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On March 26 2011 10:18 Barca wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2011 10:05 pikagrue wrote:On March 26 2011 10:01 Barca wrote:
I hate threads where people aren't humble. This is a college admissions thread man. The entire purpose of the college admissions process was to not be humble and brag. When I applied to colleges, I bragged the hell out of myself. When I talked to anyone else, I didn't. But hey, it's your call.
I've kept pretty humble too.
I also believe it's because we're on the internet, and we have that extra layer of anonymity, so people can brag all they want without care. Also, I think the posting of all their stats/ECs is probably helpful to those gauging their chances for colleges next year, but just my thoughts
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On March 26 2011 10:18 Barca wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2011 10:05 pikagrue wrote:On March 26 2011 10:01 Barca wrote:
I hate threads where people aren't humble. This is a college admissions thread man. The entire purpose of the college admissions process was to not be humble and brag. When I applied to colleges, I bragged the hell out of myself. When I talked to anyone else, I didn't. But hey, it's your call.
One can't even verify the authenticity of some of the claims here.
Hey guys, I got into Harvard!
See how I did that? (No, I didn't even apply to Harvard)
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reading this thread makes me kind of sad. 4 years ago when i had just gotten into college there was a similar thread (it's made every year) and every other page there'd be at least 1-2 people who were accepted into several top tier schools (ivies, stanford, mit, nwestern, etc etc).
i myself was accepted into every school i applied to back then (save for northwestern), including johns hopkins engineering, but i didn't have anything near the high school resumes that you guys are posting in here (2250 SAT, a few 800 SAT2's, probably only 5-6 5's on APs, various band/orchestra achievements etc). shocking how insane college admissions have gotten in such a short time.
good luck to everyone!
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On March 26 2011 10:34 101toss wrote:Show nested quote +On March 26 2011 10:18 Barca wrote:On March 26 2011 10:05 pikagrue wrote:On March 26 2011 10:01 Barca wrote:
I hate threads where people aren't humble. This is a college admissions thread man. The entire purpose of the college admissions process was to not be humble and brag. When I applied to colleges, I bragged the hell out of myself. When I talked to anyone else, I didn't. But hey, it's your call. One can't even verify the authenticity of some of the claims here. Hey guys, I got into Harvard! See how I did that? (No, I didn't even apply to Harvard)
Well, that's the difference between TL and say... 4chan... (not comparing, contrasting)
Where people here post positive (mostly), truthful (mostly) feedback, and not trolly garbage, especially when it comes to what schools they got rejected from
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New York Student Here
All Computer Science:
Binghamton University - Rejected
SUNY Albany - Accepted
SUNYIT - Accepted with scholarship
College of Staten Island - Accepted
Hunter College - Accepted
SUNY Oswego - Accepted
Alfred State - Accepted with scholarship
New Jersey Institute of Technology - Accepted
Rochester Institute of Technology - Accepted
I'm going to Albany though I already decided.
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Russian Federation396 Posts
applied to
mcmaster - life sci - waiting
mcmaster - environmental and earth sciences I - accepted
western - health sci - accepted
york - life sci - accepted
guelph - life sci - accepted
carlton - life sci - accepted
u of t - life sci - waiting
average is 87%, volunteer at hospital and senior home (over 100 hours combined), i recieved the queen elizabeth the II scholarship and waiting on mcdonalds scholarship (i work there  )
ive decided that im ganan go to mcmaster, right now for environ and earth sci, but if i get accepted to life sci then i might change my mind and go there isntead
but mcmaster in hamilton either way 
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MN Student here
UCB-Rejected
Northwestern-Rejected
MIT-Rejected
Carleton College- Accepted
U of M TC- Accepted w/ scholarship
UW Madison-Accepted
Boston University-Accepted
Cornell-Waiting
Duke-Waiting
Stanford-Hwaiting
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On March 26 2011 11:27 JitnikoVi wrote:applied to mcmaster - life sci - waiting mcmaster - environmental and earth sciences I - accepted western - health sci - accepted york - life sci - accepted guelph - life sci - accepted carlton - life sci - accepted u of t - life sci - waiting average is 87%, volunteer at hospital and senior home (over 100 hours combined), i recieved the queen elizabeth the II scholarship and waiting on mcdonalds scholarship (i work there ) ive decided that im ganan go to mcmaster, right now for environ and earth sci, but if i get accepted to life sci then i might change my mind and go there isntead but mcmaster in hamilton either way
Why McMaster's? All my friends that applied to McMaster's are using it as their backup, most people are going to Western or UofT for health/life sciences.
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Anyone here get into Caltech or MIT? What were your credentials?
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On March 26 2011 11:27 101toss wrote:
MN Student here
UCB-Rejected
Northwestern-Rejected
MIT-Rejected
Carleton College- Accepted
U of M TC- Accepted w/ scholarship
UW Madison-Accepted
Cornell-Waiting
Duke-Waiting
Stanford-Hwaiting
St. Olaf > Carleton, but I go to Olaf so I am biased. In all seriousness though, I would avoid carleton if possible. The people there are generally...weird, and they dont know how to party.
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Honestly I only applied to the University of Texas at Austin, because they have an amazing Computer Science program and since I was in the top 5%, there was pretty much no way I would be rejected.
I'm currently my third year in and CS has really only gained glory in my mind since I came in. Compared to other majors, it is certainly rigorous. To me, it seems like there are some majors that are kind of like "critical thinking, creativity, high workload choose 1 or 2" but CS certainly includes all of those things if you want to be halfway successful.
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On March 26 2011 12:03 Triscuit wrote:
Honestly I only applied to the University of Texas at Austin, because they have an amazing Computer Science program and since I was in the top 5%, there was pretty much no way I would be rejected.
I'm currently my third year in and CS has really only gained glory in my mind since I came in. Compared to other majors, it is certainly rigorous. To me, it seems like there are some majors that are kind of like "critical thinking, creativity, high workload choose 1 or 2" but CS certainly includes all of those things if you want to be halfway successful.
you're at UT right now? one of my friends is a turing scholar here, the dude is sick. he's going to work for microsoft this coming fall after graduation.
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Harvey Mudd College - Accepted.
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I'm kinda random here but I'm happy to say I got accepted!
McGill - Physics !
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Not me, but a friend in band just got accepted to Berkely School of Music in Boston.
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It's Berklee, not Berkeley.
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Don't wanna derail but is it hard to get into the uni as an foreigner?
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Depends on many different circumstances. Country of origin, visa status, financial status, academic status...
Harder? Yes.
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On March 26 2011 17:54 Wala.Revolution wrote:
Depends on many different circumstances. Country of origin, visa status, financial status, academic status...
Harder? Yes.
Them be racist against sweden? =<
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Look for exchange programs in your country. Probably the fastest and easiest way.
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