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I'm in Pre-Calc H in high school, an my father has been out of work fo a few months, so money is tight. So while everybody has fancy 84s and 89s, I'm stuck with

I'm in Pre-Calc H in high school, an my father has been out of work fo a few months, so money is tight. So while everybody has fancy 84s and 89s, I'm stuck with a school issue, really old and slow TI-83. Also, I want to get a computer science/ business degree when I go I college in 2.5 years; both math intensive degrees. Oh and my dream school is MIT haha. So yup I'd love an 89 - besides, I've been reading pstam.com for two years now ;)

zacharye 18y ago
Shoot me an email if the OP doesn't set you up. I'm pretty sure I can dig up a sturdy old 89 (I think I had another one as well, 85 maybe?) for you.
orib 18y ago
Interesting; Many of my calculus classes -- university especially, but also high school -- didn't (don't) allow using a calculator at all on the tests. My university specifically mandates one model of calculator for all students. This model can't do symbolic manipulation/graphing and is not programmable at all. My high school had any sort of graphing calculator banned on tests. I'm surprised that high schools are allowing students to use this sort of calculator (or for that matter, setting tests where it makes a difference what calculator you have.)
- rms 18y ago
  In my high school, a TI-83 was the only graphic calculator allowed on tests, though it was never an issue because very few people had TI-89s. The AP calculus test is split into a calculator section and a no calculator section, and it definitely helps to have a TI-89. In college calculus we were only allowed to use a scientific calculator.
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fgimenez 18y ago
you realize by doing this, hacker news will be doing yearly checkups on your grades to make sure their investment is performing well. We won't accept anything less than a top 10 school from US news reports on CS and Business. On the upside, now there's thousands of people who can help you get there.
PStamatiou 18y ago
indraneel, what's your email address? or, you can email me at the addy in my profile.
- PStamatiou 18y ago
  sending out the calculator to Indraneel this week!

zacharye 18y ago

Shoot me an email if the OP doesn't set you up. I'm pretty sure I can dig up a sturdy old 89 (I think I had another one as well, 85 maybe?) for you.

orib 18y ago

Interesting; Many of my calculus classes -- university especially, but also high school -- didn't (don't) allow using a calculator at all on the tests. My university specifically mandates one model of calculator for all students. This model can't do symbolic manipulation/graphing and is not programmable at all. My high school had any sort of graphing calculator banned on tests. I'm surprised that high schools are allowing students to use this sort of calculator (or for that matter, setting tests where it makes a difference what calculator you have.)

rms 18y ago
In my high school, a TI-83 was the only graphic calculator allowed on tests, though it was never an issue because very few people had TI-89s. The AP calculus test is split into a calculator section and a no calculator section, and it definitely helps to have a TI-89. In college calculus we were only allowed to use a scientific calculator.
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fgimenez 18y ago

you realize by doing this, hacker news will be doing yearly checkups on your grades to make sure their investment is performing well. We won't accept anything less than a top 10 school from US news reports on CS and Business. On the upside, now there's thousands of people who can help you get there.

PStamatiou 18y ago

indraneel, what's your email address? or, you can email me at the addy in my profile.

PStamatiou 18y ago
sending out the calculator to Indraneel this week!