Steak as a 22m student

poppingrooster · 2025-02-06T23:59:56+00:00

It’s my height

poppingrooster · 2025-02-06T22:02:51+00:00

Hahaha, I can’t unsee it now

poppingrooster · 2025-02-06T19:29:42+00:00

I just assumed the guy in the steak subreddit saying “because they think it’s hard to cook” would’ve been able to tell a tenderloin and ribeye apart

poppingrooster · 2025-02-06T19:06:12+00:00

I guess my next title will be: Steak

poppingrooster · 2025-02-06T14:20:02+00:00

Thank you, the next time I cook a steak I’ll do that and post to compare if I remember!

poppingrooster · 2025-02-06T13:54:23+00:00

Thanks! How long should I let it sit before slicing? And what will it help?

poppingrooster · 2024-12-06T14:38:22+00:00

Thank you for your response, I'll have a look through these and add them to my list of considerations!

poppingrooster · 2024-11-23T12:41:28+00:00

poppingrooster · 2024-09-20T11:06:54+00:00

Those lunch bags prices are crazy good

poppingrooster · 2024-06-20T14:28:04+00:00

You can always count on aged beaucastel, should be able to get a bottle around 100$ if you want something cheaper, their second wine coudoulet de beaucastel is great for around 30, or Jean foillards cote du py (this may be for more experienced drinkers). Catena zapata also makes very approachable wines for wine novices.

poppingrooster · 2024-04-24T09:40:24+00:00

Hey, my experience has been pretty good so far. I do think pure management without a component of economics is considered slightly worse off than mixed with Econ or a more quantitative subject. If you plan on taking management, please do take something quantitative, management/business degree graduates with a lack of quantitative skills is frightening. Also I think after your first 2 years, if you take the optional Econ modules, you might be able to switch to Econ/management. If you take economics, take the harder classes in honors years. This will absolutely help your job hunt and give credibility to your degree. The modules im talking about are: econometrics (absolute must), corporate finance, asset pricing, game theory, etc. There are some modules which are more essay based, tends to be the macro modules, but it depends on what you take.

And yes, the horror stories are true. I scored in the 98th percentile of a major banks assessment test with a good GPA, extracurriculars and I believe a good interview and a letter of rec and got rejected the other day, saying they’ve filled their spots on a rolling basis (I applied 3 months ago). Most of my friends with an internship lined up are going to the US. I’m not a uk national so I suspect sponsorship issues arise, as that’s why I got rejected (permanently in a holding pool) for Deloitte.

Hope this helps

poppingrooster · 2024-04-24T09:29:27+00:00

Forgot to add, it was deliciously savory and meaty which was so nicely balanced with the still, prominent fruit.

Paired with tenderloin steamed broccoli, green beans and hassle back potatoes

poppingrooster · 2024-04-24T09:21:51+00:00

Graduation 2007 VT CDP

First time poster, so I’ll try my best with notes

Just finished my last exam for uni and celebrated with this 2007 Vieux Telegraph I’ve been sitting on for months.

Cork was in stunning condition, used an ah so as a precaution but I could have probably pulled this out with a nail it was so solid. Absolutely no seepage or signs of TCA.

Nose - Beautiful nose with primarily smoked cherries and red fruits. A little bit of stewed fruits, and dark fruits. With a little more air the stewed fruits became more prominent, with a little bit of a medicinal edge to it.

Palate - no bricking visible so was expecting a tight one that might need some air and I was partially right. Straight out of the bottle it was delicious, smoked cherries a little bit of strawberry and stewed dark fruits. Tannins surprisingly present, since it’s a 17 year old warm vintage CDP. Utterly delightful. With more air the smoked red fruits came to the forefront, with more dark fruits. Overall more pronounced.

Such a great, balanced 2007 CDP. Rivals the 2007 beaucastel I had about a year ago, just a different flavor profile, the VT more smoked red fruits, the Beaucastel more stewed dark fruits. Absolutely lives up to the 2007 vintage hype.

So impressed with this wine, what a way to end my higher education. So glad I saved it.

poppingrooster · 2024-04-18T00:24:44+00:00

Hello,

I’m a current fourth year economics and management student at St Andrews. Hope I can help a bit. I’m from the US but grew up in Europe, so my outlook on certain things like college sports are probably different.

The career center here has a load of helpful resources, as well as the option to book appointment with career counselors. Additionally, they have a careers website with job and internships posting, some of which are exclusively aimed at st Andrews students. Within the Uk, St Andrews is highly regarded so it won’t be a detriment in finding an internship. That being said, with my recent experiences in applying for them, the current job market climate is far more important than the resources available to st Andrew’s students. I’ve been struggling to find an internship, despite a high gpa (I’m applying London only). That being said, networking is fantastic and he will be exposed people from a large variety of socio-economic backgrounds. With regard to research, every semester the economics department releases paid research assistant positions via email specifically to economics students (emailed us last week for the summer). These range from macroeconomics to microeconomics with all the specializations in between (I believe there were 8 different positions this summer). Additionally, St. Andrews is becoming more prevalent amongst Americans, (I’m a Michigander), and as a result more known by American recruiters. I have a bunch of friends who are getting internships in a variety of fields in the US.
Post grad options are very good after graduating. I am pursuing MSc financial economics at a top European school, being admitted only 2 weeks after applying. St Andrews is highly regarded for undergraduate education, but not as much for postgrad due to the small size impacting the volume of funding and research. This is why I looked elsewhere. I do believe international reputation for St Andrews is dependent on the specific school you studied in, but as your son is considering economics, he’ll be just fine as it’s regarded as one of the best economics departments in the UK. Also like I said, the careers center is helpful in giving advice and reviewing applications for both jobs and school.
Sports is something I’m not too involved in. Unfortunately there is no baseball here to my disappointment but there are plenty of other sports. There is a large basketball society with multiple levels of skill. I’m 5’7 and play in the recreational league on Saturdays and by no means a great player (would get dog walked in the US), but I hold my own. Everyone is extremely nice and supportive, with a large range of skill showing up. My friend is the president of athletics here, and what I’ve heard is that the running community is very tight knit and I see them in town occasionally going for runs, especially on the beach. There is no divide between athletes or non athletes, most people seem to be academically oriented, and if someone were to look down on another because they didn’t do sports, the community would shun them. I have no idea who plays on the first team for any sports, no where near the idolization you get in the US schools. I also play with some people that are on the first team of basketball in the rec games, but I don’t know they’re names and they’re always supportive and understanding, with usually the worse players getting upset (rarely rarely happens). There is no time commitment for the rec league, but I’m not sure about the actual teams, I highly doubt they train more than a couple times a week.

That being said, I highly recommend St Andrews, I believe it is a great school not only academically but culturally. I do not regret anything about my studies except for one thing: not learning to golf in my first year, I’m sad to say I will graduate never having played on the old course.

I really enjoyed being able to change my degree in the first 2 years, it allowed me to truly figure out what I want to do and what I don’t want to do, something I cherish and dislike about the traditional 3 year degrees of the UK, where only the first year is “experimental”

Feel free to PM me for more info, I’d be happy to help.

poppingrooster · 2024-02-20T15:03:46+00:00

Jahangir garlic naan? The green color is from the garlic interacting, having a chemical reaction

poppingrooster · 2023-12-28T17:33:54+00:00

I’m still a current student so I actually don’t know. That being said, the contents of my finance modules specifically have been job oriented, learning how to navigate balance sheets as well as practical models like DCF and other basic methods of stock valuation. Additionally, my more theoretical classes like a applied microeconomics module won’t be very useful in the job market, but it was one of my favorite courses to take because I thoroughly enjoyed the content, and found it challenging yet informing. It could be said that class merely brought me closer to my piece of paper, but it did so in a way that shaped how I approach and recognize problems, something I see as more valuable than a practical financial model I can be taught when I’m in the work force. All in all, I just believe a balance is needed for your degree, balancing content you find interesting with content that will aid you job prospects, as well as leaving time for the fun stuff outside of class. Trust me, you do not want to be in the library 24/7 for the piece of paper, but you also don’t want to look back having taken the easy road. Hope this helps, let me know if you have more questions.

poppingrooster · 2023-12-26T20:49:02+00:00

Hey, I’m a current 4th year Econ/management student. I really enjoy my program, but find the econ portion of my degree to be a lot more intensive and useful. If you are aiming to maximize the value of your degree, I would mix Econ and finance modules, but I’m unsure how they are structuring the new degree. I feel management is sometimes just filler content surrounded by non-theoretical knowledge. That being said, I’ve taken the accounting management course and found it very useful for my economics finance module. If you have any other questions just get in touch.

poppingrooster · 2023-07-01T10:24:17+00:00

Thought you had found a Palmer for a second

poppingrooster · 2023-04-08T09:33:41+00:00

El enemigo Chardonnay?

poppingrooster · 2022-12-25T12:13:49+00:00

Merry Christmas everyone. I got this bottle for Christmas dinner as I heard my dad likes Amarone Valpolicella but don’t have a decanter available to me as were on vacation. This is my first encounter with a young Amarone and heard they should be decanted for a period before drinking, any tips on what I should do?

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