EPTCollege Acceptance Thread '10 - Page 19
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OneOther
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matjlav
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Anyway, congratulations to everyone! College will be great, no matter where you go  | ||
DivinO
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Accepted at CMU. CMU 2014! | ||
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thundertoss
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phosphorylation
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On April 02 2010 13:25 Tyrio wrote: Through some incredible combination of stupidity, laziness and arrogance I only applied to 3 schools. Didn't even apply to my state university as a back up -___-;; Stanford: Rejected Carnegie Mellon: Wait-listed Georgia Tech: Accepted Numbers: 2380 SAT 800 Math SAT II 730 Physics SAT II 8 AP Tests (6 5s, 2 4s) 5.8/6.0 GPA (3.98/4.00) National Merit Finalist Ton of extracurricular through Math Club/Competitions, placed several times in state competitions A decent amount of community service No jobs though man, i can't believe you seiously only applied to three with those stats you could have gotten at least into a low ivy (cornell, possibly columbia etc) | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On April 02 2010 09:41 Chen wrote: Asian male from a middle class family thats not first in the family to attend college. Same story here man. Being an Asian male in the middle brackets, second generation really sucks. I feel for you. And like you, I'm probably going to be ending up at my state flagship school. Really don't want to shell out 42k per year for Duke. | ||
Empyrean
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On April 02 2010 15:21 phosphorylation wrote: man, i can't believe you seiously only applied to three with those stats you could have gotten at least into a low ivy (cornell, possibly columbia etc) I can't believe you consider Columbia a "low ivy." That just screams misplaced condescension :/ | ||
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FragKrag
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StayFrosty
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phosphorylation
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On April 02 2010 15:25 Empyrean wrote: I can't believe you consider Columbia a "low ivy." That just screams misplaced condescension :/ well it is "lower" than harvard princeton yale edit: you guys know what i am talking about; i admit the usage is bit lazy | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
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On April 02 2010 15:27 phosphorylation wrote: well it is "lower" than harvard princeton yale edit: you guys know what i am talking about; i admit the usage is bit lazy Holistic rankings of schools are stupid anyways, it really only matters what department. Columbia's undergraduate engineering school is probably better than HYP, and Cornell's science-related programs (engineering, comp-sci, etc) are leagues ahead of HYP. The only rankings that matter is by specific major/schools :S | ||
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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On April 02 2010 15:21 phosphorylation wrote: man, i can't believe you seiously only applied to three with those stats you could have gotten at least into a low ivy (cornell, possibly columbia etc) There are a lot of us like that. I have the same statistics as Tyrio, if you swap the match competitions for an assload of community service and Boy Scouts (summer camp counselor/area director). Unfortunately for us '10 seniors, this had to be the year that everybody applied to a million colleges at once. I can't remember the source, but it was like 22% of applicants applied to 7 colleges or more? | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
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On April 02 2010 15:30 flamewheel91 wrote: There are a lot of us like that. I have the same statistics as Tyrio, if you swap the match competitions for an assload of community service and Boy Scouts (summer camp counselor/area director). Unfortunately for us '10 seniors, this had to be the year that everybody applied to a million colleges at once. I can't remember the source, but it was like 22% of applicants applied to 7 colleges or more? Every year is the new "worst year" for college applicants. College apps have only gone up, never down, along with everyone's credentials. So yeah :\ | ||
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flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On April 02 2010 15:30 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Holistic rankings of schools are stupid anyways, it really only matters what department. Columbia's undergraduate engineering school is probably better than HYP. The only rankings that matter is by specific major/schools :S And this is right: A lot of "lesser" colleges, such as Notre Dame, UVA, or UNC-Chapel Hill have a better business department for undergrad than the HPY. (I'm probably doing business. Mlah.) Other than UPenn, actually, a lot of the ivies don't really focus on undergrad stuff much. | ||
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obesechicken13
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FragKrag
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Though I got into my 2nd choice though, so I'm happy :D | ||
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XinRan
United States530 Posts
Harvard: rejected Yale: rejected Princeton: rejected Stanford: rejected MIT: rejected University of Pennsylvania: rejected Brown: wait list Duke: wait list University of Chicago: wait list Caltech: wait list Amherst: accepted Dartmouth: accepted University of Michigan: accepted On April 02 2010 15:25 Empyrean wrote: I can't believe you consider Columbia a "low ivy." That just screams misplaced condescension :/ Well, it's certainly low compared to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. In fact, I've heard from two former classmates of mine at Columbia say that Columbia's academics isn't that strong. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
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On April 02 2010 15:34 XinRan wrote: Well, it's certainly low compared to Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. In fact, I've heard from two former classmates of mine at Columbia say that Columbia's academics isn't that strong. Personal anecdotes don't really mean anything if they haven't experience, in this case, HYP. It's not like they have an accurate frame of reference for comparison. | ||
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OneOther
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On April 02 2010 15:33 FragKrag wrote: 2010 seems like a very weird year to me. Lots of odd rejections. Nobody from my school even got accepted to Stanford, and Cupertino High is pretty high in high overachieving kids. Some girl who got into both MIT and Caltech was rejected by Stanford/Harvard/Princeton and waitlisted at Chicago (T_T)? Though I got into my 2nd choice though, so I'm happy :D college admissions are always weird with lots of odd rejections my friend | ||
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flamewheel
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For all you Ivy-leaguer potentials that were shot down today (I was amongst you!), cheer up! http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/31/a-college-rejection-letter-looks-on-the-bright-side/ ^Worth the read. Remember, as long as you do well at the college you go to and take advantages of what opportunities you have, you'll be doing your best. For those of you planning on grad school, undergrad doesn't matter much (and like I said, most of the ivies don't care about UG...) You're all still wonderful people, and it's just a shame that the coins didn't flip right this year :D | ||
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