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On June 27 2010 19:18 ikbreek wrote:Show nested quote +On June 27 2010 19:04 Devski wrote:LOL @ all you 16 year old kids thinking you're smart. USA's education has allways been terrible, your grades don't mean shit.
your 6 years @ highschool = first 2 years of mine wtf is your problem. stop fucking thinking your better than every one. and the US has great universities are you high? I dont think im better than everyone else, just 99% of the people on this forum. Sure USA has great universities, you only need to drop 100k per year (ROFL) vs 5k per year in Europe for the exact same quality.
Too bad your education didn't teach you any interpersonal skills :/
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On March 17 2010 20:57 TheTester wrote:Actually, if it cheers anyone up, graduate schools don't look at your list of extracurricular activities almost at all. The whole hype about doing a lot of them in high school is mostly because there aren't real ways to distinguish yourself in high school, since the highest you could do is just have good grades/AP exams/standard tests, but getting good grades in those has two problems: - the upper plank isnt all that high - different places have totally different grading scales. When applying to masters or PhD they'll mostly look at the classes you've taken and where you've taken them... that's usually enough information for them 
I got denied for mine (PhD in CS @ top American Unis), though to be fair despite my excellent grades / CV I didn't have a clear research topic that I was interested in pursuing. I'll be back at it when I do
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Can anyone tell me if University of North Texas or University of Tennessee are any good for comp.sci and maths? I'm English and i can study abroad for a semester in one of those universities and i was wondering what they are like as im totally ignorant about which unis in America are good, would be especially helpfully if anyone on tl actually attends one of these.
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On June 28 2010 21:31 UdderChaos wrote:
Can anyone tell me if University of North Texas or University of Tennessee are any good for comp.sci and maths? I'm English and i can study abroad for a semester in one of those universities and i was wondering what they are like as im totally ignorant about which unis in America are good, would be especially helpfully if anyone on tl actually attends one of these.
Majors at a particular school are precisely as awesome as the effort you are willing to put in. Sure, some schools with massive computer labs make a CS major's life a little easier, but there's nothing you can't accomplish with a little sweat and tears! Go where your heart (or pocketbook) takes you and never look back
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On June 28 2010 21:31 UdderChaos wrote:
Can anyone tell me if University of North Texas or University of Tennessee are any good for comp.sci and maths? I'm English and i can study abroad for a semester in one of those universities and i was wondering what they are like as im totally ignorant about which unis in America are good, would be especially helpfully if anyone on tl actually attends one of these.
UNT (Univ. North Texas) is known more for its music program than science, though I'm speaking completely from hearsay. It also finds itself at the butt of jokes because of its high acceptance rate (something like 70%). I had a friend that did some comp sci college hours at UNT before graduating from high school and he liked it alright. Ultimately though you get what you put into it, so if you're self-motivated either school will likely be fine. The only way one would truly be better is if you have any particular comp sci or math interests that mesh with one school particularly well.
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On June 28 2010 22:17 SiNiquity wrote:Show nested quote +On June 28 2010 21:31 UdderChaos wrote:
Can anyone tell me if University of North Texas or University of Tennessee are any good for comp.sci and maths? I'm English and i can study abroad for a semester in one of those universities and i was wondering what they are like as im totally ignorant about which unis in America are good, would be especially helpfully if anyone on tl actually attends one of these. UNT (Univ. North Texas) is known more for its music program than science, though I'm speaking completely from hearsay. It also finds itself at the butt of jokes because of its high acceptance rate (something like 70%). I had a friend that did some comp sci college hours at UNT before graduating from high school and he liked it alright. Ultimately though you get what you put into it, so if you're self-motivated either school will likely be fine. The only way one would truly be better is if you have any particular comp sci or math interests that mesh with one school particularly well.
Ah, so somewhat of a step down then, my Uni is roughly between 6-8th for maths in the country, any ideas what Tennessee is like?
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On June 28 2010 22:26 UdderChaos wrote:Show nested quote +On June 28 2010 22:17 SiNiquity wrote:On June 28 2010 21:31 UdderChaos wrote:
Can anyone tell me if University of North Texas or University of Tennessee are any good for comp.sci and maths? I'm English and i can study abroad for a semester in one of those universities and i was wondering what they are like as im totally ignorant about which unis in America are good, would be especially helpfully if anyone on tl actually attends one of these. UNT (Univ. North Texas) is known more for its music program than science, though I'm speaking completely from hearsay. It also finds itself at the butt of jokes because of its high acceptance rate (something like 70%). I had a friend that did some comp sci college hours at UNT before graduating from high school and he liked it alright. Ultimately though you get what you put into it, so if you're self-motivated either school will likely be fine. The only way one would truly be better is if you have any particular comp sci or math interests that mesh with one school particularly well. Ah, so somewhat of a step down then, my Uni is roughly between 6-8th for maths in the country, any ideas what Tennessee is like?
Unfortunately not. Univ. of Texas at Austin has a top CS program and a strong math program (not sure how strict your limitation to UNT/UTenn is).
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I was accepted and plan on attending the University of Kentucky. I would really love to meet some starcraft players there. Message me.
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I was accepted two years ago in a Computer Science faculty and I failed the second year and now have to do it all over again. Man I feel like such a looser to you guys with your fancy universities. 
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Accepted and am attending BYU provo in the fall. Excited to go and hope there are some SC fans over there!
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Bumping this, seeing as Danes (maybe more?) got their acceptance letters today.
I'll be spending the next 5 years of my life at Copenhagen Business School, studying International Business and Politics, my first priority. I applied with 11.4 weighted/10.6 unweighted (11 is A-, so we're hovering around that area). We're graded a little tougher than other countries AFAIK, due to absolute grading: you need 92+/100 points to get the top grade, 12, in math for instance.
No SATs, community service or any of that. In Denmark it's just your GPA (unless you apply via quota 2, but don't get me started on that). Only real problem in Denmark is the lack of real competition for the very bright (those with an unweighted average of above 11,5) as no course in Denmark requires more than 10,9 as it is now. Furthermore, if you apply within 2 years of finishing high school you can multiply your GPA by 1.08, hence the terms weighted and unweighted. This meant that I could essentially get in anywhere in Denmark, which meant that I was very lazy throughout most of high-school.
Chances are good I'll spending a year overseas, since CBS has excellent contacts over there as far as I know. A buddy of mine spent a year at Boston for free, something I'd like to do as well.
Danes, assemble and post!
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