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Saracen
United States5139 Posts
On April 01 2012 15:28 dedicateddan wrote: Applied to PhD programs in applied physics Accepted: Caltech <= Will attend, California seems awesome. Berkeley Columbia Cornell Rejected: Harvard Yale Princeton Stanford MIT Don't do it. It sucks here. | ||
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United States10328 Posts
even for phd? :O | ||
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Kuldurath
10 Posts
UIUC UCD UCSD USC Rejected: UCI UCLA T_T UC Berkeley NYU Johns Hopkins Boston College UCLA was my first choice...anyways, ill probably be attending USC marshall. and congratz to all the other teamliquiders | ||
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newvsoldschool
428 Posts
On April 02 2012 06:00 ticklishmusic wrote: There's a space for other accomplishments on the common app, learn to use it. Hmm, maybe I could have put down I type at like ~120wpm with 4 fingers (I only use index and pinkies). Wonder if having high APM would count as a skill...  I heave heard some pretty bad stories about Berkeley for undergrad because of the budget cuts to the UC system. I have a cousin who goes there, and she's fine (then again, she's insanely smart and I don't know why she chose Berkeley over Julliard). On the other hand, I have a couple friends who are having serious trouble getting the classes they need to graduate, and might need to end up taking an extra year because all the classes are super-packed. That's part of why I didn't choose Berkeley (that, and out-of-state tuition being a complete bitch). Did you not apply to Caltech? Yes, well for an aspiring engineering student then 144 WPM is not so impressive, since there are few who can type 170, although I'm not sure if we're talking about the same test here. The WPM test I take has punctuation, numbers, indents, etc. just like writing an essay, not simply typing words. On the field of computers, from what I've seen somewhere around 90-100 WPM is basically a requirement for the [programming] jobs that you'll apply to afterwards. A 9-5 Monday-Friday average office job requires 40 WPM. Anyway, thank you for that tidbit of "crowded classes" dilemma. I need to confirm this with the school. That doesn't sound too good. I'm a Bay Area native BTW so I was psyched when I was accepted at Cal. Now I'm hoping to hear back from Stanford, or it's probably the east coast for me. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On April 02 2012 08:37 newvsoldschool wrote: Yes, well for an aspiring engineering student then 144 WPM is not so impressive, since there are few who can type 170, although I'm not sure if we're talking about the same test here. The WPM test I take has punctuation, numbers, indents, etc. just like writing an essay, not simply typing words. In the field of computers it's basically a prerequisite and for many programming jobs that you'll apply to afterwards. Anyway, thank you for that tidbit of "crowded classes" dilemma. I need to confirm this with the school. That doesn't sound too good. I'm a Bay Area native BTW so I was psyched when I was accepted at Cal. Now I'm hoping to hear back from Stanford, or it's probably the east coast for me. Ooh, didn't know that typing fast was a good skill to have for engineers (thumbs if you get the reference), though I guess it makes sense if you're CS or something. You should probably ask friends and current students about the situation at Cal-- my pals may have been exaggerating, because they were a bit silly and left some silly humanities reqs for late. I also heard they accept more out-of-state kids now because they pay more tuition. I don't mean to besmirch the good name of UC Berkeley unfairly (I lived in Albany for a year which is basically next to it and would have definitely gone had I still been in-state), but yeah, I heard that they're hurting from the budget cuts.  | ||
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newvsoldschool
428 Posts
On April 02 2012 08:58 ticklishmusic wrote: Ooh, didn't know that typing fast was a good skill to have for engineers (thumbs if you get the reference), though I guess it makes sense if you're CS or something. You should probably ask friends and current students about the situation at Cal-- my pals may have been exaggerating, because they were a bit silly and left some silly humanities reqs for late. I also heard they accept more out-of-state kids now because they pay more tuition. I don't mean to besmirch the good name of UC Berkeley unfairly (I lived in Albany for a year which is basically next to it and would have definitely gone had I still been in-state), but yeah, I heard that they're hurting from the budget cuts. Yes - budget cuts most definitely make sense. U.C. Berkeley is a public school - but generally accepted as the best one in that respect. It's a political issue, and you know what the government likes to do with the country's budget instead of spending it to improve people's everyday lives... Since I'm accepted from the school, I'm sure they can answer any kind of question I can throw at them  . I'm talking to another user here from Cal and I'll see what he says too. | ||
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PEEFSMASH
108 Posts
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dedicateddan
United States18 Posts
Caltech undergrad seems pretty stressful, much like my undergrad. How are the graduate programs? It seems to me that without the grade pressure, I could enjoy living and working in Pasadena. | ||
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courtpanda
866 Posts
On April 02 2012 10:42 dedicateddan wrote: Caltech undergrad seems pretty stressful, much like my undergrad. How are the graduate programs? It seems to me that without the grade pressure, I could enjoy living and working in Pasadena. all tests are takehome. thats how hard it is there. | ||
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onaplain
4 Posts
On April 01 2012 13:23 Proposal wrote: Congrats dude you rocking that URM status BRAH! Had similar stats and classes except 2340 (1590/1600) and got rejected HYP, waitlisted S. Go figure woo. Thanks bro! And whoa that sucks, you're Hispanic too? I guess they really liked me in my interviews. | ||
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-_-Quails
Australia796 Posts
On April 02 2012 09:36 PEEFSMASH wrote: Are most of you undergrads? Are you going to grad school? Why do you find it so important to get into these really good undergrad programs when it is so damn expensive and going to them does not matter THAT much for your graduate school? (If you aren't going to grad school, or you are getting rides then it makes more sense I guess.) A good undergrad program often has opportunities to interact with some of the best researchers in your field, and many have some opportunities to volunteer/get credit/get paid for doing some work in research. That kind of thing is really good for grad school applications. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On April 03 2012 08:27 -_-Quails wrote: A good undergrad program often has opportunities to interact with some of the best researchers in your field, and many have some opportunities to volunteer/get credit/get paid for doing some work in research. That kind of thing is really good for grad school applications. Not to mention, some schools simply don't have the resources you need or even the program you want to study, in which case it makes more sense to go to a school that actually offers your major. | ||
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nohbrows
United States653 Posts
On April 02 2012 09:36 PEEFSMASH wrote: Are most of you undergrads? Are you going to grad school? Why do you find it so important to get into these really good undergrad programs when it is so damn expensive and going to them does not matter THAT much for your graduate school? (If you aren't going to grad school, or you are getting rides then it makes more sense I guess.) -Edit: Forgot to read the parentheses. I'm an idiot. | ||
fishuu
United States369 Posts
On April 01 2012 13:44 Shellshock1122 wrote: GT is the best :D What major are you coming in as CAPSLOCK? And you go here fishuu? Whoa, another GT person! For some reason I don't seem to see a lot of peeps from Tech here. Yep, trucking along as a junior here, and yourself? | ||
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scCassius
United States254 Posts
Washington University in St. Louis University of Kansas Rejected: N/A Majoring in economics. Attending WashU, got a large scholarship. Anyone else comin'? | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
Don't be this guy. I guess its kind of cute because he thinks he's special. | ||
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babylon
8765 Posts
On April 03 2012 12:28 ticklishmusic wrote: http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/NorthAmerica/Student-s-reject-triggers-Harvard-probe/Article1-806457.aspx#disqus_thread Don't be this guy. I guess its kind of cute because he thinks he's special. It's kind of ridiculous he's complaining about it, but it's also absurd to argue that Asians aren't the ones who suffer the most from the affirmative action policy (specifically Asian males). That's just the nature of college admissions though; private universities can use whatever criteria they want, and because class sizes are limited, when they accept one student through affirmative action, they've gotta dump another. Whether or not AA is a good policy is another question altogether, though I will say that at a lot of top universities, it's really difficult to sit down and point to someone who you think definitely doesn't deserve to be there; even those who received a boost from AA are pretty remarkable. | ||
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arfyron
518 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On April 03 2012 11:16 fishuu wrote: Whoa, another GT person! For some reason I don't seem to see a lot of peeps from Tech here. Yep, trucking along as a junior here, and yourself? Also a Junior :D | ||
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Br3ezy
United States720 Posts
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