EPTSATS- 2110 (700math/710 lit/700 writing)
I was accepted to Penn State, still waiting on:
Lehigh
Lafayette
Carnegie Mellon
John's Hopkins
I didn't apply early anywhere thought so the wait is expected.
College Acceptance Thread '10 - Page 10
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movmou
United States142 Posts
SATS- 2110 (700math/710 lit/700 writing) I was accepted to Penn State, still waiting on: Lehigh Lafayette Carnegie Mellon John's Hopkins I didn't apply early anywhere thought so the wait is expected. | ||
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Jathin
United States3505 Posts
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sith
United States2474 Posts
GPA - 4.28 (Weighted) SAT - 1420 ACT - 32 Like 7 AP classes with both Calculus's, Physics C, World History, American History, US Gov., Economics. Aced those fuckers with mostly 5's. Yeah I'm aware I could have probably gotten into a slightly more prestigious school with those numbers, but I can't really afford out of state and VTech has one of the better engineering programs in the country, so it's hard to beat as far as value/dollar. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On March 19 2010 12:48 sith wrote: Accepted to Virginia Tech Engineering (unsure of what kind yet) ... Yeah I'm aware I could have probably gotten into a slightly more prestigious school with those numbers, but I can't really afford out of state and VTech has one of the better engineering programs in the country, so it's hard to beat as far as value/dollar. Yeah, instate tuition FTW, and VT is pretty good anyhow. I would recommend most anyone (particularly those planning technical majors and possibly considering graduate or professional school such that their undergrad won't be their last degree) to attend a decent instate uni rather than a top tier institution. It's not only cheaper, but it gives you more flexibility. You can ease back a little and have a good time, or you can put in the extra hours if you want and stand out from your peers. It's easier to get to know professors because you may be better than the average student, and you won't have the pressure of classes crushing your soul at all moments. For the most part, what you get out of college depends on what you put in and not where you are. Also, it's easier to switch majors without switching institutions at a larger public school that offers more programs. | ||
Mystlord
United States10264 Posts
Of course I'm only saying that because I feel like a small bug compared to these other people :3 | ||
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sith
United States2474 Posts
On March 19 2010 13:11 Myrmidon wrote: You can ease back a little and have a good time, or you can put in the extra hours if you want and stand out from your peers. It's easier to get to know professors because you may be better than the average student, and you won't have the pressure of classes crushing your soul at all moments. For the most part, what you get out of college depends on what you put in and not where you are. Also, it's easier to switch majors without switching institutions at a larger public school that offers more programs. Yeah that's actually one of the reason's I would like to go there in addition to the in-state tuition and so on. I got accepted into the engineering program, but I'm not dead set on that. I may switch to either pure math or pure physics depending on how I like my courses and stuff. I've been told that if you have the credentials to get into the engineering school there then you can pretty much switch majors to math/physics/anything or back again very easily. And also obviously if I choose to I can slack off a bit, which I'll probably want to do at some point. Whats the point of going to college if you're not going to enjoy it? | ||
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Chen
United States6344 Posts
On March 19 2010 03:39 love1another wrote: People are getting so impressive these days. Back when I was applying for college, I had a 2400, Straight 5s on all AP exams, triple 800 SAT IIs, 4.0 GPA, and tons of extracurrics + a varsity sport. Couldn't even get a waitlist at Stanford  Edit: Hate affirmative action. If only I were black... Edit: Or hispanic... or some not-over-represented minority. seriously, black guy barely makes AIME and scores a 2 or just decent score on AMC 12, MIT auto-accept. Asian guy gets USAMO, he needs great grades and test scores with alot of EC's and even then hes very questionable. On March 19 2010 06:20 Wings wrote: Some of you guys are doing well... especially Chen wtf?! what colleges are you still waiting on for April 1st?? but.. COME TO PRINCETON!!! =D High School GPA 4.0/4.0 (what the heck is weighted gpa lol, how do u get over 4.0?) Lol I don't know why I wrote so damn much. I guess I wanted to get it all off my chest? Different schools do it differently, but i think the convention is normal class A=4, B=3 etc, AP class is 1 point boost where A=5.0, B=4.0, etc. and ALL ivies+stanford release on April 1st On March 19 2010 11:22 ghrur wrote: Jesus Christ, how do you people do so well at the SATs and SAT IIs? And are the SAT IIs harder than the AP exams? Ugh... >_< I'm gonna HATE next year... SAT 800>>>>AP 5. 5 on an AP test is ~60% correct, 800 on SAT is >95% on the harder ones id say ~700 SAT=5 on AP test. | ||
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
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Chen
United States6344 Posts
anyone else think this is complete bullshit? being black>2400 on the SAT >.> Fuck affirmative action guy from a really destitute community with no chance at getting a decent high school education i understand, giving hand-outs to every person who is black, native american, or hispanic just cause of who there parents was is such crap. | ||
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love1another
United States1844 Posts
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ImBackSuckas
Afghanistan7 Posts
1340/2400 SAT No job or community service I'm really good at football. Full scholarship (22$K/year) to UCD. | ||
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Humbug
United States264 Posts
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ImBackSuckas
Afghanistan7 Posts
Seeing as how every university is able to portray there campus as a beacon of all things good in the universe via brochure/virtual tour, campus visits are crucial. It's the place you will be spending all of your time for the next four years. How do you like the culture there? Are there things to do? Can you picture yourself living there? Ask yourself those questions and see if you think you fit in. | ||
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Ideas
United States8101 Posts
On March 19 2010 12:48 sith wrote: Accepted to Virginia Tech Engineering (unsure of what kind yet) GPA - 4.28 (Weighted) SAT - 1420 ACT - 32 Like 7 AP classes with both Calculus's, Physics C, World History, American History, US Gov., Economics. Aced those fuckers with mostly 5's. Yeah I'm aware I could have probably gotten into a slightly more prestigious school with those numbers, but I can't really afford out of state and VTech has one of the better engineering programs in the country, so it's hard to beat as far as value/dollar. VT's got a really chill CSL team too btw | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
That's all I need o.o | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
On March 19 2010 13:48 Chen wrote: "The University of Michigan used a 150-point scale to rank applicants, with 100 points needed to guarantee admission. The University gave underrepresented ethnic groups, including African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans, an automatic 20-point bonus on this scale, while a perfect SAT score was worth 12 points. " anyone else think this is complete bullshit? being black>2400 on the SAT >.> Fuck affirmative action guy from a really destitute community with no chance at getting a decent high school education i understand, giving hand-outs to every person who is black, native american, or hispanic just cause of who there parents was is such crap. hmm you realize this (point systems in general for college admissions [and also quotas]) was declared illegal many years ago? Of course affirmative action still exists and all, but just a nitpick (oh good memories from debate camp.) Yes, affirmative action sucks. but at least the aim is "noble" in a way. If there isn't affirmative action, the "underprivileged" (unfortunately it might not always be the underprivileged who benefit, but at least in theory they do...) are stuck in this vicious cycle of ... dare I say "inferiority"? Possibly too strong a word, but I'm kinda sleepy and don't want to think of synonyms XD Everyone claims to want "equality for all." But of course everyone puts their own good in front of this (hmm reminds me of my economics teacher informing the class that we did not actually want equal distribution of income). So the system is trying to impose itself to create this "equality," and sometimes lets in "less qualified" (at the moment?) applicants. It's a gamble that in the future, these "less qualified" applicants, who had fewer opportunities before yet still made it to a high level, can take advantage of their new resources and possibly exceed those who were slightly more qualified before. That being said, I am not really a fan of affirmative action myself, since it hurts me. But its intentions are well-meaning... in a way. Maybe this is a good analogy? Math contests have no affirmative action [quantitative measure woo]. Invariably, it ends up that white and Asian males comprise most of the competitors AND most of the top competitors. This is undesirable because the culture/tradition/whatever further strengthens this lopsidedness and perhaps prevents potentially awesome girls/minorities/etc. from competing. We could even pull starcraft into this... but ok that's going pretty far. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21243 Posts
On March 19 2010 14:44 ]343[ wrote: Maybe this is a good analogy? Math contests have no affirmative action [quantitative measure woo]. Invariably, it ends up that white and Asian males comprise most of the competitors AND most of the top competitors. This is undesirable because the culture/tradition/whatever further strengthens this lopsidedness and perhaps prevents potentially awesome girls/minorities/etc. from competing. We could even pull starcraft into this... but ok that's going pretty far. Why would that be undesirable? Whoever's best gets the recognition. Seems very desirable to me. | ||
Empyrean
16987 Posts
On March 19 2010 14:49 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Why would that be undesirable? Whoever's best gets the recognition. Seems very desirable to me. Definitely. There are women who do well in the top math competitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanie_Wood | ||
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]343[
United States10328 Posts
On March 19 2010 14:49 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Why would that be undesirable? Whoever's best gets the recognition. Seems very desirable to me. mm yes I was planning on putting that ("undesirable") in quotes, but I think it is "politically correct" to say that having equal representation in such things is desirable. For example, there have been only 3 girls to make the US International Math Olympiad team (in ~30 years, with 6 people on the team every year.) ~60 times more boys than girls... is that really representative (i.e. are boys 60 times better at math than girls)? Plus there are far fewer female mathematicians. A lot of this is cultural, and I think affirmative action attempts to break that cultural preference/stigma/darn I can't think of the word. edit: @ empyrean: yes. melanie wood, alison miller, and sherry gong. but ... that is not really many. | ||
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johnnyspazz
Taiwan1470 Posts
sat 2160 act 33 sat ii 800 790 denied from ucla and ucsd (fml) got in davis, irvine waiting for berkeley, cmu, ivies i was pretty depressed when i didn't get into ucsd because i definitely thought of it as a safety school hopefully i can get into berkeley cause thats my number 1 if i can get into an ivy that would be super cool but i'm not counting on it | ||
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