acidvoodoo
Platinum Member
- Jan 6, 2002
- 2,972
- 1
- 0
Drexel is sweet for engineering.What are some other not so hard to get into/not so fscking expensive-good engineering schools? i was looking at Georgia Tech and U of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Originally posted by: Deeko
Drexel is sweet for engineering.What are some other not so hard to get into/not so fscking expensive-good engineering schools? i was looking at Georgia Tech and U of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Call me down the road when you're 17 and stressing over college and scholarship deadlines and tell me you find it "fun." They are the biggest PAIN IN THE A$$. That having been said, I would look at more schools than just those that are known for tech....a year ago I was all about doing CS or maybe CE but at this point I'm finding that pretty unappealing...your interests will change greatly, so just shop around and find a variety of good schools. It's never too soon to start visiting schools either, and that is bar none the best way to find out about it.Btw: i aint worrying. I find this stuff fun
Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
Originally posted by: Deeko
Drexel is sweet for engineering.What are some other not so hard to get into/not so fscking expensive-good engineering schools? i was looking at Georgia Tech and U of Michigan-Ann Arbor
no aerospace though is there?
and dam yoberman, that is cheap, though i guess you're instate? or is it a private school?
Originally posted by: nater
Call me down the road when you're 17 and stressing over college and scholarship deadlines and tell me you find it "fun." They are the biggest PAIN IN THE A$$. That having been said, I would look at more schools than just those that are known for tech....a year ago I was all about doing CS or maybe CE but at this point I'm finding that pretty unappealing...your interests will change greatly, so just shop around and find a variety of good schools. It's never too soon to start visiting schools either, and that is bar none the best way to find out about it.Btw: i aint worrying. I find this stuff fun
Originally posted by: yobarman
Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
Originally posted by: Deeko
Drexel is sweet for engineering.What are some other not so hard to get into/not so fscking expensive-good engineering schools? i was looking at Georgia Tech and U of Michigan-Ann Arbor
no aerospace though is there?
and dam yoberman, that is cheap, though i guess you're instate? or is it a private school?
no im out of state, and it's only cheap because i'll be about 40k in debt from loans when i'm out. my family is poor and i was relatively smart so i get a decent amount of aid.
Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
Originally posted by: yobarman
just go to RIT, the ghetto MIT
slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww linkage![]()
Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
Originally posted by: acidvoodoo
Originally posted by: yobarman
just go to RIT, the ghetto MIT
slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww linkage![]()
75% downloaded
and yes, i have cable
Originally posted by: Alternex
You don't need spectacular scores/grades to get into MIT (I sure did NOT get 1600 on my SATs). MIT is a tech school so obviously they look for excellent math/science skills and experience (I don't think I knew anyone there who didn't score 800 on their math SATs). Good candidates are people that have gone above and beyond their school assignments and have taken part in lots of projects. You're not going to get in if you're a valedictorian, got 1600 SATs, 4.0 GPA etc if your whole life revolved around school work and you did nothing outside of what was required of you at school.
However, I don't mean you should find a cure for cancer or anything like that. In high school, I focused more on what was fun for me and not so much on my school work - although just enough to get mostly A's. I taught myself lots of programming languages, computer graphics, internet technologies, UI design, etc etc...
Originally posted by: MainFramed
Originally posted by: Alternex
You don't need spectacular scores/grades to get into MIT (I sure did NOT get 1600 on my SATs). MIT is a tech school so obviously they look for excellent math/science skills and experience (I don't think I knew anyone there who didn't score 800 on their math SATs). Good candidates are people that have gone above and beyond their school assignments and have taken part in lots of projects. You're not going to get in if you're a valedictorian, got 1600 SATs, 4.0 GPA etc if your whole life revolved around school work and you did nothing outside of what was required of you at school.
However, I don't mean you should find a cure for cancer or anything like that. In high school, I focused more on what was fun for me and not so much on my school work - although just enough to get mostly A's. I taught myself lots of programming languages, computer graphics, internet technologies, UI design, etc etc...
Thank You Very MuchI really appricate your post. This makes alot of since, and defintaly gives me a great point of direction.
But other than MIT............. What do you guys think about Lawrence Technological Institute?
lol!not much difference between MIT and ITT![]()
Originally posted by: MainFramed
Im 14 and homeschooled, i need some information....hoping some of you guys/girls could please help.
I would like to get a degree in (i think it is) Computer Buisness Science Technology, if i go to MIT (lol this is funny but where and what is MIT????Michigan Institute of Technology? ) or if i go to ITT Technical Institute what would be required of me to get in? I have searched the Itt-Tech website and found nothing. Help would be greatly appricated
![]()
Btw: I am working on getting MSCE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) and im probably gonna start heading into the whole Cisco area ...Certification and all the reading and learning.
I love this stuff...
-Joe
*Edit* also..... Is there other better Computer Technology College Institutes other than MIT and ITT-Tech? Which is considered the best?
Originally posted by: HokieESM
there is a lot of 'mythology' that has grown up around MIT. Yes, its a good school--for graduate students. Yes, they do a lot of award winning research--again, with graduate students, and only in some areas. They have a few problems at the undergraduate level: horrible grade inflation, professors who don't like to teach the material, no academically based scholarships (Ivy League), horrible problems with "diversity", and their administration is more geared towards graduate students. I'll give you the same advice (this from a person who applied to MIT out of high school and got in): go to a top-notch school in your state for your undergrad. Undergraduate school is what you make it--they teach the same C++ class at U of ____ as they do at MIT. Work hard, learn a lot in undergrad. THEN, IF you want to go to graduate school, IF MIT is good in your area (and trust me, they're not great in every area), apply and go there for graduate school.
As far as getting in top-notch schools, I think a guy at MIT said it best in an information session I went to:
Kid: Would it be better if I took regular classes and got As or advanced/AP classes and got Bs?
MIT info session leader: You should take advanced classes and get As. Anything less is unacceptable.
And here's another hint about "exclusive" private schools: your chances of being admitted GREATLY increase if 1) one of your parents/close relatives went to said school or 2) your parents make more than $250K a year. Yes, it IS that biased, YES it is that unfair. The alumni bit--which is simply the monetary bit to a university like that--is VERY important. A guy at my high school (who was #2 in my senior class) had a 1550 on his SAT, a 5.1/3.95 GPA (weighted/unweighted), and scored 110, 135, and 140 on the AHSME in his 10th, 11th and 12th grade years (and 3, 6, and 8 on the AIME)... and was rejected from MIT. He called the admissions office to talk... and their response was: "you have no chance of really paying the tuition, so it wasn't in our best interests".
Kid: Would it be better if I took regular classes and got As or advanced/AP classes and got Bs?
MIT info session leader: You should take advanced classes and get As. Anything less is unacceptable.Q]
![]()
Originally posted by: axelfox
Money talks and bull$h!t walks.
Its all about the $$$.
Originally posted by: Alternex
You don't need spectacular scores/grades to get into MIT (I sure did NOT get 1600 on my SATs). MIT is a tech school so obviously they look for excellent math/science skills and experience (I don't think I knew anyone there who didn't score 800 on their math SATs). Good candidates are people that have gone above and beyond their school assignments and have taken part in lots of projects. You're not going to get in if you're a valedictorian, got 1600 SATs, 4.0 GPA etc if your whole life revolved around school work and you did nothing outside of what was required of you at school.
However, I don't mean you should find a cure for cancer or anything like that. In high school, I focused more on what was fun for me and not so much on my school work - although just enough to get mostly A's. I taught myself lots of programming languages, computer graphics, internet technologies, UI design, etc etc...