If anyone comes to Ithaca College or Cornell pm me and i'll let you know about the magic club here
I'll be sure too!
Right now I'm applying to UVM, Ithica, Endicott, Keene state, UNH, UNY Sunybrook, UConn, Champlain, Southern Vermont and Maine. I have yet to hear back from any of them, but right now I'm posting a 2.95 unwieghted GPA, a 1790 SAT and a 28 ACT so I should be a shoo-in for most of those schools.
I'm working on my applications as well. I'll be applying to Carleton, Rensselaer, U of Wisconsin - Madison, Grinnell, Case Western Reserve, U of Chicago, U of Washington, and U of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. I somehow pulled off a 35 on the ACT and my SAT isn't much worse, so I'm set for standardized tests. I've got a 4.4 weighted GPA, which is actually on the low side for some of these schools, but my grades have a consistent upward trend throughout high school despite the classes getting harder, so I don't think that'll limit me.
I'm just really worried about essays and financial aid.
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Submitting Early Decision application to Brown on Monday. Got SAT results back yesterday with a 2220 composite, which I am fairly happy with. I should get full financial aid if accepted, so I guess I will have my fingers crossed through December 15th.
Submitting Early Decision application to Brown on Monday. Got SAT results back yesterday with a 2220 composite, which I am fairly happy with. I should get full financial aid if accepted, so I guess I will have my fingers crossed through December 15th.
I applied to Brown last year, it was my top choice as well. I got a 2210 on my SATs, which I think will help you (a 2220 probably means you're in the high register in terms of accepted freshman this year, right?). I didn't end up getting in, but it wasn't because of my SAT score, I'm sure of that (I was only 29th in my class :/).
My friends tell me that colleges are getting even harder to get in each year. If so, that really sucks since last year I was rejected from UCLA and UCBerkely with a 4.1 GPA and 2340 SAT. /cry
My friends tell me that colleges are getting even harder to get in each year. If so, that really sucks since last year I was rejected from UCLA and UCBerkely with a 4.1 GPA and 2340 SAT. /cry
Are you serious??? Well... what was your class rank? It kind of explains everything if you went to a prep school. Or maybe you don't live in Cali.
I'm at UCLA and I can affirm that most of my classmates are not bright. Decent graduate schools, horrid undergraduate universities.
I live in California and was probably ranked 10th percentile in my school (public school with a pretty large amount of smart and hardworking people). Was really pissed when I was rejected by UCLA, since I heard their computer science and engineering (hopefully mu major) was good.
I didn't really take notice of my rank. To me it was all about the best possible decent GPA with the lowest possible amount of work. Maybe I should have worried about it and shot for above the tenth percentile.
Btw, the people here at UCSD aren't very bright either. They tend to study lots and lots though and I am bored out of my mind since every is too "busy" to have fun.
Human, you and I seem to have similar stats, and I too was rejected from UCLA and Berkeley. I also have some pretty impressive extracurriculars. Not sure why, but I wasn't planning on staying in state anyway.
I was accepted to UCSD, UCSC, Georgetown, Wesleyan, Tufts, Skidmore, and Trinity, waitlisted at Vassar and Connecticut, and rejected by the aforementioned, Yale, and Brown after having been deferred ED. It is down to Georgetown and Wesleyan for me at this point.
As to UCSD, I go to the high school on campus, the Preuss School UCSD, and I can attest to UCSD being a very suppressive place. I guess that is true with a lot of large research universities, but both academically and socially UCSD's atmosphere is dead.
Are you serious??? Well... what was your class rank? It kind of explains everything if you went to a prep school. Or maybe you don't live in Cali.
I'm at UCLA and I can affirm that most of my classmates are not bright. Decent graduate schools, horrid undergraduate universities.
It's one of those "blessings" of globalization and such. They seek out children globally to make the campuses more "diverse." Overall, to be honest the hyper selectiveness of colleges are unnecessary as it's not so much where you get your degree from it's what you know and who know.
Really unless if you go to a diploma mill, your prospects and work ethic if continued from high school bring prosperity.
Basic rule of economics: It's not what you spend, it's how much you save. If you're going bust for a doctorate, undergrad means less and less about "where" and more of "what."
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A striking trend about UCLA is that selectivity is increasing fast. It was already happening before the economic woes and the situation may only exacerbate. All the while UCs will become more popular than ever as "cheap" haven universities. In my freshman year in highschool in 2005, the admittance rate was 26.9%. 4 years later? It plummeted down to 21.73%. Berkeley is down to 21.5% as well. We're finally catching up. Just wait for the day when UCLA becomes more prestigious (will that ever even happen???)...
Berkeley has a 21.5% acceptance rate? I always thought it was lower than that. But yea, in regards to captain morgans post, I'll also add there is little difference between actual quality of education / teachers. The teachers at more well known schools usually just have more publications, etc.
Well, I'm somewhat of a supergenius by most standards, but I'm from a small city in southern WI. I got a 34 on the ACT and took 3 AP classes and a college calc II class in my junior year, but I'm still indecisive on which colleges to apply to.
Unless if you get serious offers for scholarships that are cheap or really enticing, blitzkrieging through junior college and then transferring to a four year institution for a fast track masters degree is something you can do in like 5 years I think. It's not the most fun thing to do in the world, but being 23 with a graduate degree is fairly good.
Go for affordability, that leaves you open for a doctorate without much debt if you accumulate scholarships like a squirrel to acorns.
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Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
Human, you were probably not accepted because many other students with equally impressive grades also were involved in high-profile extracurriculars and/or had overcome unique obstacles, were part of an underrepresented minority, got the same GPA but in a more rigorous school, etc.
I've got friends who went to UCSD and they say that it is a great disillusionment to be there. They have some prestigious faculty, but the program they were in was hard and the benefits few. They felt they learned more in high school than some of their undergrad classes. Only after they went on into specialty grad placements or another degree program did they notice the kinds of support for students you might expect for your money and effort.
That said La Jolla is awesome and being able to study on the beach is irreplaceable. Just hope you don't mind a little fog from time to time
Berkeley has a 21.5% acceptance rate? I always thought it was lower than that. But yea, in regards to captain morgans post, I'll also add there is little difference between actual quality of education / teachers. The teachers at more well known schools usually just have more publications, etc.
Yah, but most of the acceptances are into majors they need filled (or genders for that matter). Good luck getting into Computer Science or EE. (Well actually, you can transfer into CS, which is what I did, woohoo..)
And the quality of education is definitely a reason why someone would want to go to a more renowned University. I'm not going to say something as anecdotal as "the professors are better/smarter", and will simply point out that there are usually more class options available in a larger University than a small college. More class options = you take the classes you want = you learn what you want = flexible schedule = more partying = where was I going with this?
Also, there are much more research opportunities, as well as GSIs that you can bug instead of always talking to the professor. I've looked at lots of schedule catalogs (one of the primary ways I figured out which schools to apply to), and can say without a doubt that the small colleges tend to throw you down a fast track of "take class A, B, C ... Z, graduate, ???, profit!" whereas larger schools let you try all sorts of stuff and still graduate on time. The graduation requirement for CS at Berkeley was something like "take 3 specific upper division classes and then 2 of your choice from a pool of 15+". It was really relaxed, and I ended up taking almost all of them just because they were interesting (and you have to take the Database class if you want a job after you graduate).
And don't worry if you applied to Berk and didn't get in... they only accept asians...
We live in a country were ~50% of the populace believe public schooling is a socialist conspiracy and that being called Einstein is an insult. We could try and fix it, but unfortunately the other 50% don't believe in euthanasia.
I am a townie in Ithaca. Good choice-we have a great magic scene here.
Where's the local card shop? How competitive is the scene? I've been up to visit Cornell (and Collegetown) a bunch of times, but I haven't really been to Ithaca the city that much. I probably won't be playing a whole lot in college, but I'd definitely like to stop by and check out the scene at least once.
Where's the local card shop? How competitive is the scene? I've been up to visit Cornell (and Collegetown) a bunch of times, but I haven't really been to Ithaca the city that much. I probably won't be playing a whole lot in college, but I'd definitely like to stop by and check out the scene at least once.
The card shop is lame, and we don't play there. The scene is pretty competitive, and we do reasonably well in tournaments in other cities, while in Ithaca, we don't have major tournaments. At the block PTQ in Rochester, we filled half the top 8, if that is a good reference point for you. We play at the games club in Goldwyn Smith hall at Cornell.
We live in a country were ~50% of the populace believe public schooling is a socialist conspiracy and that being called Einstein is an insult. We could try and fix it, but unfortunately the other 50% don't believe in euthanasia.
The card shop is lame, and we don't play there. The scene is pretty competitive, and we do reasonably well in tournaments in other cities, while in Ithaca, we don't have major tournaments. At the block PTQ in Rochester, we filled half the top 8, if that is a good reference point for you. We play at the games club in Goldwyn Smith hall at Cornell.
Oh, cool. Goldwin Smith Hall is right on the Arts Quad, where I'll have most of my classes. Are most of the players Cornell students?
I'll be sure too!
Right now I'm applying to UVM, Ithica, Endicott, Keene state, UNH, UNY Sunybrook, UConn, Champlain, Southern Vermont and Maine. I have yet to hear back from any of them, but right now I'm posting a 2.95 unwieghted GPA, a 1790 SAT and a 28 ACT so I should be a shoo-in for most of those schools.
I'm just really worried about essays and financial aid.
I applied to Brown last year, it was my top choice as well. I got a 2210 on my SATs, which I think will help you (a 2220 probably means you're in the high register in terms of accepted freshman this year, right?). I didn't end up getting in, but it wasn't because of my SAT score, I'm sure of that (I was only 29th in my class :/).
Are you from Rhode Island?
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Are you serious??? Well... what was your class rank? It kind of explains everything if you went to a prep school. Or maybe you don't live in Cali.
I'm at UCLA and I can affirm that most of my classmates are not bright. Decent graduate schools, horrid undergraduate universities.
I didn't really take notice of my rank. To me it was all about the best possible decent GPA with the lowest possible amount of work. Maybe I should have worried about it and shot for above the tenth percentile.
Btw, the people here at UCSD aren't very bright either. They tend to study lots and lots though and I am bored out of my mind since every is too "busy" to have fun.
I was accepted to UCSD, UCSC, Georgetown, Wesleyan, Tufts, Skidmore, and Trinity, waitlisted at Vassar and Connecticut, and rejected by the aforementioned, Yale, and Brown after having been deferred ED. It is down to Georgetown and Wesleyan for me at this point.
As to UCSD, I go to the high school on campus, the Preuss School UCSD, and I can attest to UCSD being a very suppressive place. I guess that is true with a lot of large research universities, but both academically and socially UCSD's atmosphere is dead.
It's one of those "blessings" of globalization and such. They seek out children globally to make the campuses more "diverse." Overall, to be honest the hyper selectiveness of colleges are unnecessary as it's not so much where you get your degree from it's what you know and who know.
Really unless if you go to a diploma mill, your prospects and work ethic if continued from high school bring prosperity.
Basic rule of economics: It's not what you spend, it's how much you save. If you're going bust for a doctorate, undergrad means less and less about "where" and more of "what."
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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Go for affordability, that leaves you open for a doctorate without much debt if you accumulate scholarships like a squirrel to acorns.
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.
Individualities may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
I've got friends who went to UCSD and they say that it is a great disillusionment to be there. They have some prestigious faculty, but the program they were in was hard and the benefits few. They felt they learned more in high school than some of their undergrad classes. Only after they went on into specialty grad placements or another degree program did they notice the kinds of support for students you might expect for your money and effort.
That said La Jolla is awesome and being able to study on the beach is irreplaceable. Just hope you don't mind a little fog from time to time
Yah, but most of the acceptances are into majors they need filled (or genders for that matter). Good luck getting into Computer Science or EE. (Well actually, you can transfer into CS, which is what I did, woohoo..)
And the quality of education is definitely a reason why someone would want to go to a more renowned University. I'm not going to say something as anecdotal as "the professors are better/smarter", and will simply point out that there are usually more class options available in a larger University than a small college. More class options = you take the classes you want = you learn what you want = flexible schedule = more partying = where was I going with this?
Also, there are much more research opportunities, as well as GSIs that you can bug instead of always talking to the professor. I've looked at lots of schedule catalogs (one of the primary ways I figured out which schools to apply to), and can say without a doubt that the small colleges tend to throw you down a fast track of "take class A, B, C ... Z, graduate, ???, profit!" whereas larger schools let you try all sorts of stuff and still graduate on time. The graduation requirement for CS at Berkeley was something like "take 3 specific upper division classes and then 2 of your choice from a pool of 15+". It was really relaxed, and I ended up taking almost all of them just because they were interesting (and you have to take the Database class if you want a job after you graduate).
And don't worry if you applied to Berk and didn't get in... they only accept asians...
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Where's the local card shop? How competitive is the scene? I've been up to visit Cornell (and Collegetown) a bunch of times, but I haven't really been to Ithaca the city that much. I probably won't be playing a whole lot in college, but I'd definitely like to stop by and check out the scene at least once.
The card shop is lame, and we don't play there. The scene is pretty competitive, and we do reasonably well in tournaments in other cities, while in Ithaca, we don't have major tournaments. At the block PTQ in Rochester, we filled half the top 8, if that is a good reference point for you. We play at the games club in Goldwyn Smith hall at Cornell.
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Oh, cool. Goldwin Smith Hall is right on the Arts Quad, where I'll have most of my classes. Are most of the players Cornell students?