EPTCollege Acceptance Thread '11 - Page 20
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Retgery
Canada1229 Posts
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onihunter
United States515 Posts
On March 26 2011 07:24 101toss wrote: Of course, it's easier to get into, say, stanford grad school if you went to stanford. I believe stanford grad school has a policy of not taking its undergrad students in order to get new blood into the system | ||
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FakeBoxeR
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IamBach
United States1059 Posts
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SpiritoftheTunA
United States20903 Posts
On March 27 2011 10:22 etheovermind wrote: Did anyone here get into Carnegie Mellon? What was your GPA + SAT score? stupid question to ask, you can look up statistical make-up of previous classes if you want a range; just asking a few people will give you a stupid skewed sample. and GPA+SAT is only so important | ||
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Spec
Taiwan931 Posts
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Calcium
United States10 Posts
UC Berkeley (EECS) UCLA (Materials Science) UCSD (EE) UCSB (EE) UCI (EE) WGPA: 4.5 UWGPA: 4.0 SAT I: 2090 SAT II: 740 Math 2 740 Chem 300 Volunteer Hours | ||
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TaeHwan
Korea (South)34 Posts
GPA: 3.7 / 4.0 (unweighted, no weighting at my school) SAT I : 2270 -Reading: 790 -Math: 750 -Writing: 730 SAT II: Biology (molecular) - 780 Math IIC - 700 US Hist. - 650 Approx. 150 hours of community service? Majoring in Biology! =) Congrats to everyone else above me ~ And no I didn't make an account just to post here, my other account is "KeSPA_Wannabe" but made a new acc so that I could have a tl.net acc name that was the same as my b.net name LOLL | ||
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
On March 27 2011 10:33 Spec wrote: Whoever got accepted to Rutgers, come and we'll help you get laid plus pops at Starcraft meeting. You go to Rutgers? What year are you | ||
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Wire
United States494 Posts
On March 27 2011 07:45 KtheZ wrote: Hey guys! I'll post my stats too :D 2370 SAT 3.866 unweighted GPA (School doesnt weight, so idk really) 770 SAT2 Chem 800 MATH2 APs: Chem, psych, stats, enviro sci all 5 Colleges: Columbia - Accepted (ED) All other colleges - rejected (didnt want to pay money to send test scores in) This is the most hilarious thing I've read today | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On March 27 2011 09:39 Retgery wrote: I have a couple of questions for any students going to Waterloo, or Carleton. Are they mac or pc schools? I'm applying for university next year, and those 2 are my number one choices. I'm going for Engineering, not entirely sure which field to specialize in yet The professor in a Software Engineering lecture at Waterloo I attended said it doesn't really matter, but you'll generally see more PCs than MACs. I have a 94 average. English mark is killing me. 83* English - 94 Chemistry - 95 Physics - 96 Data - 96 Functions - 100 Calculus One sports team. Elected Captain of one school club. A part-time job as a tutor. A first place in McMaster's Engineering and Science Olympics. Minimal volunteering. University of Toronto - Engineering Science - Accepted University of Waterloo - Computer Science - Accepted Queens - Computing for giggles - Waiting University of Waterloo - Software Engineering - Waiting I want to get into Software Engineering at Waterloo. I still want to know how averages from the U.S. translate over to Canada. | ||
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Craze
United States561 Posts
On March 25 2011 08:57 Scap wrote: Mildly offtopic, I'm going to Graduate School! So here's my list: MIT - rejected Northwestern - Rejected UNC-chapel hill - accepted Georgia Tech - Accepted UMass Amherst - Accepted SUNY Stony Brook - Accepted Go to Fairfield University in Connecticut 3.86 GPA presently (4.0 in major) Chemistry Major Physics Minor Mathematics Minor GRE: 780 Math, 600 Verbal (don't laugh, that's 90 percentile right there). 5 on writing. Chem GRE: 720/990, 72 percentile (I'm told that's good for domestic students, but I don't believe it anymore) I've done research as a rising junior all the way til now. Done stuff with organic chemistry, some materials work, and the development of sensors for CERN in the physics department (My roommate got to actually go TO CERN. Much jealousy from me.) Edit: I also tutor a fuckton of organic chemistry and TA an advanced chemistry lab. Applied to polymers/materials work at all my schools, focus is on organic solar cells. Fairfield huh? My sister plays softball there. Transfer Request to U of Washington (from Linfield College) - Accepted | ||
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The_LiNk
Canada863 Posts
On March 27 2011 11:44 Blisse wrote: The professor in a Software Engineering lecture at Waterloo I attended said it doesn't really matter, but you'll generally see more PCs than MACs. I have a 94 average. English mark is killing me. 83* English - 94 Chemistry - 95 Physics - 96 Data - 96 Functions - 100 Calculus One sports team. Elected Captain of one school club. A part-time job as a tutor. A first place in McMaster's Engineering and Science Olympics. Minimal volunteering. University of Toronto - Engineering Science - Accepted University of Waterloo - Computer Science - Accepted Queens - Computing for giggles - Waiting University of Waterloo - Software Engineering - Waiting I want to get into Software Engineering at Waterloo. I still want to know how averages from the U.S. translate over to Canada. Monster. Where are you from? My school, the kids that get mid-high 90s have zero life outside of the classroom. They don't have extra-curriculars, not part of clubs or anything and no jobs. But then people with your type of extra-curriculars still pull in high80s-low 90s. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On March 27 2011 11:44 Blisse wrote: The professor in a Software Engineering lecture at Waterloo I attended said it doesn't really matter, but you'll generally see more PCs than MACs. I have a 94 average. English mark is killing me. 83* English - 94 Chemistry - 95 Physics - 96 Data - 96 Functions - 100 Calculus One sports team. Elected Captain of one school club. A part-time job as a tutor. A first place in McMaster's Engineering and Science Olympics. Minimal volunteering. University of Toronto - Engineering Science - Accepted University of Waterloo - Computer Science - Accepted Queens - Computing for giggles - Waiting University of Waterloo - Software Engineering - Waiting I want to get into Software Engineering at Waterloo. I still want to know how averages from the U.S. translate over to Canada. You'll get SE for sure. Waterloo is pretty much purely mark-based, you can write "I like eating hot dogs" on your application under "Interests" and they would still probably admit you, provided that your marks are high enough. They really only look at ECs if you are borderline or below the cut-off, their attempt to create a more diversified environment (be prepared for massive number of Asians and dudes). I'm just curious, why do you want to do SE over CS? Also regarding the PC and Mac comment, during my time (pre E5, the new Eng building), Waterloo engineering is almost exclusively Windows PC, I did not see a single Mac or *nix box in any labs for student use. E5 (I'm not even sure if SE is in E5) should have some new equipment, but I doubt they'd deviate too far from Windows PCs. MC has a bigger selection of machines, and almost all CS (you'll get to choose some courses from CS) coursework is built for *nix. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On March 27 2011 10:49 Calcium wrote: Accepted: UC Berkeley (EECS) UCLA (Materials Science) UCSD (EE) UCSB (EE) UCI (EE) WGPA: 4.5 UWGPA: 4.0 SAT I: 2090 SAT II: 740 Math 2 740 Chem 300 Volunteer Hours Wow congrats on the awesome admits from the UCs. Which one is your first choice, Berkeley? Just out of curiosity, are you from CA? | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On March 27 2011 12:00 The_LiNk wrote: Monster. Where are you from? My school, the kids that get mid-high 90s have zero life outside of the classroom. They don't have extra-curriculars, not part of clubs or anything and no jobs. But then people with your type of extra-curriculars still pull in high-low 90s. Basically I'm just too lazy to study. I would rather play. So I don't really study much. Just cramming the day before tests or exams. The guy that's getting the highest at my school, a 96 average, is only on the soccer team, I think. Not sure about this year. He apparently studies quite a bit more than me, but he's pretty popular as well. I think there's a huge element of luck involved, depending on how you relate to your teachers, what teachers you get and your schedule. I think I got off really easy this year, considering my last two year's averages were hovering around 91-92, but I think only taking courses I'm interested in (screw you English) helped a lot. EDIT. @Cambium, I'll be honest, I'm only doing SE because my parents want "an Engineering program" and they didn't accept CS because it'll be harder to get a job, yada yada yada. I like programming and they know that, but they don't really have any idea what SE is, and they don't care since it has Engineering in it and only accepts 100 or so people (-.-). It'd be CE or SE, but CE is more hardware from what I've read. CE is my second choice after SE though.I honestly don't know why I want to get into SE, since I like maths more, but it seems to be a better degree if I want to find a job after my bachelors. @fofa2000, congrats! | ||
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fofa2000
Canada548 Posts
University of Montreal! | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On March 27 2011 12:17 Blisse wrote: @Cambium, I'll be honest, I'm only doing SE because my parents want "an Engineering program" and they didn't accept CS because it'll be harder to get a job, yada yada yada. I like programming and they know that, but they don't really have any idea what SE is, and they don't care since it has Engineering in it and only accepts 100 or so people (-.-). It'd be CE or SE, but CE is more hardware from what I've read. CE is my second choice after SE though.I honestly don't know why I want to get into SE, since I like maths more, but it seems to be a better degree if I want to find a job after my bachelors. No offence to your parents, but that's an ignorant reason to decide your major. I did engineering at UW, and I honestly feel that the quality of teaching (for CS-related courses at least) is much lower in Engineering than it is in CS. The good thing about SE though is that you are enrolled in both departments, so you can take as many CS courses as you like without having to fill out petition forms. If you like computer science, either theories (this is ALL maths btw) or applications, I would go with CS. If you like to learn about software engineering methodologies (like how to manage a project, how to manage people, how to resolve conflicts, etc.) then go with SE. I suggest you research a bit more into this, because I know a lot of people who were very confused about the difference between the two, and ended up switching (not that it's too hard, afaik). SE is not a better degree than CS. Assuming you do co-op, job opportunities are almost identical for CS and SE. Almost every job posting will list both. I'm not pushing for CS, I just wish you (and your parents) to make an informed decision. I wish you the very best. | ||
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The_LiNk
Canada863 Posts
On March 27 2011 12:17 Blisse wrote: Basically I'm just too lazy to study. I would rather play. So I don't really study much. Just cramming the day before tests or exams. The guy that's getting the highest at my school, a 96 average, is only on the soccer team, I think. Not sure about this year. He apparently studies quite a bit more than me, but he's pretty popular as well. I think there's a huge element of luck involved, depending on how you relate to your teachers, what teachers you get and your schedule. I think I got off really easy this year, considering my last two year's averages were hovering around 91-92, but I think only taking courses I'm interested in (screw you English) helped a lot. What's the average for those courses in your school? Our english average is 78 for my semester right now and I'm right on the mark. I didn't go asian 6 pack so I don't really know all the science averages but for Chemistry its around 57%. My friend that's getting 73% is 2nd highest in his class (dude likes it up his ass). I feel so inadequate right now. I'm hovering at 88% average with almost zero extra-curriculars. I was in the computer club this year but it's so terribl., It's just a bunch of grade 9s lead by a grade 12 that is totally terrible at starcraft playing on LAN for 2 hours after school every wednesday. I got an executive position though (I'm vice-president of Starleague,  i arranged the first intramural starleague in our school. kids are terrible here). I have 49.5 (sad I couldnt get an even 50) hours of volunteer hours. I got so lazy last semester after winter break, I almost failed my computer science exam; got 54 on the exam and finished the course with 75 (I was at mid 80s before exam).Did you get accepted on Waterloo Comp Sci before winter break? I have a friend that has roughly the same marks as you but actually ZERO extracurriculars and he got his acceptance into Comp Sci the Friday before winter break started. I don't think he even had to write the AIF. He's going to major/specialize(not sure what's the right term) into Computer Science. | ||
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7sk
United States55 Posts
Waiting: Columbia 2190 sat, 34 act, ~4.5wgpa Rowing, Math Team, Solid essays | ||
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