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Texas, former Atlanta resident.
Accepted: Northwestern University UC Berkeley UCLA USC UC San Diego GA Tech UT Austin Penn State Texas A & M Baylor
Wait Listed: Washu U of Chicago Rice Cal Tech
Rejected: MIT Stanford John Hopkins
Waiting: a ton lol XP 4.8 gpa 34 act 2260 (750 reading 800 math 710 writing) tons of ap classes school clubs leadership,church leadership, "dj" (soundboard) ,volunteering, competions, music
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On March 27 2011 11:44 Blisse wrote:Show nested quote +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.
Do not come into Engineering Science unless you have a hyperbolic time machine in second year because AER201 is a fucking time vampire. Only come into this program if you wish to tr0ll with the Profs from UTIAS.
Going into Waterloo Software engineering is your best choice because it's less WTFMATH than Comp. Sci afaik. Also remember though EngSci and basically all Waterloo programs are course intensive meaning you'll definitely have twice or more hours than your art (sometimes even science) friends.
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From Florida University of Central Florida - Accepted and attending there! Pennsylvania State University - Accepted Drexel University - Accepted Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Waiting Spring Hill College - Accepted Hofstra University - Accepted University of Florida - Rejected
3.99 weighted GPA (at the end of my junior year) 1820 SAT Math - 690 120+ volunteer hours AP Calculus AB and BC -5 AP Physics C - 3 AP Bio - this year
I applied for Biomedical Engineering for them
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On March 27 2011 12:12 Cambium wrote:Show nested quote +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? Thanks so much! My first choice is LA because I live only an hour away from there and I love the urban life. :D
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Accepted: United States Air Force Academy- attending Texas A&M University Baylor University
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I know that there should be roughly 10 times as many people applying to US schools as Canadian schools. And that the chances of someone applying to Ottawa are fairly low compared to some other schools. And that not everyone would be accepted. And that few of those who accepted would actually choose to come here.
But I've read through this entire thread, and haven't seen a single person apply to uOttawa.

It's depressing.
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go to algonquin, thats where im going
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Accepted: University of Illinois University of Washington (Seattle) Boston University
Waiting on: Carnegie Mellon Brown
rejected: Boston College
Holding out for Carnegie Mellon, would be a miracle if I got into Brown but one can dream.
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Accepted: Rutgers University New Brunswick Washington College American University The College of New Jersey
Rejected: None 
(From NJ)
Edit - 4.15 Weighted GPA 29 ACT 1880 SAT Volunteer work/community service National Honor Society Clarinet/trombone player: Symphonic/Marching Band APs: Euro, US, Macro 5 on Euro, taking US and Macro now.
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I think Im the only one who bothered to apply to one university. Oh well, it was the only one I wanted to go to.
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TL.net: the place that makes me feel like my GPA is garbage.
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On March 28 2011 02:57 mountchockula wrote:go to algonquin, thats where im going  Too late. Almost done my 3rd year here. Got 2 more to go.
You guys gotta get your shit together though. CSL fail this year -_-
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San Diego here.
Stanford - Waiting SCU - Waiting USC - Denied UBC - Accepted UMich - Accepted
4.04 weighted GPA 29 ACT 1850 SAT 550 SAT2 Bio 610 SAT2 Math 2 internships at a law firm violin @ school orchestra jv cross-country yearbook photo/copy editor
Overall, I'm not a very impressive by-the-numbers candidate, but I still managed to get into my top two: UBC and UMich. Now I just need to decide if I want to go to Vancouver or Ann Arbor.
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I'm not sure if I should feel bad about not accomplishing a tenth of what others have in this thread, or good that I'm in pretty much the same position as them with a tenth of the effort.
3.8 GPA, three easy AP classes senior year, zero extracurriculars or notable activities throughout all four years of high school. 12 volunteer hours that were required for Government class (we were supposed to have 15 but I was lazy). I did alright on my SATs (2200) and wrote a pretty good essay about Carl Sagan.
I applied to a single (fairly prestigious) university well before the deadline and got my acceptance letter a few days later. Maybe it was the fact that my dad attended there with outstanding performance, maybe they really liked the essay, maybe I just got lucky.
My biggest worry is that this do-nothing, 'big rewards for zero effort' attitude will carry over into college. So many kids in this thread worked their asses off to get into higher education. So far, it's been handed to me on a silver platter.
Sorry if this sounds like bragging, but this thread really put things into perspective for me.
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On March 28 2011 04:40 sevia wrote: I'm not sure if I should feel bad about not accomplishing a tenth of what others have in this thread, or good that I'm in pretty much the same position as them with a tenth of the effort.
3.8 GPA, three easy AP classes senior year, zero extracurriculars or notable activities throughout all four years of high school. 12 volunteer hours that were required for Government class (we were supposed to have 15 but I was lazy). I did alright on my SATs (2200) and wrote a pretty good essay about Carl Sagan.
I applied to a single (fairly prestigious) university well before the deadline and got my acceptance letter a few days later. Maybe it was the fact that my dad attended there with outstanding performance, maybe they really liked the essay, maybe I just got lucky.
My biggest worry is that this do-nothing, 'big rewards for zero effort' attitude will carry over into college. So many kids in this thread worked their asses off to get into higher education. So far, it's been handed to me on a silver platter.
Sorry if this sounds like bragging, but this thread really put things into perspective for me. What school are you going to?
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Yo is anyone going to Tulane ? looking for a roommate :D?
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On March 28 2011 04:19 LittLeLives wrote:San Diego here. Stanford - Waiting SCU - Waiting USC - Deferred UBC - Accepted UMich - Accepted 4.04 weighted GPA 29 ACT 1850 SAT 550 SAT2 Bio 610 SAT2 Math 2 internships at a law firm violin @ school orchestra jv cross-country yearbook photo/copy editor Overall, I'm not a very impressive by-the-numbers candidate, but I still managed to get into my top two: UBC and UMich. Now I just need to decide if I want to go to Vancouver or Ann Arbor. 
Come to ann arbor :D we have a pretty decent starcraft scene here.
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I'm a junior, but I was wondering what a weighted GPA is? Is that with AP classes too? And Idk what I'm going to do I have like no extracurricular, not the best grades, and I haven't taken the ACT yet.
Also, I have no idea what I want to do in college anyway lol.
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Better off going to a community college then xfering from there for a BA/BS degree.
Master degree is where the big money should be spent.
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