Laptop NIST compliance??

mariner-pilot said:
Can you bring an iPad? Mine has cellular data so I don't care about it not being on their network.

Also, how can the school still use flash based applications it's not 2008!... I hate flash, it's terrible, I just don't understand.
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Don't bring the iPad for Indoc. If you really want it up here have your parents bring it for parents weekend or shipped if you're feeling really bold. There aren't many places inside the barracks where you will have service though.
 
beyond said:
Don't bring the iPad for Indoc. If you really want it up here have your parents bring it for parents weekend or shipped if you're feeling really bold. There aren't many places inside the barracks where you will have service though.
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Thanks! Yeah I figured indoc would be a bad time to bring it...
 
I have to agree with beyond, the NEX computer package with DOIT support is the only way to go. My DS's computer crashed and burned during both sea years and DOIT sent out a new one to his next port so he could get back to work on his sea projects.

And if your going to go through withdrawal without everything working the way you think it should during your plebe year, how are you going to feel when your in the middle of the ocean during your sea year and can't connect with spotify then?
 
kpdad2015 said:
And if your going to go through withdrawal without everything working the way you think it should during your plebe year, how are you going to feel when your in the middle of the ocean during your sea year and can't connect with spotify then?
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Exactly my point. Choosing a life at sea is an "all in" commitment. When I first started sailing, of course there was no Internet, no kinds of personal computers. . . . communication at sea was done by radio telegraph. . . . "Sparks" usually posted the news headlines on a bulletin board once a day, but I didn't always read it. I did buy a "boom box" in Hong Kong that was AM/FM/Shortwave (two bands) and could get some news that way. Different era now. I sort of liked the withdrawal from society, to be honest. The lifestyle is very different from any "normal" career, or at least most of them. Many that make it to Sea Year don't come back to school because of it.
 
I have vague memories of being on my Dad's ship as a really young kid and watching Jurassic Park on VHS over and over because that's all there was in terms of entertainment really... I'd assume it's better today because a 2tb external drive the size of your hand will hold hundreds of films/TV shows/tens of thousands of songs...
 
mariner-pilot said:
I have vague memories of being on my Dad's ship as a really young kid and watching Jurassic Park on VHS over and over because that's all there was in terms of entertainment really... I'd assume it's better today because a 2tb external drive the size of your hand will hold hundreds of films/TV shows/tens of thousands of songs...
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Can you tell me what your experience was for second application process to MMA? What was different from first app to second?
 
Swabthedecks said:
Can you tell me what your experience was for second application process to MMA? What was different from first app to second?
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It was almost identical. The only difference was I didn't need to redo the DODMERB stuff. The only change in the essay was to add what I had done in the intervening year in addition to the essay itself. I still needed the letters of recommendation, grades, SATs, etc... I will say it seemed easier the second time around.

Because I was at a 4yr college for my second time around I emailed my professors at the end of the fall semester and asked for recommendations. Keep your GPA up. I'd suggest Calc & physics and whatever your major required (mine required drafting and an engineering course). If you need to retake a class do it. Get the best grade possible and understand the material... Also running/pushups are something you should maintain at least and hopefully improve for your new CFA.
 
mariner-pilot said:
I have vague memories of being on my Dad's ship as a really young kid and watching Jurassic Park on VHS over and over because that's all there was in terms of entertainment really... I'd assume it's better today because a 2tb external drive the size of your hand will hold hundreds of films/TV shows/tens of thousands of songs...
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Oh, yeah. Trading videos and books was a big deal if you got into port and there was another ship from the same company nearby. Of course we had our cassette tapes for music. Hehehe, I even started going to sea before the Walkman was released. . . . Boom Boxes were the height of portable music tech back then and they could be bought pretty cheap after a good haggle in Hong Kong.
 
mariner-pilot said:
It was almost identical. The only difference was I didn't need to redo the DODMERB stuff. The only change in the essay was to add what I had done in the intervening year in addition to the essay itself. I still needed the letters of recommendation, grades, SATs, etc... I will say it seemed easier the second time around.

Because I was at a 4yr college for my second time around I emailed my professors at the end of the fall semester and asked for recommendations. Keep your GPA up. I'd suggest Calc & physics and whatever your major required (mine required drafting and an engineering course). If you need to retake a class do it. Get the best grade possible and understand the material... Also running/pushups are something you should maintain at least and hopefully improve for your new CFA.
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Do you think, or anyone else for that matter, if DS goes to community college rather than a 4 year college he will be prejudiced. He will take the heavy math and sciences at CC but since he was AP student he will be taking 2nd year classes. Re; the CFA since MMA doesn't maintain the records what good does an improve score make since nothing to compare?
 
Swabthedecks said:
Do you think, or anyone else for that matter, if DS goes to community college rather than a 4 year college he will be prejudiced. He will take the heavy math and sciences at CC but since he was AP student he will be taking 2nd year classes. Re; the CFA since MMA doesn't maintain the records what good does an improve score make since nothing to compare?
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I went to community college before I went to a four year school (because I was homeschooled... but that's another story)... As long as your DS gets good grades I don't how it would a problem. Community colleges use the same Calc books as everyone else. Math & science, from my experience, are taught pretty much the same everywhere. As for the CFA there's no reason not to improve...
 
Swabthedecks said:
Do you think, or anyone else for that matter, if DS goes to community college rather than a 4 year college he will be prejudiced. He will take the heavy math and sciences at CC but since he was AP student he will be taking 2nd year classes. Re; the CFA since MMA doesn't maintain the records what good does an improve score make since nothing to compare?
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One wants to show continued superior performance in ever increasing difficulty of courses.

That's the generic answer. The reality is that if they end up head to head with someone who did well at a traditional 4 year college the community college person would likely get ranked lower.

Go to the best school you can in my opinion.
 
kp2001 said:
Go to the best school you can in my opinion.
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This isn't correct in a lot of different situations. Higher ranked colleges have harsher exams/curves/grading/etc than lower ranked colleges, this is natural to compensate for the different ability level of the student. A 'C' student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could probably easily be an 'A' student at Boston University. You can take that comparison and apply it almost everywhere downstream. Be careful, courses at many flagships (schools with better reputations) are much harder than courses at universities with lesser reputations.

My best advice would be go to a nice, mid-to-lower range state university. A branch of a flagship would probably do the job. I made this mistake by attending the University of Waterloo (highly ranked engineering program) when I could've gone to another university and not busted my butt to make the grades I needed. Don't put yourself through more than you need to put yourself through, it isn't productive.
 
I'm going to side with Adam over 2K1 on this one. Especially as it pertains to repeat applications to KP.

When reapplying to KP you are not competing against applicants with a college record (or at least not many) so being from a top tier school offers you no advantage. All that matters is a good record doing college level coursework. Being an A student at community college will look just as good if not better than a C student at MIT and stacks up very well against any record in high school.
 
KPEngineer said:
I'm going to side with Adam over 2K1 on this one. Especially as it pertains to repeat applications to KP.

When reapplying to KP you are not competing against applicants with a college record (or at least not many) so being from a top tier school offers you no advantage. All that matters is a good record doing college level coursework. Being an A student at community college will look just as good if not better than a C student at MIT and stacks up very well against any record in high school.
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That's what I wanted to hear!
 
KPEngineer said:
I'm going to side with Adam over 2K1 on this one. Especially as it pertains to repeat applications to KP.

When reapplying to KP you are not competing against applicants with a college record (or at least not many) so being from a top tier school offers you no advantage. All that matters is a good record doing college level coursework. Being an A student at community college will look just as good if not better than a C student at MIT and stacks up very well against any record in high school.
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I should have qualified my statement a little: go to the best school possible where you will do well.

In my opinion a B student at a top tier 4 yr school beats out an A student at a community college. Now some of that may be my bias from my time sitting on medical school scholarship selection committees.
 
kp2001 said:
I should have qualified my statement a little: go to the best school possible where you will do well.

In my opinion a B student at a top tier 4 yr school beats out an A student at a community college. Now some of that may be my bias from my time sitting on medical school scholarship selection committees.
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But you are looking at a gene pool that consists entirely of college graduates in which case I would likely agree with you.

When we are talking about undergraduate admissions, I think good grades (even if easily achieved) trumps the tier of the school. When 90% of your competition probably doesn't have any college record, the local community college may as well be MIT.

I think community colleges are way undervalued in general as an educational tool. Would you rather take English 101 sitting in an auditorium with 200 kids being taught by a graduate assistant or in a classroom of 20 being taught by someone with at least a Masters in the subject? When you do get your Bachelor's from that four year school it doesn't have an asterisk next to it (* first two years completed at Schmukatelli Community College). It carries the same weight as someone who did all four years there. Add to that the significantly lower costs and to me it sounds like a pretty good deal.
 
KPEngineer said:
I think community colleges are way undervalued in general as an educational tool. Would you rather take English 101 sitting in an auditorium with 200 kids being taught by a graduate assistant or in a classroom of 20 being taught by someone with at least a Masters in the subject? When you do get your Bachelor's from that four year school it doesn't have an asterisk next to it (* first two years completed at Schmukatelli Community College). It carries the same weight as someone who did all four years there. Add to that the significantly lower costs and to me it sounds like a pretty good deal.
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I completely agree with you on this except for the application in the setting we are talking about.

Someone just wants to go to college? 2 years at a community college is a FANTASTIC idea!

Want to be the most competitive for acceptance to competitive institutions, a 4 yr school carries more weight (in my opinion).

Put head to head someone who did well at a 4 yr school > someone who did well at a CC.

I'd recommend the poster call the admissions office on this one just to get a better handle on it. I can pontificate all I want but I could be wrong.
 
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