EPTAnybody else waiting, and if so, which schools are you waiting on?
I'm waiting on Harvard and Dartmouth... GOOD LUCK ALL
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exalted
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Anybody else waiting, and if so, which schools are you waiting on? I'm waiting on Harvard and Dartmouth... GOOD LUCK ALL | ||
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NonYold
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lil.sis
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a horrifying day, this glad i don't have to deal with it | ||
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exalted
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a) I have a presentation I need to give 9:00AM (that i'm starting right now) b) I NEED TO KNOW IF IM IN HOLY SHIT | ||
Klogon
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4.5 hours till Ivies respond... I'm very pessimistic right now. ;o | ||
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SyedAli
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I was rejected from UC Santa Cruz, and BYU. T.T | ||
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exalted
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Klogon
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I applied 5 of the 8 Ivies: HYPColumbiaPenn Harvard has a 9.1% acceptance this year for freshman, Yale is rumored to have a 8.6% acceptace rate, and Columbia College has a 9.6%. This isn't looking good for me at all... haha. Last year for these colleges, it was all around 11%. Today I'm waiting for the Ivies and Berkeley, and tommorrow at 3PM, Stanford. I expect a thorough ego trashing today and tommorrow with many rejection letters -- My first one yesterday from Northwestern was just getting me ready for it all, I guess. | ||
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exalted
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lil.sis
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intrigue
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ego trashing? rofl college admissions are bullshit and there's no reason to be depressed if you don't get into an ivy league, at least for undergraduate. for grad school, if you get rejected from a good school, then i guess you can cry about it | ||
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lil.sis
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then again im in the engineering school and our acceptance rates are a little higher, although our mean SAT scores are also higher than the college :O it's due to applicant pool size, but it's growing every year for both branches | ||
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Klogon
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On March 30 2006 11:02 intrigue wrote: oh stop being so pessimistic, it won't help at all ego trashing? rofl college admissions are bullshit and there's no reason to be depressed if you don't get into an ivy league, at least for undergraduate. for grad school, if you get rejected from a good school, then i guess you can cry about it The "ego trashing" was more of an exaggeration -- I don't care too much -- it won't even ruin my day if I get 6 rejections today as I have my other schools that have let me in, but so far my Acceptance to Rejections ratio is 6:1 so today's decisions will be quite an "upset" in terms of that... but yeah, haha, I was just exaggerating so whatever. | ||
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pooper-scooper
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intrigue
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lil.sis i was at columbia just two days ago speaking of 6-1 today i was pubbing and went 3 nexus before gateway and after i lost my korean teammates kept on messaging me and asking 'you 6-1? how you even get 4 wins? you play with baby?' X_X | ||
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lil.sis
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i'll have to try it its amazing the shit you can get away with in pub 2v2 the other day i killed a terran by offensive sunken o_O | ||
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intrigue
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i should use the 'let's play a game' thread but i'll be on east doing very, very bad opening builds msg intrigue.love if you're on too and want to join in this stupidity =) | ||
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lil.sis
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FroST(TE)
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fj;oakdj;laksj;flajg;r =[ | ||
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draeger
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On March 30 2006 10:33 exalted wrote: I don't know how many TLers right now are seniors and are applying to college, but I think for most schools we'll be able to see our admission decisions TODAY, in about 5 hours. Anybody else waiting, and if so, which schools are you waiting on? I'm waiting on Harvard and Dartmouth... GOOD LUCK ALL You forgot to mention your amazing piano ability, your keen fashion sense, or your abnormal iq. This has to be a joke post. | ||
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Klogon
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oPtioNaLk
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good luck all. | ||
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Mora
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On March 30 2006 12:32 Klogon wrote: I think that's been a bit overdone, eh draeger? i still enjoy it due to exalted's most recent attack on highschool dropouts. hmph. | ||
Hot_Bid
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congrats! | ||
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[X]Ken_D
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oh wait, u didn't get your denial yet!  | ||
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[X]Ken_D
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On March 30 2006 12:38 Teroru wrote: i still enjoy it due to exalted's most recent attack on highschool dropouts. hmph. which thread was that? | ||
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Hot_Bid
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[angst]chraej
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exalted
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zulu_nation8
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Klogon
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Minorities only get an edge if they are an URM (Under Represented Minority), but if they are over-represented, ... yeah, pretty self explanitory. Oh yeah, South Asians are also over-represented (Asian Indians, etc) | ||
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oPtioNaLk
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On March 30 2006 13:43 Klogon wrote: It is a well known fact that East Asians (more specifically Chinese, Korean, Japanese) get the shaft more than white folks due to Affirmative Action at the top schools. It is called 4x over-representation, which translates into reverse-AA for East Asians. Correct. Although I'd have slept easier not knowing this. | ||
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[angst]chraej
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ROOTheognis
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On March 30 2006 11:50 CultureMisfits wrote: i got into VCU, Radford university, and randoplh macon college, and i chosed randoplh macon fag go to VCU... im gunna be there next year :D | ||
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Klogon
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On March 30 2006 13:47 [angst]chraej wrote: Are...asians the only minority here? No, but they are the biggest minority here by far. And you said: "well half of you will be glad that affirmative action smiles upon you" So I assumed you were talking about Asians. How many black SCers do you know anyway? I know we don't have many here, but we do have a few Latinos, but not even close to enough to be "half". ;o Anyway, 20 minutes to go. Wow -_- | ||
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exalted
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PanoRaMa
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just curious though, what was your GPA/SAT? | ||
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Klogon
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exalted
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Klogon
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The Yale Admissions Committee has completed its review of this year's candidates, and I write with sincere regret to say that we are not able to offer you a place in the class of 2010. | ||
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Klogon
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exalted
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Cbreaker
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e: yale rejected me too back then ;( | ||
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WhatisProtoss
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On March 30 2006 12:33 oPtioNaLk wrote: wooooo ivy day. got rejeced from Northwestern yesterday so hopefully Dartmouth will have something better to show me. good luck all. Coming in from Korea? Goodluck, man. I hope you get in. International Korean students are the smartest kids at college. And more fun to hang out with than gyopo. :-D btw, Brown Univ. is a joke. I wouldn't even waste time applying there. They have a weak education program. They had to endorse their college more because they ended up accepting a large percentage of applicants just to fill their classes a few years ago. They're doing that to lower their acceptance rate so they don't seem like a weak Ivy (which is what they are). | ||
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draeger
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On March 30 2006 12:32 Klogon wrote: I think that's been a bit overdone, eh draeger? nah, verbal attacks never get old to me | ||
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Klogon
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exalted
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intrigue
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i think it's beautiful, but a few blocks one way and it turns mehhhhh. columbia is like that too, i got off at the wrong stop and ended up in the middle of harlem at three AM. and ucberkeley too. ugh! i really disagree with the whole build-universities-in-poor-areas idea; i mean i realize it's to help 'revitalize' or increase the community's value, but it makes things really unpleasant if you dislike seeing crime reports in your email box every few weeks about how someone on campus got mugged =( | ||
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0_0
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Blind
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p.s. Waiting for UCB today, just to see if I can get in though. | ||
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[angst]chraej
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Klogon
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Yeah... I'd prefer Cali right now, so Stanford is my #1... but we'll see... if I even get in tomorrow. chraej, I did apply Princeton... (HYP) -- yeah... GIVE ME MY EMAIL PRINCETON. REJECTION? I DNO'T CARE. I WANT IT. NOW. -_- Out of my schools I go into so far, I like Penn the best. I think I'll have to visit around this month to make a final decision though. | ||
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Hot_Bid
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intrigue
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i don't know what school has the highest suicide rate now but cornell is no longer #1. the reason being that they have these lovely, lovely deep, deep gorges that would be so easy to just fall off of and end everything. if one was so inclined... oh yes and the weather is actually very nice if you like snow =) and mellow evenings | ||
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Klogon
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"Dear International Student -- Thank you for your email. We understand that you are anxious to hear the results of your application for admission. For your information, our admissions letters were posted yesterday (March 29th) and are now en route to your mailing address. We know that mail delays may prevent you from receiving your letters in a timely manner. Therefore, we will be able to send email notification of decisions to those applicants who write to us from the email address listed on their application. If you are receiving this email, you have already sent our office a request for electronic decision notification. We will be responding to these requests in the order received starting approximately Thursday, April 6th. If you do not want us to email you with this information, please let us know. Otherwise, we will be sending you your decision next week. If you would like to call our office for your decision, we will be able give them to you starting 9:00am Eastern Standard Time on Monday, April 3rd. Thank you for your patience and your interest in Princeton! The Undergraduate Admission Office Princeton University" | ||
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WhatisProtoss
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On March 30 2006 15:04 0_0 wrote: isn't cornell famous for its high suicide rate? i've heard the weather is pretty bad around there too xD Yes... MIT is also very high. I knew 2 of the people who died these past 2 years. | ||
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WhatisProtoss
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On March 30 2006 15:07 Klogon wrote: Well, save Yale, Princeton, and Stanford, almost all the colleges I applied to are more urban or has a huge urban city next to it... Ithaca was too out there for me. You can see I didn't apply to Dartmouth or Brown either. I also didn't want to go to the South, so I didn't even consider places like Rice, etc. Yeah... I'd prefer Cali right now, so Stanford is my #1... but we'll see... if I even get in tomorrow. chraej, I did apply Princeton... (HYP) -- yeah... GIVE ME MY EMAIL PRINCETON. REJECTION? I DNO'T CARE. I WANT IT. NOW. -_- Out of my schools I go into so far, I like Penn the best. I think I'll have to visit around this month to make a final decision though. lol... Stanford is like a playground. Lots of prestige, but somewhat "easy". Go there if you're less serious about schoolwork. :-D | ||
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Klogon
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On March 30 2006 15:10 Hot_Bid wrote: wait you havent visited penn yet you like it the best? Based on location, size, student reviews by people I've met, and questions I've asked. Yeah, not much to go on, but my family is too poor to pay for any sort of visitations unless I got accepted. Our FAFSA EFC is 29 bucks, and that 29 is from the student (me) so you can do the math and see that we're not rich. Penn also has the best Financial Aid from all the schools I've been accepted to yet so far (don't know the package, but just based on stats), so that makes it more attractive as well. ;o intrigue, I applied to the Huntsman program in International Business between the college and Wharton but didn't get in. 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. | ||
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Klogon
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We write to inform you that the Admissions Committee has voted to postpone a final decision on your application. Instead, your name has been placed on a waiting list of students to be considered for admission should vacancies occur in the Class of 2010 later this spring. | ||
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Hot_Bid
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its awesome living here, words can't describe it | ||
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Klogon
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Just got into Berkeley, but probably not going there unless they give me amazing money, which is doubtful 'cause I'm out of state and it's public ;o btw, where do you go right now Hot_Bid? | ||
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Clutch3
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Wow, so there's a global date now where you can check all (or a lot) of schools online to see if you got in? That's awesome. When I was your age <rant about having to wait for envelopes>... Anyway, grats on getting in to all those good schools Klogon. And don't worry about WhatIsProtoss's opinions on schools, he's obviously got some kind of complex about it. Stanford is totally solid, so is Brown. Anyway, you can load yourself up with enough schoolwork at any of the schools you mentioned to get your ass kicked | ||
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Cbreaker
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On March 30 2006 15:56 Klogon wrote: Just got into Berkeley, but probably not going there unless they give me amazing money, which is doubtful 'cause I'm out of state and it's public ;o  | ||
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[angst]chraej
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i graduated with a chic who goes there now. | ||
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exalted
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Klogon
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exalted: some people have been getting them since 10 minutes ago. I guess about time, eh? | ||
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Blind
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Sucks, I just got rejected from there. I had no intention of going but I know my mom would've been happy if I got in anyway. | ||
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Judicator
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On March 30 2006 15:04 0_0 wrote: isn't cornell famous for its high suicide rate? i've heard the weather is pretty bad around there too xD MIT is the only valid one, if you look at their teacher recs, it basically asks if the student has suicidal tendencies. Cornell doesn't, and the only reason we get attention is cause supposedly some idiot freshman jumped off one of our many bridges into the gorges we are so known for, in other words, its easier to publicly kill yourself here, but you don't get that kind of atmosphere on campus. The weather is what someone here referred to as an abusive relationship, it beats the shit out of you on some days with like horizontal rain and freezing cold, and then the next day it apologizes with tee shirt weather :X Cornell Engineering kicks ass though especially ChemEs. Note to those reading this thread and have yet to apply to college, if you have high SATs like 1400+, apply for Case-Western, they give alot. Apply to Carnegie Mellon since you can re-negiotiate your finaid really easily (I got 5000 more just for asking ) and of course Cornell cause we rock and we didn't get into harvard Good luck exalted and klogon; play the colleges off of each other later for finaid | ||
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Klogon
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the Harvard letter sucks even more than the Yale one... and the Columbia one at least was colorful, as was Northwestern. Harvard was plain text. Ewww. Worst rejection letter thus far ;D Anyway, that's all for me today. Stanford tomorrow at 3PM PST and Princeton in the mail, and that's it. | ||
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zulu_nation8
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On March 30 2006 16:20 ml1710 wrote: i heard rory gilmore just got into yale fuck that bitch | ||
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exalted
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overu1
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KOFgokuon
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i had to wait for the actual letter even though half of them came weeks before expected .. | ||
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SMiLE[bwd]
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also, what have u done to get into such ivy league colleges? btw, i am a junior and i will be taking SAT this May. do u have any advice for improving SAT score? there is this question i've always been wondering, do u ever leave any question blank on SAT? ever? or do u get rid of at least one of the choices and choose either ones? not that i have ability to get into ivy league colleges like you have, but i want to at least get into decent colleges with confidence for example: Rutgers University in NJ >< i won't be able to attend any college outer state cause it's too expensive. my parents will have to work their asses off for two of my sister's college tuitions and mine T_T thanks | ||
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[angst]chraej
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On March 30 2006 16:13 Klogon wrote: heh, there's no Berk in NYC. Yeah. It was just different subject ;o http://www.berkeleycollege.edu/Campuses/NYCampus.htm | ||
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Klogon
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Smile, My stats for everything is here: http://www.prstats.com/display.php?user=Klogon I recommend looking through prstats.com in the class of 2010 (my year) and 2009 to see which type of students get rejected / accepted to certain schools -- it really puts things into perspective. My SATs were fairly weak to apply to the top 5 schools, but I did anyway. But to study for the SAT, the best thing to do is run through practice questions from the "Blue Book" from Collegeboard. It's called "The Official Guide to the SAT" or something. The other test prep companies like Kaplan and Princeton Review can offer you good advice on stratagies, but for practice sets, don't use anythign else other than the ones from Collegeboard. Also, yeah, if you can eliminate one answer for sure, take a guess as you are statistically favored to win. I never left one blank because I could always eliminate one or more and I could pace myself. I also tell all my junior friends this: take the ACT. Seriously, if I can do it over again, I would study my ass off for the ACT instead of the SAT -- with just a few more hours, I think I could have scored a 33-34 on ACT (got 31 with a cursory 2 hour study the night before, seeing test for first time -- my main problem was pacing myself on reading and science; M-35, E-33, R-29, S-28) SAT dicussion that is highly recommended read: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=68210 For more college discussion, I highly recommend these forums: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/index.php? | ||
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Klogon
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Oh, okay. Whoops ;o | ||
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artofmagic
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so far only MIT rejected me. | ||
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exalted
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On March 30 2006 16:53 Klogon wrote: I increased my SAT score 200 points (from old SAT scale of 1600) from no study to study, and so did my friend... so I strongly disagree. I also had a friend who was scoring 1200s and scored a 1530 after intense studying. It works. Same. SAT BOOKS WORK | ||
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Klogon
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SMiLE[bwd]
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so u studied SAT by yourself? no prep class? | ||
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exalted
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On March 30 2006 17:11 Klogon wrote: Email yet, exalted? nope, i think they're going to judge my application as a transfer (brown, boston college are also doing this so it really isn't a surprise to me) too bad about columbia and dartmouth though. I'm pretty scared about my chances now and I'll probably have to wait until early May until I find some resolution.. | ||
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lil.sis
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bummer about CU but hey who knows maybe a spot will open up then you can come here and we can get drunk :D dont worry about harvard and yale, they are for fags anyway | ||
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QuietIdiot
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On March 30 2006 17:22 lil.sis wrote: or a president's son -_- hehe  | ||
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chobopeon
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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 my girlfriend just got wait listed for harvard and i know a couple of people who got into either of these schools. that said these people put a sickening amount of work into this and deserve it. | ||
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Myrmidon
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).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. | ||
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Judicator
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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
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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
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Btw Klogon, I like how you're on PRstats. You by any chance frequent xoxohth? | ||
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NonYold
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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? | ||
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Klogon
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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
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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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uhjoo
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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
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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
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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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NonYold
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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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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
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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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inkblot
United States1250 Posts
I don't even know how hard it is to get into those programs, but I'm guessing not too hard as my unweighted GPA is like 3.8 (weighted a bit over 4.1, not many AP classes offered at my school) and I'm not too involved in extracurriculars except for a little tutoring and sports. I guess my essays were okay, again I don't really have anything to compare to. | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 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 On March 30 2006 17:22 lil.sis wrote: or a president's son -_- Not really... Well, the application process is really simple. Everybody thinks it's luck or whatever. You just can't overthink it. Who cares if you get perfect SAT scores. Who cares if you get a perfect GPA average. Who cares if you're a National Merit etc etc. I've worked in an admissions office before. The people who read your applications are college students. They're young, just a bit older than you all in high school. They see THOUSANDS of kids with perfect everythings. So those are somewhat insignificant now. Sure you need high marks, but they aren't the things which set you apart from the rest of the crowd. Here's a word of advice to some of you guys who will be applying to the US's top colleges this fall. MAKE YOURSELVES STAND OUT. These students who read your applications are bored! They read thousands of applications, with nice SAT scores, and little endearing essays about how somebody learned the greater meaning of life through being a varsity sport captain or whatever. The thing is, that's what everybody says... Okay, here is where you should stand for schools like Harvard, Stanford, Yale, MIT, Princeton, etc. --SAT Math = 700-800 --SAT Verbal = 650-800 --High school GPA = 3.7-4.0 (unweighted) --SAT IIs (Math IIC/Writing/Science) = should all be really high, 750-800 [The thing about SAT IIs is that they're easier than SAT Is. People should shoot for higher marks on these exams, because everyone else gets really high marks on them too. Don't take a language exam. I always see Korean students taking the Korean SAT II exam, or Spanish kids taking the Spanish, etc. That's saying: "I am a pansy. I just want to BS my way into college."] If you're going to fucking take Korean/Spanish/Chinese SAT II, get 800 on it! It should be easy! If you get like 780 on your own native language, what the hell is that?? I did poorly on Writing and Biology, but I only took 1 biology course in high school and I did fairly well with my basic knowledge. Writing and Verbal I suck at because I'm Korean -_-;;  Activities: --It's better to do a few activities and do WELL in them instead of trying to tackle 10+ clubs at once. It shows better dedication. Try focusing in music, or a certain school club, or leadership programs, or a sport. ---- Okay, on the College Application: Exam Scores/GPA Basically, all your GPA, standardized exam scores, AP courses, are all mushed into one pile. These credentials are skimmed over, usually because they're all high, and similar to each other. Unless somebody's scores are extremely low, they won't mull over something in this area. Essays Essays will pull you apart from the crowd without a doubt. Write about something you can relate with easily. Don't ever write about something just because your parents told you to write about it. Don't write about something because that's what you THINK the college will want. Write about something that tells them about YOU! And that's something that you WANT to write about. When I started writing essays back in high school (2003-2004)... I started to write an essay about being awesome in tennis, and showing how practicing hard and learning through mistakes of losing matches showed me how to become a better person. Yes... probably a million other students wrote this. You have to be careful when you write essays on sports or music or some accomplishment you've done, because it's what everybody does. I changed all my essays to being about music and about my life with my grandpa. Those are the things that are most dear to my heart. I love grandpa and I love music. These application readers LOVE narrative essays because they can be so well written and be a shining beacon of light in the late sleep night that they are reading a thousand college essays. Start your intro with some color to capture their attention! Don't focus on being ASB president or tennis captain. That's boring old stuff. Eccentricity is good. We're talking about being different from other people. One of my friends talked about being able to lick his nose with his tongue. He got into Stanford University. He is an idiot. A clever idiot with nothing to lose... Interview If you have bad interview skills, don't take this option. It will only hurt you. If you are GREAT at talking with people and making a good impression, do it. It can only help you. A shitty interview, however, will bring your points down. Yes, lots of colleges have point systems for applicants -_-;; Recommendations Your college lives depend on these. A bad recommendation will discredit everything else on your application. You don't need mediocre ones either. You need shining recs from teachers you can gush on and on about how wonderful of a student you are. I'll give some tips on how to receive recommendations: Give the teacher plenty of time. At least 3 weeks in advance to write it. Three weeks is pushing it. I gave my teachers 2 months. 1) Write out a big list of accomplishments. Just like a resume (curriculum vitae), but a bit more in detail. 2) Go talk to your teacher, give him/her a list of all the schools you want to apply to. Give him/her a resume. Talk to him/her about what you did through high school. This is so that the teacher has a good idea of what to write. Talk about what you want to do in the future, and what activities and awards you have done and earned up til now. 3) Visit the teacher often, chat a bit... Put on your best behavior. Remind him/her to write it. (Teachers are forgetful) 4) Ask for extra copies. If you don't have enough guts to do this, then tell him that you're applying to 7 schools (if you're really applying to 6) so you have one rec to look at. This is to ensure that you don't get screwed over by a teacher. If the recommendation sucks, then throw it all away. You should have had 4-5 teachers write recommendations for you. Usually teachers are easygoing about this and will gladly give a copy for you to read. THOSE teachers will write amazing recs for you. The teachers who are not willing to give you their recs are a bit suspicious. -------- Okay, for people complaining about students being published for some scientific breakthrough or something... That doesn't happen often. They didn't take YOUR spot. They deserved that spot. That case is rare, so blame students who were on par with you if you can't get into a school. -------- Okay, a word on what Standardized exam to take. SAT I is always better than ACT. ACT is usually somewhat easier for students than the SAT I. Supplementary Materials If you're an amazing musician, you SHOULD send in a tape of yourself. Practice like crazy to prove that you are a kick-ass musician. It is definitely impressive. If you're on the border on getting into a school, a greedy music professor will nudge you into admission if your tape is impressive enough.  Other exams AP exams, International Bac. exams, etc. If you got like a 3 on an AP exam, DON'T list it! Writing nothing is better than writing something that will hurt you. If you got 5s, then list it like a mo-fo. Optional This is an awesome opportunity that most students fail to take. Take a 8x11 page and do whatever you want to it! Make a poster! Make it interesting and colorful! When I applied to places, I wrote out a huge complicated math algorithm connected to the alphabet, inputting the words "Yale" or "Massachusetts Institute" into it and getting an output of my name. "Dear Stanford University... this is why you should accept me!" That kind of stuff. Creativity runs free! 70% of students FAIL to take this option when it can do no harm! Even if you think it's stupid, admissions officers will get a kick out of it and will definitely remember your application later on when making decisions. That's all I can think of for now. Goodluck everyone~~ ---- On March 30 2006 21:54 SMiLE[bwd] wrote: are u two being serious? or just kidding around? cause i see that overu1's nationality is zimbabwe. ? >< Um, that's a good thing. Being a good student from some small out-of-country place is unique and cool. I have a couple good friends here at MIT from the Trinidad. ---- By the way, this is what my stats were when I applied to college: SAT I: Math=800, Verbal=670 SAT II: Math IIC=800, Writing=680, Biology=660 GPA: 4.0 (high school unweighted), 4.78 (college, weighted) Activities: -Tennis varsity singles #1 (ranked in Northwest USTA) -Piano [3x state championships, 2x regional champion, national qualies (Bach)] -Violin [Theatre productions: pit orchestra, Messiah performance, Youth Orch. concertmaster] College Courses: -Math [Vector Calculus, Multivariable, Differential Equations] -Physics [General, University Physics with Calculus I, II, III, General physics laboratory] Applied to: Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Oregon Univ, MIT, Northwestern, Washington Univ. in St Louis. Rejected from: Harvard I received a full academic scholarship from MIT and Northwestern. Currently attending MIT as a math major (2nd year). Received presidential pre-acceptance letter from Stanford University President Hennessey. | ||
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
well actually i don't really wish, but if you really do want to get into the top colleges, that is a fine miniguide | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
I look over colleges essays for friends every year and give tips to them on how to apply. I know lots of things can screw you over... Good thing I checked my high school calculus teacher's recommendation. He apparently hated me, because I skipped his class and still managed to pull off the top grade in his class despite my horrible study methods. I would have been rejected from every school I applied to had I used his recommendations. CHECK YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS. If anybody has questions, you can always pm me or something. I'll check essays too whenever I have time. jsslee@mit.edu | ||
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zulu_nation8
China26351 Posts
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chobopeon
United States7342 Posts
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
I never knew SC people talked about such things like college admissions on tl -_-;; | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36372 Posts
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[X]Ken_D
United States4650 Posts
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 30 2006 22:52 [X]Ken_D wrote: Holy shit, you did Differential Equations while in high school O_O Hmmm, in Korea, that's standard stuff for high school, esp. for the kids from KMLA or Seoul Science HS (서울과학). I suck compared to the real fobs straight from Korea (didn't go to high school in Korea ㅠㅠ)... but comparatively when getting jobs or such, I have a tactical edge in experience. I wonder if any tl-ers are from SSHS or one of those big science HS's..... | ||
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MessiahCoon
United States5 Posts
My nextdoor neighbor got accepted to princeton. right now shes writing a 15 page paper due tomorrow. 3500 words I think. Have fun guys. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
On March 30 2006 23:27 WhatisProtoss wrote: Hmmm, in Korea, that's standard stuff for high school, esp. for the kids from KMLA or Seoul Science HS (서울과학). I suck compared to the real fobs straight from Korea (didn't go to high school in Korea ㅠㅠ)... but comparatively when getting jobs or such, I have a tactical edge in experience. I wonder if any tl-ers are from SSHS or one of those big science HS's..... Thats available for some high schools as well, if it isn't its upto you get access to some, ie. advanced orgo in high school for us was available, a research seminar which you pretty much do your own research project and *try* to publish was also available. Its all about your own motivation, as for me I had none hence I am at Cornell | ||
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naventus
United States1337 Posts
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 30 2006 23:50 MessiahCoon wrote: Whoever gets accepted into any Ivy League school I applaud you. Especially if its yale, harvard, princeton, columbia (and even tho its not ivy, mit because it has the toughest acceptance rates). Is anyone gonna study architecture? That's what I'm studying at UNLV and I wish my class would be more "elite" like the students in one of those schools. My nextdoor neighbor got accepted to princeton. right now shes writing a 15 page paper due tomorrow. 3500 words I think. Have fun guys. I've always wanted to study architecture Damn, if I could still change now..... 3500 words is like... 10 pages? | ||
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MessiahCoon
United States5 Posts
On March 31 2006 00:06 WhatisProtoss wrote: I've always wanted to study architecture Damn, if I could still change now..... 3500 words is like... 10 pages? Notice I said "15 page paper" hah. Architecture is great but you have to love it or you're gonna hate all of the hours you have to put into it. Plus it doesn't pay very well unless you're a breakthrough. I want to get my masters at a really good school. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On March 30 2006 16:54 dronebabo wrote: yes, studying worked for me too wait you took sats. Reading from posts here im freaking scared of college now. Im fifteen and im mediocre in english and suck at korean and i live in korea. How the heck am i suppose go to collge in america T.T. Rofl at Klogans thingy: *Large international website moderator ?www.teamliquid.net (site is growing and currently has 8000~ unique hits per day) Shameless Self Promotion ^_^. Anyone want to give any help -_-;;. All you guys like got like mad good grades and good test scores and still got rejected. I wish i was 12 still -_-;;. Need to hit the books now. Hav ea long way to go. | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 31 2006 00:34 Ilikestarcraft wrote: wait you took sats. Reading from posts here im freaking scared of college now. Im fifteen and im mediocre in english and suck at korean and i live in korea. How the heck am i suppose go to collge in america T.T. Rofl at Klogans thingy: *Large international website moderator ?www.teamliquid.net (site is growing and currently has 8000~ unique hits per day) Shameless Self Promotion ^_^. Anyone want to give any help -_-;;. All you guys like got like mad good grades and good test scores and still got rejected. I wish i was 12 still -_-;;. Need to hit the books now. Hav ea long way to go. Oh... dude, don't worry so much -_-;; SATs is not bad, you can do the math part easy. Verbal just takes some practice and memorization. Buy the big SAT practice books. I think the best for SAT I is CollegeBoard's "10 Real SATs". Doing those will help you a lot for SATs. If you need help on SAT IIs, buy CollegeBoard's SAT II's books. Just work hard. One step at a time... Other good companies: Kaplan, Princeton Review. I think Princeton Review makes it harder than it really is, so if you can get a decent score with Princeton Review books, then you're all set. When I took the SATs, I got a combined score of 1140. I was scared shitless, and one summer of studying brought me up almost exactly 300 points. Just old fashioned, korean style mindless memorization. 야~! 아자아자아자~~~ | ||
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PlayJunior
Armenia833 Posts
Could you classify known US collages in their authority in the respective branches of science? E.G. I know that for CS the most known universities are Standford/MIT/.., math is Princeton, maybe Berkeley, Harward is known for humanitarian things. Could someone well enough informed tell which collages and what for are famous ? Thanks. | ||
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
On March 31 2006 01:31 WhatisProtoss wrote: Oh... dude, don't worry so much -_-;; SATs is not bad, you can do the math part easy. Verbal just takes some practice and memorization. Buy the big SAT practice books. I think the best for SAT I is CollegeBoard's "10 Real SATs". Doing those will help you a lot for SATs. If you need help on SAT IIs, buy CollegeBoard's SAT II's books. Just work hard. One step at a time... Other good companies: Kaplan, Princeton Review. I think Princeton Review makes it harder than it really is, so if you can get a decent score with Princeton Review books, then you're all set. When I took the SATs, I got a combined score of 1140. I was scared shitless, and one summer of studying brought me up almost exactly 300 points. Just old fashioned, korean style mindless memorization. 야~! 아자아자아자~~~ Haha old fashioned korean style. 아자아자 파이팅!!! 고마워형 사랑해요 <3. | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
On March 31 2006 01:47 PlayJunior wrote: Guys some sort of offtop but I am just very very curious. Could you classify known US collages in their authority in the respective branches of science? E.G. I know that for CS the most known universities are Standford/MIT/.., math is Princeton, maybe Berkeley, Harward is known for humanitarian things. Could someone well enough informed tell which collages and what for are famous ? Thanks. Add Carnegie Mellon to CS. Go to some ranking publication such as US NEWS for some basic rankings in certain fields... there are really too many to really list. I guess it's easier to ask "what are the best colleges for _________"? And that was a really good post, WhatisProtoss -- I'll refer some clueless juniors and sophomores to that as it is too late for me ;D | ||
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PlayJunior
Armenia833 Posts
On March 31 2006 02:19 Klogon wrote: Add Carnegie Mellon to CS. Go to some ranking publication such as US NEWS for some basic rankings in certain fields... there are really too many to really list. I guess it's easier to ask "what are the best colleges for _________"? And that was a really good post, WhatisProtoss -- I'll refer some clueless juniors and sophomores to that as it is too late for me ;D Thanks, never knew that Carnegie Mellon is that great. I am going to apply to a collage in US or preferably in Europe for 1semester/year collaborative work as I work on PHD in CS. I'd be happy if I manage to get to ETH Zurich, they have awesome research groups, but a good collage in US would be nice too. GL everyone! Btw one more question: guys you are applying for 2010? wtf? Or did I miss anything? | ||
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Klogon
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PlayJunior
Armenia833 Posts
So guys Harward has only humanitarian/social/business facuties? I was surfing their site and didn't find anything math-related(well there was architecture but it is not a precise science ). | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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Clutch3
United States1344 Posts
It's true, at least at Brown, that many of the essay readers are young; I don't know any undergrads working admissions at Brown but I do know three people who are between 25 and 35. One of them told me the other day that an interesting essay or a recommendation which is really strong (some phrases they remember are "This student is the brightest I have had in 20 years..." etc.) were important in distinguishing applicants. PlayJunior: No matter what your field, Harvard will give you a good background. For some fields, it's the top school in the country. For others, particularily sciences/math, if you are sure what field you want to be in by the time you are finishing HS, there are better places to go (Cal Tech, MIT, Berkeley/Stanford for some fields, etc). Most people aren't sure what they will major in at 17-18, but if you do, there are a lot of lesser known schools that are very strong in certain areas (Duke, Johns Hopkins come to mind, for example). | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
BioMed Engineering at Case Western is top 5 and not that hard of a school to get into even for that field. Cornell Engineering is top 10 maybe top 5. Cornell School of Hotel Administration is top 1 in the WORLD, and its really joke too but you need that kind of personality. UPenn is known for their business school I say UChicago is a good place to go for liberal arts, and their application/essays are weird as hell. PlayJunior, yeah figure out what you want to do (or at least a general idea) and have a backup, one of my friends here thought he would be doing bioengineering and then switched over to philo so you never know till you start working on the subject. | ||
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36372 Posts
and will your secretary get a bonus for sending out all those "sorry university, i will not be attending you" letters? | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 31 2006 01:50 Ilikestarcraft wrote: Haha old fashioned korean style. 아자아자 파이팅!!! 고마워형 사랑해요 <3. 허허.... 뭐야 이거.... >_> 너무 생각하지 말고, 열심히 공부하고 있어요. If you need help, I can try to help. -_-;; | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On March 31 2006 06:31 oneofthem wrote: Harvard has math people...but they don't dwell on that. Harvard, CalTech, MIT, and UCBerkeley are all on par for math. Harvard is actually a good overall school. Maybe not as strong in engineering though. | ||
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naventus
United States1337 Posts
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
Engineering 1. MIT 2. Stanford 3. UC Berkeley 4. Georgia IT 8. CalTech 9. Carnegie Mellon 12. Cornell 17. Princeton 20. Harvard Univ. ---- Yeah, their engineering school is extremely good. | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
Only one left is Princeton in the mail. | ||
jkillashark
United States5262 Posts
On March 30 2006 20:44 randomKo_Orean wrote: OMFG i'm pissed I live in California I had 800flat math SAT I, 720/710 reading/writing (SAT II: 790 Korean, 740 Math IIC), 4.3 cum GPA, 2 varsity sports, first person in family to go to college in USA, heavy rotc involvement (going to national competetion twice to florida), bunch of extra curricular activities, 200+ hour community service hours, and I'm an immigrant..... and fucking berkeley rejected me i hate you CAL/UCLA, fuck you bastards 4 words for you: You see ess dee | ||
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
rejected from cornell waitlisted from hopkins (i was previously rejected from MIT + harvey mudd, and i haven't gotten a letter from carnegie but i'm fairly sure i'm getting rejected because i messed up my application, long story) looks like i'll be going to one of my safeties case western or RPI, still waiting on emory i hate college edit: i had 800 math, 790 verbal, 700+ on my SAT IIs (i didn't study for any SATs, but i guess i should've) ~8 AP classes (4s and 5s on the exams), various extra curriculars (but no big pull ), ~3.8 GPA, some college courses (including multivariable + differential equations) | ||
thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
well, the UC system is heavy on california residents, and are REQUIRED to take something like the top 3% students from each highschool class. Out of state students have a REALLY hard time getting into UC schools, so it's not your fault. | ||
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On April 01 2006 11:28 Locked wrote: fuckk rejected from cornell waitlisted from hopkins (i was previously rejected from MIT + harvey mudd, and i haven't gotten a letter from carnegie but i'm fairly sure i'm getting rejected because i messed up my application, long story) looks like i'll be going to one of my safeties case western or RPI, still waiting on emory i hate college edit: i had 800 math, 790 verbal, 700+ on my SAT IIs (i didn't study for any SATs, but i guess i should've) ~8 AP classes (4s and 5s on the exams), various extra curriculars (but no big pull ), ~3.8 GPA, some college courses (including multivariable + differential equations)I'd say those are excellent numbers, but all these places you mentioned get thousands of applications with similar numbers. In the end, it comes down to "how are you different from everyone else?" I dont even remember wtf I wrote for my college essays and extracurricular stuff, but I remember trying to make myself distinct from everyone else. edit: just read whatisprotoss' advice, and I must say it was absolutely EXCELLENT advice. I think i had an edge of a lot of people because I attended a small private school with only 40 kids in my class, knew all my teachers very closely, and they all knew me on a personal level. My recommendations were from 1) my spanish teacher with whom I had classes for 4 straight years up to AP spanish, and she knew what kind of student I was. 2) my physics teacher, who was also my varsity soccer coach. It's best if you can create a very close relationship with your teachers who understand how hard you work, you bright you are, etcetc, and have them write you your rec. edit2: >ilikestarcraft - If you have any questions I'll be happy to help out as well. ALthough I'm not as familiar with korean HS stuff as whatisprotoss, I have some close friends on campus who are from korea, so it shouldnt be too hard to make the connections. | ||
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
On April 01 2006 11:38 thedeadhaji wrote: I'd say those are excellent numbers, but all these places you mentioned get thousands of applications with similar numbers. In the end, it comes down to "how are you different from everyone else?" I dont even remember wtf I wrote for my college essays and extracurricular stuff, but I remember trying to make myself distinct from everyone else. i guess one of my few "pulls" was that i help out at my church (4 hours a week?) even though personally i don't really believe in christainity, i got my recommendations from one of the sisters there, a teacher of one of my college courses, and a teacher that liked me from high school | ||
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
On April 01 2006 11:28 Locked wrote: fuckk rejected from cornell waitlisted from hopkins (i was previously rejected from MIT + harvey mudd, and i haven't gotten a letter from carnegie but i'm fairly sure i'm getting rejected because i messed up my application, long story) looks like i'll be going to one of my safeties case western or RPI, still waiting on emory i hate college edit: i had 800 math, 790 verbal, 700+ on my SAT IIs (i didn't study for any SATs, but i guess i should've) ~8 AP classes (4s and 5s on the exams), various extra curriculars (but no big pull ), ~3.8 GPA, some college courses (including multivariable + differential equations)Wtf? I can't see how someone with those numbers gets rejected from a school like Cornell. The average SAT for Cornell is probably around 1450  Also I guess the college courses don't really matter unless they come from a pretty respectable college. It doesn't prove anything to Harvard if you can take calc 3 at a community college -- | ||
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
The most I got was placement into more advanced courses based off of AP's. They will not give you credit for the course.(except for some small exceptions) edit: again, numbers are like the "prequalifier". It's like the bare minimum an applicant must have for them to even be considered. From there on, it becomes a quesion of "uniqueness" of the applicant. | ||
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
asd;klj fuck i feel like my last 4 years or so of life have been such a waste i should have either applied myself harder or done even less work | ||
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thedeadhaji
39489 Posts
On March 31 2006 09:15 WhatisProtoss wrote: 허허.... 뭐야 이거.... >_> 너무 생각하지 말고, 열심히 공부하고 있어요. If you need help, I can try to help. -_-;; I actually took classes at princeton review my junior year -__-. first test they gave me, i got like 1200, and yea, i was "scared shitless" as well. After completing the course, my score had risen at least 200~300 points, so their method of testtaking they teach does work. SAT's are not about knowledge. It's about concentration, endurance (b/c it's so fucking long), and test taking strategy that is specific to SAT's. But again, test scores are not the hard part, b/c that's something hard work can get you. What is truely difficult is finding a way to distinguish and identify yourslef in that puny little application. | ||
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Judicator
United States7270 Posts
My SAT experience consisted of doing godknows how many problems in that I can pretty much narrow every question that I didn't know down to 2 on verbal and math is pretty simple (dunno about the new one though), just practice and practice. As for the Princeton Review things, I talked with some of friends who did that, basically what you were taught is stuff that you would/should notice after doing/reviewing problems, waste of money imo but I guess some people need that interaction. | ||
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paper
13196 Posts
i shouldve applied to stanford six people from my school (class of ~144) got in T_T four of them my friends T_T | ||
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WhatisProtoss
Korea (South)2325 Posts
On April 01 2006 11:28 Locked wrote: fuckk edit: i had 800 math, 790 verbal, 700+ on my SAT IIs (i didn't study for any SATs, but i guess i should've) ~8 AP classes (4s and 5s on the exams), various extra curriculars (but no big pull ), ~3.8 GPA, some college courses (including multivariable + differential equations)lol... is this a joke? "I didn't study for SATs, but i guess i should've" You get 700+ and you think you should have studied? Cornell probably gets like 10,000 applicants with the same scores as you. As long as you get into a certain range. I applied early action to Stanford with 1360 SAT I total. I got in, where two 1500+ friends didn't get in. It's all about making yourself interesting on the application. Colleges don't want a 1600 SAT lame "face-in-the-crowd" person. Getting high SAT scores tell the admissions officers one thing: "This kid sure studied a lot for this one exam. He/her must have sacrificed a lot of time for this one exam alone..." The essays/recommendations/interviews give life and color the the resume and test scores of a random student. With mediocre essays, etc, you're just numbers on a piece of paper. Sure they might be high marks, but admissions officers won't remember you when they're separating admits from rejections. Stanford has an essay question: "Jot a note to your future roommate." People are afraid to write something weird for this essay topic, and end up saying something like, "I hope you like this type of music! I like doing community service! I'm sure I'll like you. Blahblah." So boring and conservative. I wrote something along the lines of: "Hey Roomie! Man, I'm so excited to meet you, dude! I hope you're easy going on me, because I can be really messy at times! I wonder how much a housemaid in Palo Alto costs. But I'll make up for all that by cooking you some amazing Korean food, ok??!"That sounds so much more natural and more like a 17/18 year old guy who's going to a college. | ||
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Izenra
Canada679 Posts
.I sent my request to only one University ( the only one I really wanted to get in ) around February 22. I got my answer March 1st, --- Accepted. I am not particularly good , no essay, recommendations or other shit to do : only an online registering. ~{}~ ---- | ||
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
i just wanted a chance to get into a good university anyhow that's even what my counselor suggested ;( i wasn't expecting to get into all of the colleges i wanted, just one guess i should have applied to more >_> but too late for that now and SAT scores are a piece of shit anyhow, what you said just highlights the fact Getting high SAT scores tell the admissions officers one thing: "This kid sure studied a lot for this one exam. He/her must have sacrificed a lot of time for this one exam alone..." if that's all they can derive from it | ||
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
Sharing intellectual interests is an important aspect of university life. Describe an idea or experience that you find intellectually exciting, and explain why. Human stupidity is definitely the most interesting topic of discussion. Sure, unraveling the mystery of black holes, programming an unbeatable chess supercomputer, and crafting the perfect cheesecake are indeed all fascinating endeavors, but who can deny the irresistible allure of deciphering the baffling conundrum of human stupidity? I do not mean to be arrogant or condescending, but surely everybody can agree that the men who played Russian roulette with a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol which, unlike a revolver, always loads a bullet when cocked, were not the best that humanity has to offer (Darwin Awards 2000). And just the other day, I saw my friend’s neighbors throw flaming gasoline-soaked snowballs at each other. Whoever got hit would catch fire and have to roll around in the snow to extinguish the flames. One porky fellow’s beard caught fire, and by the time he managed to put out the fire, his beard was nothing more than smoldering ash. Now, the sheer awesomeness of the stupidity in that game of dodge ball is indisputably hilarious. One can only discuss the paradox of “the chicken or the egg” so many times, but one will never tired of analyzing the complexity of human stupidity. The actions of certain people never cease to amaze. So the question remains: what drives these normally rational people into participating in ludicrous behavior? What is the catalyst to this lunacy? After many agonizing years of intense research and observation, I am certain that I have found the answer that has eluded psychologists for centuries: alcohol. Write a note to your future roommate relating a personal experience that reveals something about you. Normally before a tourist enters a foreign land, the tour guide tells the tourist the basic culturally norms. If a friend were traveling to Korea, I would advise him to take off his shoes when going into a house, learn to use chopsticks, etc. Unfortunately, my travel agency failed to inform me of several vital facts about China. So the setting is Beijing International Airport. I, suffering from food poisoning from the previous night’s dinner, rush into the nearest bathroom in the terminal. I go straight to business: lock, drop, and dump. After relieving my aching bowels, I look around and find to my dismay that there is not roll of toilet paper in sight. I panic. Seriously, what is one supposed to do without toilet paper? But after the idea sinks in, I laugh at myself. Just think about it. I am stuck 20 minutes before my flight leaves in an airport bathroom stall dripping liquid feces and unable to communicate. Suddenly, salvation arrives in the form of a deep Australian accent (or so I thought). I hear an Aussie talking on a cell phone at a nearby urinal. I call out for help, only to have the man silently walk out on me thinking a lunatic was in the stall. Now with my resources exhausted, I do the only thing a man can do: I use the dirty toilet paper in the trashcan behind the toilet. Now that is not as fun as it sounds. Trust me. So listen up, Roomie, just remember the Lesson of the Day: Thou shall never take thy Charmin Ultra Double Roll for granted. ---- I read it again sometimes and I feel that the 250 word limit really cut down on my story telling ability (had to cut out sooo much to make it fit) and... many typos. w/e. | ||
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[angst]chraej
1445 Posts
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exalted
United States3612 Posts
On March 31 2006 08:28 Hot_Bid wrote: exalted we are all waiting, where did you get in and will your secretary get a bonus for sending out all those "sorry university, i will not be attending you" letters? Heh, got rejected from Harvard Columbia Dartmouth. The rest (Brown Emory BC) are unfortunately being processed as transfer apps, which means I'll be in a stronger and more selective pool. It may be a blessing in disguise, but I"m pissed as shit. | ||
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PlayJunior
Armenia833 Posts
On April 02 2006 01:12 Klogon wrote: I took hella risks on my Stanford essays... here they are with prompts and typos included... I still got rejected but any information helps I guess: (the first one I reused, with minor changes, at HYP, too) Sharing intellectual interests is an important aspect of university life. Describe an idea or experience that you find intellectually exciting, and explain why. Human stupidity is definitely the most interesting topic of discussion. Sure, unraveling the mystery of black holes, programming an unbeatable chess supercomputer, and crafting the perfect cheesecake are indeed all fascinating endeavors, but who can deny the irresistible allure of deciphering the baffling conundrum of human stupidity? I do not mean to be arrogant or condescending, but surely everybody can agree that the men who played Russian roulette with a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol which, unlike a revolver, always loads a bullet when cocked, were not the best that humanity has to offer (Darwin Awards 2000). And just the other day, I saw my friend’s neighbors throw flaming gasoline-soaked snowballs at each other. Whoever got hit would catch fire and have to roll around in the snow to extinguish the flames. One porky fellow’s beard caught fire, and by the time he managed to put out the fire, his beard was nothing more than smoldering ash. Now, the sheer awesomeness of the stupidity in that game of dodge ball is indisputably hilarious. One can only discuss the paradox of “the chicken or the egg” so many times, but one will never tired of analyzing the complexity of human stupidity. The actions of certain people never cease to amaze. So the question remains: what drives these normally rational people into participating in ludicrous behavior? What is the catalyst to this lunacy? After many agonizing years of intense research and observation, I am certain that I have found the answer that has eluded psychologists for centuries: alcohol. Write a note to your future roommate relating a personal experience that reveals something about you. Normally before a tourist enters a foreign land, the tour guide tells the tourist the basic culturally norms. If a friend were traveling to Korea, I would advise him to take off his shoes when going into a house, learn to use chopsticks, etc. Unfortunately, my travel agency failed to inform me of several vital facts about China. So the setting is Beijing International Airport. I, suffering from food poisoning from the previous night’s dinner, rush into the nearest bathroom in the terminal. I go straight to business: lock, drop, and dump. After relieving my aching bowels, I look around and find to my dismay that there is not roll of toilet paper in sight. I panic. Seriously, what is one supposed to do without toilet paper? But after the idea sinks in, I laugh at myself. Just think about it. I am stuck 20 minutes before my flight leaves in an airport bathroom stall dripping liquid feces and unable to communicate. Suddenly, salvation arrives in the form of a deep Australian accent (or so I thought). I hear an Aussie talking on a cell phone at a nearby urinal. I call out for help, only to have the man silently walk out on me thinking a lunatic was in the stall. Now with my resources exhausted, I do the only thing a man can do: I use the dirty toilet paper in the trashcan behind the toilet. Now that is not as fun as it sounds. Trust me. So listen up, Roomie, just remember the Lesson of the Day: Thou shall never take thy Charmin Ultra Double Roll for granted. ---- I read it again sometimes and I feel that the 250 word limit really cut down on my story telling ability (had to cut out sooo much to make it fit) and... many typos. w/e. Klogon it was rather original. The semi-automatic gun roulette make me crack up. To All: Thank you for collage classifications. I really didn't find math school in Harward though Btw is there someone here who is from ETH Zurich? | ||
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Locked
United States4182 Posts
and spelling mistakes are inexecusable also updating this... i've been accepted to emory atleast so... meh what do you guys know about emory / case western / rensselaer :D and i'm sooo jealous of my friend >_> he's not particularly stronger than me and he didn't research colleges at all but he just applied to like 20 good schools........ and hes been rejected from like every single one EXCEPT brown | ||
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overu1
Zimbabwe190 Posts
On April 02 2006 03:40 exalted wrote: Heh, got rejected from Harvard Columbia Dartmouth. The rest (Brown Emory BC) are unfortunately being processed as transfer apps, which means I'll be in a stronger and more selective pool. It may be a blessing in disguise, but I"m pissed as shit. poor you... good luck for the rest. | ||
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hasuprotoss
United States4611 Posts
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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
Hmm... so my top choices are now UPenn and Hopkins. I have incredible financial need and these colleges have good aid, so UPenn will cost me about 3500 a year and Hopkins about 4500, so it is about equal in terms of cost. I'm visiting them both next week but right now, I'm leaning toward Penn a lot. I plan on studying either PoliSci, International Studies/Relations, or Econ... and maybe a Philosophy minor with any of them. I know Hopkins has a reputable IR program, but I hear it is not on the main campus but all the way in DC... Anybody here in Penn or Hopkins so that maybe we could meet up? ;o | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14892 Posts
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[angst]chraej
1445 Posts
*sry to hear of your rejection klogster | ||
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