got2surf

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   by got2surf 15y ago

   Just saw this, and wanted to reply for clarity :P I agree with what you're saying - it's not necessarily student loan debt, I misstyped. But the average Yale scholarship package (no loans) is 30k-ish, so the average family pays about 20k a
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   by got2surf 15y ago

   Any other invites left, by chance?!
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   by got2surf 15y ago

   I've always entered a bunch of science competitions/fairs. Sometimes the prize is $1000 for a paper I spend 8 hours writing - not bad!
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   Ask HN: What would you ask Brian Greene (or a Nobel Prize winner)?

   3 points by got2surf 15y ago|0 comments
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   by got2surf 15y ago

   Very cool! Somewhat related: my main research area is actually in sonification (representing data through non-speech sound) - imagine listening to changes in the stock market through changes in pitch, or loudness, or tempo. We can use sonif
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   Ask HN: Any science fair alums out there?

   3 points by got2surf 15y ago|0 comments
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   by got2surf 15y ago

   Not only does money talk, but after spending ~200k on college (alright, maybe 100k on average after financial aid) startups are pretty risky. I mean, not only do you have the normal high-risk, low-immediate-return situation, but you have st