Which is more important, acceptance into a college, or acceptance into a department?

[Ricemarine]

So my question is whether or not getting accepted into a college should outweigh getting accepted into a department. Even though acceptance into a 4-year college is the first part of getting into the department, if a person spend 2-3 years of general education @ the college, and then fail into getting in the department, then?... I think that getting into the department should outweigh acceptance into the college because the department means going against the transfer students as well as those who originally took the general education classes that are still applying to the department. (Sorry if I'm incoherent)...

So where should the priority be more in a high school senior. Is it because I will have enough college credits to apply directly into the department that I'm thinking further ahead? Should the regular senior be thinking more of what college to go to rather than the department or vice versa?

 

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[pyonir]

Um...you have to get into the college first...so that's more important as a HS senior. You work on getting accepted into the department once you are already in the college in the first place...

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: pyonir
Um...you have to get into the college first...so that's more important as a HS senior. You work on getting accepted into the department once you are already in the college in the first place...

But is it good to think what's in front of you and not ahead?

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: pyonir
Um...you have to get into the college first...so that's more important as a HS senior. You work on getting accepted into the department once you are already in the college in the first place...

But is it good to think what's in front of you and not ahead?

When what is in front of you now needs your attention more than what is ahead. Don't put the cart before the horse. Know what i mean?

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: pyonir
Um...you have to get into the college first...so that's more important as a HS senior. You work on getting accepted into the department once you are already in the college in the first place...

But is it good to think what's in front of you and not ahead?

When what is in front of you now needs your attention more than what is ahead. Don't put the cart before the horse. Know what i mean?

The fact though that you will face a lot more competition into the department rather than into the school though is what kind of bothers me...

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: Ricemarine

Originally posted by: pyonir
Um...you have to get into the college first...so that's more important as a HS senior. You work on getting accepted into the department once you are already in the college in the first place...

But is it good to think what's in front of you and not ahead?

When what is in front of you now needs your attention more than what is ahead. Don't put the cart before the horse. Know what i mean?

The fact though that you will face a lot more competition into the department rather than into the school though is what kind of bothers me...

I don't know how it is at whatever school you are going to, but at the uni i went to, the department didn't give a flying f**k what you did in high school...only what you did in college courses. That may be different for you.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: pyonir
I don't know how it is at whatever school you are going to, but at the uni i went to, the department didn't give a flying f**k what you did in high school...only what you did in college courses. That may be different for you.

Well the thing is, AFTER you do your general education requirements and apply towards the department, you will be bombarded with a bigger competition than when you tried to apply to the school. For me, thru my special high school program, I will be getting those college credits completed to apply directly to the department. But my friend just wants to get into the college even though we both want to get into UW's CSE department (#9). But then what happens if he gets denied admission into the department? Then he'd have to take more classes and apply again, and thus slowly even with financial aid the debt ads up... He's aiming for ONLY acceptance and NO rejection. He doesn't want to be a transfer student ever.

With my HS program right now, I can finish college courses (with college creds) with the tuition being paid by the state, and thus I'm trying to expand the number of departments I can enroll for...

So maybe I changed the question... whoops :laugh:

 

[pyonir]

WEll i think you are ultimately comparing two completely different things. Both are equally important if you know what you want to do.