<p><em>sigh</em> :mad: whatever. There’s nothing that can be done about it now. The school year is nearly into its third quarter. We’ll just have to file that under “Administration Bull****,” along with the Science Bowl and the English grading system.</p>
<p>I think if we make an actual file like that with all the crap that the administration has screwed us over with, then that file is going to be as thick as Rosie o’ Donnell after Thanksgiving by the time we graduate.</p>
<p>BTW are you taking college classes over the summer?</p>
<p>LOL.</p>
<p>As of right now, I don’t know. It all depends. I want to do Linear Algebra or Multivariable Calc somewhere (perhaps CSULB, so I can become the man I hate). That’s about it. I was thinking about a physics course, but I’d have to look into all the details.
What’s got me thinking is the non-school related stuff - research stuff, really. If I can figure out what I want to research and find a position with a local prof, I’d love to do that, but I’m totally lost at the moment. Then there’s the highly unlikely chance that I get into SSP, in which case I would skip out entirely on anything over the first part of summer (but this won’t happen, because my app sucks without SAT IIs and physics on it. Thanks again, counselors). </p>
<p>The tamer route is to simply enroll in some math courses and get through them. What I’m hoping for is to incorporate some research into the mix, and if I can do that, then I’ll consider it a productive summer. The problem there is, I need to take time and look deeper into finding opportunities.</p>
<p>You’re doing the Econ stuff at UCI, right? Along with your independent project. That’s good stuff, man.</p>
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<p>you’re crazy.</p>
<p>I think you should take Introductory Physics during the summer, and then take MVC for Semester 1 and Linear Algebra for Semester 2 during the regular school year. If you take Introductory Physics during the summer, you wouldn’t have to take Physics Honors at school as you would already have the Physics requirement fulfilled for AP Chemistry. You could also start to take Intermediate-level Physics during the regular school year too alongside the math courses. This would ensure admission into SSP in the summer following junior year. And you could also get some letter of recs from those math and physics professors for your SSP application as well as your college application in general. If you don’t get into SSP though (I doubt this if you take those classes), you could still contact a professor and do independent research, or you could try Clark Scholars, Michigan State University HSSP Research (i forgot the acronym), etc. if you want to do research through a program</p>
<p>^This makes a lot of sense. These classes are stable though - I can apply and I can get in without worrying too much. It’s the whole contacting random professors thing that’s on my mind right now.</p>
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All the best people are ;)</p>
<p>After taking those college courses and high-level math, you should be prepared for research and I think professors would be confident in having you under their arms. One should generally study their topic of interest for 1-2 years before being involved in the research.</p>
<p>Also when contacting professors, make sure to refer to them as “Dr.” I accidentally emailed one of the professors referring to her as “Ms.” and got a good scolding.</p>
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<p>:eek: solid advice.</p>
<p>lulz i know right.</p>
<p>oh yeah you can look through the isef abstracts here for the physics research projects if you want any ideas
<a href=“http://apps.societyforscience.org/abstracts/[/url]”>http://apps.societyforscience.org/abstracts/</a></p>
<p>This, along with the Siemens site, are pretty helpful. Thanks for the link.</p>
<p>In-state schools are fine in my opinion. Great people attend schools like that and end up fine. It’s okay if a person wants to go to a CC or an in state school. The problem is in the fact that because they want things that are perhaps “lower” than what you want you are also affected by it, at least in my school. Even if you have the grades and whatnot they do not take the time to help you, they just keep telling you to pile on more CC’S on your list, even though it is not what you want. That is just my problem with it. That’s why i’m tired of it. I’m not trying to get into any Ivy’s or top 20’s. I just want to go to the school that I love, that is higher than what most kids in my school aim for. If I want to get into a nice boston area uni and i’m laughed at then what will happen to some of my friends ho are applying to the Ivy’s and top 20’s? They get ignored.</p>
<p>That is what bothers me.</p>
<p>So then don;t base your decisions on other people</p>
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are you talking to me?..</p>