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UCI Survival Guide: 2020-2021 (Online) (6/19/2021)

I am a first year chemical engineering major. I went to a pretty good high school (Lynbrook High School, ranked 109 in the nation according to niche.com and 131 according to usnews.com), so what I experienced is probably pretty biased. In all honestly, UCI was less academically difficult then what I expected, but I don't think that that was necessarily a bad thing, as it made me more confident to take more credits. This first year at UCI was a little bit disappointing for me, however, because I felt that some of the classes were just repeats of what I had already learned in high school. Most people will tell you to only take 12 credits in the first fall quarter, but I really regretted doing that because I definitely could've taken more. APs taken (All 5s except CS, Stats, and Chem, which I got 4s - I took them all online): Calculus BC, Chemistry, Chinese, Comp Sci A, English Lang, Physics 1, Physics 7C: Mech, Stats Community College: Intro to engineering (5 credits, didn't ...

Ranking all of John Mayer's Albums (9/1/2021)

 This post started out almost two years ago, but with the release of John's newest album, Sob Rock, I've decided to finally finish things up. Like in my top 10 albums of 2020 post, I'll be using normal text for all the songs I recommend, and bold for the songs I love. However, in this post I'll also include a "review in five words or less" (RIFWOL) section for easy reading. It's actually pretty funny to look back on my choices those two years ago and see how much things have changed. For reference, my rankings back then were: Room for Squares Battle Studies The Search For Everything Continuum Heavier Things Born and Raised Paradise Valley I'll be writing about the albums in chronological order, so scroll to the bottom to see my list today. 1. Room for Squares Honestly, very little can beat early John Mayer for me. Pretty much every song from this album I love and recognize. I really enjoy this early pop rock sound, and this album is one of those few al...