Your TI84 quadratic formula program is below: QUAD.8xp However, there are a few steps you'll have to take in order to download it onto your calculator. Hardware For Your TI84 Quadratic Formula Program A TI 84 Calculator and a Mini-USB to USB cable. One came with your calculator. If you don't have one, you can buy one here: … [Read more...]
Buy Your TI 84 Calculators NOW!
Buy your TI 84 calculators now! These are images from my local Staples. This is the short time of the year for TI 84 bargains. You have about 2 weeks for TI 84 graphing calculators at these low prices. Even if you cannot make it to Staples, you can purchase your TI 84 calculator from Wal-Mart or Target or Best Buy. Two … [Read more...]
Scoring Your Practice SAT
Scoring your practice SAT was easy for a few years. The College Board had an app, Daily Practice for the SAT. It was free and would scan and score your practice SAT within a couple of minutes. Despite some glitches and peculiarities, it worked well when it worked. It was a bit finicky and you needed to be careful when scanning your … [Read more...]
General Education Requirements, Part 2 of 2
Your general education requirement will likely look like classes from the following subjects/topics: English You will take 2 semester classes of English. Usually, this would be one composition class combined with one literature class. You can typically choose your course and your professor, but you’ll want to take these early as they … [Read more...]
General Education Requirements, Part 1 of 2
General Education requirements (or, general electives) (GE) General Education requirements expose students to a breadth of study. Basically, these are classes not in your major, but classes you need to take. Usually, these are classes you need to take from a variety of subjects. For example: 1 year of English; 1 year of a lab … [Read more...]
California Community Colleges, Part 1
California Community Colleges have many great options for you. You want to learn online? Great! Many California Community Colleges have online classes. This way you can learn safely at home. This works for you even if you aren’t a California resident. With online options, you can learn risk-free. And then you can transfer … [Read more...]
UC SAT Announcement
You likely have already heard that the UC System is suspending the SAT/ACT requirement for admissions. Basically, they’ve made standardized tests optional for fall of 2021 admissions. While you can still take an SAT or an ACT for use in your UC application, you needn’t do so. Intermediate Term While the UC system has waived the … [Read more...]
SAT Fall 2020
The SAT Fall 2020 tests will be in testing centers. You should know that the College Board, the parent company of the SAT, has decided against using their online SAT option for students this fall. Instead, they’re going to administer the test at their designated testing centers for August, September, October, November, and … [Read more...]
College Board Announcements Due to Covid
The College Board announcements due to Covid are unsurprising. First, the June SAT and SAT Subject Tests have been cancelled. To make that up, the College Boardwill add an SAT in September. So, from August there will be monthly SAT administrations. The known dates are August 29, October 3, November 7, and December 5. For updates, go to … [Read more...]
SAT Math Formulas
SAT math formulas for your SAT. These are for the regular SAT (older folk might call it the SAT 1), rather than for the SAT Math Subject tests. In addition to the formulas shown above on the first page of each math section (sections 3 and 4), you'll probably want to know these other formulas and how to use them. Linear and … [Read more...]