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BroOd
Austin10833 Posts
NYU (graduated) major/minor Film Year graduated high school: 2002 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.90 Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 1560 Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: President of Snowboarding Club, Chair 1 in Chess Club, President of Film Club Things you wish you knew before college: Don't sleep in. Don't bring starcraft. | ||
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
major/minor: Music Performance Year graduated high school: 2008 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.4? Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT - 680 Critical Reading / 750 Math / 510 Writing (shit haha) Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Haha... nothing, an idiot with a 1.5 GPA could get into my school. Although the Saxophone program here is AMAZING. Things you wish you knew before college: I could write a book on this section. I wish I had taken WAY more AP Courses. And I mean, depending on which school you go to your school won't take any of your credits. But one of my friends in high school (who was the valedictorian) went to UNC Chapel Hill and had taken like... 10ish AP Tests, and he already had 40 credit hours, meaning he could graduate in three years (two if he really wanted to). It saves you so much time and you won't have to take some of the bullshit classes that your school might have in store for you. I also wish I had not failed at being a student. I had manic depression my junior year, which was also my hardest year, and my work ethic was terrible and I ended up with two D's my first semester. It made my GPA drop from 3.7 to a 3.3. I mean, I did everything I could to bring it up, but you pretty much have ONE shot at high school. And colleges will only offer you money for what you do in that high school cumulatively, which is sort of sad because I worked hard my senior year (ended up with a 4.0) and did fairly well on the SAT bringing it up 300 points from the previous two times I took it. I almost feel like being a music major was like a backup plan to me. I only got into it because I was good at it, and my dreams that I had as a kid to go to Harvard were shattered my Junior year, which is one of the reasons I transfered to the Music Conservatory my senior year. But now I realize that even though I failed my junior year in academics I could have still gotten back on my feet and I sort of regret that. I may not have gotten into Harvard for Undergrad, or even UNC Chapel Hill (My local college, pretty strong academic ranking), but I could have gone to a lesser school and owned it up there and transferred to UNC and then maybe gone to Harvard for graduate school. It's never too late. I didn't understand the value of hard work a little too late, and made a bit too many mistakes so that I'm on a different path than I originally intended. But I'm content with where I am, I'm one of the best undergraduate Saxophonists here and I am practicing very hard so that I can win some competitions in the near future. So in short, I kind of wish I had realized that there are ways to get back onto your feet when you fail as a student. Hard work always pays off. Even if you don't get into the college of your choice this coming year, you can just look at the results and make it motivate you to work harder. And getting into the college of your choice is just a means to an end, you want to be something great, find your niche and bring it to the highest level you can.  | ||
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Deleted User 31060
3788 Posts
On September 28 2008 22:29 StarN wrote: College currently attending: Bowling Green State University major/minor: Music Performance Year graduated high school: 2008 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.4? Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT - 680 Critical Reading / 750 Math / 510 Writing (shit haha) Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Haha... nothing, an idiot with a 1.5 GPA could get into my school. Although the Saxophone program here is AMAZING. Things you wish you knew before college: I could write a book on this section. I wish I had taken WAY more AP Courses. And I mean, depending on which school you go to your school won't take any of your credits. But one of my friends in high school (who was the valedictorian) went to UNC Chapel Hill and had taken like... 10ish AP Tests, and he already had 40 credit hours, meaning he could graduate in three years (two if he really wanted to). It saves you so much time and you won't have to take some of the bullshit classes that your school might have in store for you. I also wish I had not failed at being a student. I had manic depression my junior year, which was also my hardest year, and my work ethic was terrible and I ended up with two D's my first semester. It made my GPA drop from 3.7 to a 3.3. I mean, I did everything I could to bring it up, but you pretty much have ONE shot at high school. And colleges will only offer you money for what you do in that high school cumulatively, which is sort of sad because I worked hard my senior year (ended up with a 4.0) and did fairly well on the SAT bringing it up 300 points from the previous two times I took it. I almost feel like being a music major was like a backup plan to me. I only got into it because I was good at it, and my dreams that I had as a kid to go to Harvard were shattered my Junior year, which is one of the reasons I transfered to the Music Conservatory my senior year. But now I realize that even though I failed my junior year in academics I could have still gotten back on my feet and I sort of regret that. I may not have gotten into Harvard for Undergrad, or even UNC Chapel Hill (My local college, pretty strong academic ranking), but I could have gone to a lesser school and owned it up there and transferred to UNC and then maybe gone to Harvard for graduate school. It's never too late. I didn't understand the value of hard work a little too late, and made a bit too many mistakes so that I'm on a different path than I originally intended. But I'm content with where I am, I'm one of the best undergraduate Saxophonists here and I am practicing very hard so that I can win some competitions in the near future. So in short, I kind of wish I had realized that there are ways to get back onto your feet when you fail as a student. Hard work always pays off. Even if you don't get into the college of your choice this coming year, you can just look at the results and make it motivate you to work harder. And getting into the college of your choice is just a means to an end, you want to be something great, find your niche and bring it to the highest level you can. lol I wouldn't be surprised if you were significantly better than me at playing who's the saxophone teacher there? I take lessons from Paul Cohen, and he never remembers what he assigns me... | ||
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Purind
Canada3562 Posts
major/minor Mech Engineering Year graduated high school: 2003 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): No clue, we don't use GPA here, 91% Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): AP Calc 5, didn't need any test except a literacy test (which was pass/fail) to get into undergrad, and I didn't have to do anything (not even GRE) to get into grad school Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Getting into undergrad, my grades. Getting into masters, I dunno why my prof even wanted me. Things you wish you knew before college: I wish I could go back in time and re-do school with the work ethic I have right now. I guess I can't say that I didn't know about work ethic/time management before going to university, but I simply wasn't able to do it properly. Now, I have a focused mind and I just kinda... know how to try whereas before I kept getting lazy and I had no way of getting the wheels turning | ||
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SilverSkyLark
Philippines8437 Posts
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
major/minor: Economics with pre-med yay suicide Year graduated high school: 2008 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.5 UW 4.3 W Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 2380 SAT I (non superscore), 800 Math II, 770 Chem, 5 English Lit, Calc BC, Bio, Us Hist, Euro Hist, Stats, Physics B. 4 Us Gov, Chem Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Writing my essay 2 hours before the deadline, being Asian, having a good interview, being very cynical in my essays (my school weighs SATs very little) Things you wish you knew before college: The parties here are lame. Beer pong and Coors Light. w00t. I wish I was that cool. Also the courseload is FUCKING HEAVY. But its awesome b/c like every asian kid here plays starcraft and theres a super smash brothers tournament next door and i have a huge dorm room. Oh and its humid and cold. more people apply here so i can boss you around and so we can form an SC club. | ||
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HnR)hT
United States3468 Posts
major/minor: physics major (no minor) high school GPA (unweighted or weighted): 2.65 unweighted stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT: 1420 / SATII: 710 math2c, 720 physics, 600 writing / AP: 5 physicsB, 4 stats things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: N/A things you wish you knew before college: Too much to list  . In high school I was horribly demoralized, and completely oblivious as to everything. | ||
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caelym
United States6421 Posts
major/minor: dunno yet (maybe some combo of comp sci, applied math, economics) Year graduated high school: 2008 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.7 unweighted (from a really nice private school) Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT: 2230 (Reading: 740, Math: 800, Writing: 690), Math 2: 800, Chemistry: 800, Biology M: 730, Calc BC 5, Physics C (both parts) 5, Eng Lit. 4, US Hist. 4, Latin: Vergil 5, Comp Sci AB 5 Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: I seriously don't know because I applied in one of the hardest years of college admissions. A lot of it is luck. Maybe that fact that I spent a lot of time teaching science to elementary school kids instead of researching in labs helped. Or maybe it's the elite private school. Things you wish you knew before college: Appreciate the 8-10 hours of sleep you get in high school because sleep is really the only limit in college. College is also fucking huge, so learn how to approach random strangers. | ||
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Specialist
United States803 Posts
major/minor: biology for major, thinking about economics (since I love it) or spanish for minor Year graduated high school:2008 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.4uw/3.9w , I dunno what a gpa over 4.0 is cause my school never had that Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 2080 sat super score LOL, 780 chinese, 720 chem 710 us history, 33 act, three 5's, four 4's, and two 3's for ap scores Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: my interest in emory, i think they like that alot. and I think my essays for this college were pretty good. Things you wish you knew before college: majority of people love gettng drunk, I don't drink however watching/messing with drunk people can still be entertaining. Awkward to meet new people during beginning, but eventually found group of friends and its been awesome. Classes feel easier than high school for me, I feel like a freakin genius here, but my high school stats don't show that I'm super smart. | ||
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0_0
United States2090 Posts
That's pretty awesome I go to MIT as well haha. College currently attending: MIT major/minor: unno Year graduated high school: 2007 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.7 Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 2240, 790 Math II, 740 USH, 740 Lit, 650 Chem, large collection of 4's on APs. Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: research competitions, business stuff, sports, extracurrics. My stats were pretty average, so definitely not those. Things you wish you knew before college: | ||
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KOFgokuon
United States14899 Posts
College currently attending: Massachusetts Institute of Technology for graduate school major/minor Chemical Engineering Year graduated high school: 2003 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.92 (unweighted) Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 1550, 800 Math II, 770 Writing, 740 Chemistry, 5's in AP Chem, Physics, Calc BC, US History, Psychololgy, 4's in English, Spanish Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Undergrad gpa of 3.96 Things you wish you knew before college: have some more fun in the first year when the shit's actually easy | ||
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lIlIlIlIlIlI
Korea (South)3851 Posts
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
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 I really, really wanna get into my early action school and be done with college apps forever and ever  I think I have a decent shot | ||
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Empyrean
17027 Posts
On September 29 2008 01:02 randomKo_Orean wrote: this is such a "brag about your academic achievement" thread So true :/ | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
On September 29 2008 00:43 caelym wrote: Things you wish you knew before college: Appreciate the 8-10 hours of sleep you get in high school because sleep is really the only limit in college. College is also fucking huge, so learn how to approach random strangers. Shit, I was looking forward to sleeping more in college. On September 29 2008 01:02 randomKo_Orean wrote: this is such a "brag about your academic achievement" thread It may be, but as someone worrying about and looking at colleges, more information/profiles never hurt | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On September 28 2008 16:51 Cobalt wrote: I'm applying to college as well, but I'm pretty worried. Colleges applying to: MIT, Harvard, CalTech, Carnegie Mellon, others Major: Computer Science Year Graduating HS: 2009 HS GPA: 4.07 weighted, 3.97 unweighted. Stats SAT 1 - 770 CR/780 Math/740 Writing SAT II - 760 Math 1, 730 Math II. Still need to retake both of those as well as Physics AP Calculus - 4 My schedule isn't nearly as challenging as it should be for a college-bound student, but not due to poor selection on my part. I've taken the most challenging classes my school has. We only have two AP courses, and I finished AP Calc last year. They had to invent a math class just for me. It really sucks knowing that my school is crap in terms of academics, and that I'm being stifled by it. Also, to give some perspective on how crappy my school is. The Chemistry subject test for the SAT is supposed to test the knowledge of a general CP chemistry course. My honors class did about half the material on the test. I hope you have safety schools. | ||
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Cobalt
United States441 Posts
What exactly is a "safety school"? Now I'm really worried. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
major/minor Political Science Year graduated high school: 2006 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.967 or so (UW) Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 800 SAT II writing, 790 sat ii math ii, 660 or so sat chem, 5 calc ab, 5 AP Euro, 5 AP World, ACT 33 or 32, SAT 2190/2400 or maybe 2200something Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: I had higher than a 1.5 GPA Things you wish you knew before college: How to be rich enough to go to something other than my 8th choice school. | ||
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Pyrrhuloxia
United States6700 Posts
On September 29 2008 01:29 Cobalt wrote: What exactly is a "safety school"? Now I'm really worried. 4 on your only AP text seems problematic but I guess if you are underprivileged you will maybe be fine. Safety school would be like a state school or something less awesome than the 4 you listed I guess. | ||
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EmeraldSparks
United States1451 Posts
Major/Minor: Undecided Year graduated high school: 2008 High School GPA (unweighted/weighted): 3.5/3.96 Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 790M800R700W 800 MathIIC 800 BiologyE 800 Physics 5s English Language Calculus BC Chemistry CS AB Biology PhysicsCx2 Statistics Env. Sci US History (5s US Gov Microecon 4s English Lit Macroecon senior year) Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Math/physics competitions, math programs, good recs Things you wish you knew before college: If you get As your life will be much easier. Also freshmen classes are not exciting. | ||
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