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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 17 2013 13:06 Brotatolol wrote:Was wondering when I would see this thread pop up, thanks for making it, OP. Anyway, here are my results thus far: Accepted: -Brown (Likely Letter) -Safeties Rejected: Caltech (applied EA) MIT (deferred EA into rejection) Waiting: Other Ivies, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley Some stats of mine: 2260 SAT I (790 math, 750 CR, 720 writing) SAT II's: 760 math II, 740 physics GPA (weighted, 100 scale): 101.7 Rank: 3/~240 Several ECs relevant to my interests with decent positions in them. Work experience beyond your "average teenager job." White male Intended major: CS There you have it. Best of luck to everyone else waiting to hear back from schools. Congrats to those who already know what school they will be attending. 
I would be surprised if you did not get into Mellon, and you should likely get into Berkeley.
But congrats on Brown, part of the 8-9% accepted this year! :D
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cool thread. here's my stats.
Accepted:
Harvard
Yale
Brown
All other super pretentious ivy league schools
MIT
Hogwarts
here's my stats:
SAT - Perfect score, but I'm probably going to take it again because I think I could do better
GPA - 4.1 (our school uses a 0 - 4.0 grading system, so I think that's pretty decent)
extracurricular activities - Class president, City Mayor, FBI hostage negotiator, CEO of a local publicly traded company, writer for the school newspaper
passed all AP exams offered by the public school system
Awards/Honors - Young Adult Academic Achievement Award, Medal of Honor recipient, Winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
I think my application is just okay, but I'm going to talk with my college counsellor about how I can make it stand out a bit more, because I'm suuuuch an average student.
User was temp banned for this post.
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On March 17 2013 13:29 Tewks44 wrote:
cool thread. here's my stats.
Accepted:
Harvard
Yale
Brown
All other super pretentious ivy league schools
MIT
Hogwarts
here's my stats:
SAT - Perfect score, but I'm probably going to take it again because I think I could do better
GPA - 4.1 (our school uses a 0 - 4.0 grading system, so I think that's pretty decent)
extracurricular activities - Class president, City Mayor, FBI hostage negotiator, CEO of a local publicly traded company, writer for the school newspaper
passed all AP exams offered by the public school system
Awards/Honors - Young Adult Academic Achievement Award, Medal of Honor recipient, Winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
I think my application is just okay, but I'm going to talk with my college counsellor about how I can make it stand out a bit more, because I'm suuuuch an average student.
yah man, I can recommend you a tutor for the SATs. Breaking the 2400 barrier can be tough...
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@Tewks
Your intention behind that post: to try to be funny, to start some conflict in this thread, and attract attention to yourself. You succeeded to some extent or another, but in reality your goals are quite pathetic.
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On March 17 2013 13:29 Tewks44 wrote:
cool thread. here's my stats.
Accepted:
Harvard
Yale
Brown
All other super pretentious ivy league schools
MIT
Hogwarts
here's my stats:
SAT - Perfect score, but I'm probably going to take it again because I think I could do better
GPA - 4.1 (our school uses a 0 - 4.0 grading system, so I think that's pretty decent)
extracurricular activities - Class president, City Mayor, FBI hostage negotiator, CEO of a local publicly traded company, writer for the school newspaper
passed all AP exams offered by the public school system
Awards/Honors - Young Adult Academic Achievement Award, Medal of Honor recipient, Winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
I think my application is just okay, but I'm going to talk with my college counsellor about how I can make it stand out a bit more, because I'm suuuuch an average student.
I did my Hogwarts app but couldn't figure out where or how to send it 
Funny story, I actually knew a guy who got a 2400 on the SAT. He got like an 11 on the essay and missed some question on Verbal and retook it to prove to himself he could *actually* get a perfect. Great guy though, couldn't hold it against him.
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On March 17 2013 13:36 tr569 wrote:
@Tewks
Your intention behind that post: try to be funny, to start some conflict in this thread, and attract attention to yourself. You succeeded to some extent or another, but in reality your goals are quite pathetic.
I could say the same about your post, but I'm not going to because that would just be mean spirited.
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Always people derailing a thread that was started without that presumed intention. Either grumpy old man or horrible humor.
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SAT
700 english
630 writing
620 math
1950
GPA 86 (couldnt give a fuck about HS no matter how hard i tried)
Applied to a bunch of schools in the state university of new york system, because I live in NYC and its cheap as hell so I won't need any loans. I made every single one, but going to SUNY Geneseo because its the best one along with Binghamton.
Also the jelly people in this thread are funny, i commend you guys who actually made crazy schools
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I remember this thread! Really inspired me to do better in school several years ago. Maybe it will do the same for someone else.
Stats:
Rank: 22/562 (Public School, competitive, Texas)
GPA: 4.89/5.0 unweighted 5.32/6.0 (weighted)
SAT: 2380, 800 reading, 780 Math, 800 writing
Subject Tests: 800 Literature, 780 Math II
ACT: None
Extra-Curriculars: VP Band, VP Rotary Interact Club, Captain Academic Decathlon Team, Club Basketball
Awards: Intel International Science Fair, Texas Science Fair, Grand Award City and District Science Fairs, State Level Saxophonist, 6th Best in Texas AcaDec Tournament, Tons of AcaDec and Saxophone awards, National Latin Awards
Hooks: Summer Research Internship, Summer Engineering Internship, Summer Jazz Orchestra
Schools: MIT(Rejected) Caltech(Rejected) Texas (Accepted)
Waiting (Probably Rejections): Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Stanford(deferred early action), Rice, Vanderbilt
Weaknesses: Most of my awards were in Senior year so updates might not have come in time to influence decisions. Also I felt my essays were strong but maybe not. Kind of disheartening watching kids in my school get into Harvard or similar with lesser stats but they are- how should I say... Ethnic...
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On March 17 2013 13:57 Pinkie wrote:
Weaknesses: Most of my awards were in Senior year so updates might not have come in time to influence decisions. Also I felt my essays were strong but maybe not. Kind of disheartening watching kids in my school get into Harvard or similar with lesser stats but they are- how should I say... Ethnic...
Dude, I know that feel. Some of my friends worked so fucking hard since like middle school and got rejected from all of their schools despite being quite qualified... then you see on facebook a bunch minorities with much worse stats get in. That's kinda why Im glad I didnt try so hard.
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I busted my ass for four years learning two new languages and integrals in four space. I think I can brag a little.
WashU!!!!!!!
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On March 17 2013 14:00 WGdwarf wrote:Show nested quote +On March 17 2013 13:57 Pinkie wrote:
Weaknesses: Most of my awards were in Senior year so updates might not have come in time to influence decisions. Also I felt my essays were strong but maybe not. Kind of disheartening watching kids in my school get into Harvard or similar with lesser stats but they are- how should I say... Ethnic...
Dude, I know that feel. Some of my friends worked so fucking hard since like middle school and got rejected from all of their schools despite being quite qualified... then you see on facebook a bunch minorities with much worse stats get in. That's kinda why Im glad I didnt try so hard.
yup that's life. Get ready to experience it all over again when you start looking for a job.
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On March 17 2013 13:06 Brotatolol wrote:Was wondering when I would see this thread pop up, thanks for making it, OP. Anyway, here are my results thus far: Accepted: -Brown (Likely Letter) -Safeties Rejected: Caltech (applied EA) MIT (deferred EA into rejection) Waiting: Other Ivies, Carnegie Mellon, UC Berkeley Some stats of mine: 2260 SAT I (790 math, 750 CR, 720 writing) SAT II's: 760 math II, 740 physics GPA (weighted, 100 scale): 101.7 Rank: 3/~240 Several ECs relevant to my interests with decent positions in them. Work experience beyond your "average teenager job." White male Intended major: CS There you have it. Best of luck to everyone else waiting to hear back from schools. Congrats to those who already know what school they will be attending.
ping me if you get in/ want to go to CMU. ^_^ gl.
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accepted:
Gateway Community college north haven campus
Bridgeport university
Hartford university
rejected:
Oxford
Harvard
Ole Miss
Colorado State
2.2 GPA
2100 SAT
Sell weed and write poetry and played tennis
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i love how people are mad about this thread. it's TL... elitism is our job. there's nothing wrong with people looking for other smart people who are about to head to college and for advice from people at those schools (or looking for recognition from other smart people not just the idiots in their hs's who are amazed they applied to ivy's).
You're doing something very similar browsing TL's forums anyhow. When you complain about the thread though you just come off like that 1 kid who thought he was really smart but "didn't try" and is now bitterly working at target/walmart/local restaurant but "could have gone to X if I wanted to". Those kids are the best. : p
anyhow i'm studying CS at CMU so to those of you interested in that/who applied to Carnegie feel free to pm me. CMU is a smaller school so you might not know anyone who went here and it's always nice to get extra feed back before making that final decision.
GL you all you future freshmen btw! I hope you get into the school you want (as long as you spread the gospel of ESPORTS).
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also suck it white people! KEKEKEKEEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE
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On March 17 2013 12:34 FinestHour wrote:
does anyone have any insight if submitting an app to a college that does rolling admissions later then earlier affects your chances of getting in?
I'm pretty sure the early you submit the better it is.
On March 17 2013 14:09 hoot00 wrote:
I busted my ass for four years learning two new languages and integrals in four space. I think I can brag a little.
WashU!!!!!!!
is that UW or WSU in washington
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Just remember kids, this might be early and it might slip out of your mind during your break. But do NOT fuck up your first year, easy GPA boost and firms screen you by GPA which you will not recover for summer internships in year 2 if you fuck up.
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On March 17 2013 15:01 yandere991 wrote:
Just remember kids, this might be early and it might slip out of your mind during your break. But do NOT fuck up your first year, easy GPA boost and firms screen you by GPA which you will not recover for summer internships in year 2 if you fuck up.
on the flip side, if you plan on screwing up, better do it first semester. otherwise have a really good reason.
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I didn't have rankings back when I was in high school in california.
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