<p>I'm lost!!!!!! 10char</p>
<p>NotAmbi: why are you lost? :p</p>
<p>Rister: Cool! I just sent in WUStL's Pre-App!</p>
<p><em>Ajay goes to fill Gerogetown's App</em></p>
<p>btw Rister does Georgetown give out aid to Internationals easily?</p>
<p>Ajay:
No, they're pretty stingy. The good thing, however, is that they're need-blind. They don't guarantee to meet 100% of your need though.</p>
<p>Hmm... None of my Common App schools has already published their supplements. :(</p>
<p>Rister any IM account you have?</p>
<p>Its good they are need blind but it really sucks when it comes down to not meeting 100% need!</p>
<p>Are you applying ED/EA anywhere?</p>
<p>My supplements arent available either. :(</p>
<p>Just filled out my Common App, save the essay part ;)</p>
<p>Hmm... I'm certainly applying ED/EA somewhere. </p>
<p>If I had to decide today I would probably do ED at UPenn.
However, I'm visiting a couple of colleges in the fall (the Boston colleges Harvard and Tufts; Brown, Penn, Princeton and maybe Georgetown) and I will decide afterwards. If I don't fall completely in love with one of the binding schools (Brown or Penn) I will apply SCEA to Stanford (or EA to Georgetown).</p>
<p>I actually wanted to visit a couple of LACs as well (Amherst, Bowdoin, Haverford) but they're just too far away and I don't have enough time for them :(</p>
<p>Yes, I have MSN. If you do so too, you PM me your address!</p>
<p>Now, if you were going online in MSN....</p>
<p>my motivation to study Math is reaching f'(x) = 0 f''(x) > 0</p>
<p>Lmao!!! :d</p>
<p>this thread is on life support!</p>
<p>Rister, if f prime of x is zero, how on earth can the second derivative be >0????? It means that the graph is a line parallel to x-axis, since if u integrate f'(x)=0 you get c (constant number)..??? It doesnt make sense...</p>
<p>hey all! NYC IS THE BEST CITY IN THE WOOOOORLD!!! :D</p>
<p>debate: you dont understand calculus jokes do you? :p</p>
<p>There is something actually called a "calculus joke"!!! I didn't know those two words could be in the same sentence!</p>
<p>hahahaha NotAmbi : you like math?</p>
<p>debate - i'm not strong in math but nobody beats me in calculus. i.e. don't mess with the best</p>
<p>f'(x) = 0 means that the slope of the graph at x is = 0.
Thus, there is an extremum at x.</p>
<p>In order to determine whether the the extremum is a maximum or a minimum you have to use f''(x). If f''(x) is > (<) 0 there is a minimum (maximum) at this point .</p>
<p>Debate: got the point? :p</p>
<p>thanks for your support ajay :)</p>
<p>that is the stupidest way of finding maxima and minima from derivatives I have ever heard...why don't u simply use the signs of f(x) between the intervals defined by f'(x) and thus find out if its a minimum or a maximum</p>
<p>We've learned both methods.</p>
<p>I like the way with the second derivate more, though. (since you have to calculate the second derivate anyway in order to find out the inflection points.)</p>
<p>By the way, I just wrote one of my Stanford short answer essays! :D</p>
<p>i know about the point of inflection, but it's redundant to do it that way if the PI is not needed..</p>
<p>u mean the "elaborate on one ec" essay?</p>