EPTCollege Acceptance Thread '13 - Page 4
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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. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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mardi
United States1164 Posts
Remember to work hard in college, but also to remember to have fun. Enjoy college as it will be one of the funnest years of your life. There probably won't be a time in your life where you will have as much drive, energy, and time. Success isn't defined by the school that you went to, it's how you lived your life. tl;dr - Work hard, play hard | ||
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eSen1a
Australia1058 Posts
On March 17 2013 14:30 thundertoss wrote: it's TL... elitism is our job. Elitism: Brony, anime and KPOP threads all on front page of general forum (no hate) | ||
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Kevinshi3
United States148 Posts
Stats: Rank: Um.. our school (International Academy Bloomfield Hills) doesn't rank students o.o. But it is the 5th best public school in the US, #1 open enrollment high school, #1 International Baccalaureate school in the US, has been ranked #1 public high school in the US before. Other than that I guess I take 8 classes, 6 taught at the IB HL level ... with an average of 3-4 hours a day (and a bit more depending on how much you like to study) GPA: 3.7 / 4.06 weighted (I've screwed up a lot of times in my high school career but I try my best at least) Subject Tests: 680 World History, 680 Math 2 (kinda didn't study for both but that's my fault) ACT: 33 / 34 superscore Extra-Curriculars: President of Asian Student Association, FIRST Robotics Team 469, NHS, and Peer Corps (mentors incoming freshmen and gets them accustomed) Awards: 2011 2nd place at the FRC (FIRST robotics competition) Detroit Regional, 2011 1st at FRC Troy Regional, and 2nd at World Championships Galileo Division (Losing out to the World Champion Team that year 2-1, Teams 254 and 111) 2012 1st at Waterford, Detroit, Troy, and Michigan State Championship, 2013 (so far) 1st at Detroit Regionals) Hooks: 15-25 hours a week at Robotics, and our high school is really hard I guess... Schools: University of Michigan (deferred and then accepted  , probably where I am going so PM me if you go there or were accepted too!), Kettering University ($67,500 scholarship), Michigan State UniversityWaiting (Probably Rejections): Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Yale-NUS, uPenn, Stanford Waiting: Kenyon College (I love History, like a lot lol) Rejected: Columbia (The interview went on for an hour and a half but it wasn't meant to be) Early Decision, uChicago (I wrote a bad essay but it was to get it done for my parents) Other stuff: I'm an Asian male, and ummm that's about it | ||
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Slaughter
United States20254 Posts
Congrats to everyone on their acceptances! | ||
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Xxazn4lyfe51xX
United States976 Posts
On March 17 2013 13:36 ticklishmusic wrote: 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. ahaha a few of my friends in high school actually sent out an email to all the seniors on college acceptance day telling them they had been waitlisted at Hogwarts. Except one sort of socially awkward kid they accepted. xD It was quite a convincing letter. On March 17 2013 15:22 Aerisky wrote: >MysteryMeat1 I believe it's WUSTL, the one in the state of Washington you'd call UWash or UDubs instead of having the Washington before the U/University etc =P (not sure though) University of Washington (the state) is UW (prounounced U-dub). Washington University in St. Louis is WashU (prounounced just like it looks). Washington State is WSU. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
The idea of a hogwarts acceptance letter is actually pretty funny, would make for an interesting senior prank actually! | ||
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Deleted User 183001
2939 Posts
Applied: University of Southern California University of California, San Diego University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley Accepted: University of Southern California (I can't afford that tuition though..) Waiting: UCSD UCLA UC Berkeley Random details since everyone's throwing that in: white male, fraternity gentleman, rock/metal/electronic superfan, etc. | ||
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b3h47pte
United States1317 Posts
I currently go to UC Berkeley studying EECS so PM me if you have any questions. I believe UC results come out soon (probably within the next week?) so good luck! | ||
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ktimekiller
United States690 Posts
On March 17 2013 17:25 JudicatorHammurabi wrote: I'm applying to graduate school for an M.S. in Computer Engineering or CS (some schools don't have a CE program). Applied: University of Southern California University of California, San Diego University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Berkeley Accepted: University of Southern California (I can't afford that tuition though..) Waiting: UCSD UCLA UC Berkeley Random details since everyone's throwing that in: white male, fraternity gentleman, rock/metal/electronic superfan, etc. come join ucla, we need more sc players | ||
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Recognizable
Netherlands1552 Posts
I've been thinking about maybe studying at a good college in the USA because my sister does as well, but damnit, you guys have all these fancy extra curriculars and smexy grades. Almost nobody here does that stuff, because it's not necessary to get accepted. How is high school structered? When you guys say top 10 percent, are you the top 10 percent of the whole High School population? Because you don't have differing High School levels like we do. If so I might have a chance, seeing as how I am probably the top 10% of the top 20/25% grade wise and I can write some baller essay's if I have inspiration. A friend of mine got accepted into UCSB with 1860 for his SAT's, which seems like a great school, but he was a male model so that might've helped. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On March 17 2013 15:41 eSen1a wrote: Good luck guys, most important advice I can give you is be social and make friends in your first year. Elitism: Brony, anime and KPOP threads all on front page of general forum (no hate) As funny as it sounds, the anime discussion thread is elitist as fuck ;D Good luck to all of you my american bros. College entrance in France isn't nearly as big an event as it is in USA it seems. Schools and universities over here are pretty easy ;D | ||
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inimenesc
Estonia374 Posts
it is quite expensive...9000 pounds/year+living shall i go i dont know :D, still waiting on edinbourgh now i know how "fun" it is to wait for response (i am in estonian uni as well, so that is no problem) | ||
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See.Blue
United States2673 Posts
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ke_ivan
Singapore374 Posts
On March 17 2013 19:22 inimenesc wrote: So i got into hertfordshire automotive engineering with motorsports it is quite expensive...9000 pounds/year+living shall i go i dont know :D, still waiting on edinbourgh now i know how "fun" it is to wait for response (i am in estonian uni as well, so that is no problem) Good luck to you guys. I've never filled in a form like this. I applied to university late, probably accepted because I was also paying 9000 pounds a year. @inimenesc: If you want to go, go to Edinburgh because it is more reputable, although I would apply to a London Uni because everything is just so much easier to get (work experience, internships, student jobs etc). Edinburgh is fairly close to industrial Glasgow, so you might find work there, although it might be more attuned to shipping. And Aberdeen is where you want to go for oil. | ||
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inimenesc
Estonia374 Posts
On March 17 2013 20:57 ke_ivan wrote: @inimenesc: If you want to go, go to Edinburgh because it is more reputable, although I would apply to a London Uni because everything is just so much easier to get (work experience, internships, student jobs etc). Edinburgh is fairly close to industrial Glasgow, so you might find work there, although it might be more attuned to shipping. And Aberdeen is where you want to go for oil. Well a lot of Estonians have gone toEdinburgh and i actually like Scotland more, so hurray! I dont like London. after university i will come back to Estonia probably anyways, so it it more important for me to find jobs here in Estonia at summer time. Plenty to do here at Estonia | ||
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kafkaesque
Germany2006 Posts
We just get in based on our performance at our equivalent to high school and sometimes have to take an extra exam. If I understand it correctly, US universities seem to be mostly private, with ivy league being something like elite universities for people with exceptional SAT-scores? I'm still not quite sure how it works, is high school a mandatory part of school? In Germany, only about 50% of students go on to high school, while the rest just does an apprenticeship / trainee-program after 10th or 9th grade. | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
I got an offer from Oxford, Merton College, for Philosophy, Politics and Economics. | ||
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hns
Germany609 Posts
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AbuseYouMerc
Netherlands171 Posts
Unfortunately for me the Swedish admissions office doesn't have their English straight, so because of this I made a small mistake with my application and I'm now considered a late applicant. Signed up in December at the first opportunity for the course, all paperwork submitted 1 month before deadline. Got screwed because they cant write English :p Well here is to hoping I get accepted anyway. | ||
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