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For those top students who are disappointed by rejections and probably experiencing academic "failure" for the first time, just keep a few things in mind:
1. Assuming you applied smartly (ie not just HYPSM) you will likely gain admittance to one of the top universities in the country.
2. Your college doesn't define you, it's what you make out of your opportunities, and believe me they are endless at any top school.
3. Even if you feel like you're "settling" by going to a "lesser" school than whatever your dream school was, chances are that you'll find a ton of people at that school that are more driven, more talented, and more intelligent than you. Don't underestimate the caliber of students at any of the top schools or else you'll suddenly find yourself an average or below average student.
4. Once you decide on a school to attend, forget about the rejections or other schools you turned down. Don't wallow in misery and bitterness that you aren't attending your dream school. If you give your school a fair chance, you'll probably end up loving wherever you attend. |
On March 19 2013 05:47 Saumure wrote:Hi everyone, I have a question that is a little off topic.  How difficult is it for a european student to get into some good US gradschool? I would like to do a second masters degree in the US, since they are only one year long. Is it possible, assuming I already study in one of Europes top school?
When it comes to grad school for international students it tends to come down to the money. It sounds like you want to get a masters, so as long as you can pay for it you likely won't be at a disadvantage compared to americans. If on the other hand you were trying to get a fellowship/funding for a PhD often times those funds tend to have rules that may limit them to americans.
Edit: Also congratulations to people getting in! Brings me back. . .
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anyone applying to pyongyang university?
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Second semester senior here. If i do extremely poorly(hoping i don't), and say i get a D in a class, would taking an online course and getting an A make up for the bad grade?
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edit: wrong place to ask, nevermimd.
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On March 19 2013 08:33 fobtasticfury wrote:
Second semester senior here. If i do extremely poorly(hoping i don't), and say i get a D in a class, would taking an online course and getting an A make up for the bad grade? Why does a D matter? I'm assuming you're already in somewhere and talking about being rescinded? That's a severe case and wouldn't happen with a D surely. Probably a better question for College Confidential lol.
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On March 19 2013 08:33 fobtasticfury wrote:
Second semester senior here. If i do extremely poorly(hoping i don't), and say i get a D in a class, would taking an online course and getting an A make up for the bad grade?
It probably depends on what school you get into but if you get rescinded I highly doubt taking an online course will change anything. I wouldn't risk getting a D in a class, that's just silly. =\
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At a highly selective place, you're going to need a good explanation for the D otherwise they might rescind your decision. :X
My dad went to college in Taiwan many years ago, then went to Cornell for his phD (apparently they gave him an embarassingly large amount of money). He went to the best school in Tawan but admits that his grades weren't the best-- dunno if that has any bearing on how grad school in the US for internationals is now though. My dad's a smart guy, but I bet its a lot more competitive now lol.
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On March 19 2013 10:27 ticklishmusic wrote:
At a highly selective place, you're going to need a good explanation for the D otherwise they might rescind your decision. :X
My dad went to college in Taiwan many years ago, then went to Cornell for his phD (apparently they gave him an embarassingly large amount of money). He went to the best school in Tawan but admits that his grades weren't the best-- dunno if that has any bearing on how grad school in the US for internationals is now though. My dad's a smart guy, but I bet its a lot more competitive now lol.
It is very competitive but universities like diversity. It also depends on the subject the Ph.D is in. For instance, Clinical Psychology Ph.D programs are very selective (5-10 per year) and at schools like UCLA tuition is covered for all of their Clinical Ph.D. students.
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@Saumure I don't have too many details but if you are serious about it and show great motivation it is not really hard to get to a good foreign university for 1year exchange or PhD if you come from a ok-ish Grande Ecole (one of the mines concours? 1-2 friends went to MIT). No idea for University students though, but I have friends who went to the asian equivalent of Ivies.
Show that you really want it, get good results, and start bugging people (teachers, researchers, administration) LOOOONG before you have to go :p
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On March 19 2013 07:32 jinorazi wrote:
anyone applying to pyongyang university?
I tried, but I had trouble with their website.
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I was rejected by Northwestern.
Middlebury comes out on saturday, cornell the next thursday.
Meh, 0 acceptances, 2 rejections (harvard EA, NU)
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I'm still a junior but I have a 2000 on the SAT, haven't taken SATIIs yet, play piano (going to take NYSSMA Level 5 in June), attend JSA (only started this year though), and around a 90 avg cumulatively. uh, My rankings in my grade is 38/91 and I am taking AP Stats, AP English and will take Calc BC and AP CompSci in my senior year. Its pretty hard to compare it to what I've been reading in this thread cause I'm definitely not top 1% at all. I'm still practicing to get a higher SAT score and plan on getting more community service hours (I think i racked up about 100 so far). Then again, I'm not planning on going to an ivy and I'm just curious where i can go to at this rate
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Every year I'm surprised at the lack of architecture, art or designed related majors. So left out.
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On March 20 2013 22:58 kafkaesque wrote:Show nested quote +On March 19 2013 07:32 jinorazi wrote:
anyone applying to pyongyang university? I tried, but I had trouble with their website.
PyongYang University (PYU) is great, but they have a deceptive policy of putting excess intake into their sister school: "Reeducation Camp #1661." Heard the facilities there are not as good as the main campus. Also the dining services there suck.
On the other hand, they have a killer wellness program for losing weight.
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On March 22 2013 09:05 Kenpachi wrote:
I'm still a junior but I have a 2000 on the SAT, haven't taken SATIIs yet, play piano (going to take NYSSMA Level 5 in June), attend JSA (only started this year though), and around a 90 avg cumulatively. uh, My rankings in my grade is 38/91 and I am taking AP Stats, AP English and will take Calc BC and AP CompSci in my senior year. Its pretty hard to compare it to what I've been reading in this thread cause I'm definitely not top 1% at all. I'm still practicing to get a higher SAT score and plan on getting more community service hours (I think i racked up about 100 so far). Then again, I'm not planning on going to an ivy and I'm just curious where i can go to at this rate
If you already have 100+ community service hours, more are really unnecessary (still a good thing to do though). I'd focus more on studying for the SAT/ACT's and getting those grades and class rank up, as well as getting involved in EC's if you're not already.
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On March 19 2013 06:36 TaiYang wrote:
I haven't seen many Canadians post in this thread yet.
I applied for CS at to three universities: University of Ottawa (hometown), University of Toronto and University of Waterloo.
I currently have an average of 89% and received early acceptances from uOttawa, and U of T. I'm still waiting uWaterloo, which is my first choice.
If I get into uWaterloo, and I really hope I do, I'm going to jizz in my fucking pants. :D
89 is really good, but it depends on your program. Basically if you have any sort of strong extracurriculars at this point, you should be in for most programs, and even without strong ECs, in a lot of programs still. Good luck!
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Accepted:
Franklin&Marshall
Dickinson
Waitlisted:
Middlebury
Rejected:
Rice
Northwestern
Harvard (EA)
Waiting:
Amherst
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Cornell
I was really hoping i'd get into Middlebury..
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On March 22 2013 09:08 Disregard wrote:
Every year I'm surprised at the lack of architecture, art or designed related majors. So left out.
Seems like everyone is into science or math nowadays...
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On March 19 2013 05:47 Saumure wrote:Hi everyone, I have a question that is a little off topic. How difficult is it for a european student to get into some good US gradschool? I would like to do a second masters degree in the US, since they are only one year long. Is it possible, assuming I already study in one of Europes top school?
I can't answer your question, but just our of curiosity: where do you study now? I've often wondered which universities other europeans consider to be the best.
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