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College currently attending: University of Colorado, Boulder
major/minor: Mechanical Engineering
Year graduated high school: 2007
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.3
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):ACT: 28/ AP Calc AB: 5, AP statistics: 4, AP Language: 4
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: I'm just that awesome. No extra curriculars, but I did get student of the month.
Things you wish you knew before college: I wish I had known to apply for as many scholarships as you can, because the more you apply for the more money you'll get
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Braavos36402 Posts
NYU
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.5
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 1550 / 1600 or 2340 / 2400
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: taking a lot of practice tests
Things you wish you knew before college: take easy classes if you want to go to grad school
U of Michigan Law School
Undergrad GPA: 3.5
LSAT: 170
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: taking a lot of practice tests
Things you wish you knew before grad school: take easy classes if you want to get a good job
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College currently attending: UVA
major/minor: Undecided, probably computer science
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.9
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT: 2340/2400 (1580/1600), SAT2's: Math2: 800, Literature: 770, World History: 680, Physics: 740, AP Scores: Computer science A: 5, Calculus BC: 5, World History 4, US History 4, US Govt: 4, Comparative govt: 4, Japanese 3, Physics (Mechanics): 4, Physics (Electricity/Magnetism): 3, English Lang: 5, English Lit: 5
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: test scores
Things you wish you knew before college: You can't go to the school you want unless you can afford it. Slacking off senior year HS is probably fine. If you want to get drunk, you CAN and WILL get drunk.
...same SAT score as Hot Bid...? 
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intrigue
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important things i learned in college and tips for you guys:
- don't room with a friend from high school
- find good quality people early on (not just people you get shitfaced with at parties) because a) you'll eventually need roommates b) they can introduce you to more good quality people and c) they'll be around for the rest of your life
- high school friends are the shit, they'll always have your back forever and ever
- pack a fan if you don't have ac
- weed > alcohol, if you've tried the latter you should really the other one too. if you don't like it, fine but if you do it can really improve the quality of your life
- this one's really pessimistic, don't take it to heart because i probably just had bad luck. but as a warning, don't assume you know someone even after a year or two until your relationship has been tested. there's a lot of scumbag motherfuckers out there!
- premeds are faggots
- balance not compromising your principles just to fit in and being overly judgmental. have some self-worth.
- don't make a blog on tlnet about how your life is over because you got an A instead of an A+ in orgo 2, trust me even your best friend doesn't give a shit.
and a lot of you guys have sicko stats
i had... 2.9 gpa and 1520/1600 sat, probably 800s on the sat2s except for 2c
bunch of APs, oh yeah if you're in high school take them they save you from so much bullshit in intro classes
don't be a neurotic studyholic, have a blast and do stupid shit. how much you get out of college is directly proportional to how much you take advantage of your surroundings, gl to all you freshmen!!
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Flakes, what HS did you go to? A lot of my friends are at UVa.
College currently attending: Yale University
major/minor: Undecided -- chem engineering / math econ?
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 4.07 ish weighted
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 2300 (1580), 800 in Physics, 790 in Chem / Math ; 5 and 4s in a lot of APs.
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: academic stuff and four years of track
Things you wish you knew before college: I'll get bacck to you on that one.
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ROFL mine will be the most interesting
College currently attending: Academy of Art University
major/minor 3d Animation/Computer Networking
Year graduated high school: 2005
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 2.6 I think?
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): Didn't take ACT or SAT lol
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: I was a transfer student and got awards at my community college
Things you wish you knew before college: I just went to college while in highschool, so nothing really
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Went to Lake Braddock, Fairfax county VA. Really wanted to go to a UC school, but can't afford them.
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Braavos36402 Posts
yeah i wouldn't have been able to afford nyu if my dad didn't teach there and thus i got free tuition hehe
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Huk stats...
UC berkeley
Sat 2150? forgot
Sat2: 800/800/800 (chem/math/physics)
AP: 5/5/5/5/5/3 (physicsMech/physicsEM/CalcAB/Bio/Chem/EconMacro)
GPA: 3.7 unweight 4.0 weight
I don't think they read my essays...
on a funny note ucla didn't accept me but berkeley did, chances should have it huh...
Oh yeah major:
Double major(hopefully): pureMath/MolecularBio
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How old were you guys when you decided what you wanted to major in? cause i'm 22 right now and i'm pretty scared about my future..
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I'm 19 and still confused haha, I'll do math since it's too awesome to pass.
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Graduated HS in: 2006
school: UC Berkeley
major: EECS
gpa weighted/unweighted: 4.4 / 4.0
sat1: 2210
sat2: 800/780 math/physics
AP: 5/5/5/5/5 biology/physics mechanics/calc bc/compsci ab/spanish
extracurrics: robotics, music
essays: i figured i had pretty decent test-stats, so i wrote about dj-ing, and robotics, basically my extracurrics - explaining (or attempting to explain) that i did a lot outside of school too.
wish i knew..... how to manage my time and prioritize things. keep your college gpa high so you can get into a good grad school. there are other factors included too, mostly research, but gpa plays a big factor too. but yea, don't get like a 2.5 the first year in college. in fact, dont get below a 3.5, because usually the first year everybody is in the position where they are still trying to figure out how to manage their time, aka its the best/easiest time to beat the curve.
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College currently attending: utexas austin
major/minor : neurobiology and east asian studies
Year graduated high school: 2006
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 4.47/5, but maximum in texas is about a 4.7 because there are required courses you have to take that only count as a 4/5 for an A
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 2400 SAT, 800 Math II, 800 Lit II or w/e it was, 790 Bio II, 5s on APs for Bio, English 1 and 2 (lit and composition? don't remember their names), physics c, economics, gov't, calc bc, european history, japanese
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: nothing really. texas has a top 10% rule in that they accept anyone from the top 10% of their class from texas highschools, but i wasn't even top 10%, i was 13th%. however, for other colleges where i was accepted, the fact that i was a pretty serious cello player and did a lot of extracurricular chamber music stuff helped a lot, i would imagine. i think that your rank at your school is a hell of a lot more important than they let on. i was not even top 10% at my school because i went to a magnet school with a lot of competition...at the public high schools around austin i would have been top 1% with my GPA. this seems to really be the only reason i was rejected at a lot of colleges, because the schools didn't understand that being 13th% was different for my high school. i'm sure that my 2400 and other standardized test scores helped me with getting into UT, but for schools like Harvard, and all the other extremely competitive schools, it doesnt matter that much. 80% of the people applying will have those scores and Harvard likes to release newsletters saying that they reject more perfect SATs than they accept. so you usually need something to make you stand out more for those kinds of schools. i went to utexas because my family is middle class, and thus does not qualify for financial aid, even though going to a more expensive school would be like 80% of my family's salary. the other schools i got into were Haverford (small college, my adviser suggested it..), Dartmouth, Rice, Brandeis (wasn't on my list originally, got e-mailed a free application that i was randomly selected for), UPenn. Rejected at Harvard, Cornell, Princeton (this was my #1, kind of harsh to get rejected), Wash U. St. Louis, and John Hopkins.
Things you wish you knew before college: what college you go to really doesn't matter that much, especially for undergrad (assuming they are accredited and somewhat legitimate). what matters more is what YOU make of it, not whether or not it has a big name. the name comes in handy later, obviously, but if you work hard, do well, and keep active i think any college can give you what you're looking for. also, study hard, but not too hard, and enjoy yourself. i was a really good student in high school, and now i'm a terrible and lazy student in college. 
sorry for no proper capitalization etc, it's late and i'm too lazy to do it right now
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On September 28 2008 19:29 phase wrote:
Graduated HS in: 2006
school: UC Berkeley
major: EECS
gpa weighted/unweighted: 4.4 / 4.0
sat1: 2210
sat2: 800/780 math/physics
AP: 5/5/5/5/5 biology/physics mechanics/calc bc/compsci ab/spanish
extracurrics: robotics, music
essays: i figured i had pretty decent test-stats, so i wrote about dj-ing, and robotics, basically my extracurrics - explaining (or attempting to explain) that i did a lot outside of school too.
wish i knew..... how to manage my time and prioritize things. keep your college gpa high so you can get into a good grad school. there are other factors included too, mostly research, but gpa plays a big factor too. but yea, don't get like a 2.5 the first year in college. in fact, dont get below a 3.5, because usually the first year everybody is in the position where they are still trying to figure out how to manage their time, aka its the best/easiest time to beat the curve.
so why haven't we met up yet
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i'm old, i'm in grad school
went to harvey mudd
starcraft got me in
now i'm at USC studying video game design
for grad school, i also think starcraft got me in
hoooray
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College: Ateneo De Manila University (2008 UAAP Mens Basketball champs!:D)
Major: Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
Year graduated in High school: 2008
HS GPA: *forgot, almost got honors*
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: I graduated from Ateneo High School, I also know how to manage my time (the entrance test basically tests you if you know how to manage time)
Things you wish you knew before college: Advanced Trigo
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Hey guys, just wondered about one thing: Some of you are claiming to attend some College/University like Stanford etc. but still being unsure which major to chose.
So you just can apply @ University and then chose every subject/major you want to?
I'm asking because in Germany it's totally different, you can apply at top-notch Universitys very easily by chosing some less competitive subject. But something like medicine, law, etc. is way harder to get into. Here you need straight "A's" or sth. like that, and as an opposite there are subjects like history of arts you can get into with the worst grades ever possible.
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In Holland to get into a good university all you have to do is graduate from high school. Here we have 3 levels of high school, you have to complete the highest one to get into university. Once you graduate you can pretty much do anything except for medicine because of the amount of people wanting to study it (Fuck yeah can't wait to feel some old dudes' prostate!). I guess my average grade is about 6 out of 10 or something. Wasn't really motivated to work hard for stuff like chemistry, french, german, cultural class or whatever you call it and that kind of shit. Only class I liked in high school was math.
Anyway I chose psychology at the university of Leiden.
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College currently attending:
Oberlin Conservatory
major/minor:
Classical Saxophone Performance and Biology
Year graduated high school:
2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted):
4.1 weighted
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):
2200 SAT, 800/800/710 Math/Physics/Bio, 5s in Physics C (both), Stats, Calc BC, Music Theory, Biology, and 4s in Eng Lit and Gov't
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in:
Practice, lol. Math/science competitions were probably the best stuff for normal colleges though
Things you wish you knew before college:
needs moar azns here T_T
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On September 28 2008 16:06 shavingcream66 wrote:
Hey guys, I'm a high school senior right now and as many of you may know...college apps are just around a corner. Just out of curiosity I wanted to see what some of you college kids had to say. Post your stuff in this format
College currently attending:
major/minor
Year graduated high school:
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted):
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in:
Things you wish you knew before college:
yay!
Edit
Michigan State
Pre-law
2008
3.3
ACT 30
Obviously my test score got me in, even if i didn't get in until a month before school started.
GPA is way more important though.
Oh and you should have already applied by now 
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