what the fuck?

On December 21 2007 14:11 nA.Inky wrote:
College is overrated, man!

On December 21 2007 14:11 nA.Inky wrote:
Might be the best thing that could have happened to you. College is overrated, man!

On December 21 2007 14:26 Folca wrote:
they dont look at your grades only (my opinion)
i think they look at your growth rate, the ranges between grades, how much have you improved? how much have you gotten worse?

On December 21 2007 17:25 Hot_Bid wrote:
people who think college is overrated either

a) didn't go to college; or
b) didn't go to a good college

there's no way you go to a good school and think the experience is "overrated"

if anything, as you get older you realize just how important it was

On December 21 2007 18:15 kdog3683 wrote:
The only top notch public univ i know of is Berkeley which is a good school AND a good fit.

On December 21 2007 15:16 Live2Win wrote:
Factors that could effect your admission: (that you didn't mention)

Race/Ethnicity
College/Department
In-state/out-of-state
Time of app. submitted
Financial aid
Connections to the school (ie, family alumni)

On December 22 2007 00:43 micronesia wrote:
Any reason why you all weren't taking SAT? Or didn't submit those? I had the same question has Hawk (are your friends all black?) haha. It also depends on what high school you come from. If your high school is weaker, that 3.3 is less impressive than if the high school is strong. My high school was ridiculously competitive (so much so that the board of education denied the use of class rank in the district). As a result, my gpa which was decent coming from an average high school was strong when colleges looked at my high school.

On December 21 2007 16:46 Jibba wrote:
It might just be an issue of rolling admissions and an overload in applications for them this year. There's plenty of fantastic schools in Michigan though.

On December 22 2007 00:49 nA.Inky wrote:
Well, I've nearly completed my degree (I am 3 courses short) and I feel college is a joke.

Everyone keeps saying it is worth it. How so? In terms of earnings gained over a lifetime?

Well, from my perspective, that doesn't mean much, as I don't intend to earn more than 10k a year anyway.

I also can't tell you all how many college grads I know who are waiting tables.

I should also say that as a sociology major, one thing I have studied is education. Turns out the point of the entire education system is to act as a giant hazing ritual and sorting mechanism. It is a magic ritual through which people get assigned to various professions and status levels. The point is not to "educate" you.

Having studied hazing rituals a little bit, one thing I know about THOSE is that people who go through them tend to think the process was good and worthwhile. It's called "the need to justify one's actions."

On December 22 2007 10:14 decafchicken wrote:
my friend just told me he got in with a 3.3 and a 25

i'm starting to think i should've just fucked up the ACT royally so they would think that i was a really really hard worker.

On December 22 2007 01:22 decafchicken wrote:

where else? It really drops off after UM, MSU, and Kalamazoo. Kalamazoo is really expensive compared to the other two (it's private). I already got into UM dearborn, but i dont want to commute to college for 1-2 years before switching to ann arbor campus. I'm gonna apply to grand valley state i suppose, thats where pretty much everyone in my shcool goes there that doesnt get into state, or goes there over sate if they dont like state. but it's a d-2 school . But they own at d-2 Dry campus though I also got into central michigan, dont really wanna go there though. it's not a great school and they just jacked up their prices (higher than msu now T_T)

On December 22 2007 13:03 clazziquai wrote:

You have to also consider activities, etc.