EPTCollege Acceptance Thread '10 - Page 5
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LLXC
United States125 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
Don't freak out if you miss your dream school, it's not the end of the world and chance is a major factor. | ||
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
On March 18 2010 02:35 akevin wrote: Grad School - PhD in Chemistry/Chemical Biology University of Toronto: Accepted Scripps Research Institute: Accepted MIT: Accepted Caltech: Accepted Harvard: Accepted Stanford: Rejected If you're gosu, go to MIT, we could use more players. If not go to Caltech and you'll fit right in! | ||
flamewheel
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
On March 18 2010 10:34 FiBsTeR wrote: Holy whoa, nice job on Harvard. Did they send you the likely letter really early? | ||
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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
On March 18 2010 10:34 FiBsTeR wrote: If you're gosu, go to MIT, we could use more players. If not go to Caltech and you'll fit right in! lol Come to Caltech. | ||
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LLXC
United States125 Posts
 I returned to school last year (good thing I decided to simply get my Masters) and feel STUPID for choosing to leave my job. I'm not worried about finding another job; it's just that I rather be working than at school... | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
On March 18 2010 10:34 FiBsTeR wrote: If you're gosu, go to MIT, we could use more players. If not go to Caltech and you'll fit right in! I second this statement. Gosus come to MIT - we made playoffs last CSL+. Unfortunately, the weather is not as nice here as it is at Stanford >_> | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
lol Come to MIT. | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
UChicago - early action, accepted Caltech - early action, accepted MIT - regular decision, accepted [top choice I think? since I'm looking to be a math major and I know a lot of MIT students... but financial aid = sadddddd day] waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Duke... | ||
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Chen
United States6344 Posts
On March 18 2010 09:10 Z3kk wrote: Is Chen's GPA throughout the entire year, or just Senior/Junior year, or what? GPA is freshman-now. so all four years and severely dragged down from frosh year where we were prohibited from taking AP's | ||
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DarkOptik
452 Posts
On March 18 2010 11:49 ]343[ wrote: applying for undergrad: UChicago - early action, accepted Caltech - early action, accepted MIT - regular decision, accepted [top choice I think? since I'm looking to be a math major and I know a lot of MIT students... but financial aid = sadddddd day] waiting on Harvard, Princeton, Duke... Wow! Impressive. I would say you're a shoe-in for Duke then really, although obviously the other two are a different story. Do you mind sharing some of your stats/extras? I assume you made USAMO at least once  . | ||
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Pape
Serbia419 Posts
On March 18 2010 09:16 Deux wrote: Being from the Illinois I only applied to schools in the region. ~5.3 weighted (we have a strange scale ~3.65 unweighted 33 ACT Composite, 36 Reading, 35 Math, 35 Science, 29-30 English ~2K SAT (no idea why I took it) Extracurricular: 2 clubs, one with leadership + NHS + a fair amount of volunteer work Full time job over the summer University of Iowa - Accepted Purdue University - Accepted University of Illinois - Accepted Computer engineering at all 3 99% sure I'm headed to Illinois in the fall, a top 5 engineering school in-state in kinda a no brainer. GL to everyone still waiting Why not Iowa State? Iowa is shit engineering school ISU is great engineering school, I go there for construction engineering | ||
Empyrean
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On March 18 2010 12:03 DarkOptik wrote: Do you mind sharing some of your stats/extras? I assume you made USAMO at least once .I highly doubt this. Only a top few students make it to the USAMO. I could see someone scoring a few points on the AIME, but I haven't met many people who made it to the USAMO. In any case, with any top school it's a crapshoot. Nothing can help. | ||
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]343[
United States10328 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:03 DarkOptik wrote: Wow! Impressive. I would say you're a shoe-in for Duke then really, although obviously the other two are a different story. Do you mind sharing some of your stats/extras? I assume you made USAMO at least once .haha yeah I hope I can get into Duke seeing as I live in NC... stats - 9th/10th grade no GPA (straight As?) 11th/12th grade my school has weird weird weighted GPA but 5.38/6.0 I think? ("normal" classes are 5.0, "honors"-ish are 5.5 and "college-level" are 6.0... heh.) 3x Math Olympiad Summer Program qualifier RSI 2010 participant, Siemens regional finalist, Intel semifinalist unfortunately I have to randomly improve a lot if I want to make IMO this year, unlike some certain other people on this forum who are shoo-ins... but that's another story. 4-year varsity swimmer (really 6, since I went to a K12 school back then, but whatever) 9-year clarinet player ~270? service hours oh and also >= 1 hour/day spent on TL looooool this is why my math skills are nosediving | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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]343[
United States10328 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:12 FragKrag wrote: you think an hour a day is a lot? r o f l darn dude that's why I included the greater than or equal sign! i really need to spend more time doing math (and other "useful" stuff?) and less time on the internet :| | ||
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DarkOptik
452 Posts
I say that for a number of reasons. Going into MIT as a math major without any "connections" is, I would say, one hardest possible admissions feats possible. My best friend, who was valedictorian of my class, was in USAMO his junior and senior years, won one of the distinctions in it for fully completing one of the six problems, and got rejected from MIT. He made AIME all four years of his high school career. He goes to Princeton right now, after being accepted into every other school he applied to, including Caltech, Duke, etc. I would say that getting admitted Math at MIT is far and away among the most difficult things to get into. As for any top school being a crapshoot, I disagree and agree. However, in this context, I think that anyone who gets into MIT, UChicago, Caltech, has an almost for sure chance to get into Duke. Duke honestly isn't really that hard compared to the other top 10, and I'm not saying that because I'm biased or like to bash on it. I go there myself. EDIT: People post fast. | ||
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Chen
United States6344 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:05 Empyrean wrote: I highly doubt this. Only a top few students make it to the USAMO. I could see someone scoring a few points on the AIME, but I haven't met many people who made it to the USAMO. In any case, with any top school it's a crapshoot. Nothing can help. i had a friend who was in USAMO and was deferred EA to MIT. got accepted normally though. | ||
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:16 DarkOptik wrote: @Empyrean: I say that for a number of reasons. Going into MIT as a math major without any "connections" is, I would say, one hardest possible admissions feats possible [...] I would say that getting admitted Math at MIT is far and away among the most difficult things to get into. You don't apply to a specific program/major when you apply to MIT... most undergrads don't even declare their major until sophomore year. I'm a math major here and I didn't have any "connections", nor do I have any outstanding math-y accomplishments. | ||
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DarkOptik
452 Posts
. There's a reason I prefaced everything I said with "I would say". Just my useless opinion. EDIT: As for applying as Math to MIT: I thought there was something you put down, although I guess I remember incorrectly. I am sure, however, that if you use the Common App to apply to any of the other top Ivies that you basically have to put down your expected concentration/major. | ||
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