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by ajwinn 4y ago
I like to think I wasn't "judging" anyone, but I know what you mean. Because we used both GPA and test scores, yes, you almost certainly would have been a "deny" with a 36 ACT and a 1.97 GPA. If I had seen your file
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by ajwinn 4y ago
You might be an outlier! But it sounds like you did not graduate high school or apply to college. If that’s correct, I would not have the context to know since the baseline of inclusion into my experience is people who graduate high school
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by ajwinn 4y ago
I worked in the underrepresented student office, so I was keenly aware/curious about that possibility when I began. However, after reviewing thousands of applications, my experience, to my surprise, was that GPA to SAT/ACT scores
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by ajwinn 4y ago
Excellent question. I’m of two minds here. As a high school student, I too struggled to get great test scores. I took the SAT four times, which finally resulted in a score that could get me scholarships. Did I become smarter? - I sincerely
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by ajwinn 4y ago
From a state school’s Admissions perspective, where the unit test resolves to admit/deny, there is nothing particularly outlying about your scores from what I recall. I see 31 and think, “admit”. I see 3.18, I think “probably admit”. I
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by ajwinn 4y ago
Great question - the short answer is that our Admissions office did not attempt to normalize non-mathematical factors. At first, this surprised me. How often do we as students somehow get the impression that extracurriculars, magnet, Montes
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by ajwinn 4y ago
I worked in Admissions at a large state school from 2005-2007. Our method for determining admissibility reminded me of the heat map chart in this article - ie GPA on one axis, SAT/ACT score on the another axis, trace your finger along
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by ajwinn 10y ago
I'm still messing with it, so that link probably won't work anymore. :) But this one will (until I get the bug and mess with it even more, haha): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8948326/podcast/2
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Show HN: Robots Reading the News – The Podcast
3 points by ajwinn 10y ago|2 comments
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How to Build a Daily Affirmations SMS Service with Stripe and Syncano(sitepoint.com)
2 points by ajwinn 11y ago|0 comments
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by ajwinn 11y ago
This is probably a dumb question, but how do I get this to work in OS X? Bash says it cannot execute binary file despite chmod +x /path/to/mailer - thanks.
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by ajwinn 13y ago
Just two serious reactions!? Come on people! We want to see a flame war apocalypse and we'll never get there at this rate! Surely there must be some deep seeded angst-ridden phrases you've been saving up for a rainy day! Now'
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Are You Cynical Enough To Build a Good Product?(futurefun.tumblr.com)
1 points by ajwinn 13y ago|0 comments
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Reddit Is Getting Slammed by a DDoS - FBI Behind It?(motherboard.vice.com)
1 points by ajwinn 13y ago|0 comments
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Week 1: What is design? Why is it important? | Hack Design(hackdesign.org)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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My Favorite Stuff you need in 2013(futurefun.tumblr.com)
1 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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Lean Startup, Schmean Startup(futurefun.tumblr.com)
1 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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Game Mechanics in Web Design(futurefun.tumblr.com)
1 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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Wait, is Behavioral Driven Design (BDD) for losers?(futurefun.tumblr.com)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|2 comments
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Learn JavaScript Objects and Constructors in 5 minutes(futurefun.tumblr.com)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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by ajwinn 14y ago
The advantage and disadvantage of this approach: you have to already know Unix commands. Inevitably all programmers learn Unix commands - but probably a rough approach for beginners. Although, I'm guessing this advice isn't really aimed at
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EdX: Ruby on Rails - No more shortcuts (a.k.a. LEARN ALL THE CODE)(futurefun.tumblr.com)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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Ruby vs. Python - A n00b's perspective (part 5)(futurefun.tumblr.com)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|2 comments
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Formlabs 3D Printer - Demand isn't a problem, what about supply?(futurefun.tumblr.com)
1 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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Ruby vs. Python: Part 4 (n00b's perspective)(futurefun.tumblr.com)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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by ajwinn 14y ago
What do you think the company in Atlanta will use it for? I mean, who are the users that need things printed in plastic? Architects maybe? People who want custom desktop toys? I have a 3d printer on the way and I'm trying to think of how I
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by ajwinn 14y ago
Just out of curiosity - enclosures for what? Hard drives or something? Did you also sell the shelving, chess sets, heart gears, spool rollers (for spools of filament?), and desktop ornaments? I've got a Printrbot on the way, and I'm intere
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by ajwinn 14y ago
I've wondered the same thing. If you bought one - what sorts of things do you think people would be willing to pay you to print?
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Ruby vs. Python - A n00b's perspective - PART 2(futurefun.tumblr.com)
2 points by ajwinn 14y ago|0 comments
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by ajwinn 14y ago
Ah, yes. That makes sense then. Because I don't have a formal background in computer science, I was just reading it as "puts". When you read it, do you think to yourself "put string"? I like to think I'm commanding the computer to do someth

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