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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
On March 17 2010 19:27 lilsusie wrote: Good luck everyone!!! I know US colleges are really difficult to get into because they look at so many different things! <3 Korean Colleges are harder. | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
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peidongyang
Canada2084 Posts
Waterloo (civil eng. and compsci)- accepted/accepted Carleton (aerospace eng.) - accepted Toronto (eng. sciences) - hwaiting!! <<<---- WHEN DO THEY HAND OUT ACCEPTANCE LETTERZ T.T Anyways, 93 avg from semester 1 and gr12 courses i took in gr11 but doing very well in compsci and calc  bunch of clubs, bit of volunteering and sports  | ||
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Neos
United States400 Posts
UC Santa Cruz - Accepted UC Berkeley - Waiting UC L.A. - Accepted UC San Diego - Denied (Don't care, sure wasn't gonna go here after what's happened recently) San Francisco State U. - Accepted Cal Poly Pomona - Accepted University of S.F. - Accepted I'm getting told by everyone that I should go to UCLA cause it's so good, but I was always thinking of goin to Santa Cruz. Im torn.  | ||
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Hamster1800
United States175 Posts
MIT - accepted early Not waiting on any other schools. | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:40 Hamster1800 wrote: Undergrad: MIT - accepted early Not waiting on any other schools. hmm how many times have you made IOI? also how do you do combinatorics and number theory? also how are you so good at computation (like I always wuss out when I have to coordinate bash and stuff). | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
I put barely any effort into my undergraduate application process and kinda just picked my school whimsically, almost all of the posters in this thread really have their shit together managed to obtain some really impressive credentials for just the first 18 years of their lives. I had no idea what I was doing until almost the end of my senior year of high school. My high school really didn't give a shit about preparing students for college, they were barely scraping by on standardized testing. Good work guys! | ||
OneOther
United States10774 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. 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. I agree that a person getting into MIT without connections has a good chance at Duke, but there is no such thing as an almost for sure when it comes to colleges. I am sure you have seen many surprises amongst your friends and college admissions as well. You just don't know. UChicago and Duke are peer schools so getting into UChic doesn't mean anything in terms of chances with Duke. Having said that, I can't see ]343[ not getting into Duke. Impressive resume. | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
Lol you clearly don't know what you are talking about. | ||
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xhuwin
United States476 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:41 ]343[ wrote: hmm how many times have you made IOI? also how do you do combinatorics and number theory? also how are you so good at computation (like I always wuss out when I have to coordinate bash and stuff). Nerd convo! Congrats and good luck to all the high school seniors. Anyway. If gets into Yale (or got in early), feel free to PM me if you wanna talk! I'd be happy to host. Also, you should come to Yale for SC! We just beat Princeton! | ||
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:40 Hamster1800 wrote: Undergrad: MIT - accepted early Not waiting on any other schools. Hmm... I recognize this name from WOOT, lol. And I think ]343[ was in it too. There are some really smart cookies on TL, my god. | ||
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]343[
United States10328 Posts
On March 18 2010 13:22 FiBsTeR wrote: Hmm... I recognize this name from WOOT, lol. And I think ]343[ was in it too. There are some really smart cookies on TL, my god. despite hamster's failure at FPL, he is quite a smart cookie in real life I still have a ways to go edit: @oneother: thanks I might end up at duke purely because of money (plus I currently go to school within walking distance from east campus. and you know some kids who graduated from my school ;o) | ||
pathy
Taiwan619 Posts
Case Wester Reserve Ba/md: rejected USC Ba/md: rejected Northwestern HPME: rejected Brown PLME (ed): deferred Wustl Ba/md: rejected ^ world of hurt UCLA: accepted UCD: elc, autoaccepted washington st. louis: accepted USC: accepted UCSD: accepted Case Western Reserve: accepted + 22.5k Gpa: 4.65 Sat I: 2300 math II: 800, u.s. history: 780, chem: 760, bio: 760 AP U.S.History: 5, Calc BC: 5, Chem: 4 , Lang Comp:5, European History: 5, Biology: 5, Calc AB: 5+ stats, us gov, microecon, literature, physics b, and psychology on the way 4 clubs, 1 with leadership 1 varsity sport 2 instruments + orchestra (first violin & Europe tour) + awards = I sent a CD 1 graphics art team 1 internship at UCLA neuro lab 1 job 3 years @ leadership camp (served last year as an actual counselor) 3 main volunteer experiences 4th place at California State Science fair + various other awards and activities [Link Crew, Web Design, Ensemble etc.] I didn't apply to any ivies except Brown, I just don't find them that appealing :\. And I think my 4 on the chem ap test and relatively low sat scores for the application pool screwed me in the straight-med programs. Now I am just waiting on a couple more meds, Brown, and Stanford.. Chen, gratz on the regents O.o, was hoping to get that myself | ||
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caelym
United States6429 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:41 ]343[ wrote: hmm how many times have you made IOI? also how do you do combinatorics and number theory? also how are you so good at computation (like I always wuss out when I have to coordinate bash and stuff). congrats! there's a decent sized underground sc scene here. be prepared to get buttraped by school though. | ||
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
On March 18 2010 13:01 OneOther wrote: Lol you clearly don't know what you are talking about. Lol you clearly don't know what YOU are talking about | ||
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Sadistx
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
On March 18 2010 13:36 pathy wrote:+ Show Spoiler + George Washington U. Ba/md: rejected Case Wester Reserve Ba/md: rejected USC Ba/md: rejected Northwestern HPME: rejected Brown PLME (ed): deferred Wustl Ba/md: rejected ^ world of hurt UCLA: accepted UCD: elc, autoaccepted washington st. louis: accepted USC: accepted UCSD: accepted Case Western Reserve: accepted + 22.5k Gpa: 4.65 Sat I: 2300 math II: 800, u.s. history: 780, chem: 760, bio: 760 AP U.S.History: 5, Calc BC: 5, Chem: 4 , Lang Comp:5, European History: 5, Biology: 5, Calc AB: 5+ stats, us gov, microecon, literature, physics b, and psychology on the way 4 clubs, 1 with leadership 1 varsity sport 2 instruments + orchestra (first violin & Europe tour) + awards = I sent a CD 1 graphics art team 1 internship at UCLA neuro lab 1 job 3 years @ leadership camp (served last year as an actual counselor) 3 main volunteer experiences 4th place at California State Science fair + various other awards and activities [Link Crew, Web Design, Ensemble etc.] I didn't apply to any ivies except Brown, I just don't find them that appealing :\. And I think my 4 on the chem ap test and relatively low sat scores for the application pool screwed me in the straight-med programs. Now I am just waiting on a couple more meds, Brown, and Stanford.. Chen, gratz on the regents O.o, was hoping to get that myself Wow, you asian kids really put everyone else to shame. I would need to have 50 hours in a day in order to do so much :| | ||
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LLXC
United States125 Posts
On March 18 2010 12:36 Neos wrote: I'm getting told by everyone that I should go to UCLA cause it's so good, but I was always thinking of goin to Santa Cruz. Im torn. If it's for engineering, go to UCLA over UCSC... | ||
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
On March 18 2010 13:56 SanguineToss wrote: Lol you clearly don't know what YOU are talking about You really think so? | ||
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paper
13196 Posts
On March 18 2010 14:11 LLXC wrote: If it's for engineering, go to UCLA over UCSC... If it's for anything, go to UCLA over UCSC rofl... | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
On March 18 2010 13:56 SanguineToss wrote: Lol you clearly don't know what YOU are talking about Lol okay then go ahead and prove yourself. As a Korean-American college student in the U.S. with both parents who attended Korean colleges, I am pretty sure I have a better understanding of the college entrance system in the U.S. and Korea than you do. (Assuming you are a high school student in Canada?) Who knows, feel free to prove me wrong. It obviously depends on what colleges we are talking about, but I have no idea how one can just claim that Korean colleges are harder to get into than U.S. colleges. I mean yeah, it takes more talent and intelligence to get into Seoul National University than an easy going U.S. state school. It's an impossible, uphill battle to prove that Korean colleges are harder to get into than U.S. colleges (which is not the case anyway, it depends on various factors and what the person is good at.) e.g. a very *large* portion of admittance is depended on the annual entrance exam in Korea. not the case in U.S. | ||
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