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On March 25 2011 08:43 1Eris1 wrote:
Half of you are either liars, or holy shit TL is smart.
Anyways crap, I really need to step it up for next year (<--high school junior)
Gogo the fact that I've always been recognized to write good essays? = /
Not really, they don't care about your senior year, you need to step up your grades from the remainder of this semester and write a good essay is all, nothing else really matters.
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On March 25 2011 08:42 FabledIntegral wrote:
I feel bad how people are saying shit like "200+ volunteer hours." I did around 8-10 total during high school but told them I did around 150, which I thought was a lot. They don't check.
They do audit at times, and it can be rewarding. Plus I do thirty minutes a day 4 times a week, during school. Not a bad deal
@perg: Yes they did :D
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On March 25 2011 08:41 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:39 Alexson wrote:On March 25 2011 08:35 Froadac wrote:On March 25 2011 08:33 Alexson wrote:Accepted Harvard Oxford UC Berkeley UCLA UNT Rejected: none  That is beastly. What are your "specs"  I'm just kidding, I wish.. I'm putting lots of work in right now though, in high school, so hopefully I have a chance of getting into an ivy league school. The fact that I'm a foreigner from eastern Europe, and nobody in my family has an education past middle school is a bonus after the hard work. also, English is a bitch, if anyone is willing to help me I will love you forever. haha. I would be willing to help  I figured you were being sarcastic, but did not wish to be rude.
Gotta flex the e-peen a bit lol.
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On March 25 2011 08:42 FabledIntegral wrote:
I feel bad how people are saying shit like "200+ volunteer hours." I did around 8-10 total during high school but told them I did around 150, which I thought was a lot. They don't check.
Wait...really?
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On March 25 2011 08:42 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:41 Loser777 wrote:
GPA: 3.80UW -UC GPA was something shitty like 4.00
SAT: 2310
SAT IIs: 790 US 790 Physics 800 Math II
ECs: Mixture of various science clubs, competitions and fairs, marching band for four years, few community service hours (~100)
Major Awards: Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
UC Berkeley: Rejected
Harvey Mudd College: Rejected
MIT: Rejected
UC San Diego: Rejected
Stanford: Waiting :/
Carnegie Mellon: Waiting :/
UCLA: Accepted
UCI: Accepted
UCSB: Accepted
UCR: Accepted
UCD: Accepted
USC: Accepted
UIUC: Accepted
University of Michigan: Accepted
University of Texas Austin: Accepted
Cal Poly SLO: Accepted
Hmmm. Sort of eerily similar. My extracurriculars are probably a bit better, and GPA is probably a hare better, but overall very similar. What major are you wanting to do?
I have a thousand reasons in my bank account why our extracurriculars are not similar at all.
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Just checking out this thread as a current university student, and it's amazing the academic achievements of the people in this thread. I came from a standard public Canadian high school, and although I had a 97% average coming out of senior year, I only wrote one AP exam (Calc BC - 5) and didn't do any kind of research or actual scientific work during the summer.
I, however, did want to go to a US college, and got into Harvard, Stanford, and MIT. From what I hear about US universities, sometimes acceptance into the big schools is a bit of a crapshoot, since most of them have admission quota they need to meet. Extracurriculars are also really really important - I played on 4 sports teams in high school, competed at the provincial level (equivalent of state championships in the USA), did school paper, started and led a lunchtime bible study, and ended up the valedictorian of our class.
College is so damned expensive, however, so I ended up turning down MIT, Stanford, and Harvard for the University of Toronto's Engineering Science program, which I've been completely satisfied with. If I can offer any advice to any prospective applicants wanting to get into big schools, it is this: Apply early, and make sure you keep up on your activities out of school. Universities (and businesses too) are increasingly prioritizing well-rounded people over the pure eggheads who may have higher academic scores. Nothing against that style of person, a lot of the great scientific discoveries of our age have been made by the eggheads, but it seems to be a negative stereotype these days.
GL to all looking to go to college next academic year!
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On March 25 2011 08:45 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:42 FabledIntegral wrote:
I feel bad how people are saying shit like "200+ volunteer hours." I did around 8-10 total during high school but told them I did around 150, which I thought was a lot. They don't check. They do audit at times, and it can be rewarding. Plus I do thirty minutes a day 4 times a week, during school. Not a bad deal @perg: Yes they did :D
I don't believe they audit the community service hours - how would you even check? I just said I did a lot of shit like beach cleanups for random clubs and stuff that no one would remember anyways. 4 of the legit hours I did were a local relay for life, but there's no way they could check if I was actually there.
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On March 25 2011 08:43 1Eris1 wrote:
Half of you are either liars, or holy shit TL is smart.
Anyways crap, I really need to step it up for next year (<--high school junior)
Gogo the fact that I've always been recognized to write good essays? = /
Man, I'm like you except I don't write too well. 
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I got accepted in about 3 years ago (graduating class of 2008), but I like this, and I can probably give hope to you guys who are scared.
My stats were nothing extraordinary. None of that 4.5 BS that OP had (jk, that's very commendable).
GPA: 3.8 (or 3.9 I forgot) WEIGHTED.
ACT: 32
Extracurriculars: Wind Ensemble Oboe Freshman Year. Varsity Tennis 4 Years.
Community Service (I think this is why I got into the schools I got into): 500+ hours at Kaiser Permanente in the Laboratory.
I got accepted into every UC (I was too lazy to do more than one app. Senioritus hit me so hard).
I'm currently studying Biomedical Engineering at UCI. I hope you guys take into consideration the "lesser" schools like I did. Do yourself a favor and visit every campus you've been accepted into, and don't blindly commit. Spending half a day at each campus (and its city) will give you a very rough idea of how your four years will be there. You never know how much you'll like/dislike the environment around you unless you VISIT. UCI is a hidden gem (for me). There are tons of engineering firms here, and I'm not fond of the city. Don't get me wrong, I love visiting LA and SD, but I like keeping it at that: a visit. I hate the traffic, the congestive-ness, etc.
Make sure that when you get on campus, you don't blow everything you've busted your ass for in high school. Go party every chance you get. The key word is CHANCE. You work hard, play hard. I'm in a fraternity (let the hating commence =D!), and it's been monumental in my growth as a human being. The parties are a nice bonus too.
And I guess that's my last thing. Don't let any stereotypes scare you off from anything. Joining a fraternity was the last thing I wanted to do upon entering UCI. Getting to know some of my now brothers really helped change my mind. Dabble in everything, and find what you like. Go with it, and if you don't like it, you can easily move onto something else. =]
Good luck with school, and hopefully I can see a few of you at UCI next year. Peace.
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On March 25 2011 08:42 Froadac wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:41 Loser777 wrote:
GPA: 3.80UW -UC GPA was something shitty like 4.00
SAT: 2310
SAT IIs: 790 US 790 Physics 800 Math II
ECs: Mixture of various science clubs, competitions and fairs, marching band for four years, few community service hours (~100)
Major Awards: Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
UC Berkeley: Rejected
Harvey Mudd College: Rejected
MIT: Rejected
UC San Diego: Rejected
Stanford: Waiting :/
Carnegie Mellon: Waiting :/
UCLA: Accepted
UCI: Accepted
UCSB: Accepted
UCR: Accepted
UCD: Accepted
USC: Accepted
UIUC: Accepted
University of Michigan: Accepted
University of Texas Austin: Accepted
Cal Poly SLO: Accepted
Hmmm. Sort of eerily similar. My extracurriculars are probably a bit better, and GPA is probably a hare better, but overall very similar. What major are you wanting to do?
Your extracurriculars are probably a bit better than intel semifinalist =O
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This always strikes me as weird, what does volunteer work have to do with being a good student? I find that odd to take into account in the admission process. GL to people having to apply to colleges right now!
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On March 25 2011 08:48 lvlashimaro wrote:
I got accepted in about 3 years ago (graduating class of 2008), but I like this, and I can probably give hope to you guys who are scared.
My stats were nothing extraordinary. None of that 4.5 BS that OP had (jk, that's very commendable).
GPA: 3.8 (or 3.9 I forgot) WEIGHTED.
ACT: 32
Extracurriculars: Wind Ensemble Oboe Freshman Year. Varsity Tennis 4 Years.
Community Service (I think this is why I got into the schools I got into): 500+ hours at Kaiser Permanente in the Laboratory.
I got accepted into every UC (I was too lazy to do more than one app. Senioritus hit me so hard).
I'm currently studying Biomedical Engineering at UCI. I hope you guys take into consideration the "lesser" schools like I did. Do yourself a favor and visit every campus you've been accepted into, and don't blindly commit. Spending half a day at each campus (and its city) will give you a very rough idea of how your four years will be there. You never know how much you'll like/dislike the environment around you unless you VISIT. UCI is a hidden gem (for me). There are tons of engineering firms here, and I'm not fond of the city. Don't get me wrong, I love visiting LA and SD, but I like keeping it at that: a visit. I hate the traffic, the congestive-ness, etc.
Make sure that when you get on campus, you don't blow everything you've busted your ass for in high school. Go party every chance you get. The key word is CHANCE. You work hard, play hard. I'm in a fraternity (let the hating commence =D!), and it's been monumental in my growth as a human being. The parties are a nice bonus too.
And I guess that's my last thing. Don't let any stereotypes scare you off from anything. Joining a fraternity was the last thing I wanted to do upon entering UCI. Getting to know some of my now brothers really helped change my mind. Dabble in everything, and find what you like. Go with it, and if you don't like it, you can easily move onto something else. =]
Good luck with school, and hopefully I can see a few of you at UCI next year. Peace.
Join the UCI starcraft team!
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UW - accepted
UMich - accepted
JHU - interviewed, rejected
PSU - waitlisted
Chicago - ??? (not expecting anything)
Cornell - ??? (probably waitlisted)
UIUC - ??? (screw them)
Toronto - accepted, withdrawn
Q/V/W = 800/550/5
cGPA 3.85
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Bournemouth: Accepted
Loughborough: Backup
Leicester: Declined
Southampton: Declined
Surrey: Declined
I did a BTEC at college which limited my choices a fair bit in the selection process, in terms of ranking Loughborough and Southampton are far more highly rated than Bournemouth but Bournemouth had the course I most wanted and gave off an awesome vibe at the open day which ultimately swayed my decision.
It also has a beach + Show Spoiler +although living in England kinda makes that moot point.
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On March 25 2011 08:49 chenchen wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:42 Froadac wrote:On March 25 2011 08:41 Loser777 wrote:
GPA: 3.80UW -UC GPA was something shitty like 4.00
SAT: 2310
SAT IIs: 790 US 790 Physics 800 Math II
ECs: Mixture of various science clubs, competitions and fairs, marching band for four years, few community service hours (~100)
Major Awards: Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
UC Berkeley: Rejected
Harvey Mudd College: Rejected
MIT: Rejected
UC San Diego: Rejected
Stanford: Waiting :/
Carnegie Mellon: Waiting :/
UCLA: Accepted
UCI: Accepted
UCSB: Accepted
UCR: Accepted
UCD: Accepted
USC: Accepted
UIUC: Accepted
University of Michigan: Accepted
University of Texas Austin: Accepted
Cal Poly SLO: Accepted
Hmmm. Sort of eerily similar. My extracurriculars are probably a bit better, and GPA is probably a hare better, but overall very similar. What major are you wanting to do? Your extracurriculars are probably a bit better than intel semifinalist =O
How did he get rejected from Berkeley (not saying it's an easy school of course) with those stats omg...intel semifinalist and everything solid except GPA in a pinch...
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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.
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For the past two years I've been here this thread has been the most loosely veiled brag thread on the forums. I esspecially dislike it when absolutely amazing students list their achievements. Curse you internets.
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On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:49 chenchen wrote:On March 25 2011 08:42 Froadac wrote:On March 25 2011 08:41 Loser777 wrote:
GPA: 3.80UW -UC GPA was something shitty like 4.00
SAT: 2310
SAT IIs: 790 US 790 Physics 800 Math II
ECs: Mixture of various science clubs, competitions and fairs, marching band for four years, few community service hours (~100)
Major Awards: Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist
UC Berkeley: Rejected
Harvey Mudd College: Rejected
MIT: Rejected
UC San Diego: Rejected
Stanford: Waiting :/
Carnegie Mellon: Waiting :/
UCLA: Accepted
UCI: Accepted
UCSB: Accepted
UCR: Accepted
UCD: Accepted
USC: Accepted
UIUC: Accepted
University of Michigan: Accepted
University of Texas Austin: Accepted
Cal Poly SLO: Accepted
Hmmm. Sort of eerily similar. My extracurriculars are probably a bit better, and GPA is probably a hare better, but overall very similar. What major are you wanting to do? Your extracurriculars are probably a bit better than intel semifinalist =O How did he get rejected from Berkeley (not saying it's an easy school of course) with those stats omg...intel semifinalist and everything solid except GPA in a pinch...
From what I hear, UCs super-prioritize GPA, and his is probably lower than many other applicants.
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Got accepted into berkeley for spring semester and I'm so happy right now. It's been my dream school for awhile now and I was laughing like a crazy man when I heard i got in.
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Damn, it seems like not many of you guys are doing the community college to university thing. I can sure say that pretty much all of you put my high school stuff in the gutter haha. I barely broke the 3.0 range while most of you are 4. something. Holy cow! Good work though guys!
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