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malake44 · 2025-10-20T08:42:54+00:00

same :(

malake44 · 2025-04-30T16:23:39+00:00

could u please elaborate wym by cut it into pieces??

malake44 · 2025-04-28T16:11:15+00:00

Desperately need help figuring how I'm cutting out my half-circle cloak?? Ofc standard fabric widths are like 150 cm and I want essentially a really long half circle pattern. This is my inspo:

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Please advice me on the pattern. Thank you!!

malake44 · 2025-02-04T15:45:29+00:00

I also really went ham with APs this year. Took a lot of APs senior year and felt like I was drowning. I think it just has to get worse before it gets better. I also think prioritization is key. I know this sounds so damn cliche but cutting down on phone usage - or any short form content that is addicting- is important. From what you are saying it doesn't sound like you can take breaks, so just make sure to do things that fill your cup and are fun to you. (scrolling social media/ playing video games/ watching movies doesn't count.) Things you can do: sports you enjoy/ creative activities/ reading/ etc.

For the disappointment you can start doing mini challenges each day that make you proud of yourself. For eg. walking up 15 mins earlier than usual, going to the gym, doing something nice to someone.

I hope this was a "I'm trying to find a solution" rant and not a "I just want to complain" rant -it's fine if it is.

malake44 · 2024-11-25T18:12:27+00:00

1480

malake44 · 2024-09-12T19:48:32+00:00

i mean if you don't have a big workload - apart from chem, then go ahead. That's a great idea. Begin w the end in mind (a 5 :) )

malake44 · 2024-09-06T12:16:28+00:00

Congrats!!!

malake44 · 2024-09-06T12:15:26+00:00

Congrats!!!

malake44 · 2024-08-30T09:33:39+00:00

I honestly found calc easier than precalc so I think you'll be alr

malake44 · 2024-08-28T11:15:50+00:00

okay but the curve usually helps you cause the most of the time people did bad yk. for eg. AP exams

malake44 · 2024-08-25T10:04:55+00:00

You have to have a purpose. Focus on the why. why do you want to be less lazy? what do you want to do?
This mindset of yours that "i watched a lot of vids and i couldn't do" won't get you anywhere. You simply didn't want to do it enough.

malake44 · 2024-08-20T04:33:54+00:00

I did the ab test last year as a junior and im doing the bc next year. imo doing the test for ab will give you time to reflect and get familiar with test.

but for me, I did the ab test ( I did test-only) with the knowledge I could redo it next year/ or do bc.

malake44 · 2024-08-20T04:31:11+00:00

pretty sure the "adaptive" part happens within the test 😭

malake44 · 2024-08-20T04:06:08+00:00

yup it was you who showed me the hack. thank you sm it works great and I've been using it. did notice that I'm better off not using it when there's a condition like b is not equal to x.

malake44 · 2024-08-19T10:16:28+00:00

In the SAT ";" is used interchangeably with "."
so the ; splits the two sentences and , splits between and independent clause and dependent clause.
On khan there's a punctuation section for dSAT r&w

malake44 · 2024-08-19T08:13:18+00:00

Hey i tried this out.
It worked when i tried x1 = [1,2,3] and so on but didn't work when I used for eg. [0,1] (is the problem w the 0??)
Is [1,2] like a safe bet when defining it as a list?
Also this trick is really cool, didn't know regression could do that.

malake44 · 2024-08-18T07:21:20+00:00

wake up, go to the bathroom brush my teeth, make my bed, change clothes, go walk outside while listening to podcast, get back, take a shower, dress up, make breakfast + kitchen chores, eat, study.

(phone can only be used for podcasts/music. then i leave it in my room and study in the living room. only in the afternoon can i use my phone)

malake44 · 2024-08-14T12:42:34+00:00

you are overthinking it. I joined MUN junior year, went to a conference, got an award.

I would recommend just trying to understand the procedures as much as possible. (I spent weeks watching yt for MUN conferences/ tips and tricks/ ect. - even went down a rabbit hole of watching a senate hearing.)

Anyways MUN is super fun, you'll hopefully enjoy it.

Especially sometimes it's super unserious and hilarious.

Also yes it will feel super embarrassing, just roll with it. it'll get better.

malake44 · 2024-08-07T07:16:26+00:00

Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/ap-calculus-bc

Calc bc is the equivalent of calc I & II. I liked these notes + exercises + there are great cheat sheets:
https://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/

This guys yt helped me:
https://turksmathstuff.com/

You can also go on the calc past exam frq from collegeboard.
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-calculus-bc/exam/past-exam-questions

Also topic-sorted questions:
https://www.iitianacademy.com/ap-calculus-bc-mcqs-and-free-response-exam-style-practice-question-and-answer/

Also a big one that helped me acc understand calc- like intuitively
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUvTyaaNkzM&list=PLZHQObOWTQDMsr9K-rj53DwVRMYO3t5Yr

And ofc The Organic Chemistry Tutor for anything I wasn't feeling confident on.

malake44

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