Final Grades/GPA thread/School/University Discussion

Haha, sucked it big in the SAT II's

760 US History
690 Math II
660 Physics

I guess the only consolence is that I didn't study for them, and knew no electricity or magnetism questions for physics (hadn't gone over them, haha). Oh well, one last chance to do them
 
So my dreams of going to the states just got shattered miserably with this physics test. I had a 7 on the first one (kinematics, thermo, gravitational), and got a 4/5 on the Simple Harmonics Test (due to stupid stupid mistakes, as forgetting Fn and Fg, and forgetting the square sign on the equation which i had written down before, which would have bumped me up to a 6/7). With this final nail in the coffin, which I'm praying for a 75%+, my Physics mark just went down the drain. HELLO CANADA.
 
Man your all smart i get like all C's and D's

Im a fucking retard and fail at life though, might explain a few things.....
 
I was just thinking the same thing.

Canadian schools are no slouch either. Unless you aspire to go to the Ivy League (in which some cases University of Toronto and MacGill are better) or studying engineering (US does have excellent engineering schools), I see no reason to not attend Canadian universities.

Unless you want to work in the US, of course
 
Firestorm said:
Eraddd, why do you want to go to the US for school instead of Canada?
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Olympics fucking Vancouver over. Looking back at all the other cities, woot, debt for Vancouver.

Furthermore, Harmonized sales tax, Gordon Campbell as premier, BC going down the shit hole, lots of people I know in Vancouver are assholes, want a fresh start in a new city, and many more reasons.

I volunteered at UBC last summer, and its not the school for me. I go to SFU every week, and its DEFINITELY not the school for me. I'm looking at U of T as a huge option though.

Last summer, and the summer before, I visited Chicago, and LA, and I will tell you I fell in love with those two cities. I loved the atmosphere, the whole feel of the city, the beaches of LA, the sky scrapers of Chicago, and much more. Plus, each city has very very good universities there, which is a big plus.

Edit: Oh and I want to live in the US in the future also. Though the economy might screw my dreams over.
 
What are those SATs out of? Do you not have to sit things for particular subjects, or is just maths, CR (reading?) and writing?

In NSW (Australia), we have to take 2 "units" of english and a total of 10 units across 4 or more subjects, these are all scaled around and then you end up with a percentile rank (Mine was 96.something).

That was 4 years ago! I'm in university now, in my 4th year of 6. I've been doing BSc. (majoring in physics) and an LLB, but this year was an Honours year in Physics, where I did a research project and a 50%-worth thesis.
 
I did my first university assessment today - got 75 (a First). I am quite pleased with this, but really I want mid-firsts or higher-firsts :(
 
Wow, it's been a long time since I've visited Smogon, but when I saw this thread, I knew I had to post. Since I'm guessing that many of you are high school seniors as well, anyone anxiously waiting for replies from schools? I sent in an ED and an EA app a couple weeks ago, and at the moment, it seems like every conversation I have relates to college. Sometimes I'm glad I've got shoddybattle to take my mind of these things, haha.
 
Just finished first quarter
AP World History: A-
Jazz Band: A
Symphonic Band: A
Honors Chemistry: A
Algebra II: A
Spanish III: A
Pretty fucking stoked
 
I just declared my major after clogging through two years of mediocre basics. I picked a BS in Chemistry. :3 Wanna work for NASA chem labs someday, which means I'll have to go Professional and get stuck in Calc 3..

If I don't kill myself first.
 
Danyul said:
the SAT is out of 2400, composed of 3 subjects (math, critical reading, writing) which are each respectively out of 800. You can only get scores in multiples of 10, so you can only get 700, 710, etc, and not like 703 or something. You have to take all three subjects any time you sit the test, and you can take the test as many times as you want although colleges will see how many times you have taken it and would probably disapprove if you took it "too many" times. Lastly, most colleges don't really care about the writing section and tend to look at your score as a CR/math composite out of 1600.

there are also subject specific tests, SAT IIs, which some colleges require. you can take them in subjects like biology, us history, etc.
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What's the distribution of marks like? The mean is around 550 or so, I guess, and the first standard deviation around 650?
 
Eraddd said:
Olympics fucking Vancouver over. Looking back at all the other cities, woot, debt for Vancouver.

Furthermore, Harmonized sales tax, Gordon Campbell as premier, BC going down the shit hole, lots of people I know in Vancouver are assholes, want a fresh start in a new city, and many more reasons.

I volunteered at UBC last summer, and its not the school for me. I go to SFU every week, and its DEFINITELY not the school for me. I'm looking at U of T as a huge option though.

Last summer, and the summer before, I visited Chicago, and LA, and I will tell you I fell in love with those two cities. I loved the atmosphere, the whole feel of the city, the beaches of LA, the sky scrapers of Chicago, and much more. Plus, each city has very very good universities there, which is a big plus.

Edit: Oh and I want to live in the US in the future also. Though the economy might screw my dreams over.
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Well, I don't think you should look at putting yourself into tens of thousands of dollars of debt because the province is being stupid =P I feel lucky to be Canadian for university because of how expensive American schools are for Americans, let alone International Students.

UCLA: International Students pay ~$37,000 a year not including room and board ($12,000 on campus). My degree will be about $20,000 total (well more because I changed my plan a bit).

I'm sort of the opposite of you in that I don't want to live in the US and very much want to stay in Vancouver, but the industry I want to get into is heavily centred in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

If you're just trying to get away from people, then yeah, I'd look at some universities outside the province. Unlike the US, you get the local rate for tuition as long as you're a resident of the COUNTRY, not state/province. Also don't forget to check out SFU's Surrey campus if it's the campus atmosphere you don't like at SFU Burnaby. What field are you looking to go into?

Polis4rule said:
I was just thinking the same thing.

Canadian schools are no slouch either. Unless you aspire to go to the Ivy League (in which some cases University of Toronto and MacGill are better) or studying engineering (US does have excellent engineering schools), I see no reason to not attend Canadian universities.

Unless you want to work in the US, of course
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For Engineering, there is also the University of Waterloo here.

By the way, anyone have any experience with having a Canadian degree and working in the US?
 
just asking a general question. Im about halfway through my first college semester straight out of high school. Wondering if it is not at all uncommon to have better grades in college than high school. because i am doing really well right now and im quite surprised at myself.
 
pookar said:
just asking a general question. Im about halfway through my first college semester straight out of high school. Wondering if it is not at all uncommon to have better grades in college than high school. because i am doing really well right now and im quite surprised at myself.
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Well, sometimes your high actually makes you more prepared than you need to be. Which generally comes from either being a scare tactic, or from competent teachers. My first year of college was a breeze, but sophomore year things are starting to get difficult. But that's probably only because I'm a year ahead in my Computer Science degree.
 
pookar said:
just asking a general question. Im about halfway through my first college semester straight out of high school. Wondering if it is not at all uncommon to have better grades in college than high school. because i am doing really well right now and im quite surprised at myself.
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I found the work easier than my last two or three years of high school. 2nd and 3rd year were a bit tougher. My grades are about the same as they were in high school (B+ student).

My teachers are incompetent oafs for the most part though. Enough so that a few students and I are checking around to see if we can get enough unhappy people to go up to the administration and have them change this crap. Unfortunately, some students who have been longer than us have said that they've tried to make changes before and have been unsuccessful due to the politics involved with universities.
 
Just finished my first 9 weeks (quarter) and my grades were:

Drivers Ed: A
History: A
Spanish: B
Chemistry: B
Geometry: B
English: A

Extra Credit really saves your butt when you're failing up until the last 2 weeks of the grading period. =P

BTW, I'm a sophomore...
 
Firestorm said:
Well, I don't think you should look at putting yourself into tens of thousands of dollars of debt because the province is being stupid =P I feel lucky to be Canadian for university because of how expensive American schools are for Americans, let alone International Students.

UCLA: International Students pay ~$37,000 a year not including room and board ($12,000 on campus). My degree will be about $20,000 total (well more because I changed my plan a bit).

I'm sort of the opposite of you in that I don't want to live in the US and very much want to stay in Vancouver, but the industry I want to get into is heavily centred in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

If you're just trying to get away from people, then yeah, I'd look at some universities outside the province. Unlike the US, you get the local rate for tuition as long as you're a resident of the COUNTRY, not state/province. Also don't forget to check out SFU's Surrey campus if it's the campus atmosphere you don't like at SFU Burnaby. What field are you looking to go into?
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I've been to both SFU Burnaby and Surrey and Vancouver. SFU doesn't appeal to me because I don't think it serves my intellectual growth as well as I would want it to. My cousin and friends go there. They said their profs were a joke, and that many don't give a shit about the material, and they go there for the good grades and for the degree, nothing else.

I'm only leaving for America if they give me financial aid. Nothing more. I'm not getting into debt. I definitely am looking at Canadian universities, and I can definitely get a scholarship at U of T with my grades (I'm in IB, looking at a 39-42 score). I'm not applying to state universities, but only the top 20 which have decent financial aid. If all fails, I'm going to UBC.

State students who go to universities get federal aid. My friend attends UC Berkeley and he pays approximately 9000 dollars a year, and lives at home. Usually, universities have aid set aside for domestic students. Not so much for internationals unfortunately =/

Do you go to UBC?
 
Nope, I go to SFU. UBC didn't offer any programs that interested me while SFU had two which I'm doing a joint major in (Interactive Arts & Technology + Communications). I actually only applied to SFU. No backups XD Fortunately got in with a $2500 scholarship.

I think a lot of my profs are absolutely incapable of teaching as I mentioned earlier, but I've also had some truly inspiring teachers which I'm very glad to have met. Funny enough, most of those fall into the Communications side while most of the research-driven talentless hacks were on the IAT side.

It all depends on what type of faculty you want to get into really. If you are interested in Design, I might recommend Interactive Arts & Technology. There are some amazing teachers who teach design here. If you are interested in Media Arts (which is the stream I'm in), I'd stay the hell away.

Are you looking at a strictly more academic focus with the hopes of getting into a Masters program? Sciences? What are your interests?
 
Firestorm said:
Well, I don't think you should look at putting yourself into tens of thousands of dollars of debt because the province is being stupid =P I feel lucky to be Canadian for university because of how expensive American schools are for Americans, let alone International Students.

UCLA: International Students pay ~$37,000 a year not including room and board ($12,000 on campus). My degree will be about $20,000 total (well more because I changed my plan a bit).

I'm sort of the opposite of you in that I don't want to live in the US and very much want to stay in Vancouver, but the industry I want to get into is heavily centred in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

If you're just trying to get away from people, then yeah, I'd look at some universities outside the province. Unlike the US, you get the local rate for tuition as long as you're a resident of the COUNTRY, not state/province. Also don't forget to check out SFU's Surrey campus if it's the campus atmosphere you don't like at SFU Burnaby. What field are you looking to go into?

For Engineering, there is also the University of Waterloo here.

By the way, anyone have any experience with having a Canadian degree and working in the US?
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My degree is going to cost about $130 000AUD. Assuming I don't make the transfer into the subsidised version. Frown. At least ~100 000 can be deferred to tax.
 
Finished my University application, reference should be done by this weekend according to my teacher then hopefully Sheffield will accept me. *fingers crossed*
 
Firestorm said:
Nope, I go to SFU. UBC didn't offer any programs that interested me while SFU had two which I'm doing a joint major in (Interactive Arts & Technology + Communications). I actually only applied to SFU. No backups XD Fortunately got in with a $2500 scholarship.

I think a lot of my profs are absolutely incapable of teaching as I mentioned earlier, but I've also had some truly inspiring teachers which I'm very glad to have met. Funny enough, most of those fall into the Communications side while most of the research-driven talentless hacks were on the IAT side.

It all depends on what type of faculty you want to get into really. If you are interested in Design, I might recommend Interactive Arts & Technology. There are some amazing teachers who teach design here. If you are interested in Media Arts (which is the stream I'm in), I'd stay the hell away.

Are you looking at a strictly more academic focus with the hopes of getting into a Masters program? Sciences? What are your interests?
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Natural Sciences. For a major, thinking biochem, chemistry, or biophysics. I have no clue yet. I want to go to Med School, but for medical research, not to be a doctor.

SFU isn't that great with the sciences I heard. UBC is alot better apparently.
 
wow.

I missed the deadline for the Georgia Tech Presidential Scholarship. I still can get a full ride, so w/e. Or maybe I'll just go to Auburn.
 
Eraddd said:
State students who go to universities get federal aid. My friend attends UC Berkeley and he pays approximately 9000 dollars a year, and lives at home. Usually, universities have aid set aside for domestic students. Not so much for internationals unfortunately =/
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States students get federal aid from their income bracket

And I'd encourage you to apply for merit based scholarships. There are plenty of those, and international students can be competitive in those as well. And you'd be glad to know that colleges don't accept you based on your IB scores (in the US). Of course, not getting your diploma may eliminate you from scholarships, but you're aiming for the 40's, so...

And be sure to use fastweb.com for scholarships, as they do offer numerous scholarships for Canadian students as well.

Also, you could always go to graduate school in the States and attend undergraduate in Canada, to save some money
 
Polis4rule said:
States students get federal aid from their income bracket

And I'd encourage you to apply for merit based scholarships. There are plenty of those, and international students can be competitive in those as well. And you'd be glad to know that colleges don't accept you based on your IB scores (in the US). Of course, not getting your diploma may eliminate you from scholarships, but you're aiming for the 40's, so...

And be sure to use fastweb.com for scholarships, as they do offer numerous scholarships for Canadian students as well.

Also, you could always go to graduate school in the States and attend undergraduate in Canada, to save some money
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I don't understand that bolded statement. I do know that universities look more at GPA than IB predicted scores, so being in IB will hurt me? Because if I were in the regular curriculum, I could easily be scoring hundreds (not that I'm not in some courses, but courses like physics really hurt me, because the teacher gives the hardest tests ever, and tells us that 70% is a 6 and a 80% is a 7, but doesn't scale it =/.)

Thinking about doing undergrad in Canada but again, I really want to go the states, to get away from it all. U of T is still pretty expensive (approx. 20k with dorm)
 
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