Love the story. Reminds me of a Hawaiian I met my first semester of college in Helena Montana. The temp had dipped to about -30 (not including windchill) before Christmas break. I never saw Harry after that semester...
Rice apparently bought her explanation of why she got a "1" on the AP Calculus exam
I am virtually certain that at least 50% of the freshmen Rice students in Calc 101 probably took the AP Calculus exam in high school and did not do well on it.Ouch. May want to keep that a secret from fellow engineers. Guess she'll have fun in Calc 101 freshman year...
On the other hand, Nords's daughter mightl need LESS clothing for some of her social life at Rice:
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Ouch. May want to keep that a secret from fellow engineers. Guess she'll have fun in Calc 101 freshman year...
(said by a fellow engineer that didn't take any math in college due to "higher than 1's" on a bunch of AP classes).
I do not see that any high school kid could have had Partial Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Laplace, Fourier and Z transforms, Maxwell's Equations, Real and Complex Analysis, Galois Theory, Stochastic Process, etc...
Perhaps these materials are integrated into engineering courses, but they all look like math to me.
Here's an interesting challenge which no doubt you winterized posters will find hugely entertaining.
Had most of that in high school. Never heard of some of that thank goodness (Galois Theory??). Linear algebra was optional for us civil engineers (didn't take it). I guess you could say I was an advanced student in high school at a pretty good school. You should have seen what the smart really advanced kids were getting into.
When my kids (smart enough but not genius smart) went to college, they were advised to take the college classes for their majors even if they had AP'd out of them. Their high school counselor's theory was that the AP classes looked good on the transcripts when applying to college but they might not be on the same page as the rest of the students in their majors if they didn't take all the classes. This strategy would not be true for genius smart kids, of course.
Thanks for the confirmation.... in Houston, asked him about winter clothing. Response was shorts, t-shirt and sandals.
As a former Houstonian, I would suggest that the Montrose area is fairly walkable. River Oaks isn't too bad either, but I suspect Montrose is better in that regard.Maybe some Houstonians can comment about places in/around Houston that could be worthy of being called "walkable". Maybe The Strand in Galveston, but certainly not the beaches. The Woodlands has a Riverwalk, but that's a bit pretentious for a muddy man-made bayou.
I used to rent a house near the corner of Montrose and Alabama. It would be rare to find a heterosexual couple in the laundromat.As a former Houstonian, I would suggest that the Montrose area is fairly walkable. River Oaks isn't too bad either, but I suspect Montrose is better in that regard.
I said it was walkable, not that it was a good place for single heterosexuals to meet potential partners....I used to rent a house near the corner of Montrose and Alabama. It would be rare to find a heterosexual couple in the laundromat.
Yeah, but I was thinking more along the lines of where people actually live.OHH, almost forgot downtown.... now that is walkable... either on the surface or in the tunnels...
Enron!SOrry, I'm still laughing about Houston being "cold."