Comments on: The Freshman 15 Contest: I’m Giving Away a Free Laptop

By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » The Freshman 15 Contest: Enter Now to Win a Free Laptop

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:27:06 +0000

[...] week I announced the Freshman 15 Contest. If you’ll recall, Study Hacks is one of 15 different student blogs that are each giving away [...]

By: Sakib

Sakib — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:39:39 +0000

lots of idea generating in my mind but what will be the best idea to get one free great hp laptop? even don’t know – how many times I have to submit & try to get one laptop. maybe i am going to miss this chance too. lets see. thanks to share with us.

By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:16:33 +0000

Very interesting ideas. I’m somewhat taken by the idea of giving away the laptop to someone who actually needs one…

By: Kit

Kit — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:37:15 +0000

I think that the winner should be someone who doesn’t already own a laptop. The entry could be in any format (essay, poem, song, video, etc) describing how a laptop would really help them in school.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:22:41 +0000

haha, supergirl’s idea sounds interesting!

I understood that GHz stuff but only because I forced myself to get into it when buying a laptop a few years back.

By: supergirl

supergirl — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:39:37 +0000

You could get people to send in their study hacks and give it away to the best one. Added bonus: never run out of content for blog posts again!

By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:45:31 +0000

Or might I just be misinformed about the computer science field?

You're misinformed. Computer Science covers a lot of disciplines from building robots to mathematical cryptography. I do theoretical computer science, which is basically just proofs. I use my computer only for e-mailing and typesetting papers.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:03:00 +0000

““with its 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo T9400 processor and 3GB of RAM, HP Pavilion dv7t get the score of 98 in PC Advisor WorldBench.”

I have no idea what that means.”

Aren’t you getting your Ph.D. in computer science at MIT? Or might I just be misinformed about the computer science field?

By: Nate

Nate — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:48:50 +0000

Here’s an idea -

Readers could submit the ideal setup for using a laptop according to the strategies posted on Study Hacks. In other words, they can answer the following question:

“In your opinion and according to the advice on this blog, what is the most efficient way for a modern college student to make the most out of a personal computer?”

- OR -

Suggestions for new post themes and categories

In either case, you would pick the best idea to win.

Just a thought before I am off to class.

By: Study Hacks

Study Hacks — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:44:39 +0000

Okay, so the official word is that the contest is open to everyone. Including those not in the US.