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I go to UIUC and although I cannot speak of the computer science program, I would not recommend you go there. The school itself is very money-hungry and not student-centered at all. The only program the school cares about is engineering and you can tell that they only care about their engineering students. It is also a ridiculously large campus and the town (and campus itself) is very unsafe. Especially if you are from out of state, it will be just a waste your money, being one of the most expensive public schools. Obviously, you are very intelligent and can go far. Don't hold yourself back by going there!
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On March 25 2011 08:57 fatalities wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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.
Oh, duly noted...
Intel semifinalist is too freaking good though O_O ...300 people nationally holy crap.
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Oops. Totally missed the magnitude of the intel thing. I'd never heard of it
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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...
Considering all the other schools that I didn't get into... I wasn't entirely shocked by this point. You win some you lose some, and by now I figured it was time for me to lose a lot. Obviously people with "lesser" stats get in--it's just a matter of which direction the wind blows.
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Judging by all these statistics and people saying their colleges, It's either TL has a lot of smart young kids, or the slackers that don't make it into the schools aren't posting int he thread because there's nothing to brag about. I would go with the latter. I mean seriously, some of those statistics of these schools accept basically the top 1% of the nation... crazy.... to think about. Last I remembered LA had an acceptance rate of 25%, take into consideration that the people apply are ones that already do well in school so its a select population.
It's hard to wrap my brain on all these smart kids when in general my highschool was one of the best in the district, and out of 200 students , only about 10 got into berkeley out of it , I would guess about 50 applied.
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On March 25 2011 09:00 Loser777 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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... Considering all the other schools that I didn't get into... I wasn't entirely shocked by this point. You win some you lose some, and by now I figured it was time for me to lose a lot. Obviously people with "lesser" stats get in--it's just a matter of which direction the wind blows.
Oh, I see. :/ For which major and/or department did you apply for your schools?
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On March 25 2011 08:36 aristarchus wrote:
I went to MIT, and for a while you were able to get your admissions paperwork from their office and see what they wrote during your admissions process. No guarantees it still works this way, but it's probably similar (and similar at other top schools too). Also, I'm doing this from memory, so the details might not all be exact.
You can't anymore--they get rid of all the comments on your application now -_-
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On March 25 2011 08:25 ]343[ wrote:Hmm, it's unfortunate that there's a lot of high-test-scoring kids on here who aren't getting into top schools :/ Probably due to extracurriculars/awards/recs/essays...  But it's ok! Life doesn't end if you don't get in! Just pwn face at wherever you go. It's probably better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond.
Haha, yeah.
To the high schoolers here, the top universities prize extracurriculars a lot but nobody cares in the adult world past your initial job. The people who succeed the most in the adult world are the most focused people, not the most well-rounded ones.
So keep your chin up! Getting into a less prestigious school that will allow you to concentrate more on what you're good at might be a blessing in disguise.
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On March 25 2011 08:57 fatalities wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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.
Let's hope that other schools don't prioritize GPA as much  ... and hey people with lower UC GPAs than me got in--and some with higher ones didn't.
I don't think admissions really fit any formula anymore.
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On March 25 2011 08:49 gerundium wrote:
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!
Probably nothing, but it is something that every college looks at because it tells them what kind of "person" you are. Really seems like self service if the sole reason a ton a people do it is to put it on college apps. Then and again it doesn't make sense that being having white students hurts your academic environment at a school.
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On March 25 2011 07:31 LosingID8 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 07:30 DrivE wrote:
Accepted:
Waiting
UC Berkeley
USC
OP's stats are ridiculously good lol where do you live? USC acceptances should reach everywhere in the US by tomorrow.
damn, it's about time... i live in Ohio, and i've been waiting for USC's decision
UCLA- rejected
Case Western- rejected
Miami Florida- on waiting list
wanna major in Computer Science, but my grades/other aspects were shit. My math SAT i did pretty good, but tbh, i'm not surprised i got denied.
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On March 25 2011 08:05 cerka wrote:
Acceptances:
University of Michigan
California Pyrotechnical Institute: San Luis Obispo
Southern Methodist University
UCSB
UCI
Rejected:
Washington University in Saint Louis
UCLA
UCSD
Waiting to hear back from:
Berkeley
Cornell University
Lehigh University
Vanderbilt University
Wesleyan University
Stats:
4.72 weighted HS GPA (Freshmen through Junior year)
2260 SAT
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SAT II:
800 Math II
770 US History
740 English
And a ton of extra curricular activities, leadership, etc.
Damn you didn't make WashU? I'm there right now and my GPA is below yours lol 4.21. SAT better tho 2300. GL on Berkeley. I've always been a strong believer of the LA/Berkeley Tradeoff. If LA rejected you you just might get Berkeley
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Just got rejected from Berkeley. I have a friend who took 2 AP classes, had a 3.6 weighted GPA, 3.2 unweighted, who just got accepted.
I have never had such little faith in college before. I am seriously doubting the legitimacy of every university in the US right now.
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On March 25 2011 09:00 Loser777 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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... Considering all the other schools that I didn't get into... I wasn't entirely shocked by this point. You win some you lose some, and by now I figured it was time for me to lose a lot. Obviously people with "lesser" stats get in--it's just a matter of which direction the wind blows.
Oh whoa... I was an Intel semi (but last year) too. Kind of surprised that MIT rejected you...? Maybe it was the essays/recs T_T?
I feel like a lot of the top schools just want to "create their own class" in a way (especially Ivies ~_~). There are plenty of valedictorians running around... they want people with national awards and crap, I guess?
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I'm not good enough (silver league O_O) for the UCI starcraft team haha. I'm a fan on the page though. I told my friend (known as Lime online) about it, and he's been tearing shit up supposedly haha. I've gone to a couple events. Someone (I forgot his name) helped me understand some early game zerg play though. =] When (if) I get better, I'll try to enter the lineup, but UCI is already super good as it is.
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On March 25 2011 09:00 Z3kk wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:57 fatalities wrote:On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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. Oh, duly noted... Intel semifinalist is too freaking good though O_O ...300 people nationally holy crap.
It's definitely a lot easier if Intel semifinalist was combined with being Natalie Portman. That would get somebody into Harvard. 
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On March 25 2011 09:07 cerka wrote:On March 25 2011 08:05 cerka wrote: Acceptances: University of Michigan California Pyrotechnical Institute: San Luis Obispo Southern Methodist University UCSB UCI Rejected: Washington University in Saint Louis UCLA UCSD Waiting to hear back from: Berkeley Cornell University Lehigh University Vanderbilt University Wesleyan University Stats: 4.72 weighted HS GPA (Freshmen through Junior year) 2260 SAT Show nested quote +
SAT II:
800 Math II
770 US History
740 English
And a ton of extra curricular activities, leadership, etc.
Damn you didn't make WashU? I'm there right now and my GPA is below yours lol 4.21. SAT better tho 2300. GL on Berkeley. I've always been a strong believer of the LA/Berkeley Tradeoff. If LA rejected you you just might get Berkeley
Just got rejected from Berkeley. I have a friend who took 2 AP classes, had a 3.6 weighted GPA, 3.2 unweighted, who just got accepted. I have never had such little faith in college before. I am seriously doubting the legitimacy of every university in the US right now.
Hey man, there's lots of us in this boat, but I don't think getting carried away thinking that we should have gotten in because "we're better" is entirely healthy. If someone is truly unqualified for the school that he or she got into, then that will show itself sooner than later. I never had faith in colleges before this
Welcome to the club of Berkeley rejects.
On March 25 2011 09:03 Z3kk wrote:
Oh, I see. :/ For which major and/or department did you apply for your schools?
Unfortunately, Electrical Engineering, which is ridiculously impacted for pretty much all the schools I applied to--but I didn't think that just because something was impacted that I wasn't going to get in for sure.
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GPA: 3.73 (unweighted)
SAT: 2330
SATII: Chem 790, Phys 760, Math2C 800
ECs: a bunch of music stuff, robotics team, chem team, math team, etc.
Awards: nothing much >.>
So far:
Rutgers - Accepted
Caltech - Waitlisted
MIT - Rejected
Everything else still waiting >.>
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On March 25 2011 09:00 Loser777 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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... Considering all the other schools that I didn't get into... I wasn't entirely shocked by this point. You win some you lose some, and by now I figured it was time for me to lose a lot. Obviously people with "lesser" stats get in--it's just a matter of which direction the wind blows.
actually wait a second--are you an "international" (non-permanent resident) student? I might be reading too deeply into the "China" on your profile lol, but that would make it much harder to get into places.
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On March 25 2011 09:14 ]343[ wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 09:00 Loser777 wrote:On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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... Considering all the other schools that I didn't get into... I wasn't entirely shocked by this point. You win some you lose some, and by now I figured it was time for me to lose a lot. Obviously people with "lesser" stats get in--it's just a matter of which direction the wind blows. actually wait a second--are you an "international" (non-permanent resident) student? I might be reading too deeply into the "China" on your profile lol, but that would make it much harder to get into places.
I live in the United States right now and had US Citizenship when I applied. I'm thankful that so many people are offering their sympathies and are trying to reason through with me... as for myself I'm trying not to read too deeply into everything.
As for MIT, I know another Semifinalist at my school who was waitlisted and had a better GPA and SAT score than me--so again, you win some you lose some. My low GPA and lack of math awards sealed my fate there I think.
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On March 25 2011 09:18 Loser777 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 09:14 ]343[ wrote:On March 25 2011 09:00 Loser777 wrote:On March 25 2011 08:56 Z3kk wrote: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... Considering all the other schools that I didn't get into... I wasn't entirely shocked by this point. You win some you lose some, and by now I figured it was time for me to lose a lot. Obviously people with "lesser" stats get in--it's just a matter of which direction the wind blows. actually wait a second--are you an "international" (non-permanent resident) student? I might be reading too deeply into the "China" on your profile lol, but that would make it much harder to get into places. I live in the United States right now and had US Citizenship when I applied. I'm thankful that so many people are offering their sympathies and are trying to reason through with me... as for myself I'm trying not to read too deeply into everything. As for MIT, I know another Semifinalist at my school who was waitlisted and had a better GPA and SAT score than me--so again, you win some you lose some. My low GPA and lack of math awards sealed my fate there I think.
Yeah. Sorry about that.
Also sorry abot my comment that probably came off as snarky. I didn't realize how big of a deal it was :/
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