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On March 30 2011 13:13 The_LiNk wrote:
Accepted into UofT Scarborough. Still waiting for St.George.
I'm relieved that I'm at least going into UofT.
Yeahhhh Scarboroughh. What program? Actually, what school are you at right now? UTSC is like 10 mins from my house driving. oO
The UofT acceptance letter is SO boring. So formal. Waterloo was like in huge letters, CONGRATULATIONS, on the front page and stuff. Very colourful. UofT is gray and text.
Gotta keep you in suspense~
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Accepted into...
UMass Amherst
Boston University
Carnegie Mellon University (woot woot)
Rejected from...
Northwestern University
Waitlisted from...
Vanderbilt University
Haven't heard back from...
Harvard (lol)
Dartmouth College
My stats are: GPA - 4.3, SAT - 2200
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On March 30 2011 13:42 Blisse wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2011 13:13 The_LiNk wrote:
Accepted into UofT Scarborough. Still waiting for St.George.
I'm relieved that I'm at least going into UofT. Yeahhhh Scarboroughh. What program? Actually, what school are you at right now? UTSC is like 10 mins from my house driving. oO The UofT acceptance letter is SO boring. So formal. Waterloo was like in huge letters, CONGRATULATIONS, on the front page and stuff. Very colourful. UofT is gray and text. Gotta keep you in suspense~
I logged into the join.utoronto.ca site and this giant pop up blocks the screen with big white text in size 32 font on grey background surrounded by (UofT) blue trim "Congratulation! You have been excepted into University of Toronto Scarborough - Management and Economics..."
Offer their hand out to me for a congratulatory handshake.
"...(Pre-program)"
Psych! Slaps me in the face.
I didn't get my letter yet. I'm not sure if I'm happy or sad. I'm relieved though because I don't have to go to Ryerson or York but then I'm not guaranteed in the program. I finished last semester with 83 average (I got a 75 in 1 subject that I'm not having in my top 6 and my acceptances goes to shits).
Edit: Oh man, I feel so dumb. Even though it's says preprogram, it's the same as any other business school where you go into the business program in the 2nd year, just that there are a set of conditions I have to meet to guarantee a spot. I thought I'm got into a general arts program as an alternative or something.
University of Toronto! WOOOT!
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So awesome. I just spent almost 2 hours reading the whole thread.
Wish I was in the US! Colleges sound so fun T.T
Wish I can experience the culture. Good luck everyone!
(And of course there are so many high GPA people in this forum. This is the lair of nerds / closer nerds all over the world <3<3)
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On March 30 2011 14:38 kellymilkies wrote:
So awesome. I just spent almost 2 hours reading the whole thread.
Wish I was in the US! Colleges sound so fun T.T
Wish I can experience the culture. Good luck everyone!
(And of course there are so many high GPA people in this forum. This is the lair of nerds / closer nerds all over the world <3<3)
College may be fun, but the college application and admissions experience is far from it.
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On March 30 2011 14:41 Loser777 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2011 14:38 kellymilkies wrote:
So awesome. I just spent almost 2 hours reading the whole thread.
Wish I was in the US! Colleges sound so fun T.T
Wish I can experience the culture. Good luck everyone!
(And of course there are so many high GPA people in this forum. This is the lair of nerds / closer nerds all over the world <3<3)
College may be fun, but the college application and admissions experience is far from it.
Haha. And to think I'm applying to singapore management university!!
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I'm confused after reading a few posts from chinese people complaining about not being accepted to schools like Yale even with amazingly good grades. It's amazing to me that such good candidates would be knocked back purely on the basis of their ethnicity. Would this qualify as racism? If this is indeed true, I'm surprised these selection practices aren't subjected to public scrutiny.
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On March 30 2011 15:27 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On March 30 2011 14:41 Loser777 wrote:On March 30 2011 14:38 kellymilkies wrote:
So awesome. I just spent almost 2 hours reading the whole thread.
Wish I was in the US! Colleges sound so fun T.T
Wish I can experience the culture. Good luck everyone!
(And of course there are so many high GPA people in this forum. This is the lair of nerds / closer nerds all over the world <3<3)
College may be fun, but the college application and admissions experience is far from it. Haha. And to think I'm applying to singapore management university!!
...Dude... don't come to Singapore... It's Summer all the time, rains like crazy during September, rent is crazy, it's humid as hell...
Upside is: Food is good, great party lifestyle.
Other than that.. No... I want to get out so bad.
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Accepted into Columbia Law School =D
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Congratulations to all the great students in this thread! My thoughts are that if you are trying to get a job out of college, go to the best school that you can. If you are shooting for graduate school (in my case law school) your undergraduate university does not matter as much. Focus on getting at least reasonably good grades, doing extraordinary on the LSAT/ GRE / GMAT/ MCAT, and doing interesting EC to weave an compelling story that will set you apart from the other applicants. Here are my stats, sorry i'm not as smart.
LDAS GPA (basically a regular 4.0 scale, which my college used anyway) 3.83
LSAT: 166
Accepted:
Boston University
George Washington University
Loyola University Chicago (my undergraduate school)
Waitlisted:
Illinois
UCLA
Rejected:
Stanford (huge reach but w/e)
U Chicago
Northwestern
Georgetown
Still waiting:
USC
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Grr.....5PM EST today......
May the Xel'Naga be with us.
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On March 30 2011 17:19 LilClinkin wrote:
I'm confused after reading a few posts from chinese people complaining about not being accepted to schools like Yale even with amazingly good grades. It's amazing to me that such good candidates would be knocked back purely on the basis of their ethnicity. Would this qualify as racism? If this is indeed true, I'm surprised these selection practices aren't subjected to public scrutiny.
It's more complicated that that - while high grades are one of the most important criteria that schools want, it's also important to take into account other things like extracurricular interests, what subjects students are likely going to major in and how they think they are going to interact with the university. It's important to maintain diversity as well, so there will be students who gain an advantage because of their background, and those who suffer. Unfortunately there's no perfect system 
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Congratulations to everyone getting accepted anywhere! Competition for Universities is really absurd these days.
A bit of advice: Make sure you go somewhere where you feel comfortable. The Big Name, the low price, anything else you might consider is secondary to an environment that makes you feel like you can succeed.
And if anyone ends up in Cambridge Massachusetts for any reason... Lets have a LAN!
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Hmm. Apparently if CMU puts you on the waitlist they still give you a financial aid estimate haha. Man. Now I really want to get into CMU..they gave me so much more money than anywhere else TT
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I got offers from:
Swansea BBB
Portsmouth BCC
Plymouth CCC
Brighton BBC
Sussex ABB
My predicted grades are BBB
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So I got waitlisted into Penn...
The website says decisions will be available beginning mid-May but I need to reply to UCLA by May 1. Does that mean if I apply to UCLA and get into Penn I cancel with UCLA? My chances don't seem very good with the tone of the letter though. "You should, however, secure a place at another institution prior to the May 1 reply date. "...
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Just got rejected from Tufts and brown.... =(
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On March 28 2011 18:32 Galgorthion wrote:
Accepted:
Carnegie Mellon (SCS and CIT)
Northwestern
KU (I live in Kansas lol)
UIllinois Urbana-Champaign
Wheaton(MA, I applied here as a joke, made up random stories for the essays)
Rejected:
MIT
Still waiting to hear back from:
UPenn
Duke
Cornell
Johns Hopkins
Today Duke will announce who got in! =D
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