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On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?".
sorry you aren't as good as him and don't have high expectations
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Your grades don't mean as much as references and research.
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On January 12 2010 11:57 illu wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
3.85 is nothing spectacular for top grad school programs either though. Probably not low enough that they want to throw it out immediately. Besides, I am hoping my GPA this semester will improve. Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?". Sorry, is that comment toward me? I hardly think I was being a douche. I was being realistic to the fact that my GPA is not very competitive.
So say it's not competitive for your school of choice. 3.85 isn't crappy. It's a good thing universities look at only your GPA, god forbid they take something like sports, leadership opportunities, clubs, student government, community service, teacher recommendations, application essays, ect ect ect into account.
If you're lacking in one area then try to improve upon others which can help.
On January 12 2010 12:07 FragKrag wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?". sorry you aren't as good as him and don't have high expectations
Lol... I got into my first school of choice which is a top 10 (or 5 depending on which ranking you look at) engineering school in the country.
Sorry I go to a better school then you, have more friends then you, and get laid more often then you. (See we can both make assumptions based on nothing)
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Sometimes it's not about getting into the "best" university, rather, it's about getting into the "right" university.
The university I am at is not the best for my program. I was accepted into a "better" university, but I chose to go to this one instead. There are other factors to consider. I know, and anyone that knows me knows, that I made the right decision for me.
Also, DeathByMonkeys, if you're really in engineering, I call "bullshit" on you getting laid more often..... Any engineer or engineering student knows why.....
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On January 12 2010 12:42 lMPERVlOUS wrote:
Sometimes it's not about getting into the "best" university, rather, it's about getting into the "right" university.
The university I am at is not the best for my program. I was accepted into a "better" university, but I chose to go to this one instead. There are other factors to consider. I know, and anyone that knows me knows, that I made the right decision for me.
Also, DeathByMonkeys, if you're really in engineering, I call "bullshit" on you getting laid more often..... Any engineer or engineering student knows why.....
The problem is that it is difficult to know what is the 'right' university unless you have physically been there for a reasonable amount of time (I'd say two years). Therefore, it might pay off more just to try to get into a 'good' university.
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Personally I see nothing wrong with him calling his GPA crappy or whatever. This thread is called "I want to go to Harvard (grad school)" not some random FML thread - I have no clue why you wouldn't expect someone with ultra-high GPA expectations in a Harvard grad school thread. I don't believe his GPA will prevent him from getting in, but it is not stellar, and for grad school GPA is pretty crucial, much more so than leadership positions etc. OP has never specified how many extracurrics he has been involved with, so maybe he is hoping to rely heavily on his GPA.
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Lol, dude. Ivies are so overrated, though I may or not currently be attending one. But just to get an idea of the kind of assholes those ivory towers produce, check out that guy Wok who bragged about being a Yale student a while back.
Maybe that just means Harvard > Yale, but all the fancy larnin' in the world won't larn ya any common sense ;]
Then again.... I have like a 3.3 so I shouldn't be talking. lol
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lol@people who think that activities, sports, student government etc have any bearing on whether or not you get into grad school
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On January 12 2010 15:38 KOFgokuon wrote:
lol@people who think that activities, sports, student government etc have any bearing on whether or not you get into grad school
I think it is either because people only read the title, or read too uncarefully - Harvard is often associated with medical school, and activities are crucial for med school.
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All these ppl saying that say 3.4 or 3.8 gpa is low and crappy..i have a freakin 2.5 i feel so dam stupid.
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On January 12 2010 11:57 illu wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
3.85 is nothing spectacular for top grad school programs either though. Probably not low enough that they want to throw it out immediately. Besides, I am hoping my GPA this semester will improve. Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?". Sorry, is that comment toward me? I hardly think I was being a douche. I was being realistic to the fact that my GPA is not very competitive.
It might not be the best GPA they see, but it's not "not very competitive".
I mean it's Harvard, sure, but it's not like 3.85 is bad.
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On January 12 2010 21:22 ghostWriter wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 11:57 illu wrote:On January 12 2010 11:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
3.85 is nothing spectacular for top grad school programs either though. Probably not low enough that they want to throw it out immediately. Besides, I am hoping my GPA this semester will improve. On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?". Sorry, is that comment toward me? I hardly think I was being a douche. I was being realistic to the fact that my GPA is not very competitive. It might not be the best GPA they see, but it's not "not very competitive". I mean it's Harvard, sure, but it's not like 3.85 is bad.
Let's not kid ourselves here. 3.85 is pretty bad. Shameful, even.
OP, if you're only getting a 3.85 you should seriously consider pursuing something else. Academia obviously just isn't for you, you're simply not intelligent enough. No shame in that, not all of us can be smart. Some of us have to bag groceries and flip burgers
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On January 12 2010 21:52 lazz wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 21:22 ghostWriter wrote:On January 12 2010 11:57 illu wrote:On January 12 2010 11:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
3.85 is nothing spectacular for top grad school programs either though. Probably not low enough that they want to throw it out immediately. Besides, I am hoping my GPA this semester will improve. On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?". Sorry, is that comment toward me? I hardly think I was being a douche. I was being realistic to the fact that my GPA is not very competitive. It might not be the best GPA they see, but it's not "not very competitive". I mean it's Harvard, sure, but it's not like 3.85 is bad. Let's not kid ourselves here. 3.85 is pretty bad. Shameful, even. OP, if you're only getting a 3.85 you should seriously consider pursuing something else. Academia obviously just isn't for you, you're simply not intelligent enough. No shame in that, not all of us can be smart. Some of us have to bag groceries and flip burgers
Or mop floors.
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On January 12 2010 21:52 lazz wrote:Show nested quote +On January 12 2010 21:22 ghostWriter wrote:On January 12 2010 11:57 illu wrote:On January 12 2010 11:41 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
3.85 is nothing spectacular for top grad school programs either though. Probably not low enough that they want to throw it out immediately. Besides, I am hoping my GPA this semester will improve. On January 12 2010 11:39 DeathByMonkeys wrote:On January 12 2010 11:17 ghostWriter wrote:
Why do you keep saying "crappy 3.85"?
It sounds very pretentious; 3.85 is nowhere near crappy. This... Stop being a douche. No one cares when your complaining is on the level of "Oh man, I hate the gas mileage I get in my Porsche" or "Guy's my dick is too big and girls are too scared so I never have sex, what do?". Sorry, is that comment toward me? I hardly think I was being a douche. I was being realistic to the fact that my GPA is not very competitive. It might not be the best GPA they see, but it's not "not very competitive". I mean it's Harvard, sure, but it's not like 3.85 is bad. Let's not kid ourselves here. 3.85 is pretty bad. Shameful, even. OP, if you're only getting a 3.85 you should seriously consider pursuing something else. Academia obviously just isn't for you, you're simply not intelligent enough. No shame in that, not all of us can be smart. Some of us have to bag groceries and flip burgers
Sure. But at least I want to be a burger-flipper with a PhD.
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Harvard isn't the only school that gives out Ph.D.s.
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Why are people bashing Harvard? If the OP really wants to go to Harvard, then that's his call. Who cares if other schools are just as good, or even better in some respects? You should always go to the school that you think suits you most.
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There's a difference between wanting to go to Harvard and being realistic about your goals and wanting to go to Harvard while exuding false modesty that also serves to make other people feel bad about their own academic achievements.
It's like people who complain about how a test was so hard and that they hope that the curve is really good, and it turns out that they got a 98 and went to the professor to argue for those last two points when the average was a 65.
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On January 13 2010 09:03 ghostWriter wrote:
It's like people who complain about how a test was so hard and that they hope that the curve is really good, and it turns out that they got a 98 and went to the professor to argue for those last two points when the average was a 65.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to get the best you can get...
I don't think people here understand - almost everyone applying to Harvard grad school, or any comparable one really, has at least a 3.85, so having a 3.85 gives you no advantages over the competition, and can hence be interpreted as crappy. Is that really so hard to understand?
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Yes, because it still is not crappy. Being last place at the very top does not make you crappy.
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