inquilinekea's definitions

Early Entrance Program

A program hosted by the Robinson Center for Young Scholars at the University of Washington which accepts 16 7th and 8th graders to enter the UW early. Students must go through an one-year intensive transition school (TS) prior to entering the university. Most Early Entrance Program students thrive in the university environment, contrary to popular stereotypes of entering college early.

More colleges need to adopt early entrance programs on the model of the Early Entrance Program.

by inquilinekea July 20, 2008

Schrodinger's Cat

A hypothetical cat that is simultaneously dead and alive because we don't know whether the nuclear particle has decayed or not, releasing the trigger that kills the cat. Used as an example that quantum mechanics is completely absurd when we look at it from a mundane perspective.

Schrodinger didn't test this experiment on a cat.

by inquilinekea July 3, 2005

AoPS

Art of Problem Solving. A forum for math enthusiasts, with a forum for an unusually large number of the best math students in the United States and the world.

If you go to AoPS and aren't an USAMO qualifier, prepare to be humbled. AoPS is full of them.

by inquilinekea May 19, 2005