EPTI eventually chose IU, mainly because I'm more familiar with the campus and its programs, so I can't wait until fall!!!
2014 College and University Entrance Thread - Page 7
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Cush
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I eventually chose IU, mainly because I'm more familiar with the campus and its programs, so I can't wait until fall!!! | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On April 15 2014 23:32 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: The honors dorms are really nice, as are a few of the regular freshman dorms. What are you going to major in, Sentinel? Computer science with minor in math, financial track  I wouldn't mind any dorm that isn't on Busch if the honors dorms get filled up. I've been going to the Werblin Center for the last 10 years for swim practice, and I'd love to spend most of my Rutgers experience as far as possible from it. Kinda sucks that nearly all the math/science buildings on Busch are a stone's throw from the Werblin. | ||
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Cam Connor
Canada786 Posts
On April 18 2014 03:59 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Computer science with minor in math, financial track .Another future quant among us? Very exciting | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States46637 Posts
On April 18 2014 03:59 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: Computer science with minor in math, financial track I wouldn't mind any dorm that isn't on Busch if the honors dorms get filled up. I've been going to the Werblin Center for the last 10 years for swim practice, and I'd love to spend most of my Rutgers experience as far as possible from it. Kinda sucks that nearly all the math/science buildings on Busch are a stone's throw from the Werblin. Yeah, but it's really convenient if you end up living on Busch ^^ I majored in math at Rutgers, and I'm taking my last math class ever in the fall. Unfortunately, with the math department, the names of the professors teaching each course/ section are rarely released early, making a lot of the classes you choose luck-based in regards to a good professor. Werblin was where I played racquetball all the time, and I'd host ultimate frisbee games on Werblin's front lawn ^^ good times. | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
Just came back from a 2 day trip to Baltimore and DC. I saw University of Delaware, University of Maryland at College Park, Johns Hopkins University, and GWU. I actually liked UD/UMD much more than the last two to be completely honest. I've wanted to go to Johns Hopkins for a while now, but when I actually visited it I felt very underwhelmed. The actual information session was awful and the tour itself was ok, just not as great as a lot of the other schools. I feel like they almost rely on their reputation to attract people there. GWU was the most nondescript urban school I've ever seen. Felt like a more conservative NYU with less liberal arts majors and more of a sciences/political science emphasis. It's not bad, but I would rather go to NYU for the price of GW since I'm not a huge fan of D.C. to begin with. University of Delaware and UMD were both pretty nice, and they're schools that I can safely say I'm sure I'll get into. Makes me feel way more comfortable to have two schools that I'll apply to that I'd be happy to go to. They had much more relaxed and friendly campus feels than JHU did, even though they're nowhere near as good of schools as Johns Hopkins is. Just doesn't seem good to go to a school where no one seemed happy (no one was really socializing or anything, everyone was kind of just sitting by themselves or maybe one other friend) for 4 years. | ||
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Ideal26
United States185 Posts
On April 23 2014 20:46 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Not really the exact right place for it, but I figured that this is probably the best place to post about visiting schools. Just came back from a 2 day trip to Baltimore and DC. I saw University of Delaware, University of Maryland at College Park, Johns Hopkins University, and GWU. I actually liked UD/UMD much more than the last two to be completely honest. I've wanted to go to Johns Hopkins for a while now, but when I actually visited it I felt very underwhelmed. The actual information session was awful and the tour itself was ok, just not as great as a lot of the other schools. I feel like they almost rely on their reputation to attract people there. GWU was the most nondescript urban school I've ever seen. Felt like a more conservative NYU with less liberal arts majors and more of a sciences/political science emphasis. It's not bad, but I would rather go to NYU for the price of GW since I'm not a huge fan of D.C. to begin with. University of Delaware and UMD were both pretty nice, and they're schools that I can safely say I'm sure I'll get into. Makes me feel way more comfortable to have two schools that I'll apply to that I'd be happy to go to. They had much more relaxed and friendly campus feels than JHU did, even though they're nowhere near as good of schools as Johns Hopkins is. Just doesn't seem good to go to a school where no one seemed happy (no one was really socializing or anything, everyone was kind of just sitting by themselves or maybe one other friend) for 4 years. I work for a professor who has a joint appointment at Princeton and Texas A&M. Two very good, but very different schools. I love the advice he gives high school students: For undegrad, go to a school you will enjoy. I don't know anything about UD, but I've heard great things about UMD. I'm sure at either place you will get an excellent education and you'll get to enjoy your time in college. If you decide to go to graduate school, that is the time to chose somewhere like Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, etc. They're research/graduate focused schools, and tend to be very cold and rough on undergrads (in his opinion). He's witnessed it firsthand and that's why he's mainly rooted at A&M now, because everyone is happier and friendlier and he gets to interact with more students. I totally get the underwhelming feeling. I've been visiting graduate schools for a few months and some of the big name schools were just absolutely unimpressive. Not what I expected. Visiting was a great call on your part, definitely go with those gut feelings. College is rough, don't put yourself in an environment that will make you miserable. | ||
GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
On April 18 2014 03:59 [UoN]Sentinel wrote: I wouldn't mind any dorm that isn't on Busch if the honors dorms get filled up. I've been going to the Werblin Center for the last 10 years for swim practice, and I'd love to spend most of my Rutgers experience as far as possible from it. Kinda sucks that nearly all the math/science buildings on Busch are a stone's throw from the Werblin. WTF do you have against Busch? Maybe the campus has changed a lot in the six years since I've left but the only reason I left McCormick was because of Brett honors singles. | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
On April 23 2014 22:15 Ideal26 wrote: I work for a professor who has a joint appointment at Princeton and Texas A&M. Two very good, but very different schools. I love the advice he gives high school students: For undegrad, go to a school you will enjoy. I don't know anything about UD, but I've heard great things about UMD. I'm sure at either place you will get an excellent education and you'll get to enjoy your time in college. If you decide to go to graduate school, that is the time to chose somewhere like Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, etc. They're research/graduate focused schools, and tend to be very cold and rough on undergrads (in his opinion). He's witnessed it firsthand and that's why he's mainly rooted at A&M now, because everyone is happier and friendlier and he gets to interact with more students. I totally get the underwhelming feeling. I've been visiting graduate schools for a few months and some of the big name schools were just absolutely unimpressive. Not what I expected. Visiting was a great call on your part, definitely go with those gut feelings. College is rough, don't put yourself in an environment that will make you miserable. That basically sums up my feelings exactly. Glad to know a professor that you respect has the same view I have. It doesn't seem worth it to sacrifice 4 years of your life for a school that is (relatively) unimportant once you go to graduate school. I'm planning on doing some kind of biomedical engineering or biochem, so I'm basically sure that I want to go to grad school. Thanks for the solid advice though, and good luck with graduate school! | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On April 23 2014 23:55 GrandInquisitor wrote: WTF do you have against Busch? Maybe the campus has changed a lot in the six years since I've left but the only reason I left McCormick was because of Brett honors singles. I've spent too much time in Busch. I wouldn't mind a bit of variety | ||
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Release
United States4397 Posts
Waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI Rejected: UCB, Northwestern, All Ivies, UIUC, WUSTL, many more. Feels like death + Show Spoiler [stats] + 3.9UW, 4.8W GPA 800/800/800/12 SAT 1 800 SAT 2 on Math, Chem, Bio, Phys, and US History 2 AP Sophomore year (one 4, one 5), 10 AP junior year (all 5's) USAMO/PhO/BO/ChO qualifier Taking CC classes b/c I exhausted high school math/science curriculum S&D, sports, music summer travel to third world country to support underprivileged communities | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
On April 25 2014 12:36 Release wrote: Accepted: UC Merced, ASU Waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI Rejected: UCB, Northwestern, All Ivies, UIUC, WUSTL, many more. Feels like death + Show Spoiler [stats] + 3.9UW, 4.8W GPA 800/800/800/12 SAT 1 800 SAT 2 on Math, Chem, Bio, Phys, and US History 2 AP Sophomore year (one 4, one 5), 10 AP junior year (all 5's) USAMO/PhO/BO/ChO qualifier Taking CC classes b/c I exhausted high school math/science curriculum S&D, sports, music summer travel to third world country to support underprivileged communities 10 AP's junior year? Fuck, now I'm not even mad I got rejected to Berkeley. Based on your schools I take it you're from California? Also what are you majoring in? | ||
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Release
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Disregard
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
On April 25 2014 12:36 Release wrote: Accepted: UC Merced, ASU Waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI Rejected: UCB, Northwestern, All Ivies, UIUC, WUSTL, many more. Feels like death + Show Spoiler [stats] + 3.9UW, 4.8W GPA 800/800/800/12 SAT 1 800 SAT 2 on Math, Chem, Bio, Phys, and US History 2 AP Sophomore year (one 4, one 5), 10 AP junior year (all 5's) USAMO/PhO/BO/ChO qualifier Taking CC classes b/c I exhausted high school math/science curriculum S&D, sports, music summer travel to third world country to support underprivileged communities how did you get rejected from UIUC when I got waitlisted o.o | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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n.DieJokes
United States3443 Posts
On April 25 2014 12:36 Release wrote: Accepted: UC Merced, ASU Waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI Rejected: UCB, Northwestern, All Ivies, UIUC, WUSTL, many more. Feels like death + Show Spoiler [stats] + 3.9UW, 4.8W GPA 800/800/800/12 SAT 1 800 SAT 2 on Math, Chem, Bio, Phys, and US History 2 AP Sophomore year (one 4, one 5), 10 AP junior year (all 5's) USAMO/PhO/BO/ChO qualifier Taking CC classes b/c I exhausted high school math/science curriculum S&D, sports, music summer travel to third world country to support underprivileged communities Holy shit dude, wtf. No justice | ||
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Chocolate
United States2350 Posts
On April 25 2014 12:36 Release wrote: Accepted: UC Merced, ASU Waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI Rejected: UCB, Northwestern, All Ivies, UIUC, WUSTL, many more. Feels like death + Show Spoiler [stats] + 3.9UW, 4.8W GPA 800/800/800/12 SAT 1 800 SAT 2 on Math, Chem, Bio, Phys, and US History 2 AP Sophomore year (one 4, one 5), 10 AP junior year (all 5's) USAMO/PhO/BO/ChO qualifier Taking CC classes b/c I exhausted high school math/science curriculum S&D, sports, music summer travel to third world country to support underprivileged communities Wow, that just sucks. Only thing I can think of is that they thought you were too good to be true  You're obviously really smart though, so I'm sure you'll get into a top grad school if you elect to follow that path | ||
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Luepert
United States1934 Posts
On April 25 2014 12:36 Release wrote: Accepted: UC Merced, ASU Waitlisted: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI Rejected: UCB, Northwestern, All Ivies, UIUC, WUSTL, many more. Feels like death + Show Spoiler [stats] + 3.9UW, 4.8W GPA 800/800/800/12 SAT 1 800 SAT 2 on Math, Chem, Bio, Phys, and US History 2 AP Sophomore year (one 4, one 5), 10 AP junior year (all 5's) USAMO/PhO/BO/ChO qualifier Taking CC classes b/c I exhausted high school math/science curriculum S&D, sports, music summer travel to third world country to support underprivileged communities Holy shit. What do you have like 6 felonies or something? | ||
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n.DieJokes
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The_Templar
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