USA Today had an interesting article on the Asian applicants’ response to the discrimination towards Asian in the college admission process. Summary of the article: Asians are held to much higher standards than other ethnic groups in the admission process, and the top schools that don’t consider ethnicity in their review have a much higher …
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How to make your audience pay attention to your conference talk
With the increasing reliance on computer technology, speakers at any conference these days get fewer blank innocent stares from the audience and a free diverse display of laptop lids. On an average morning talk at the SLAC Summer Institute, one could count about 80-100 people in the audience, roughly 20-25% of them either have their laptops …
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Parents, hands off!
I’m all for protective parents. I haven’t met any parents who try to shelter their kids more than my parents. It’s good to know that you always have someone to turn to, someone who will offer advice when you argue with your friends, or when you feel like you’re a total loser with classes. But, …
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Yes, you need history
Rant. Physics majors (and so are other majors at A&M) are required to take two History classes and two Political classes (all specified, no doodling around here). The normal track is to take them one at a time each semester, so HIST 105 the first semester, HIST 106 the second, you get the idea. After …
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