I got into UConn Honors with a scholarship today.
Still waiting for Yale 12/15. I had a dream I got in last night. Hopefully I'm psychic
Still waiting for Yale 12/15. I had a dream I got in last night. Hopefully I'm psychic
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Final Grades/GPA thread/School/University Discussion
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ye I'm from Canada too so I know that most of the time it's really just a money issue/being an international issue as to why none of us really go to American schools but I knew them pretty well and I sincerely doubt that many of them would be able to get high SAT scores. I'd estimate like... 7/30 would be competitive (99th percentile) and if we're talking about all the kids who dropped out before grade 12 then that proportion is drastically smaller :P. Obviously it's totally possible that Danyul is just being selective when talking about those buddies, but damn it seems like everyone he knows is going to Yale :P
I think everyone in my program stayed in Canada. And ye IB kidna seemed like a joke to me (relative to how awesome it was vouched to be) and I'm pretty sure gifted is more challenging.
Yeah, the SAT scores were pretty bad in our school, not going to lie. My friend got 2320, I got 2270, and my other friend got 2240. The rest were like 1900 and 2000s. There were two 2100s. SAT IIs, I got the top (without even straight 800s). People were getting 600s in our school. Ironically, some of the brightest students are not even considering the US (one of my friends was recognized nationally for physics and would be a very very good chance for MIT or Caltech).
Seriously, I wanted to go to a better school (maybe Point Grey) but it was just too far away =/. At least the teachers are good here.
I'm currently waiting to hear back from my MoCs (members of congress) regarding my nominations into Annapolis and the Air Force Academy. I was told I'll know before Christmas, so it should be anytime this week that I get a letter.
But getting a nomination is the easy part. If I do get one (or more), it doesn't necessarily mean I'll be accepted, it just means I can be accepted =\.
But getting a nomination is the easy part. If I do get one (or more), it doesn't necessarily mean I'll be accepted, it just means I can be accepted =\.
Got rejected by Stanford Early Action yesterday. Oh well. I wasn't expecting to get in anyway, considering the acceptance rates they have had recently (even though I'm sure, like many others whom they rejected, I was qualified). I guess that means I'd better get working on those other supplements!
Good luck in that school man. Must be pretty rough. One question: Are there lots of grade grabbers in your school? People who'll do anything for grades? Or are they more "intellectually stimulated?"
I currently attend the University of Memphis where I struggle to maintain a 0 GPA in my first semester of college.
Congratulations! At least you'll have a place to go unlike me.
What major?
Do people in the States really graduate in 4 years? Or is it like Canada where they think they're going to graduate in 4 years and then about a year or two in realize that less than 10% of people actually do?
So you don't actually know what degree you're going to be awarded until you finish, effectively? Here you actually have to apply to specific courses, and applications to each is considered separately.
In the states, unless you're going into an engineering or architecture degree, you'll generally complete your degree in 4 years. This might change if you take lots of work experience and such like that
I see. I'm in my fourth year now and I know very few people graduating. I switched to a joint-major though which set me back a bit (couple of useless courses now) and I'm also doing Co-op which is pushing back my date. Other people I know were doing about 12 credits a semester so it's taking a while longer. 4 project courses is already more than people should be taking imo but there's no other way to graduate within 5 years... It's really hard to coordinate for end of semester projects when you have 4 groups to deal with!
it's the worst... I am in five various drama classes this semester, four of which have ditched exams in favour of group thingies! Fuck, in improvisation class my group has nine members and we have been given one week to somehow all meet and rehearse :| tbh I am so much better (marks-wise) on tests than on assignments :(
Totally opposite here. I can't stand exams, but I work pretty well in group projects and we always pull through with a decent grade (I'm a B+ student).
Yeah, personally I feel exams are useless for that reason. What environment in the real world am I going to be in where I am not allowed to get any outside help from my peers or the internet? An excercise in memorization isn't really useful to me at all.
I just wish teachers paid more attention to peer evaluations after projects. There are people in my year who shouldn't have made it out past first year. We do have an unwritten list of sorts where most people in the grade know who to avoid, but you'd think those people would have been penalized heavily enough that they had to shape up before passing...
Lab Chemistry- D+
Pre-Calcalus- D
Academic English IV- C+
AP Economics- C
AP Psychology- B-
Phys Ed.- B+
Art I-B
In short, I fucked up my senior year and any significant stride I have made junior year is irrelevant at this point.
I'm hoping I can pick myself up again, end high school with a 3.0 GPA(minimum), attend community college, transfer to a decent University(NYU, UCLA) and then apply to an elite graduate school(Columbia University, Cornell).
Pre-Calcalus- D
Academic English IV- C+
AP Economics- C
AP Psychology- B-
Phys Ed.- B+
Art I-B
In short, I fucked up my senior year and any significant stride I have made junior year is irrelevant at this point.
I'm hoping I can pick myself up again, end high school with a 3.0 GPA(minimum), attend community college, transfer to a decent University(NYU, UCLA) and then apply to an elite graduate school(Columbia University, Cornell).
I got accepted to University of Ottawa today. I'm very happy about that considering it was my first choice, and it's one of Ontario's best universities (from what I hear from a lot of people I've asked).
I plan to accept the offer, since I've always wanted to go to University of Ottawa. I'm not quite sure what kind of residence to apply to though. I can choose between a conventional residence or an apartment-style residence. I'm leaning to an apartment-style residence because to be honest, I'd rather have my own bathroom and kitchen than share one with everyone on the floor. University of Ottawa has an apartment-style residence (90 University) which doesn't have a monthly rent thing and is basically paid like a conventional residence (because it's right next to the university), so I'd probably apply to that one.
However, if anyone has some reasons as to why conventional may be better than apartment-style, I'm open to it since I have until May to send in a residence form and therefore a lot of time to decide.
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In relation to the assignment/test thing, I don't mind doing tests, but honestly I have to agree that doing exams and tests, especially timed ones, aren't very helpful for real life.
However, I really hate group assignments. I mean, they're great when you get people that will actually do a part in the assignment (and do it well). I loved doing science labs with my friends, because I generally don't make friends very well with morons. But when my teachers are the ones putting me in a group, I'm often paired up with people that require babysitting to do any sort of work, and it just makes the assignment completely unenjoyable to do. And high school teachers don't always do peer edits, which IMO is completely retarded. Peer edits should be required for every major group assignment since some people just don't do any work and get the same mark as people that do; this is called mooching.
I plan to accept the offer, since I've always wanted to go to University of Ottawa. I'm not quite sure what kind of residence to apply to though. I can choose between a conventional residence or an apartment-style residence. I'm leaning to an apartment-style residence because to be honest, I'd rather have my own bathroom and kitchen than share one with everyone on the floor. University of Ottawa has an apartment-style residence (90 University) which doesn't have a monthly rent thing and is basically paid like a conventional residence (because it's right next to the university), so I'd probably apply to that one.
However, if anyone has some reasons as to why conventional may be better than apartment-style, I'm open to it since I have until May to send in a residence form and therefore a lot of time to decide.
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In relation to the assignment/test thing, I don't mind doing tests, but honestly I have to agree that doing exams and tests, especially timed ones, aren't very helpful for real life.
However, I really hate group assignments. I mean, they're great when you get people that will actually do a part in the assignment (and do it well). I loved doing science labs with my friends, because I generally don't make friends very well with morons. But when my teachers are the ones putting me in a group, I'm often paired up with people that require babysitting to do any sort of work, and it just makes the assignment completely unenjoyable to do. And high school teachers don't always do peer edits, which IMO is completely retarded. Peer edits should be required for every major group assignment since some people just don't do any work and get the same mark as people that do; this is called mooching.