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anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What does a college startup club need to do?

I'd recommend checking out University of Michigan's entrepreneurship club, called MPowered: http://mpowered.umich.edu/

I don't actually go there, but I subscribed to their mailing list when I considered starting something similar at my college. Definitely a great group to model!

NC State also hosts some great entrepreneurship events for their students, including spring break trips to Silicon Valley and China. http://www.ncsu.edu/ei/events.php

Finally, I'd say Stanford BASES pretty much sets the standard for student entrepreneurship groups. http://bases.stanford.edu/

Good luck!

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Teenagers and Careers: Is Apprenticeship an Answer?

In my case, I did a high school apprenticeship at NASA (and they did actually call it that a few years ago). No real lab experience outside of a basic chemistry class. Same thing for my 14 peers in the program.

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Teenagers and Careers: Is Apprenticeship an Answer?

Really? Why do you think that? I know plenty of teenagers who got jobs outside of retail or food service, did meaningful work, and got paid decently for it. I think if given a challenge, most teens would do surprisingly good work -- the problem is that we expect teenagers to be useless, so they behave accordingly.

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Entrepreneurship May Be Genetic

I'm not sure it's necessarily genetic. I bet simply being exposed to entrepreneurial adults can make a decent impact, especially since you're more aware of careers outside the traditional 9-5 job.

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Dan Meyer dissects the flaws of math textbooks (video)

In a world where Wolfram Alpha can do all the algebraic calculations for you, isn't learning to solve problems more relevant? I'd say that problem solving is the core of mathematics. Am I wrong?

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Before They Were Titans, Moguls and Newsmakers, These People Were...Rejected

I definitely relate to the teenage angst of college rejections, and still feel it sometimes (now in my third year). My school is considered one of the "New Ivies", and many of my classmates were similarly rejected or waitlisted at all the other (top tier engineering) schools they applied to except this one. We've ended up with a student body that's apathetic, and still somewhat resentful. I wonder how common this is at other "New Ivies"...

But you know what? To the entrepreneurial types among us, it only makes us work harder here. :)

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages

Interesting -- I've also experienced that. Sometimes it's because I can't think of the word I want to use in one language, but an equivalent word in the other language gets stuck in my mind.

More info here: http://www.stutteringhelp.org/DeskLeftDefault.aspx?TabID=156

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

I agree that the top universities are good places to find similarly motivated people who are likely to do great things in the future. But college is only four years of your life -- couldn't you build a valuable network by moving to a different location? The Bay Area, for example, attracts top talent in the tech industry, regardless of where they went to school.

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

Exactly! So if this is such an obvious path to take, why don't more students consider it? Why do community colleges have a bad reputation (or at the very least, considered much less prestigious)?

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

How come? Maybe for entry level positions, a recent grad from MIT with no experience would get more offers than a similarly inexperienced grad from a second tier school or a community college. But what if the second grad worked co-ops or had more projects under his or her belt? Wouldn't that be more valuable to a company?

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

>I would expect to find this especially true for a math-oriented subject like programming or engineering.

Why do you say so? I would think that this would be more true for the humanities. If your peers aren't interested in having stimulating discussions in class, there's almost no point in being there -- whereas in technical subjects, you could always choose to work on side projects individually if the coursework isn't challenging enough.

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

I'm wondering if professors at community colleges are in fact better at teaching, since they aren't under the pressure to "publish or perish". And at the freshman-sophomore level, isn't that more valuable?

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Finding my passion but....

This article repeats some of what was already discussed here, but I found it to be helpful when I was in your position:

http://calnewport.com/blog/2009/11/24/are-passions-serendipi...

Hope you stick with it -- good luck!

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: Reasons to Choose Community College Over University

This is something I wish I had considered before going to an engineering school. Not only could I have gotten practically the same education at the local community college for much less, I may have avoided the 100+ student lecture classes my freshman and sophomore years. This was probably the most difficult adjustment for me when starting college (along with the lopsided gender ratio in engineering).

Unfortunately, as a senior at an expensive college-prep school, choosing community college would have been a huge blow to my ego. It also would have ashamed my parents, who are immigrants and place much emphasis on having the best (read: most prestigious) education possible for their children.

anuleczka | 16 years ago | on: The future of schooling may lie with video games

Thanks for the tip! I'll remember that from now on.