Some things in life you can really only appreciate firsthand, in person. You need every sense, and then some, trying to get your mind to comprehend exactly what it is you are looking at. Mount Rainer falls into this category. The shear size will humble you. The glaciers and ice fields, amazing. I'm not sure how many rivers find their roots here, but it is many. I captured one such glacier, and I will present it later, to give you an idea how a river is formed.
Right now I'm stealing time I need to put to WORK......so, I'll just share a few snapshots, hoping you get a feel of what I was blessed with....it was AWESOME!
A view from Paradise, still in timber and meadows. The top, not visible from here, but from where I'm standing, at around 6500 feet above sea level, it rises another 7500 feet or so.
The color of summer flowers, long gone, only the hardy ground cover left, but all of the life supporting fluids, retreating to their roots for protection of whats to come....leaving scarlet and crimson of what was once green.
I am going to be a sophomore in Queens College in NY this fall semester. The only science I have taken so far is Chemistry. I did horrible in it. I got a C due to personal problems but I'm willing to put in whatever it takes to get A's in the rest of my sciences.
I didn't get to take any sciences my very first semester due to being late in registration. Second semester I decided to only take chemistry because I thought doubling up would be too difficult for me then. But next semester I'm taking Bio 1 and Chem 2 with labs for both.
Question is am I behind? Everywhere I read on SDN, I see people saying they doubled up right off the bat in their very first semester and I get worried.
What should I do? I basically need help planning out my route to medical school I guess. I would appreciate any help I get.
P.S. First Semester I also took calc, I got a B-. But I took calc 2 this summer and got an A. (idk if this helps you guys but any help is really appreciated)
Don't trip. I didn't take any science classes my first year (besides Stats and Calc). You'll be fine.
A good number of students are able to complete their pre-reqs in two years (excluding summers). If you are willing and able to make use of your summer semesters you could readily finish your pre-reqs in time for an MCAT at the end of your junior year (which is 'on schedule' with most other applicants).
but can you guys give me a rundown of how my schedule or route should look like throughout the rest of my college years? My first semester of sophomore year I'm taking Bio 1 and CHem 2.
Chem 1, Calc 1, and Calc 2 is over with. I'm willing to take summer classes if you guys recommend me to do so.
MCAT no later than July, study for the MCAT and get your application together and submitted after winter classes are done. Make sure your application is finished and submitted before taking the MCAT so the grades can be verified as quickly as possible and the application sent to your schools as soon as the MCAT scores are released.
wait winter vacation is one month right? and summer vacation is 2 months. I'm sorry but may I ask why I should take 2 courses over the winter and 1 over the summer? I dont get that part^. 2 science courses in one month sounds crazy lol
but I really appreciate the help though. It gave me a really good idea of how my plan should look. Anyone else have any tips of how my plan should look like for the rest of my college years? ANY help will be appreciated!
^ I don't think the user means taking classes during winter break (I don't think that's even possible especially in the CUNY system). I think rather than rushing everything you should take your time and re-evaluate your study habits first. A C is not the end of the world, but focus on maintaining a strong gpa. You can always take classes during the summer. For example, many people finish Chem 1 & Chem 2 over the summer or Physics 1& 2. Just make sure you take the prerequisite courses before taking the MCAT. As for your schedule you'll be done with Bio and Chem by the end of sophomore year which leaves you with Physics and Organic Chemistry. Take Physics over the summer, and Orgo during your academic year, hope that helps.
I didn't take any of my science pre-reqs until my junior year because I didn't decide that I wanted to go to medical school until half-way through my sophomore year. You will have to take alot of science classes your last few years while your peers are polishing off their electives, and you may need to take summer classes, or an extra semester, but it's definitely doable. Don't stress
I only did Biology and calculus first semester. So I didn't start chem until second semester. My second semester is Chem1, Bio2+labs, and Calc2 though with chem2 planned for the summer. You may need to triple one semester, but I think it's definitely doable as long as one of them is a math.
I would say you are behind that science GPA goal, I'd say you want it to be 3.5 or higher. With school it's hard to say whether you are behind or ahead. Of course, you could say other people are ahead of you now. In a year from now you may be where they are now as well.
You are NEVER behind. You make mistakes, but LEARN from that and keep improving. Never lose faith in yourself and your abilities. If its something you truly want to accomplish, you will get it done. That's all there is to it.
As someone else said, dont trip. I graduated in 3 years and filled all my prereqs, so one way of looking at that is I didnt take any classes my first year
You're FINE. You are not playing at a disadvantage if you're light on the science courses, so long as:
3. Your schedule does not look like someone gunning for easy A's, no matter what it is in. Don't try to do the bare minimum on upper-level courses, in other words - medical schools like applicants to have evidence of rising to an academic challenge.
So I definitely have no choice but to take sciences over the summer right? Should I take sciences for BOTH sessions of the summer or just one session? Will I be alright with that?
...and I took all my classes in 3 years, OP has 3 years left to finish her prereqs so OP should be fine...? Im sorry you missed that connection there, but if I were you I would look into another profession besides medicine requiring less logic and skill of observation.
Do not worry about the length in which you complete your degree and prereqs. Rather, worry about your GPA and your MCAT.
I was in similar situation and started with Chem 1 fall of freshmen year and then took one science per semester except for fall junior year where i did orgo 2 and bio 2 at once. I also did physics 1&2 over the span of one summer. The result of this is that I am taking a gap year since there was no way I could take my MCATs before senior year. If you want to avoid a gap year then you will have to double up more science courses, but otherwise you are fine as you are in terms of courses completed.
As for sciences over the summer it depends on your dedication. In my experience, summer courses go much faster, so you need to be willing to dedicated yourself completely to your course to get an A (or hope you get an easy teacher). That being said, taking two over the course of a summer is totally doable.
We had such an idea regarding a japanese-like monster in another topic. I though about it and got two ideas regarding new areas. I don't want to mess up the current development, but I want to get some skills in pixel art so I guess it's quite a good way, because I can get a feedback from professional pixel artists.
1.)An egypt-like area located somewhere near the desert. A couple of pyramids with labyrinths in them. Other buldings like temples and regular residences as well. There would be tons of possibilities for bulding add-ons like mummies or golden jewelry or ...
2.)A japan-like area. Especially the ordinary buildings look just great in my opinion. Here's a nice photo which shows a bulding I have in mind:
There would be also a lot of ways for add-ons. In addition, we already got some graphics fitting this japan theme, for example the shuriken. Also note Tengus awesome avatar.
I don't know if they fit into the backstory or if there's a way for the backstory writers to get it somehow into the story. If there is no way to use these proposals, it would be nice if you could post any open graphic tasks, which I can use to get some skills and of cours help this project.
A desert temple is in the planning. I think this would be a cool area for eA focus as well, since people miss the beach.
More like "given up half-finished months ago". When someone wants to continue the work, the original thread can be found here:
Crush wrote: Instead of the rectangular hole in the middle of the platform i would suggest an entrance building with a staircase in it that leads to the lower levels of the temple.
Surely all the extras were locals, but the sets, costumes, weapons, and special effects were all Hollywood.
I am not one to argue with those who choose to remain uninformed on a given issue. So, if you're interested in the facts concerning The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, view any or all of the DVD extras.............especially those on the extended editions of the last two movies.
"I've always lived in New Zealand. I was born there and I make my movies there entirely and so I'm sort of a little bit removed from the Hollywood kind of way of life." Peter Jackson
His first hurdle was to prove that such an enormous epic could be filmed in this tiny country on the other side of the planet, but this proved to be his easiest task once [b]oversees cast and crew arrived.
Ok, so Cast and crew includes the primary actors + actresses, cameramen, makeup artists, sound personnel, sound effects crews, costume designers, storyboarders, editors, acting coaches, digital special effects, and set designers (with the exception of the above quote)
I'm not saying New Zealand'ers didn't help out, I'm just saying they didn't fly into New Zealand and start hiring the crew.
Its a pity that Jackson felt that he had to change the books- if I hear one more person go on about 'its exacty the same as the books' without ever reading the books, I will scream.
No, its not. There are sereral things that have been changed. The fight at weathertop has diffrences, and 'seeing' Gandalf 'kill' the balrog- that is NOT in the book.
peter jackson himself has admitted that there are major differences between the books and the films. Just watch the DVD extras, it's all there. I'm not saying the movies weren't good, I enjoyed them quite a bit in fact, the books are just better. But aren't the books always better than the movies?
Just watched the GS goal against Lancaster and it reminded me of an own goal Gary Neville scored after his back pass hit a divot in an away International ......or did I dream it?
Stopforth is probably my favourite player at the moment. You can sense he has an infectious personality and he is 100% non-stop all action and total committment to the cause. Youc an see whay Jim likes him.
According to newly-disclosed internal Chinese military documents, China drew up a secret plan to invade and conquer Taiwan, which it considers little more than a renegade province, by 2020, an action that would most likely trigger a conflict with the United States that could end in a nuclear exchange.
The secret war plan drawn up by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese Communist Party’s armed forces, calls for massive missile attacks on the island, along with a naval and air blockade that is followed by amphibious beach landing assaults using up to 400,000 troops.
The danger of a Taiwan conflict has grown in recent years even as current tensions between Washington and Beijing are mainly the result of U.S. opposition to Chinese militarization in the South China Sea and China’s covert support of North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
“Of all the powder kegs out there, the potential for a war over Taiwan is by far the largest and most explosive,” claims the 290-page book. It adds that the growing potential for war with China over Taiwan among Pentagon military planners will only grow in the coming years.
“China has made clear that its primary external objective is attaining the ability to apply overwhelming force against Taiwan during a conflict, and if necessary destroy American-led coalition forces,” says the book.
“Consequently, the PLA considers the invasion of Taiwan to be its most critical mission, and it is this envisioned future war that drives China’s military buildup,” says the book.
The invasion program was confirmed by Chinese leader Xi Jinping during the major Communist Party meeting five years ago when Xi committed to “continue the 2020 Plan, whereby we build and deploy a complete operational capability to use force against Taiwan by that year.”
Other internal PLA writings that surfaced recently indicate China is ready to use force when it believes non-military means are not successful in forcing the capitulation to Beijing’s demands, and if the United States can be kept out of the battle.
Under provisions of the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the U.S. is required to provide the island nation with defensive weaponry. But China’s plan calls for a rapid, lethal invasion that would see Taiwan’s surrender before the U.S. could deploy significant forces to help repel the invasion. And of course, the Chinese would be anticipating any American counterattack.