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QuietIdiot
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On March 30 2006 18:10 QuietIdiot wrote: Impressive, what are you going to major in? (Shit man, even with grades like that you got rejected from MIT + Harvard? Man, I wonder what really seperates the people who get in and get cut, the difference is probably pretty damn marginal O_O) The difference must have been the recommendations, his stats are pretty damn impressive, but the top people at my old high school bust those levels regularly and Harvard took only 2, one was a fucking genius and the other was even more of a fucking genius especially in music (published music at an early age) I think they got additional recs from college professors underwhich they worked with (since they were required to) and published under. But yeah I find it surprising Harvard/MIT didnt make a go at Myr, he should be at least waitlisted imo, might have been the fact that MIT/Harvard grabbed from your area already and you were passed over for some reason. | ||
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DTDominion
United States2148 Posts
On March 30 2006 18:04 Myrmidon wrote: Hm, I'll pitch in results in case anyone cares aside from me (eh, who am I kidding  ).I got rejected from Harvard (and MIT earlier). Still waiting on Duke, and Princeton tomorrow. SAT I: 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 700 Writing SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chemistry, 720 Literature 4.00 GPA unweighted, 1st in class 6 times all-state band/piano stuff/etc., at a fairly strong arts high school in music Research experience, International Science and Engineering Fair finalist 69th in individual exam for National MathCounts competition; 8 on an AIME once, ARML state A team Community service including weekly mentoring National Merit Scholarship winner I just want to get into Duke though, and get good financial aid. Holy fuck dude that's bullshit. Words cannot express how badly you are getting reamed up the ass. | ||
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
Btw Klogon, I like how you're on PRstats. You by any chance frequent xoxohth? | ||
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NonYold
United States2814 Posts
On March 30 2006 18:04 Myrmidon wrote: Hm, I'll pitch in results in case anyone cares aside from me (eh, who am I kidding ).I got rejected from Harvard (and MIT earlier). Still waiting on Duke, and Princeton tomorrow. SAT I: 800 Math, 800 Verbal, 700 Writing SAT II: 800 Math IIC, 800 Chemistry, 720 Literature 4.00 GPA unweighted, 1st in class 6 times all-state band/piano stuff/etc., at a fairly strong arts high school in music Research experience, International Science and Engineering Fair finalist 69th in individual exam for National MathCounts competition; 8 on an AIME once, ARML state A team Community service including weekly mentoring National Merit Scholarship winner I just want to get into Duke though, and get good financial aid. please get into duke and come, i need some tl.net company! did you apply to pratt? | ||
Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On March 30 2006 19:10 oPtioNaLk wrote: Got rejecteddddd. AWESOME. Btw Klogon, I like how you're on PRstats. You by any chance frequent xoxohth? Yeah, I do, but I post maybe once a week. I know BinaryStar used to post there a lot, but he also stopped posting here, too ;o | ||
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oPtioNaLk
Korea (South)564 Posts
On March 30 2006 19:47 Klogon wrote: Yeah, I do, but I post maybe once a week. I know BinaryStar used to post there a lot, but he also stopped posting here, too ;o Haha cool. | ||
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overu1
Zimbabwe190 Posts
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uhjoo
Korea (South)1740 Posts
On March 30 2006 17:22 lil.sis wrote: unless you're a sweater vest wearing national fencing/oratory champion or movie star harvard and yale are hard to get into not true, they allow you to wear bowties once every so often i'm surprised no one applied to the small lib arts colleges i.e. williams, amherst, swarthmore. honestly if i could do it again these schools are a better choice than overpriced ivies (except yale of course :-P) that said, best of luck tlnetters show the world that sc is for intelligent motherfuckers | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
On March 30 2006 19:34 NonY wrote: please get into duke and come, i need some tl.net company! did you apply to pratt? A few hours ago I got into Duke in Pratt (major as ME but that might change). That's pretty much my top choice right now. My other choice is Clemson University (hometown school), which is giving me a free ride and maybe slight spending money too. Money's going to be pretty important because I figure at Duke I might have to take a pretty bad hit, and I plan to go to grad school after undergrad anyway. Eh yeah, I'll take some time to think (although obviously Duke's a better school and I've got maybe Princeton pending tomorrow)--I've got some friends at Duke and one might tour me around. edit: Harvard already took a girl from my school in early action who is student body president. She has much worse stats than me but is a really nice friend of mine, so I'm happy for her going there. Btw, for the record, I'm American-born Taiwanese. | ||
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naventus
United States1339 Posts
First off, there are probably 500-1000 candidates with the same "personality" as him- Asian male, high grades, math focus. This is not to even touch on the rest of the Asian male demograph with a different academic focus. Who do you take as a college? Maybe a number of these have excelled further- they are in national olympiads etc. Maybe a different set have some special personality- AIDS research in Africa. Maybe others break the standard "Asian" mold and are extroverted "movers" that are interested in business and politics. I don't want to stereotype, but that is something you have to pay attention to- how do YOU break the mold? *On a side note, a guy got into Harvard and two girls into MIT this year from my school. They have very different focuses- the girls are both math/science oriented- but they have also done very well- that often is enough to break a mold for a girl. As for the guy, his personality and refinement probably shone through in his writing and made Harvard interested. But all these people are also different in their approach than me. From their view, I believe they thought that I would be the entrepreneur and the mover- something I captured in my EC's and my writing. These fundamental strategies and perceptions are what anyone interested in a very competitive college should and must consider. | ||
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ItchReliever
2489 Posts
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NonYold
United States2814 Posts
On March 30 2006 20:39 ItchReliever wrote: i got in to duke! pretty much in heaven right now you are coming, right? nothing can stop you now! breaking news, tl.net invades duke. please dont be turned off by our gang-banging lacrosse team! | ||
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 30 2006 15:19 Klogon wrote: WhatisProtoss, I'm a lot less serious about school work now... and it seems my perspective and focus in life is changing a lot... so if it is a playground that's awesome -- hopefully Il'l get in. 흥... you should be more serious -_-;; College will kick your butt if you're not careful. -_-;; | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 30 2006 16:36 overu1 wrote: got accepted! from H :D Congrats!! :-D | ||
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ItchReliever
2489 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Naventus, that's not rude at all, it's cool. It's the way I see the situation and probably the truth in any case. Yeah, and my one non-academic feature is my decent musical talent (if I wanted I could have gotten into a lower to mid level conservatory handily), the next Asian stereotype thing to have after good grades. It's the people that were a lot smarter than me or actually did something really impressive that got in deservedly instead of me. Oh, and my essays were pretty mediocre too. | ||
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SMiLE[bwd]
United States233 Posts
are u two being serious? or just kidding around? cause i see that overu1's nationality is zimbabwe. ? >< | ||
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