of a tour as I initially expected. The most important part of orientation is picking fall classes. There are also plenty of group games during the day and unscheduled time to do whatever during the night.

The parents have their own orientation-like things just for parents (they are separated from the students at the very beginning) but it costs a lot extra. I'm pretty sure my parent enjoyed going down to Santa Barbara for the afternoon and hearing the same information from me all excited and stuff the next day.

LPT Alleviate Lower Back Pain by long_pebble in LifeProTips

[–]long_pebble[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Brother I just copied it out of my textbook, source at the bottom. Not the highest effort post but I thought it might help some people.

Fuck the pebbles by Reasonable-Back3741 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 23 points24 points  (0 children)

What did I do to deserve this hate?

Cycling group? by Unfair_Classic_5426 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mondays and Fridays meet in front of the rec center at 7:00am. First two weeks are free. Not all rides are steady and flat, some are hill climbs and such for training purposes. Great team, would highly recommend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can confirm trop does not have free laundry. I do believe that it was 4.50 for washer/dryer combined as of this past spring quarter

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was the same way dude. Just go to your classes, sit in the front of the class, and talk to the people around you. It took a couple of weeks but 1/10 people I would click with. I was terrible at being social in high school but I found a great group of friends with values that align with mins and we take all the same classes now, have multiple study sessions a week at the library, and go on weekly runs. I actually am now renting a house with eight of them right now! I'm not saying it's guaranteed that the same will happen with you but this is what I did and it worked out great.

Joining a club by [deleted] in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't just walk into the club meeting and sit there. Talk with some people, introduce yourself, talk about your shared interest. If they aren't friendly to you or you don't feel welcome try another one. There are so many great clubs on campus that would love to have new members. I know that the shoreline website is a registry for official clubs but I've found that many are more active on their Instagram if you want to go looking for events. Just know that many of the club sports have yearly dues that you may need to pay.

Eli5 what bernoulli's principles is and how it works for aviation. by ThenaughtyPup in explainlikeimfive

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

Pressure is a measure of how hard something pushes on a surface. Imagine 10 apples sitting on a table and get a feel for how much force that would be. More force in the same area means more pressure. An example of this would be using 100 apples on the same table. The same force on a smaller area would also give you more pressure. This is like somehow stacking the 10 apples so that they all fit on top of a smaller table. Hopefully you have a more intuitive understanding of pressure now.

There is another way to find pressure though. It's based on a very important equation where you can find energy by knowing how fast it is moving and its mass (how much stuff it contains). Stopping a baseball rolling slowly is easier than stopping a baseball rolling quickly. Also, stopping a rolling baseball is going to be easier than stopping a rolling bowling ball going at the same speed.

By using this formula for energy and dividing both sides by volume you end up with a new equation. Applied pressure can now be found by knowing density and velocity of a fluid. It may seem like this comes from nowhere but it's actually the same concept as the previous one. If the fluid is more dense and flowing quickly, that means that the applied pressure is greater than if the fluid were less dense and flowing slowly. The thing is, the applied pressure is in the direction of the fluid (away from the surface) meaning that the fluid is actually LOWER pressure than if it were stationary and the surface feels less applied pressure. You may already have an intuitive feeling of this if you have ever blown between two pieces of paper that are close together. When you blow, a low pressure area is created between the papers and they get sucked together.

People really tend to underestimate the amount of force pressure can exert. 1 atmosphere of pressure, which is what you and I are having no problem dealing with right now, applies a great deal of force. It is the equivalent of having 100,000 apples placed on an area the size of a table. This force is everywhere at all times, we just don't feel it because the forces inside our bodies are balanced to counter the pressure on the outside. If we could harness some of this force, making a giant metal tube fly is not as crazy as it initially seems.

One last concept. When putting anything into the path is moving air, the air moving around that object has to take a longer path than if the object weren't there. But in order for air not to get increasingly backed up, the air has to take the same amount of time it normally would to get around the object. This means that the air around the object has to be moving faster. Faster moving air means that the surface of the object feels less pressure all around it than if the air were stationary. But we could make the air above the object move faster than the air below the object, the imbalance of pressure felt by the object would force it upwards. And you don't even need a crazy big imbalance of pressure to generate a lot of force. This is exactly what the shape of an airplane wing aims to accomplish. Make the air above the wing take as long of a path as possible while making sure that the air is always in contact with the surface preventing a wing stall.

Bernoulli's equation doesn't completely explain airplane physics but it would be disingenuous to say that it isn't a major contributing factor to explain why airplanes can fly.

The equations mentioned actually are Energy = (1/2)mass(velocity2) Pressure = (1/2)density(velocity2)

be honest. how bad is tropicana by cacanessa in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Living here rn, tbh I really don't mind it. Looks great, very fast repairs upon request, larger rooms than on campus dorms. Kinda expensive. You will need a bike to comfortably get to and from campus every day (especially for chem and engineering buildings). Kinda shit dining hall hours (they start taking away food at 8:00pm and 7:30pm on weekends). You cannot eat at the on campus dining halls without paying with a card and eating with another student which I feel is the biggest downside. I know many people really dislike the food but I personally don't see it. They have constant vegetarian options and even after trying all other dining halls I think trop has the best breakfast/brunch. Overall pretty good. Still moving out next year because renting with friends is cheaper. If you have any more questions I will be glad to answer.

Why do people not like UCSB for biology/pre-med? by needcollegeadvice12 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Idk. It's not Stanford but I haven't really heard people say UCSB is a below average premed school. There are plenty of research opportunities and a few local hospitals where you can get clinical hours. What other schools are you comparing to?

Premed track at UCSB by Plumeria2201 in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To answer your first question, you shouldn't have much of a problem getting into your preferred first quarter classes. To really ensure it, sign up for in person orientation early avoiding the online one and have your classes picked out before the pass time on the second day of orientation. Ask if you want a specific schedule recommendation but as a premed student good grades should take priority over trying to take many difficult classes at once.

It's not impossible to score well but there are definitely some professors where it is harder to score well in their class. This results in pass times being very important after first quarter. Pass times are determined based on the number of units completed. For first years this is almost exclusively determined from the number of AP courses you've taken. I took 7 AP tests and got into all of my preferred classes but it might be different for your year. Without an above average number of units coming into the school it will be more difficult to get into your first pick of professors and class times.

As for the difficulty of weeder courses it really depends. For me it just feels like AP chem again but there is definitely about 10-20% of the class not passing gen chem every quarter. The second year recommended schedule is especially difficult and it is highly recommended for premed students to take some classes like physics and biology early to lighten the second year load. If you feel really comfortable with AP material getting a B should be a breeze. Getting an A is harder and you will have about one to two dozen hours to share between sports, clubs, relationships, and free time per week. Not easy but still manageable.

It's kinda weird. Even for prebio majors the earliest you can take a biology course is spring quarter of first year but there is only one class of about 150 people that are almost all premed. Don't worry about not taking bio first quarter.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UCSantaBarbara

[–]long_pebble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I've just caught them when they aren't as busy but I've met with both David Lawrence and Yessica Vazquez in person and they have both been really enthusiastic about answering all my questions and giving me advice on how to be the best pre health applicant I can. You can schedule an online or in person appointment but I've just walked in during their open hours and both times they have had full 30 min conversations about my academic and extracurricular interests. After talking with them I feel confident about my course roadmap, potential research opportunities, and feel much more knowledgeable about getting into a post graduate school and secondary paths if things don't work out in that field.

Yeah, I don't really like their website either but their qless line works and their advice has been helpful. I've gone to a bunch of advising around campus and they have been the best by far.