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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
I had decent grades, great test scores, bad activities and I wrote very good essays and I interviewed pretty well. My biggest regret is not doing more activities, but I don't think I'd want to do Key Club or anything phony like that. I actually dropped out of NHS because it seemed so dishonest and shitty. | ||
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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Luddite
United States2315 Posts
In all seriousness, though, I doubt this will be the deciding factor on whether you get into a particular college. | ||
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Titusmaster6
United States5937 Posts
Don't be like those stupid people who peak in high school only to get raped when they go to college. | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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AmorVincitOmnia
Kenya3846 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32034 Posts
On January 09 2008 06:25 AmorVincitOmnia wrote: better start rappin fo sho git yo hustle on too | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
A college won't flip out over a C in 10th grade. A college is more concerned about your overall GPA annually and whether or not you made progress through out the years. Also a 3.5 GPA is decent but not Princeton-standard anyways, and Ivy league colleges of that caliber are the only ones I can see flipping out over a C. | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
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Raithed
China7078 Posts
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Simplistik
1904 Posts
Oh wait, that's to do with Math. But seriously, it's not a problem. Good luck. | ||
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fanatacist
10319 Posts
On January 09 2008 06:55 Rekrul wrote: You cannot change what has happened and worrying about what has happened is only going to make things worse. Even though you may have been brainwashed by your parents to believe you need to go to a good school, you don't. That's my belief too, but people don't want to accept it readily so I generally just give them the facts based on their brainwashed belief ): | ||
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Try
United States1293 Posts
a 3.5 is more than fine as long as you have a good amount of extracurricular activities. I've known people who have gotten into Princeton with a 3.5, given that they were active outside of just studying. If not, then your fucked (jk, you'll still get into college, not sure how good though =/). | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9102 Posts
There are plenty of decent state schools that are affordable and give a decent education. If you are planning on going to get a masters degree then where you get your bachelors matters even less, because where you go for your masters is where you'll learn all the specific skills for your field of work. | ||
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nA.Inky
United States794 Posts
Man, for the first time in... well, probably a long long time, I agree 100% with Rekrul. First of all, even if you can't go to Harvard, your life is not over. Other colleges will take you even if you aren't academically perfect. Second of all, I think you might ditch some of your stress if you realize that there are many ways to go through life, and not going to college is perfectly viable - just like Rekrul said. Everyone wants you to think college is essential. It's not. Everyone wants you to think a career is essential. Again, it's not. Do what you believe in and what works for you. | ||
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nA.Inky
United States794 Posts
I had a professor once who had taught at Columbia. He said the big difference between the "really nice" schools and your plain state universities is that it is very difficult to get into the nice schools. But once you are in, it's hard to fail out. He said the opposite is true of your regular state universities - easy to get in, but you have to do the work. In some of those "nice" schools, the teachers are pressured NOT to fail poor students. In sociology, you learn that school is an extended hazing ritual, a kind of magical instrument for allocating people to status roles in society. It ain't really about teaching you anything. So I wouldn't stress too much either way. Personally, I'd relax and focus more on enjoying the teenager years. Enjoy women. Enjoy your friends. Enjoy the outdoors. Study at your leisure. But that's me! | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
E=MC^2 may be the same everywhere you go, but the equipment and faculty is definitely a notch above when you get into junior and senior years, and possibly when you start doing research or development on your own. Anyone can teach 100 and 200 level courses, which is why graduate students often do it, but in some cases there may only be a handful of people in the world who can properly teach a specific area. But that's really assuming you KNOW you want to be a physicist or engineer. Most liberal arts areas are much more open. The #1 criteria should really be how the school fits you, but that's a whole other topic. In sociology, you learn that school is an extended hazing ritual, a kind of magical instrument for allocating people to status roles in society. It ain't really about teaching you anything. Yeah? And how'd you learn that?  Lower level schools and especially standardized testing operate that way, but that's really not the intention of schooling, and colleges generally don't work that way. At least most modern programs try to emphasize the "try new things" part of college. | ||
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nA.Inky
United States794 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On January 09 2008 12:08 nA.Inky wrote: Well, I just mean that at some schools, the students are really there to learn. At other schools, the students are mostly there to drink. Assuming you care more about #1, then avoid #2 and vice versa. :xAside from your first paragraph, I agree with you Jibba. Fit is key. I wish I had cared more about fit when I chose my first school. Purdue has excellent academics, but being 1 of 45,000 undergrads and being in 400 student chemistry lectures didn't work well for me. It certainly works for some people though. | ||
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