EPTOn March 18 2013 10:04 HazMat wrote:
Is it possible to get into a good college in America without playing sports?
Is it possible to get into a good college in America without playing sports?
lol
yeah
College Acceptance Thread '13 - Page 9
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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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Ellibereth
United States66 Posts
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
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autoexec
United States530 Posts
On March 18 2013 10:19 n.DieJokes wrote: I got into an REU at NCSU, does anyone know anything about this school? Mostly everything on campus is made of brick. No joke. | ||
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dannystarcraft
United States179 Posts
On March 18 2013 10:19 n.DieJokes wrote: I got into an REU at NCSU, does anyone know anything about this school? Yeah, I go there. It is a good engineering school (and an underrated physics program). If it is in one of these fields (or maybe math) then I would go for it. Congrats by the way. Feel free to PM me if you want. Edit: On March 18 2013 10:26 autoexec wrote: Mostly everything on campus is made of brick. No joke. This is actually true. You grow to like it though. | ||
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Zambrah
United States7320 Posts
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Noro
Canada991 Posts
On March 17 2013 12:19 Grimmyman123 wrote: Its a look at me and how smart I am thread! The world needs more people to be proud of their accomplishments; who want to inspire others to do the same. School isn't easy and it's great when you see people's hard work pay off. | ||
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Imbajoe
United States857 Posts
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:36 ZenithM wrote: How hard is it to have a 4.0/4.0 GPA or a perfect SAT score (if that makes sense). Is it like the 99th percentile, the 99.9th? the 99.99th? There are stats on sat score on wiki. | ||
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Antimatterz
United States1010 Posts
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peekn
United States1152 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:36 ZenithM wrote: How hard is it to have a 4.0/4.0 GPA or a perfect SAT score (if that makes sense). Is it like the 99th percentile, the 99.9th? the 99.99th? Just remember that having only good grades doesn't guarantee getting into a good school. Other things like community service, extra curricular, and student clubs are all essential to getting accepted. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 18 2013 10:04 HazMat wrote: Is it possible to get into a good college in America without playing sports? Yes, but best to have some form of extracurricular to make up for it, colleges want to see that you're social and have goals. On separate note, people need to think about major too for their college. Ee at mit is a lot harder to get into than their english programs. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:40 peekn wrote: Just remember that having only good grades doesn't guarantee getting into a good school. Other things like community service, extra curricular, and student clubs are all essential to getting accepted. I just wanted to ask because I'm curious about the test's difficulty, not about the actual college entrance process in that case. | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:36 ZenithM wrote: How hard is it to have a 4.0/4.0 GPA or a perfect SAT score (if that makes sense). Is it like the 99th percentile, the 99.9th? the 99.99th? A perfect SAT score is essentially the 99.97th percentile on the curve, but it can have a little variation. College board calls it "equating" but who are we kidding, it's basically curving. GPA, of course, depends on lots of things like the school you attend/teachers/classes you take. It's just how well you do in school and the US school system has curricula and requirements that vary by school district, state, even by teacher. Also, to reiterate, in the US your scores don't matter nearly as much, but you already know this. It's interesting, though, because whereas pretty much in any other nation, afaik the university you go to depends almost entirely on standardized testing, the American system cares about test scores, GPA, extracurriculars, special interests, essays, teacher recommendations, the level of classes you took, work experience, leadership, organizations/clubs, and a bunch of other stuff. I think(?) it happens every year but the last few pages moving off people posting acceptances/discussing them hehe. But I guess it's part of the process so people will always be pretty curious about it (not to mention a lot of the non-US people can learn about how admissions works in the states XD). | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:46 Aerisky wrote: A perfect SAT score is essentially the 99.97th percentile on the curve, but it can have a little variation. College board calls it "equating" but who are we kidding, it's basically curving. GPA, of course, depends on lots of things like the school you attend/teachers/classes you take. It's just how well you do in school and the US school system has curricula and requirements that vary by school district, state, even by teacher. Also, to reiterate, in the US your scores don't matter nearly as much. Where in Australia or UK or wherever, the school you go to depends almost entirely on standardized testing, the American system cares about test scores, GPA, extracurriculars, interests, essays, teacher recommendations, the level of classes you took, work experience, and a bunch of other stuff. I think(?) it happens every year but the last few pages moving off people posting acceptances/discussing them hehe. But I guess it's part of the process so people will always be pretty curious about it (not to mention a lot of the non-US people can learn about how admissions works in the states XD). Application process for international students for university in the states, is much different. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:46 Aerisky wrote: A perfect SAT score is essentially the 99.97th percentile on the curve, but it can have a little variation. College board calls it "equating" but who are we kidding, it's basically curving. GPA, of course, depends on lots of things like the school you attend/teachers/classes you take. It's just how well you do in school and the US school system has curricula and requirements that vary by school district, state, even by teacher. Also, to reiterate, in the US your scores don't matter nearly as much, but you already know this. It's interesting, though, because whereas pretty much in any other nation, afaik the university you go to depends almost entirely on standardized testing, the American system cares about test scores, GPA, extracurriculars, special interests, essays, teacher recommendations, the level of classes you took, work experience, leadership, organizations/clubs, and a bunch of other stuff. I think(?) it happens every year but the last few pages moving off people posting acceptances/discussing them hehe. But I guess it's part of the process so people will always be pretty curious about it (not to mention a lot of the non-US people can learn about how admissions works in the states XD). Thank you very much  | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
On March 18 2013 13:48 wei2coolman wrote: Application process for international students for university in the states, is much different. Well yeah, it certainly seems to be the case. I was only talking about US applicants for US schools =P @Zenith: yupyup :D | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
On March 18 2013 05:03 OneOther wrote: Are there any TLers going to law school next year? I am almost done with my cycle, just waiting to make my decision based on scholarships/financial aid/etc. I am going to law school next year. Where did you apply? I am hoping to go to the University of Denver. | ||
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lightrise
United States1355 Posts
On March 17 2013 13:13 plasmidghost wrote: Accepted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Strangely enough, I first heard about them because that's where IdrA turned down a full ride scholarship to instead go play with eSTRO in Korea. I will be studying the really interesting, somewhat new field of bioinformatics. Stats: 2190 SAT (790 math, 780 reading, 620 writing) 34 ACT (can't remeber specifics) 4.0 GPA weighted, 3.8 unweighted Rank: 6/502 A metric fuckton of extracurricular activity White male, Texas Rejected: Caltech MIT Waitlisted: Georgia Tech Baylor Accepted: Rensselaer Texas A&M Still waiting: Harvard Yale Columbia Rice Stanford Your list looks so much like mine 4 years ago. I had the same stats as you and shit. I was from a private school in washington state though. Anyways dude if you want to get out of texas thats great. I just want to point out that unless you go and visit RPI DO NOT go there. For the love of god. I went there because I got a lot of money. I could have gone to a few other schools but I went here. On paper with the money I didn't think you could get much better. In all my life I had never been depressed until I was stuck at that shithole in Troy NY. Just letting you know now there is not much to do there you feel trapped. There are no chicks, and almost everyone joins a fraternity to "have fun". The winters are miserable also.Let me know if you have any questions but I was there for 1 year before transferring to UW which is the same school academically but in a way better place and actually cheaper. | ||
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nohbrows
United States653 Posts
Good luck to all the applicants who still haven't heard back from schools yet, congratulations to all those who got accepted into schools, and to everyone who's gotten rejections: It's not the end of the world. Opportunities are out there for you to grab! You just have to go looking for them :D Edit: Also, so many Ivy leagues in this thread 0_o. TL definitely aims to be the best in everything, not just Starcraft. | ||
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