It seems strange that students are actually competing with other students in their high school for admission to the top colleges.
Archive for March, 2005
An interesting topic from CollegeConfidential.
I’ve got three referrals and need seven more.
[Update: Complete!]
There’s some question as to whether this really works, but since it’s free, there’s not much to lose.
Something big is about to happen.
There are major issues with CSS spam and the use of stylesheets for a new kind of cloaking. And even more pressing is the numerous reports of 302 hijackings. Unscrupulous sites are using 302 redirects to blast legitimate sites out of the search results. This can happen in as little as one day. And it’s not new: the problem has been around for years, but now it’s hit critical mass - sites are hijacking all of the sites in the Open Directory (ODP) and Google is most definitely being directly affected.
and Matt’s having another party, this time at Odeon Bar. Someday I’ll make it to one… WordPress 100,000 Party.
The solar car project has become even more interesting than I thought it would be. When I started getting the project rolling last summer, I had no idea what I was actually getting into. It began as a simple curiosity about what our current advisor, William, did every summer - go to the solar car race. When I inquired as to what goes into the formation of a solar car team, I was met with such enthusiasm that I couldn’t help but get interested. When the people I spoke to also took an interest in the project, it just came together almost on its own. Some additional motivating factors - the fact that this year’s race ends in Pasadena, at JPL in fact (even better), which is so nearby; the fact that we are the only team from California; and the need for CAS (community service) hours for IB requirements.
ThinkGeek sent out their newsletter, in which one of the featured products was a new Pilot Watch with Slide Rule. I thought it was interesting, until Simon pointed out that pilot watches often have slide rules. Apparently this isn’t unusual (just the marketing is).
Make a “quiz” script that allows visitors to create and take quizzes, like the ones on http://www.golivewire.com
A good post written by Whitneylm at the CollegeConfidential.com forums.
I’ve been thinking for a while, now that I’m finally past the college application process (and in the waiting part) and this one thought has been pestering me. I attend a notoriously successful school district full of high achieving kids who have high dreams and high aspirations. But, at the same time, I hear these kids furiously debating over which extracurricular activity is “better” for college and which one will give them “the leg up”. I watch them take schedules and classes that they are absolutely miserable in and stretch themselves to the point of utter exhaustion just to appear “good” in the eyes of various admissions reps. Then I watch them shell out thousands of dollars for SAT prep and vigorously take and retake the tests.
Who is the world is Sheraleeza? Doonesbury made some reference to this person yesterday.
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