Just turned in my application to my first college

[VAisforlovers]

Great job Yamato

Would you like a brofist?

 

[BoomerD]

Just find one that accepts B-sians instead of A-sians...you'll be good to go.

 

[Printer Bandit]

ballsy move to only apply to Harvard with no fallback.

 

[IronWing]

ballsy move to only apply to Harvard with no fallback.

Harvard is the fallback.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

What are you going to be majoring in?

I'm undecided. But I'm looking at industrial design.

Don't lose any sleep over it, getting into clown college isn't nearly as competitive as it used to be.

Clown college...

 

[T_Yamamoto]

what's it cost now? i remember it was $50 each here i think instate and a common app so complete one submit to a bunch and wait

They range from 50-75. Most are 75.

Hm I was curious myself. It was $50 my days too.

I looked up a small sampling:

BC is $75 (semi-prestigious private)

Umass Amherst is also $75 (a decent state school)

Harvard is also $75

75 is average

Forget early decision.

Just go to one of these. There should be one around the corner.

Oh hell yes.

Great job Yamato

Would you like a brofist?

I would.

Just find one that accepts B-sians instead of A-sians...you'll be good to go.

Exactly.

ballsy move to only apply to Harvard with no fallback.

Harvard is the fallback.

Harvard is obviously my safety school.

I remember when Harvard has a game against a lower ivy league and Harvard chanted "safety school" lol

 

[sze5003]

This reminds me I need to help my sister apply to schools too. When I was going to college each app fee was about 50 bucks. Now I'll probably have to fork over more than that for her. I've been bitching at her about the SAT's. If she would have prepared better and got a high score U Penn will pay pretty much all your tuition if your family makes less than 70k a year. That school has a ton of money.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Just find one that accepts B-sians instead of A-sians...you'll be good to go.

I get the "B" replacing the "A" in asian, but is SAIN just a typo?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

This reminds me I need to help my sister apply to schools too. When I was going to college each app fee was about 50 bucks. Now I'll probably have to fork over more than that for her. I've been bitching at her about the SAT's. If she would have prepared better and got a high score U Penn will pay pretty much all your tuition if your family makes less than 70k a year. That school has a ton of money.

Well, we make over 100k a year (before taxes).

My brother is actually smarter than me. He wants to go to some prestigious college in St. Louis.

 

[zinfamous]

FFS, don't you have a twitter account or something?

 

[dr150]

Don't lose any sleep over it, getting into clown college isn't nearly as competitive as it used to be.

This!

I remember back in the day when it was impossible to get into Clown College. I was soundly rejected!

Then came Cirque du Soleil.....and just like the HMOs, they fucked around with wages making it much less prosperous by hiring Kazakhstanis and Eastern European villagers on the cheap.

I often look at my poster of Ronald Mcdonald in my dimly lit slave cube, blanketed in curry farts, and wonder what could have been!... :'(

Oh well. It is what it is.

 

[BoomerD]

I get the "B" replacing the "A" in asian, but is SAIN just a typo?

Probably. You'll have to ask the guy who did it...

I jest stolded it.

 

[Apathetic]

Do they still make you write essays for the application? I always hated those. Good luck!

Dave

 

[sze5003]

Do they still make you write essays for the application? I always hated those. Good luck!

Dave

Yeah even if you are a graduate student you still must write an essay.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Ewww essays, so glad I'm done school. I used to hate writing those. So pointless. They'd pick the most boring subjects too.

 

[DrPizza]

Do they still make you write essays for the application? I always hated those. Good luck!

Dave

You hate the essays? I'm a teacher. At the most, you probably write about 6 of those essays in your life - while applying for undergraduate school. For me, it's those letters of recommendation; especially the ones for the good students trying to get into good universities. Spent nearly 1 1/2 hours on one letter for a student trying to get into Yale. <fingers crossed, I find out in the middle of next week.> When I wrote a letter of recommendation for a student to go to MIT for astronautical and aeronautical engineering, I spent hours on it. If I recall correctly, he got word that he got in on March 14, at 1:59; I found out at 1:59:30. I don't think I've ever spent less than an hour on a letter of recommendation (except when tweaking a letter for a different purpose; recommending someone for a particular scholarship, rather than enrollment at a particular university).


Good luck, OP. Also, I thought that with the early acceptance, you were locked in if they accepted you - I thought that's part of the agreement for early acceptance. (Not that I know of any penalties to you if you turn them down.) Hence, how can you do three?

 

[IAteYourMother]

You hate the essays? I'm a teacher. At the most, you probably write about 6 of those essays in your life - while applying for undergraduate school. For me, it's those letters of recommendation; especially the ones for the good students trying to get into good universities. Spent nearly 1 1/2 hours on one letter for a student trying to get into Yale. <fingers crossed, I find out in the middle of next week.> When I wrote a letter of recommendation for a student to go to MIT for astronautical and aeronautical engineering, I spent hours on it. If I recall correctly, he got word that he got in on March 14, at 1:59; I found out at 1:59:30. I don't think I've ever spent less than an hour on a letter of recommendation (except when tweaking a letter for a different purpose; recommending someone for a particular scholarship, rather than enrollment at a particular university).


Good luck, OP. Also, I thought that with the early acceptance, you were locked in if they accepted you - I thought that's part of the agreement for early acceptance. (Not that I know of any penalties to you if you turn them down.) Hence, how can you do three?

depends if it's early action or decision. MIT for instance, if you get in early, it's non-binding. Cornell, on the other hand, is.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Do they still make you write essays for the application? I always hated those. Good luck!

Dave

Yes they do.

Good luck, OP. Also, I thought that with the early acceptance, you were locked in if they accepted you - I thought that's part of the agreement for early acceptance. (Not that I know of any penalties to you if you turn them down.) Hence, how can you do three?

Essays do suck IMHO.

One is binding (VT) UNLESS I don't pay the fee to keep my spot once I get in.

Two are non binding.

depends if it's early action or decision. MIT for instance, if you get in early, it's non-binding. Cornell, on the other hand, is.

Yup

But seriously, I'm not applying to any Ivys

 

[Fayd]

Let it go buddy... how do you hold onto such grudge over something that happens online? Your little flaming was what, back in spring?

Sorry Trident, it was uncalled for. I'm having a bad night.

no, it's trident, it was completely called for.

 

[DrPizza]

But seriously, I'm not applying to any Ivys

Why not?

 

[Apathetic]

I hated them because the topics were always about something I didn't even care about. I agree that writing letters of recommendation is a lot worse because one bad letter can ruin a students chance of getting into a good school.

Dave

You hate the essays? I'm a teacher. At the most, you probably write about 6 of those essays in your life - while applying for undergraduate school. For me, it's those letters of recommendation; especially the ones for the good students trying to get into good universities. Spent nearly 1 1/2 hours on one letter for a student trying to get into Yale. <fingers crossed, I find out in the middle of next week.> When I wrote a letter of recommendation for a student to go to MIT for astronautical and aeronautical engineering, I spent hours on it. If I recall correctly, he got word that he got in on March 14, at 1:59; I found out at 1:59:30. I don't think I've ever spent less than an hour on a letter of recommendation (except when tweaking a letter for a different purpose; recommending someone for a particular scholarship, rather than enrollment at a particular university).


Good luck, OP. Also, I thought that with the early acceptance, you were locked in if they accepted you - I thought that's part of the agreement for early acceptance. (Not that I know of any penalties to you if you turn them down.) Hence, how can you do three?