uh oh, college apps are rolling in...

[Ika]

I've gotten 3 so far and there are surely more to come...

Looks like the two weeks I have off between work and school are shot. damn!

 

[SOSTrooper]

They take 30 mins top to fill out, and maybe 2 hrs for writing personal statements. You'll finish in half a day.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: SOSTrooper
They take 30 mins top to fill out, and maybe 2 hrs for writing personal statements. You'll finish in half a day.

Well, so far it looks like I'm going to be applying to around 10 schools, and I'm definitely going to spend more time than that on the personal essays (the schools I'm looking at are very competitive)...

oh well. I just don't want to do this, that's all.

 

[mugs]

10 schools? Narrow it down to 5.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: mugs
10 school? Narrow it down to 5.

I've already narrowed it down from like 20+

I have a lot of reach schools, though, and I'm hoping that I can get lucky and get into one of them. My reach schools seem to be pretty random based on who they admit and who they don't; I've looked at some accept/rejected people's credentials and they're all over the charts - definitely confusing.

 

[EyeMWing]

10 schools? So you're going to spend an entire semester's tuition on postage and application fees?

 

[mwtgg]

10 schools? That's a bit excessive. Care to name them?

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: mwtgg
10 schools? That's a bit excessive. Care to name them?

Actually I'm having a bit of trouble deciding a few of them. The definites are:

U Penn
Stanford
Vanderbilt
Case Western (local, private school)
OSU (only for honors program or pre-med fast track)
Cornell

Then a few of the non-definites are:
Johns Hopkins
MIT
Harvard

Then beyond that I'm completely indecisive.

 

[mugs]

You listed 6 "definites." If you're so confident you'll be accepted to all of those, pick 2.

Wait - do you mean you definitely want to go to those schools, or you think you'll definitely get in?

What schools have you visited?

 

[dartworth]

Case...:thumbsup:

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: mugs
You listed 6 "definites." If you're so confident you'll be accepted to all of those, pick 2.

Wait - do you mean you definitely want to go to those schools, or you think you'll definitely get in?

What schools have you visited?

Those definites are "definitely going to apply." If I thought I could definitely get into U Penn and Stanford, I should DIAF. I know I can definitely get into Case and OSU, though.

On another note... I've only visited U Penn and Cornell
We planned a big college visit trip where we were going to visit 5-6 schools on the east coast but our car broke down between the Penn and NY state lines .

 

[SVT Cobra]

I think the OP just wants to brag where he "thinks" he can go to school.

 

[veggz]

I presume you are planning to be an engineer? If so, may I ask what kind?

 

[mugs]

Alright, you're going for pre-med right? Why MIT? Do they have a good pre-med program?

Consider this - the medical school you go to is far more important than your undergrad school. You don't have to go to a top school to get into a top medical school - I went to a little known school in Indiana and one of my classmates got into a top medical school. Don't go to a $40k a year school to get basically the same education you can get at an inexpensive, taxpayer subsidized state school when nobody is going to care where you did your undergrad work when you're looking for a job (assuming you do go to medical school).

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: veggz
I presume you are planning to be an engineer? If so, may I ask what kind?

1. He gave us a list of colleges. All of them offer a lot of different programs, and most of them are prestigious schools.
2. He specifically mentioned pre-med.

Why assume engineering?

 

[Eugechi]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: veggz
I presume you are planning to be an engineer? If so, may I ask what kind?

1. He gave us a list of colleges. All of them offer a lot of different programs, and most of them are prestigious schools.
2. He specifically mentioned pre-med.

Why assume engineering?

because most of the schools are tops in engineering?

 

[LikeLinus]

Pre-Med? Vanderbilt for sure. Great school and campus.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Eugechi

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: veggz
I presume you are planning to be an engineer? If so, may I ask what kind?

1. He gave us a list of colleges. All of them offer a lot of different programs, and most of them are prestigious schools.
2. He specifically mentioned pre-med.

Why assume engineering?

because most of the schools are tops in engineering?

Most of them are top schools in a lot of areas.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: F22 Raptor
I think the OP just wants to brag where he "thinks" he can go to school.

I posted about it innocently, then moments after I posted I thought "Oh wait, this is an opportunity to brag about where I want to go to school...." then someone brought it up.

Um... anyway...
for you guys who are guessing I'm doing engineering - I actually have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do. I have a few considerations, but first and foremost is pre-med. Engineering is another big one (chemical and bio[chemical] being the two top runners). I'm also considering business, and perhaps doing a bit of law for going the patent lawyer route.

Mugs - I know that, for most specific professions, grad school is far more important. I hear what you're saying about spending money in undergrad, but I have asian parents... but going to a good undergrad earns some nice connections, and those are rather important, especially at an Ivy, where professors are top-notch. Also, I've come to believe that the better the undergrad, the better chances are of getting into a good grad/med school. It's probably not true, though... and what about going to the same grad school as undergrad (Johns Hopkins, for instance)?

 

[mugs]

Decide what you want to do first, but realize that a large percentage of people change majors. And don't let your parents try to talk you into anything.

 

[veggz]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: veggz
I presume you are planning to be an engineer? If so, may I ask what kind?

1. He gave us a list of colleges. All of them offer a lot of different programs, and most of them are prestigious schools.
2. He specifically mentioned pre-med.

Why assume engineering?

1. As Eugechi said, all of the colleges he mentioned (save for UPenn and Harvard) are specifically reknown for their engineering programs.
2. He did not specifically mention pre-med. Many students do not know what they want to do directly out of high school, and so they apply to these accelerated pre-med tracks just to see if they are able to get in. This allows them to obtain a bachelor's degree in just three years.

 

[Soccerman06]

The potential University of Minnesota, Rochester (please come true in 2010 when it might be completed) will have one of the best medical/bio engineering departments in the nation because they work with the Mayo Clinic and related offices.

 

[veggz]

Aflak, if you plan on going the engineering/pre-med route (which I do not recommend, simply because it is harder to maintain a high GPA as an engineer), some schools I would recommend are:

Duke University
JHU (BME only)
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Stanford University

(of course, this is assuming you have a 2300+ SAT and 3.9+ GPA and a solid extracurricular)

 

[veggz]

Also, a couple other schools that have accelerated BS/med school tracks are:

Northwestern University HPME
Brown University PLME

These are both seven years I believe but are extremely competetive to get into. However, if you have exceptional stats you should definitely look into these in addition to the one you mentioned.

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: veggz
Aflak, if you plan on going the engineering/pre-med route (which I do not recommend, simply because it is harder to maintain a high GPA as an engineer), some schools I would recommend are:

Duke University
JHU (BME only)
Northwestern University
Princeton University
Stanford University

(of course, this is assuming you have a 2300+ SAT and 3.9+ GPA and a solid extracurricular)

Definitely give Northwestern a look. I just graduated from there and I have to say it offers an amazing all-around experience...I believe the year I was admitted ('02) it was ranked #1 by princeton review for academic experience.

With Northwestern you get a great school (obviously), a college in a small town that is directly adjacent to Chicago which allows you to have that small town atmosphere yet experience all the big city stuff with one trip on the elevated train, and finally if you're into collegiate sports since NU is Big 10 you get to see a lot of good teams come in!

I'm the 3rd of 3 kids in my fam to go there for undergrad.