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On March 25 2010 07:41 orgolove wrote:
OOh. That's a great advice. Thank you.
I should do research on the individual professors then.
Yes.
Additionally, you want to emphasize your previous "accolades," including GPA and research experience, in a way that doesn't resemble your original blog here. I guarantee if you write about UC's being unfair and almost getting highest honors they'll give you the boot right away.
You want to tie in your previous experience with why you think it will be beneficial in your future studies. THAT is how you wow em.
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afaik, assuming you're applying so you'll be in grad school straight out of college, programs won't even know if you're cum laude anything by the time they accept/reject you.
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btw you sound like a neurosurgeon in the making
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After a certain point, it doesn't really matter.
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On March 25 2010 08:10 radar14 wrote:
afaik, assuming you're applying so you'll be in grad school straight out of college, programs won't even know if you're cum laude anything by the time they accept/reject you.
Very true. And if they rejected you, they wouldn't reconsider their decision just because you got some cum laude honor. After you have a grad school lined up, just make sure you don't fail the last quarter/semester and have fun!
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Don't see why you're upset. 3.8 is good.
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Since my GPA is like 3.3 I better /wrists huh? :p
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On March 25 2010 09:28 love1another wrote:
Since my GPA is like 3.3 I better /wrists huh? :p
No, you'll just get a Summa Cum Quiet.
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quit caring about your gpa and honors and take charge of your life. build a team with other people that you know that can contribute to an idea and make a business out of it. Why drill through 4 years of school (7-8 if u do grad) just to sit in a cubicle...
Edit: if you only care about med school then you will be fine.
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Guys I'm in a terrible position here.
I want to become a billionare but I only have 999.999.999 dollars. My life is ruined!!!!!
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Sounds like a cry blog.
Don't be mad at "the jokers that came here since frosh" who "all benefited from the easy As of lower division freshmen/sophomore courses" because you " had a two year break before I re-entered college."
Sounds like you played your cards shitty and are now whining. don't expect much sympathy here.
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On March 25 2010 10:32 Rev0lution wrote:
Guys I'm in a terrible position here.
I want to become a billionare but I only have 999.999.999 dollars. My life is ruined!!!!!
ROFL...<3
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Now hang on guys, I think we're being a little bit unfair to the OP.
Granted, a 3.8 is nothing to cry about, however, this guy's probably gone through his whole academic career with stellar grades, either for himself or pressure from his parents, but that's besides the point. It would seem unfair if he had the insight to transfer from a lower ranked school to a higher ranked one so that he can receive the benefits later on of a prestigious institution printed on his resume, to be cheated of an accolade in the last minute because of a technicality.
MIT, Harvard etc. take the very best, and you can bet your ass there will be enough kids with 3.9-4.0's that those schools will have enough to worry about to look at a 3.8.
You best chance now would be working on your interview skills/getting to know your professors for those sweet recommendations, and your letter of intent.
Or cure cancer w/e.
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On March 25 2010 07:57 Jathin wrote:
Average med school GPA is 3.5 -- if you want to get into a med school, a 3.8 is more than enough.
At the top-10 med schools, average/median GPAs are closer to 3.9, but it's not a hard-set fact. It's much harder to get a high GPA as an engineer, and they know this, so they're not so stringent.
The thing about stats is that its meant to be an indicator of your performance. It's not the true number that matters so much as the implications of it. A 3.8 GPA from an engineering major implies that you're highly competent at engineering.
If you have any more questions about med school admissions, pmsg me.
I thought the average was like a 3.6
Also, this is common knowledge but averages means that there are people below and people above that are accepted. So having a grade lower than the average does not necessary preclude your acceptance. It just means that you aren't as competitive as others might be. A 3.8 is nothing to be ashamed of, but I can see why you would be mad. But that's one of the problems associated with transferring and there's nothing you can do about it.
I hear that for grad school, it's not about what school you went to but which professor you worked with for chemistry at least. So if you go to MIT and work in the lab of a relatively obscure professor, you're not as well off as if you worked with some world renowned professor at Oregon State University or something like that.
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lol it doesn't matter at all.
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Ehh... I miss the old days in Poland, where such things didn't count and your acceptance into the best univs was based solely on your performance in nation-wide (at least nation-wide, city-wide or even state/province-wide didn't cut it, and you had to be one of the finalists too) contests and internal university exams.
After all, what you learn at university, hasn't got much, if anything, to do with what you were doing in highschool etc.
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I'm gonna be finishing with a 3.7 cuz I slacked at the end, I hope I can still maintain magna cum laude.. although it recently dawned on me especially after I started working in DC that it is absolutely much more important to have good work experience, test scores, etc as opposed to simply having a good GPA.
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Your research experience, letters, publications, and personal statement matter 10000000000000x more than the difference between a 3.88 and a 3.91 for engineering grad school
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Let me play devil's advocate: a Magna/Summa Cum Laude distinction is earned in competition with other students from your current, degree-granting school. It would be unfair to those students if someone were to transfer from a weaker institution with better grades, only to receive the same honors. I am not saying this is your case (no clue where you transfered from), but in general it is a concern.
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