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Can a college entrance essay get you into an Ivy League
school if it is good enough? Even if you only have a 3.7
GPA in high school?
,,Be Ben Y. Zhao, Professor of CS (networks, data mining, security)
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at UCSB, Top Writer 2014, 2015
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341 votes
I hate to say it, but based on my experience, the answer is no or highly
unlikely.
I've interviewed close to too high school seniors as an alumni interviewer
for Yale. Gu... Read More »
How do billionaires like Elon Musk protect themselves
against kidnapping or assassination?
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Cory A. Martin, SaaS Sales Development, HRM Aficionado
and Technology Enthusiast
1 k votes
The average billionaire is going to have a security team and take extra
precautions when in un-safe or non-public areas.
For example here's Bill Gates' security:
Or even be...
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How has social media affected feminism and the feminist
movement?
, Gloria Steinem, Writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist
Val
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organizer
436 votes
Social media have been a huge advance in women's access to information,
ability to contact each other, to call for organizing on the ground, and to do
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Should I attend Purdue or Stanford?
L;_'i I I y Ilya Veygman, container of multitudes
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359 votes
As someone who went to Purdue for undergrad and Stanford for graduate
school, let me give you the following advice:
Get out while you can.
... Read More
Is Russia on the verge of collapsing?
Le:',Ig Igor Markov, EECS Prof at Michigan - currently at Google
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491 v010,-,
No, Russia is not on the verge of collapse, but is looking at tougher times
ahead. Let me cite a few recent news stories from mainstream (although
not :t00% pro-Putin) Russi... Read More
Barack Obama:
Have there been any serious attempts to assassinate
President Obama since he's been in office?
ist2do Jonah Larson
nah
1.4k votes
President Obama has been the most threatened president of all time.
An average of about 30 potential death threats are recorded each day by
the Secret Service. Many of thes... Read More
What are some cool Java tricks?
LelSi Siddharth Anand, Engineer I Advisor I Speaker
ddha 306 votes
io+ years ago, while coding a project in grad school, I happened across a
very cool feature that I have never heard mentioned relating to Java. I was
implementing a server ... Read More ,)
During the making of the prequels, did George Lucas
know how bad they were?
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Joseph Reinemann, Computer Scientist + Author of Rarely
seJo hi Read Books
seP" 770 votes
There's footage of him and several other people watching the final cut of
The Phantom Menace. Afterwards, there is dead silence, and Lucas looked
close to panic. ...And t...
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Whats your craziest party story?
,;;Fe Feifei Wang, The Interpreter
fei
517 votes
OhOh Oh Oh! I have one! And I promise it'd be juicy!
So I was in grad school and at the time, I have this mental image of me
being a plump old Chinese lady, I'd be sitting ...
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If you were the one to report a murder, how suspicious
would the police be of you?
an Karen Tiede, old lady in training who lives in a rural area with
Isrl‘aI seven dogs.
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755 votes
My GF drove home one night to find a body in the middle of the road.
She called 911 and said, "there's a dead person in the middle of the road."
Deputies appeared. The body ...
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