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College Acceptance Thread '11 - Page 23
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
SAT: ~1560 Accepted to UC Davis on a full athletic scholarship. na na na na na na | ||
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chenchen
United States1136 Posts
To all you overachievers, stop bragging, it makes you look insecure and immature. To all you underachievers, stupidity and laziness are not virtues, they do not get you far in life. | ||
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StarDrive
90 Posts
1) School matters a lot less than you think. I don't see that much of a correlation between performance at work and the prestige of the university you went to. 2) Your life isn't set once you get into a top school. There's still fierce competition for good jobs/graduate schools. Similarly, you can do a lot even at a "not so good school". The individual matters far more than the school here. 3) The average student isn't very impressive even at a top school. You still have tons of people who cannot execute mechanical procedures to solve computational problems on math exams for example. 4) I think the only time people actually cared what school I went to or what my SAT scores were was during senior year of high school after admissions decisions came out. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:07 chenchen wrote: Yeah, I actually wasn't expecting this much douchebagery in a college acceptance thread. To all you overachievers, stop bragging, it makes you look insecure and immature. To all you underachievers, stupidity and laziness are not virtues, they do not get you far in life. Seriously. I dont get why people started putting gpa/achievements here, especially weighted since it works differently in different schools. I thought people were just goingto post where thy got accepted, etc. Bragging just makes people look dumb. | ||
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fams
Canada731 Posts
On March 28 2011 08:45 USApwn wrote: 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. That's what I'm doing, College - BA - Masters (shooting for Yale or Schulich for business) | ||
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Blisse
Canada3710 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:17 DystopiaX wrote: Seriously. I dont get why people started putting gpa/achievements here, especially weighted since it works differently in different schools. I thought people were just goingto post where thy got accepted, etc. Bragging just makes people look dumb. So people who are also applying know where they stand with their own marks and extracurriculars? No one here is bragging as far as I can tell. Except maybe sevia. It's as much an accepted thread as a waiting thread. There are tons of people waiting for their own acceptances, and it may give them some hope to see other people near their level getting into the same programs or universities. Few people have embellished their achievements. If anything, I think you guys are just jealous that some people have gotten where they wanted, and that they have better marks than you... | ||
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VeNoM HaZ Skill
United States1528 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:16 StarDrive wrote: I graduated from Stanford in 2009. I've been working in industry for the past 2 years and here are some of my observations. 1) School matters a lot less than you think. I don't see that much of a correlation between performance at work and the prestige of the university you went to. 2) Your life isn't set once you get into a top school. There's still fierce competition for good jobs/graduate schools. Similarly, you can do a lot even at a "not so good school". The individual matters far more than the school here. 3) The average student isn't very impressive even at a top school. You still have tons of people who cannot execute mechanical procedures to solve computational problems on math exams for example. 4) I think the only time people actually cared what school I went to or what my SAT scores were was during senior year of high school after admissions decisions came out. lol. damn straight. I got into Johns Hopkins for Pre-Med on a full sports scholarship for lacrosse. My foot surgery dropped me from the team, and I couldnt afford to keep going there. Transfered to UMD, and started med school. 3 years later I'm working in the same damn hospital as half the JHU grads, no one really cares. TBH what college you go to doesn't matter, mostly every company you will go to has a set of criteria. Only if there's a tie with multiple candidates (almost never) is when where they got their education comes into play a little, and even then most of the consideration goes into personality: they could care less if you were a harvard grad if nobody your working with likes you. Companies are getting big into synergy, why? Because it is proven to increase work productivity, and that is the only thing they care about. I'm not saying that it isn't awesome to get into your dream school, because it is. But unless your on a large-full scholarship, the massive amount of extra money isnt worth it. It will never pay itself off. (unless your a psychologist. one of the few jobs where you can shamelessly flaunt your degree to people that didn't go to college, to make them feel like your better than all the other psychologists.) The basic point of this is: as the prestige of the college increases so does the cost. But the actual value of your education generally stays the same. Atleast thats how I see it. Edit: As Chill will always tell you. Check the male:female ratio of a college before applying. | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:07 chenchen wrote: Yeah, I actually wasn't expecting this much douchebagery in a college acceptance thread. To all you overachievers, stop bragging, it makes you look insecure and immature. To all you underachievers, stupidity and laziness are not virtues, they do not get you far in life. They have the right to brag ~_~ getting into colleges is tough. | ||
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JitnikoVi
Russian Federation396 Posts
On March 28 2011 02:31 Impervious wrote: 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. i applied to carlton... i mean thats IN ottawa  | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
It's very sad that this is an after thought for many: did you have fun in college? | ||
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jadedpi3
United States22 Posts
It feels like a lot of TL people are from the west coast (tons of UC applications), Asian, and into some sort of engineering field such as EE, CS, both, MatSci, etc. etc. INTERESTING KEKEKEKE Personally I'm an Asian EECS major at Berkeley myself. | ||
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The_LiNk
Canada863 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:17 fams wrote: That's what I'm doing, College - BA - Masters (shooting for Yale or Schulich for business) How about fast tech BBA/BCOM -> MBA. Cuts 2 years from the College to Bachelor and then cuts another year or 2 when you go from Bachelor to Masters. I don't see how this College->Bachelor->Masters is superior in anyway except spending more money. | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:58 jadedpi3 wrote: Holy Christ this thread takes me back to high school haha It feels like a lot of TL people are from the west coast (tons of UC applications), Asian, and into some sort of engineering field such as EE, CS, both, MatSci, etc. etc. INTERESTING KEKEKEKE Personally I'm an Asian EECS major at Berkeley myself. It's true that there's a huge difference between EE and CS...right? The former is hardware and the latter is software, so even though the departments are usually the same, the two fields are still very different from each other...right? Which are you? | ||
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b3h47pte
United States1317 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:07 chenchen wrote: Yeah, I actually wasn't expecting this much douchebagery in a college acceptance thread. To all you overachievers, stop bragging, it makes you look insecure and immature. To all you underachievers, stupidity and laziness are not virtues, they do not get you far in life. Although it might not matter to you...some people who are still in high school might want to see what other people have done and to judge their chances of getting into college. It you don't like it then why even read through the thread =\ If you go through the 2010 thread it's been like that too. On a more related note...I think CMU is getting to me by tomorrow...they still use mail =\ | ||
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Loser777
1931 Posts
On March 28 2011 10:10 b3h47pte wrote: Although it might not matter to you...some people who are still in high school might want to see what other people have done and to judge their chances of getting into college. It you don't like it then why even read through the thread =\ If you go through the 2010 thread it's been like that too. On a more related note...I think CMU is getting to me by tomorrow...they still use mail =\ I know that feel bro... according to CC CMU is going out Monday 12:01 EDT (online), so that means 21:00 today PDT for us people in the west. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On March 28 2011 10:01 Z3kk wrote: It's true that there's a huge difference between EE and CS...right? The former is hardware and the latter is software, so even though the departments are usually the same, the two fields are still very different from each other...right? Which are you? Admissions are generally grouped though. | ||
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Pawsom
United States928 Posts
On March 28 2011 10:01 Z3kk wrote: It's true that there's a huge difference between EE and CS...right? The former is hardware and the latter is software, so even though the departments are usually the same, the two fields are still very different from each other...right? Which are you? No. Systems software ( e.g. cars, microwaves, cellphone, defibrillator) is generally designed for specific hardware, and the interaction between hardware and software guys is crucial. | ||
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Kurr
Canada2338 Posts
I'm done my 6th year of university (cut a little early unfortunately) and going back to finish my bachelor in biochemistry in Moncton in september... I haven't applied yet but it's not a strict university on applications and it's not a program with limited spots. Needed a break after the disaster that was this year but I'm going to get things in order in April (well, I took care of every thing not school related at least). Going to end up taking me 7 years to have a 4 year bachelor T_T... wasted 3 years in university of Montreal in pharmacy. Sucks, but I'm pretty eager to get back to research. With my masters after that it's going to be close to 10 years total. I am one of those eternal students apparently. No plans on a PhD at the moment but maybe once I get there. Well, I don't mind living the (very) poor life as there's really nothing I want beyond a job I enjoy and I like learning so it's not all bad. Sucks to waste 3 years but it was an experience nonetheless and now I know what I really want to do. | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
On March 28 2011 10:35 Pawsom wrote: No. Systems software ( e.g. cars, microwaves, cellphone, defibrillator) is generally designed for specific hardware, and the interaction between hardware and software guys is crucial. Hm, so how much does each field carry over into the other? Are the electrical engineers supposed to understand programming languages, and the software engineers supposed to understand circuitry, etc.? I know very, very little (i.e. only the most basic rudiments) right now, but I would like to enter EECS in the future, and thus am very interested in knowing. | ||
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sevia
United States954 Posts
On March 28 2011 09:24 Blisse wrote: So people who are also applying know where they stand with their own marks and extracurriculars? No one here is bragging as far as I can tell. Except maybe sevia. It's as much an accepted thread as a waiting thread. There are tons of people waiting for their own acceptances, and it may give them some hope to see other people near their level getting into the same programs or universities. Few people have embellished their achievements. If anything, I think you guys are just jealous that some people have gotten where they wanted, and that they have better marks than you... I was worried the post would come off like that. Sorry if I sounded like a dick. What I meant it to mean is that even if you haven't done a whole lot in high school (even next to nothing) you've still got a chance at acceptance. I was initially really worried that I would be rejected, I already had several other schools as back-up plans because I was almost sure that a good uni wouldn't someone like me. Plenty of kids in this thread are probably thinking the same thing, so I'm just saying, those fears are probably unfounded. People who have great GPAs / community service / extracurriculars should be commended and deserve a good school. But to those who aren't sure where they stand, have some confidence and you might just get lucky. | ||
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