Got the first college acceptance letter

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Imp
It's all fun and games when you get the acceptance.

Then you actually gotta pull through 4 years of crap...

It's really only 1-2 years of crap.

100 level courses (with few exceptions) are a breeze.

 

[oznerol]

You live in Princeton and apply to Rutgers... odd.

I went to BU - good school, great city. School of management is great there, comm is good but the building is ancient.

Rutgers is a mess.

 

[konakona]

100 level courses (with few exceptions) are a breeze.

I felt it was the exact opposite. Those weedout courses are nasty, and with so many people in class they are utterly ruthless about grading (no curves, etc). With higher level classes, you have less classmates per class. The professors are generally more linient with grades, tests become easier to deal with (recycled test problems, open book tests). Most people around me either stayed strong from the get go, or got a slap on their wrists for fooling around too much the first year (myself included) and recover from their hapless blunder. Last few years were much less stressful for me anyway.

Congrats OP! buy us some :beer:

 

[thepd7]

I applied to 8, what I have heard from all college counselors is apply to:

2-3 that you KNOW you will get in and will be above average at (ie most likeyl get some good scholarships)

2-3 that you will probably get in and will be average at (maybe some scholarships maybe none)

2-3 that you will probably not get in but would like to try


I applied to:

UT Austin
Texas A&M
UT Dallas
UNT

Baylor
Georgia Tech
GWU

Stanford

Didn't get into Stanford (although they would accept my Jan SAT which was ridiculously better than the one they had on file), got into everywhere else, Baylor and UT Dallas gave me the best scholarships, went to UT Dallas for EE for free, it was very nice.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: konakona

100 level courses (with few exceptions) are a breeze.

I felt it was the exact opposite. Those weedout courses are nasty, and with so many people in class they are utterly ruthless about grading (no curves, etc). With higher level classes, you have less classmates per class. The professors are generally more linient with grades, tests become easier to deal with (recycled test problems, open book tests). Most people around me either stayed strong from the get go, or got a slap on their wrists for fooling around too much the first year (myself included) and recover from their hapless blunder. Last few years were much less stressful for me anyway.

Congrats OP! buy us some :beer:

my biggest 100 lvl class had 28 people in in FTW

my 400 lvl classes had between 5-8 people, was pretty sweet

 

[magomago]

my lower divs were all 300+
approximately 1/2 of my upper divs were 60+ (of those, about a quarter were 100+)
the other half were between 25-50ish

and maybe 5% of them were fifteen or less

edit

andi think ppl like to count because the more places that accept you, the greater self worth you feel. FWIW I applied to a few UCs and that is what I'll probably do when I want to go to grad school. The "fun" in applying to other places quickly dissapeared when I realized that I had to keep writing stupid "ZOMG why d I want to go here" b.s.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: ducci
You live in Princeton and apply to Rutgers... odd.

I went to BU - good school, great city. School of management is great there, comm is good but the building is ancient.

Rutgers is a mess.

Why is that odd? Rutgers is ranked as one of the top 100 schools in the nation, and has a very competitive business program. I hate how close it is to home, but with a cost that is more then half of BU and others, not to mention the fact that it is a fantastic school, it is a great safety.

 

[oznerol]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: ducci
You live in Princeton and apply to Rutgers... odd.

I went to BU - good school, great city. School of management is great there, comm is good but the building is ancient.

Rutgers is a mess.

Why is that odd? Rutgers is ranked as one of the top 100 schools in the nation, and has a very competitive business program. I hate how close it is to home, but with a cost that is more then half of BU and others, not to mention the fact that it is a fantastic school, it is a great safety.

I was implying that you should apply to Princeton since you're from there, not that Rutgers is bad.

I know many people who went to Rutgers as it's typically the default NJ go-to school and it's alright. I wouldn't put too much stock into the whole ranking thing.

If you end up visiting Rutgers, go to the grease trucks.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: ducci

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: ducci
You live in Princeton and apply to Rutgers... odd.

I went to BU - good school, great city. School of management is great there, comm is good but the building is ancient.

Rutgers is a mess.

Why is that odd? Rutgers is ranked as one of the top 100 schools in the nation, and has a very competitive business program. I hate how close it is to home, but with a cost that is more then half of BU and others, not to mention the fact that it is a fantastic school, it is a great safety.

I was implying that you should apply to Princeton since you're from there, not that Rutgers is bad.

I know many people who went to Rutgers as it's typically the default NJ go-to school and it's alright. I wouldn't put too much stock into the whole ranking thing.

If you end up visiting Rutgers, go to the grease trucks.

Don't have a shot at getting into Princeton. I don't mean its a reach, I mean I literally have no shot .

Greasetrucks is good, but Hoagie Haven in Princeton is still better.

 

[azilaga]

Congrats!

 

[Noobtastic]

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Nice, but 9 schools!?!

And also, what are you applying for?

Hahaha yeah, I went a little overboard with the schools I'm applying to:

Cornell University (Early Decision)
Northeastern University
Boston University
Syracuse University
Pittsburgh University
University of Maryland
Rutgers University
Hobart & William Smith College
Ithaca College
Purdue

I'm looking to major in most likely business, but possibly with a minor in communications/public relations.

Did you pay for those application fees all by yourself? I had a friend who applied to every single Ivy League school and Boston College.

Guess where he was accepted?

Geez, I cannot even begin to fathom how long it must have taken you to individually respond to essay prompts (most colleges differ).

Northeastern sucks.

 

[SLCentral]

Originally posted by: Noobtastic

Originally posted by: SLCentral

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
Nice, but 9 schools!?!

And also, what are you applying for?

Hahaha yeah, I went a little overboard with the schools I'm applying to:

Cornell University (Early Decision)
Northeastern University
Boston University
Syracuse University
Pittsburgh University
University of Maryland
Rutgers University
Hobart & William Smith College
Ithaca College
Purdue

I'm looking to major in most likely business, but possibly with a minor in communications/public relations.

Did you pay for those application fees all by yourself? I had a friend who applied to every single Ivy League school and Boston College.

Guess where he was accepted?

Geez, I cannot even begin to fathom how long it must have taken you to individually respond to essay prompts (most colleges differ).

Northeastern sucks.

My parents paid for the application fees. They average out to about $50 a college, so it comes out to around $600. Collegeboard is expensive; $9.50 to send each score plus testing fees (for both SAT I's and II's) is about $250. ACT's were $80 by itself, and if I choose to send the score, I should expect another $150 .

$1000 down, and I haven't even gone to college yet!

Luckily, 7 of the 12 used the Common Application, which is one big app. They do require supplements, but at the most, required one extra essay, and usually just asked for a couple short answer questions. It wasn't too bad. I think I wrote a total of 3 real essays, and probably 10 short answers. I've been working throughout September and October, and got it all done no problem.

How come Northeastern sucks ?

 

[Noobtastic]

How come Northeastern sucks ?

Because people always confuse it with Northwestern.


B@stards.