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On September 29 2008 06:46 clazziquai wrote:
College currently attending: random community college in new jersey
major/minor: philosophy
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): unweighted 0.4 weighted 1.1
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT 940/2400
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: anyone gets in community college
Things you wish you knew before college: should have studied..oh well
How did you graduate with an 0.4? Wouldn't that mean you failed more than half of your classes?
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On September 29 2008 04:55 hellhawk123 wrote:
Name: Jeff Chen (yo everyone@mit post names pl0x)
College currently attending: MIT
major/minor: CS+MechE/Econ+Maths
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (weighted): 4.05, forget unweighted
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores): 2400/780 SAT Math IIC, 800 Chinese/buncha 5s, two 4s?
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: ability to use penis as yardstick
Things you wish you knew before college: don't chit around in subjects you don't like in high school, odds are you'll have to take them again as general requirements so study hard and pass out of bio and chem and bullshit like that
hahaha
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Eventho im from Mexico I also want to contribute
College currently attending:
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara (4th best in here)
major/minor:
I'm already in the 3rd year of med school
Year graduated high school:
2006
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted):
We dont have that here, i got out of High School with a 97% average
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):
we do an exam called Ceneval where i got 1370 out of 1500 points
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in:
dunno, maybe being a good student and having extracurricular activies (I practiced tae kwan do)
Things you wish you knew before college:
Enjoy high school as much as you can, and when in college make good friends and never be antisocial
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On September 29 2008 07:26 StarN wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2008 06:46 clazziquai wrote:
College currently attending: random community college in new jersey
major/minor: philosophy
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): unweighted 0.4 weighted 1.1
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT 940/2400
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: anyone gets in community college
Things you wish you knew before college: should have studied..oh well How did you graduate with an 0.4? Wouldn't that mean you failed more than half of your classes?
I'm only joking LOL! :D
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[B]On September 28 2008 16:43 LosingID8 wrote:3.85 UW (washington state legislature banned weighted grades).
why the heck did they do that?
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On September 29 2008 07:34 clazziquai wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2008 07:26 StarN wrote:On September 29 2008 06:46 clazziquai wrote:
College currently attending: random community college in new jersey
major/minor: philosophy
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): unweighted 0.4 weighted 1.1
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): SAT 940/2400
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: anyone gets in community college
Things you wish you knew before college: should have studied..oh well How did you graduate with an 0.4? Wouldn't that mean you failed more than half of your classes? I'm only joking LOL! :D
You got me ;o
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On September 29 2008 07:50 capek wrote:Show nested quote +[B]On September 28 2008 16:43 LosingID8 wrote:3.85 UW (washington state legislature banned weighted grades). why the heck did they do that?
what does it matter? school will weight gpa's however they want anyways, your actual weighted gpa doesn't mean much to them
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On September 29 2008 08:08 KOFgokuon wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2008 07:50 capek wrote:[B]On September 28 2008 16:43 LosingID8 wrote:3.85 UW (washington state legislature banned weighted grades). why the heck did they do that? what does it matter? school will weight gpa's however they want anyways, your actual weighted gpa doesn't mean much to them
It seems like they just want to discourage their students.
Kid from Washington D.C. whose teachers just blow off teaching: I have a 4.0w GPA.
Kid from Washington State whose teachers are good teachers: I have a 3.75uw GPA.
Kid from D.C.: LOL NOOB
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im graduating senior this year as well..this thread is helping tremendously :D
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On September 29 2008 08:21 BaDayOri wrote:
im graduating senior this year as well..this thread is helping tremendously :D
WOW i just came back from hours of volunteering and wow. I didn't know there were so many TL guys that went to top top top tier colleges. I guess i'll post my stats since they suck in comparison but oh well. I'm a Hs senior btw
School:: top 50 school in CA, rigorous, 70% asian or something, super competitive
major/minor (planning):: biochemistry, human physiology?
Year graduated high school:: 2009
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted):: 3.57UW, 3.88W 
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):: 2110 SAT, 750 mandarin, 760 Math IIc, 740 bio, took AP bio/chem/language/literature/calculus ab/mandarin/us history/comparative gov
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in:: boy scouts (almost eagle), 4 years marching band, 200hrs hospital volunteering, media club, sign club, CSF, principal's honor roll, student mentor, math tutor, D+ protoss player
I'm applying to USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UC Davis, UCSB, UCSC, UCR, Harvey Mudd.
D: i think i'm going to UCI probably
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College currently attending: UCSD
major/minor: Biochemistry/Chemistry
Year graduated high school: 2008
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): 3.46 unweighted 3.72 weighted
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): 1940/ 770 chemistry 750 Math II
5 AP Calculus, 5 AP Statistics, 5 AP chemistry, 5 AP Governement, 4 AP Biology, 4 US History, 3 AP Physics
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: Having something for every extracurricular activity section.
Things you wish you knew before college: Having a high GPA is super important.
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On September 29 2008 09:11 shavingcream66 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2008 08:21 BaDayOri wrote:
im graduating senior this year as well..this thread is helping tremendously :D WOW i just came back from hours of volunteering and wow. I didn't know there were so many TL guys that went to top top top tier colleges. I guess i'll post my stats since they suck in comparison but oh well. I'm a Hs senior btw School:: top 50 school in CA, rigorous, 70% asian or something, super competitive major/minor (planning):: biochemistry, human physiology? Year graduated high school:: 2009 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted):: 3.57UW, 3.88W Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):: 2110 SAT, 750 mandarin, 760 Math IIc, 740 bio, took AP bio/chem/language/literature/calculus ab/mandarin/us history/comparative gov Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in:: boy scouts (almost eagle), 4 years marching band, 200hrs hospital volunteering, media club, sign club, CSF, principal's honor roll, student mentor, math tutor, D+ protoss playerI'm applying to USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UC Davis, UCSB, UCSC, UCR, Harvey Mudd. D: i think i'm going to UCI probably
What's your #1 choice?
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On September 29 2008 09:21 OneOther wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2008 09:11 shavingcream66 wrote:On September 29 2008 08:21 BaDayOri wrote:
im graduating senior this year as well..this thread is helping tremendously :D WOW i just came back from hours of volunteering and wow. I didn't know there were so many TL guys that went to top top top tier colleges. I guess i'll post my stats since they suck in comparison but oh well. I'm a Hs senior btw School:: top 50 school in CA, rigorous, 70% asian or something, super competitive major/minor (planning):: biochemistry, human physiology? Year graduated high school:: 2009 High School GPA (unweighted or weighted):: 3.57UW, 3.88W Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc):: 2110 SAT, 750 mandarin, 760 Math IIc, 740 bio, took AP bio/chem/language/literature/calculus ab/mandarin/us history/comparative gov Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in:: boy scouts (almost eagle), 4 years marching band, 200hrs hospital volunteering, media club, sign club, CSF, principal's honor roll, student mentor, math tutor, D+ protoss playerI'm applying to USC, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UC Davis, UCSB, UCSC, UCR, Harvey Mudd. D: i think i'm going to UCI probably What's your #1 choice?
UCSD
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College currently attending: TBA; i wanna go to UC berkley... because i wanna go bacck to california; but that's not a good reason to go right? lol; plus i have no money at all
it's so depressing here in Houston; i hate hot weather 100F>
major/minor anything engineering related 'cept civil i guess
they make the targets for us ;D
Year graduated high school: going to in 2009~
High School GPA (unweighted or weighted): no clue really; all i know is 5.4 out of 6.0 >10%
and this is just from fucking around and copying people/ cramming before tests too :O
Stats (SAT/ SAT II/ AP scores/etc): bunch of 5's ; 3 on english AP .. failed the spanish AP horribly ; 4 on APUSH because i hate memorizing SAT was bullshit i fucked up the writing so bad and the reading
got a perfect on my MATH though ezpzlmnsqz
Things that you think helped give you the "edge" in getting in: uh hopefully making nationals in robotics in a robot made out of wood <1k$ ; competing against top tier >100k$ robots
LOL
Things you wish you knew before college: the shit ppl put in this thread
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On September 29 2008 09:22 shavingcream66 wrote:
UCSD
Ah okay. Good school 
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On September 29 2008 07:50 capek wrote:Show nested quote +[B]On September 28 2008 16:43 LosingID8 wrote:3.85 UW (washington state legislature banned weighted grades). why the heck did they do that?
Wtf.
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On September 29 2008 09:32 OneOther wrote:Ah okay. Good school
haha i hope i can get in though
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15 is pretty impressive.
The college list on this site is ridiculous. We probably have an inordinate amount of CompSci and otherwise really smart people here.
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On September 29 2008 09:41 shavingcream66 wrote:Show nested quote +On September 29 2008 09:32 OneOther wrote:On September 29 2008 09:22 shavingcream66 wrote:
UCSD Ah okay. Good school haha i hope i can get in though
I am applying to UCB and UCLA, but not SD haha. good luckk
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