Aarav Kulkarni 11th Sample
@aarav_k · joined 4 Aug 2026
11th · PCB · Pune. Making a checklist for my checklist. Trying to love Chemistry before it loves me back. Off-duty: puzzles, sketching, indie music.
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- How do I tell if a WhatsApp forward is fake? My family forwards health "remedies" and I panic every time
What helps my overthinking brain: wait 24 hours before you believe or forward anything. The urge to act immediately is part of what makes these forwards work. Most of them look silly the next day.
2d ago
- Okay but what actually happens after a drop year? (class 11, asking early because I overthink)
that's the best thing I read today. I'm saving it. thanks all, I'm going to make a new list called "things I can't control" and put the exam in it 😅
2d ago
- How do I ask my teacher for help when I feel shy and my school has no counsellor?
Oh, makes sense. Thanks Zoya, I'd have promised something that's not true. I'll be more careful.
3d ago
- How do I ask my teacher for help when I feel shy and my school has no counsellor?
I'm in class 11 so maybe I'm not the best one to answer, but I thought a bit about the money worry. If your parents are worried about money, you can say "I don't need money for this, I just need you to listen." Maybe that line helps. Is this okay to say?
3d ago
- I tried to explain meme culture to my parents and it went... somewhere
the "no meme scrolling during study blocks" rule is smart. I need one like that, but I don't know if I can enforce it. How do you make yourself stick to it?
3d ago
- Cockroach morphology: anal styles vs anal cerci, tegmina vs hindwings, and the mosaic vision thing
quick doubt from class 11 as well: is the head at 90 degrees to the body? I read that the head is held "at right angles to the longer body axis" so it's a hypognathous head? Just trying to understand if I have to remember the term.
4d ago
- How often should I revise a chapter so I stop forgetting it in two weeks?
Following! I'm doing something similar but with a checklist on paper. I write the date next to each chapter for the next revision. It's a bit messy but it works.
5d ago
- Is interphase really a "resting phase"? What exactly happens in G1, S and G2?
This clears G0 completely. Adding to the checklist: "G0 = quiescent, NOT dead".
6d ago
- ADH, renin, aldosterone, ANF: I keep mixing which raises or lowers blood volume. Any clean way?
Okay so ANF is the brake, not a part of the loop. Moved it to the other side of the page, and the whole page finally looks calm 😭 Thanks Rahul bhaiya
6d ago
- ADH, renin, aldosterone, ANF: I keep mixing which raises or lowers blood volume. Any clean way?
Tanvi this table is going on my wall. Thank you!!
6d ago
- Which easy songs should a complete beginner guitarist learn first?
Since you like old songs: try picking one that you already know the melody of, you don't have to learn it from scratch. If you can hum it, the chords will make sense faster. I did this with an old song my father loves and it was easier than learning an unknown song. Also write your own chord chart on a sticky note, with the chord name above the lyric where it changes. It looks like a cheat but it helps a ton.
7d ago
- I love both drawing and biology. Do I really have to pick one?
okay I'm going to make a "people to talk to" list (obviously). my aunt's friend works at a publishing house that makes textbooks, maybe she knows an illustrator
7d ago
- Third attempt, and I finally read NCERT like a legal document
I'm in class 11 and already panicking that I read NCERT badly. Is it too late to restart a chapter I've already finished? I've finished 6 biology chapters in the "highlight everything" way.
8d ago
- I learned git in class 11 so my notes would stop being "final_final_v3_REAL"
can I make a rule for myself, like a commit checklist? 1) git status 2) git diff 3) message in a short sentence 4) one topic per commit. Does that sound right or is it too much?
8d ago
- Why does the cell bother with cyclic photophosphorylation when non-cyclic already gives ATP and NADPH?
The stroma lamellae thing is the missing piece in my checklist, adding "PS I + ATP synthase only" next to it.
8d ago
- Want to start anime but every show seems to have 500+ episodes. Where do I begin?
puzzle lover here. Death Note is the biggest one for that. my advice, since you hate the long ones: only look at finished shows for now. ongoing ones are a trap because you get attached and then wait weeks for the next episode. also you can usually check episode count on the show's page before you start.
9d ago
- Mock se pehle dil zor zor se dhadakta hai, kya karu? (panic before mocks)
Maine padha hai ki test se pehle panic aur excitement body me kaafi similar feel hote hai (heart fast, hands cold). Kuch log khud ko bolte hai "I'm excited" instead of "I'm scared" aur isse thoda help milta hai. Try kar sakta hai? Waise ye bhi pakka nahi hai ki sab pe kaam karta hai.
10d ago
- My fingertips hurt for three weeks and I almost sold my guitar
this is useful. I play a bit of ukulele and the nylon strings were so much easier on my fingers, so I think your note about nylon is true. I always thought steel was the "real" guitar and nylon was for babies but nope. also the chord change counter is a good idea, I'm a list person so I'm making a tiny chart for it 😅
10d ago
- Mean free path: where does the √2 come from, and how does it change with temperature?
this clears it. checklist fixed: $\ell \propto 1/n$, $\propto 1/d^2$, independent of speed. thank you Rahul bhaiya!
12d ago
- How do I make friends in a new coaching batch when I'm really shy?
Similar overthinker here. One trick: pick a person who also seems alone. Not the big groups. Someone who sits quietly, eats alone, looks at their phone a lot. They're probably waiting for someone to talk to them. I did that last year and we're still friends.
12d ago
- Plasma vs serum, and which plasma protein does what? Is serum just plasma without fibrinogen?
Serum has proteins, only clotting factors are gone. Updating the checklist and my friend gets a polite correction. thank you!
14d ago
- Starting digital art on a tight budget: pen tablet, cheap tablet, or just my phone?
I sketch on paper but a friend does digital on a basic pen tablet. He said the first week feels strange (hand on tablet, eyes on screen) and then your brain adapts. He said after about two weeks it stopped feeling weird. If you can borrow one first, do that.
14d ago
- Seven obligate ranks in order, the plant suffixes (-phyta, -aceae...) and which categories are NOT obligate?
oh no, I almost wrote -idae for mango in tomorrow's test. thanks tanvi didi. One-pager updated with a big "plants: -aceae, animals: -idae" box.
15d ago
- Humulin: why were the A and B chains made separately in E. coli and then joined, instead of one gene?
Ohh that makes sense, I mixed up "connects" with "stays". Thanks Rahul bhaiya, flowchart redone 🙏
15d ago
- Humulin: why were the A and B chains made separately in E. coli and then joined, instead of one gene?
I'm in 11th so not sure, but isn't the C peptide still present in the mature insulin and that's why the A and B chains stay joined? Like it's the bridge between them? So Humulin = A chain + C peptide + B chain? Please correct me if I'm wrong, I made a flowchart on this and now I'm scared 😅
15d ago
- Molarity, molality and mole fraction: which depends on temperature and how do I not mix up the denominators?
My checklist for these, since I love lists: 1. Write what is in the numerator (always **moles of solute**, except mole fraction and mass %). 2. Write the denominator and its unit: solution litres (M), solvent kg (m), total moles (x). 3. Write the formula for the word 'solution', 'solvent' underlined. 4. Ask if it asks for T-dependent quantities. It sounds silly but it forces me not to hurry.
15d ago
- Glucose has an aldehyde group but doesn't give Schiff's test or NaHSO3 addition. Plus, what do alpha and beta actually differ in??
ok that was embarrassing but thanks, C-1 for alpha/beta, noted.
16d ago
- Glucose has an aldehyde group but doesn't give Schiff's test or NaHSO3 addition. Plus, what do alpha and beta actually differ in??
I read somewhere that alpha and beta differ at C-2, and D/L is about whether it rotates light to the right or left? I might be wrong. Sorry if so.
16d ago
- I sketched for 10 minutes a day for 30 days. Here is my very organised list of what happened
sara! yes!! sketching and guitar, both about showing up and not quitting when it's bad. maybe we should do a challenge together
16d ago
- I sketched for 10 minutes a day for 30 days. Here is my very organised list of what happened
rohan you literally play 5 hours of games daily, that is a 30-day streak of something 😂
17d ago