Knew how much you wanted this man
Congratulations

CONGRATS IN A POST!
MAKE AN RTS BECAUSE THERE AREN'T THAT MANY GOOD ONES. BTW, IF YOU NEED TO GET LAID, FROM LOOKING AT THE EXPLORE SECTION, I DON'T THINK YOU WILL WANT TO WITH THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THERE.

Looool!
But really you should make an RTS man

See, Cecil? I'm not alone in my... doubt... about the... aesthetics of Digipen. And the buildings in the background also look pretty damn bad. It's like those very cheap ones you see lying around New Jersey like trailers.

Lol, thanks you guise!

About getting laid.. Yeah. About that. It's not erm, my priority for college.

Sensible.

Indeed.

On languages, we used to teach intro computer science in Scheme.. but then too many people complained (it's Python now).

Aye, it's C and C++ at DigiPen. Lots of math and Lots of C++ for my degree.

Enjoy your linear algebra lol.

What exactly is lots of math? Homogeneous coordinates?

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Enjoy your linear algebra lol.

Linear algebra can be.. enjoyable. When done analytically anyway.

Linear alegbra (freshman year); calculus 2, 3, 4; fuzzy sets and logic; vector calculus; etc. etc.

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Yeah, I'm kind of thinking of their BA or BS in Game Design, but I don't really know of anywhere else with a similar program. Also, Digipen is pretty close to where I am (probably about 40 minutes away by car), so no expensive moving.

Also, DTBK, how well did you do in linear algebra and how well did you do in Calc AB? I want to know if I'm on track. >.>

Good luck on those, if you apply. They are highly competitive programs. Spend a lot of time on the game modification and character//world analysis. Share your ideas as clearly as possible. I applied to both, and these two essays weren't good enough for them. I'll have to try to switch into the BSGD program sophomore year, because I didn't spend enough time on those two essays.

I'll update you on exactly why mine weren't accepted once I get my letter, assuming it says specifically why in the letter.

To be honest, Calc AB was a joke. In general, though, it is vastly dependent on the class you take, and there is no great way to compare classes (especially if you're taking things in high school). I mean, if you can't get a '5' on the AP-AB exam, you're, in my opinion, hopelessly screwed compared, and if you did it really doesn't say much.

Perhaps one of the reasons [top] college admissions end up being so random is that there really aren't good tests to use as comparators. If you score within a margin of stupid mistakes of a perfect score on the SAT I (like >= 2100), it's more or less equivalent and there are more people who do that than can fill all the spots available. And AP/IB tests are even more meaningless.

I don't know anything about this DigiPen place, so any comments I give are really directed toward the 'standard' set of schools people aim at. I don't know a whole lot more about your situation; I suppose this could be continued through PMs.

I didn't really mean in terms of college admissions, I meant in terms of getting the math. I'm doing pretty well in my calc class (AP, I've been pretty close to setting the curve on all the tests, at least), and I was wondering if that would be any way to gauge how well I might do in understanding higher math courses.

Also, Digipen <3 my school and <3 the robotics program I'm in (one of their administrative staffers has a daughter that's in our program, meaning I have connections ), so I don't think it would really be horribly difficult for me to get in.

Your ability to do computational linear algebra is trivial; memorize a few algorithms like Gaussian elimination, determinant-taking, and the Gram-Schmidt Process and you can do it.

As far as understanding higher math, which is entirely analytical, the best way to gauge yourself now is in terms of calculus concepts. Most high school calculus classes are generally not rigorous at all, and so I can perhaps state some general concepts of calculus and see if you understand them:

If f(x) is defined on some interval (a,b), then for some c in (a,b) we say that the limit as x approaches c of f(x) is equal to L if and only if for every ε>0 there exists a δ>0 such that if |x - c| < δ, then |f(x) - L| < ε.

Most people run and hide when they see the delta-epsilon definition of a limit. If you can understand it and apply it in proofs, then you are well on your way to understanding higher math.

Good luck.

Also, haha, DTBK. You flash your knowledge of calculus any chance you get.

Those are some nice words to hear

Honestly, you probably won't even have to apply the definition of limits if you're only going up to Calculus 4. (assuming that Calculus 4 is Differential Equations, schools vary on that)

I will only need what is necessary to construct physics engines, ai simulations, and anything else that a real time simulation program would require (which involves a lot of different algorithms). I hear the word "quaternion", as well as "rotation matrices" thrown around quite a bit. And yes, the fourth is differential equations. There are also other math classes with odd names that I'll be taking.. Especially if I go for a master's degree.

As for limits of functions, aren't they used all the time in collision detection? Especially for equations that don't necessarily have traditional formulas for, in which a "guess, check, and guess again" approach is used in solving the equations?

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