repeated courses

[tsukikage]

In the box to the right, list any course(s) that you took more than once at the same institution. List the institution name, course prefix and number, course title, term, number of semester hours and the grade earned in each course.

Well, this step's taking approximately forever. And also driving home how very unlikely it is that I'll get into the U of I.

Not quite sure if I should include LING 5993, though...

All courses at University of Minnesota:
Honors Calculus I for Secondary Students, MATH 1471H, Fall 2001, 5 hours, W
Honors Calculus I for Secondary Students, MATH 1471H, Fall 2002, 5 hours, W
Beginning Japanese, JPN 1012, Spring 2004, 6 hours, F
Mastering Skills for College Success, LASK 1001, Spring 2004, 2 hours, F
Syntax I, LING 5201, Spring 2004, 3 hours, F
Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I, PHYS 1301W, Spring 2004, 4 hours, F
Introduction to Psychology, PSY 1001, Spring 2004, 4 hours, D
Syntax I, LING 5201, Spring 2005, 3 hours, W
Beginning Japanese, JPN 1012, Summer 2005, 6 hours, A-
Mastering Skills for College Success, LASK 1001, Fall 2005, 2 hours, C+
Introduction to Psychology, PSY 1001, Fall 2005, 4 hours, A
Structure of Computer Programming I, CSCI 1901, Spring 2006, 4 hours, F
University Writing and Critical Reading: Perspectives on Multiculturalism, ENGC 1012, Spring 2006, 4 hours, F
Cash or Credit: You Need to Know, FSOS 1301, Spring 2006, 1 hour, F
Intermediate Japanese, JPN 4004, Spring 2006, 3 hours, F
Calculus I, MATH 1271, Spring 2006, 4 hours, A
Cash or Credit: You Need to Know, FSOS 1301, Fall 2006, 1 hour, A
Directed Study, LING 5993, Fall 2006, 1 hour, B
University Writing and Critical Reading: Perspectives on Multiculturalism, ENGC 1012, Spring 2007, 4 hours, B+
Directed Study, LING 5993, Spring 2007, 1 hour, A
Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives, BIOL 1001, Fall 2007, 4 hours, W
Structure of Computer Programming I, CSCI 1901, Fall 2007, 4 hours, B
Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I, PHYS 1301W, Fall 2007, 4 hours, F
Introductory Biology: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives, BIOL 1001, Spring 2008, 4 hours, B-
Syntax I, LING 5201, Spring 2008, 3 hours, C-
Directed Study, LING 5993, Spring 2008, 1 hour, A

Oh, trying to pick an icon for this post reminded me:

So, on my calc test today I was trying to figure out how to find the x value of a point on a quarter-circle knowing only the y value and the radius. I kept on banging my head on the proverbial wall for probably a good half hour trying to figure out how to make the trig work.

Of course, it was only after that full half hour that i realized:

Pythagorean. Fucking. Theorem. We learned that in, what, 4th grade? I felt like a complete idiot, but at the same time I couldn't help but smile to myself every time I thought of it for about the next five minutes.

Comments

[carve037.livejournal.com]

The trig approach would have been to take the the arc sine, and then once you have the angle, use the cosine to figure out the x value. So you'd have something like r/cos(arcsin(y/r))=x.

[tsukikage85.livejournal.com]

Durr, apparently I also managed to forget about the arc-functions. But the pythagorean theorem certainly made for easier differentiation.