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Dang, I'm Asian, I think colleges have too many of those for affirmative action to work =/
I'm just a sophomore but I'd like to know, in general, what's a good number of colleges to apply to?
I'm thinking about New York area ones as well as Ivy League, but then there's always some other good schools like Vanderbilt or WashU and I can't decide @_@
I'm just a sophomore but I'd like to know, in general, what's a good number of colleges to apply to?
I'm thinking about New York area ones as well as Ivy League, but then there's always some other good schools like Vanderbilt or WashU and I can't decide @_@
I'm at UMass Amherst and it's truly an amazing place. I wouldn't worry too much about making friends: it's pretty easy especially if you decide to live in some sort of themed housing because you'll know you have something in common with the people around you.
Here's probably not the best place to ask, but as a shot in the dark: Does anyone know of any schools with particularly high quality computer science doctoral programs focusing on computer architecture and simulation?
Affirmative action helps tremendously. Not gonna lie, many ED applicants that are accepted are African American. Anyway, it is a crapshoot literally. I was lucky to get into any of the schools I applied to. I had a 2200 on my SAT, and some pretty good subject test scores (760 Math II, 750 Biology M, 740 Physics). However, I got rejected from my main choice. Ivy leagues are pathetic now, I feel that you need to have a guardian angel watching over you to have any chance to get into them. I mean, if I can get into Stanford (which is ranked higher than most of the Ivy's in the national polls), what reason could they possibly have to reject me from any of the other Ivy's I applied to? I personally am happy with the colleges I got into, but even the financial aid packages some of them give you is ridiculous. I may not even go to Stanford because of the inflated tuition. College is overall becoming a piece of shit honestly.
Transfer from a two-year college if everything falls through. In that scenario, you should at least aim for a 3.0 GPA. However, even with a C average and decent SAT scores... there's a college that will accept you. Just don't expect Ivy League (unless you have tons of money and your parents are important).
I wish. I was actually thinking of going to Wake Tech for a couple of years for Marketing...
just go to a shitty community college for 2 years, actually take that seriously, then transfer. that is really what just about everyone in the world should do. i will likely be graduating with a low d average, high school grades mean fuck all in the real world, you can definitely work your way up to a very good college even if you barely pass high school, and probably save money on the way.
Just don't be too ambitious when you try that.
2330 psat, so future in colleges is looking bright for me.
2330 psat, so future in colleges is looking bright for me.
Not in NYC.
Accepted at Kettering University (former GMI), U of M Dearborn (no), Saginaw Valley State University (lame) and Lawrence Technological University (going there next year).
Accepted at Kettering University (former GMI), U of M Dearborn (no), Saginaw Valley State University (lame) and Lawrence Technological University (going there next year).
I pretty much applied to colleges in penn, nj, and ny where I could continue playing cello (horrible player, but want music in my life) and where there's a good pre-med program. I got rejected by cornell, nyu (thought i'd get in..), colgate, swarthmore, and johns hopkins; accepted to tcnj, ursinus college, drew university, rutgers, penn state, suny ithaca, fordham, muhlenberg, and suny binghamton. Went with drew in madison, nj, primarily because of financial support.
Makes sense, since I did not take SATs and SAT II's seriously (1310 out of 1600, and my SATII bio was 690, SATII jap 780, and SATII Calc was the worst). I only took three APs in my senior year and wasn't the most active student (only did orchestra). Still, coming from a prestigious school with a 3.7 GPA and experiencing unique opportunities like interning at a state-of-the-art hospital and medical center (even though all I really did was shadow doctors ... I had to present in one of the morning conferences, though, about caloric restriction), I thought I'd end up in a better place. guessing my recommendation letters and application essays weren't that convincing..
From a school full of achievers to a college full of smokers and drunks hungry for parties and girls. But I reckon those are common problems in bigger colleges, too? I had enjoyed my first year of college... got involved (kind of got lazy at the end, though x_x) and had a nice residence floor. It's nice to earn grades that reflect my efforts; studies in high school paid off this year.
Makes sense, since I did not take SATs and SAT II's seriously (1310 out of 1600, and my SATII bio was 690, SATII jap 780, and SATII Calc was the worst). I only took three APs in my senior year and wasn't the most active student (only did orchestra). Still, coming from a prestigious school with a 3.7 GPA and experiencing unique opportunities like interning at a state-of-the-art hospital and medical center (even though all I really did was shadow doctors ... I had to present in one of the morning conferences, though, about caloric restriction), I thought I'd end up in a better place. guessing my recommendation letters and application essays weren't that convincing..
From a school full of achievers to a college full of smokers and drunks hungry for parties and girls. But I reckon those are common problems in bigger colleges, too? I had enjoyed my first year of college... got involved (kind of got lazy at the end, though x_x) and had a nice residence floor. It's nice to earn grades that reflect my efforts; studies in high school paid off this year.
i live in NZ and we simply don't do those crazy SAT, college applications here. maybe it's because we don't have a lot of Uni's to choose from locally. if you have university entrance (80/150 approx from your last year in HS, passed year 11 maths and english), you'll get into any university in New Zealand. we don't really have much choice either as our new HS system, NCEA, is a national joke and no one recognises it internationally :(