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| Saracen United States. April 02 2012 07:09. Posts 5127 | Profile Blog # |
On April 01 2012 15:28 dedicateddan wrote:
Applied to PhD programs in applied physics
Accepted:
Caltech <= Will attend, California seems awesome.
Berkeley
Columbia
Cornell
Rejected:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Don't do it. It sucks here. |
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 ]343[ United States. April 02 2012 07:19. Posts 8153 | Profile Blog # |
On April 02 2012 07:09 Saracen wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 01 2012 15:28 dedicateddan wrote:
Applied to PhD programs in applied physics
Accepted:
Caltech <= Will attend, California seems awesome.
Berkeley
Columbia
Cornell
Rejected:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Don't do it. It sucks here.
even for phd? :O |
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| Kuldurath April 02 2012 07:48. Posts 9 | Profile # |
Accepted:
UIUC
UCD
UCSD
USC
Rejected:
UCI
UCLA T_T
UC Berkeley
NYU
Johns Hopkins
Boston College
UCLA was my first choice...anyways, ill probably be attending USC marshall. and congratz to all the other teamliquiders |
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| newvsoldschool April 02 2012 08:37. Posts 428 | Profile Blog # |
On April 02 2012 06:00 ticklishmusic wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 02 2012 03:47 krndandaman wrote:
On April 01 2012 15:57 newvsoldschool wrote:
Applied (computer eng major / science minor except U. Penn):
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
Cornell
Princeton
U. Penn
Stanford
Harvard
MIT
Accepted-
Both UCs
Cornell
U. Penn
MIT
Rejected-
Princeton
Waitlisted (guess I'm still a bit "typical" for an Asian... Could care less at this point when MIT accepted)-
Stanford
Harvard
4.1 GPA, 2310 SAT, 35 ACT, 12 APs never scored less than 4s which were few, and the rest are 5s.
Asian. Deviated from super typical Asian activities like piano and martial arts and worked on my typing speed (144 WPM peak so far) instead, and increase breadth of programming languages (learned Google API recently). Chess nerd on free time.
Berkeley or MIT - Still have 2 months to reply with decision. I'm leaning towards Berkeley for convenience, and MIT for a bigger challenge (but Cal is among the top engineering schools too so can't complain at all).
wait are you allowed to write 144 WPM on your resume? I have 160 peak 100% accuracy...
There's a space for other accomplishments on the common app, learn to use it. Hmm, maybe I could have put down I type at like ~120wpm with 4 fingers (I only use index and pinkies). Wonder if having high APM would count as a skill...  I heave heard some pretty bad stories about Berkeley for undergrad because of the budget cuts to the UC system. I have a cousin who goes there, and she's fine (then again, she's insanely smart and I don't know why she chose Berkeley over Julliard). On the other hand, I have a couple friends who are having serious trouble getting the classes they need to graduate, and might need to end up taking an extra year because all the classes are super-packed. That's part of why I didn't choose Berkeley (that, and out-of-state tuition being a complete bitch). Did you not apply to Caltech?
Yes, well for an aspiring engineering student then 144 WPM is not so impressive, since there are few who can type 170, although I'm not sure if we're talking about the same test here. The WPM test I take has punctuation, numbers, indents, etc. just like writing an essay, not simply typing words.
On the field of computers, from what I've seen somewhere around 90-100 WPM is basically a requirement for the [programming] jobs that you'll apply to afterwards. A 9-5 Monday-Friday average office job requires 40 WPM.
Anyway, thank you for that tidbit of "crowded classes" dilemma. I need to confirm this with the school. That doesn't sound too good. I'm a Bay Area native BTW so I was psyched when I was accepted at Cal. Now I'm hoping to hear back from Stanford, or it's probably the east coast for me. Last edit: 2012-04-02 09:01:16 |
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| ticklishmusic United States. April 02 2012 08:58. Posts 3220 | Profile Blog # |
On April 02 2012 08:37 newvsoldschool wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 02 2012 06:00 ticklishmusic wrote:
On April 02 2012 03:47 krndandaman wrote:
On April 01 2012 15:57 newvsoldschool wrote:
Applied (computer eng major / science minor except U. Penn):
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
Cornell
Princeton
U. Penn
Stanford
Harvard
MIT
Accepted-
Both UCs
Cornell
U. Penn
MIT
Rejected-
Princeton
Waitlisted (guess I'm still a bit "typical" for an Asian... Could care less at this point when MIT accepted)-
Stanford
Harvard
4.1 GPA, 2310 SAT, 35 ACT, 12 APs never scored less than 4s which were few, and the rest are 5s.
Asian. Deviated from super typical Asian activities like piano and martial arts and worked on my typing speed (144 WPM peak so far) instead, and increase breadth of programming languages (learned Google API recently). Chess nerd on free time.
Berkeley or MIT - Still have 2 months to reply with decision. I'm leaning towards Berkeley for convenience, and MIT for a bigger challenge (but Cal is among the top engineering schools too so can't complain at all).
wait are you allowed to write 144 WPM on your resume? I have 160 peak 100% accuracy...
There's a space for other accomplishments on the common app, learn to use it. Hmm, maybe I could have put down I type at like ~120wpm with 4 fingers (I only use index and pinkies). Wonder if having high APM would count as a skill... I heave heard some pretty bad stories about Berkeley for undergrad because of the budget cuts to the UC system. I have a cousin who goes there, and she's fine (then again, she's insanely smart and I don't know why she chose Berkeley over Julliard). On the other hand, I have a couple friends who are having serious trouble getting the classes they need to graduate, and might need to end up taking an extra year because all the classes are super-packed. That's part of why I didn't choose Berkeley (that, and out-of-state tuition being a complete bitch). Did you not apply to Caltech?
Yes, well for an aspiring engineering student then 144 WPM is not so impressive, since there are few who can type 170, although I'm not sure if we're talking about the same test here. The WPM test I take has punctuation, numbers, indents, etc. just like writing an essay, not simply typing words. In the field of computers it's basically a prerequisite and for many programming jobs that you'll apply to afterwards. Anyway, thank you for that tidbit of "crowded classes" dilemma. I need to confirm this with the school. That doesn't sound too good. I'm a Bay Area native BTW so I was psyched when I was accepted at Cal. Now I'm hoping to hear back from Stanford, or it's probably the east coast for me.
Ooh, didn't know that typing fast was a good skill to have for engineers (thumbs if you get the reference), though I guess it makes sense if you're CS or something.
You should probably ask friends and current students about the situation at Cal-- my pals may have been exaggerating, because they were a bit silly and left some silly humanities reqs for late. I also heard they accept more out-of-state kids now because they pay more tuition. I don't mean to besmirch the good name of UC Berkeley unfairly (I lived in Albany for a year which is basically next to it and would have definitely gone had I still been in-state), but yeah, I heard that they're hurting from the budget cuts.  Last edit: 2012-04-02 08:58:27 |
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| newvsoldschool April 02 2012 09:16. Posts 428 | Profile Blog # |
On April 02 2012 08:58 ticklishmusic wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 02 2012 08:37 newvsoldschool wrote:
On April 02 2012 06:00 ticklishmusic wrote:
On April 02 2012 03:47 krndandaman wrote:
On April 01 2012 15:57 newvsoldschool wrote:
Applied (computer eng major / science minor except U. Penn):
UC Berkeley
UC Los Angeles
Cornell
Princeton
U. Penn
Stanford
Harvard
MIT
Accepted-
Both UCs
Cornell
U. Penn
MIT
Rejected-
Princeton
Waitlisted (guess I'm still a bit "typical" for an Asian... Could care less at this point when MIT accepted)-
Stanford
Harvard
4.1 GPA, 2310 SAT, 35 ACT, 12 APs never scored less than 4s which were few, and the rest are 5s.
Asian. Deviated from super typical Asian activities like piano and martial arts and worked on my typing speed (144 WPM peak so far) instead, and increase breadth of programming languages (learned Google API recently). Chess nerd on free time.
Berkeley or MIT - Still have 2 months to reply with decision. I'm leaning towards Berkeley for convenience, and MIT for a bigger challenge (but Cal is among the top engineering schools too so can't complain at all).
wait are you allowed to write 144 WPM on your resume? I have 160 peak 100% accuracy...
There's a space for other accomplishments on the common app, learn to use it. Hmm, maybe I could have put down I type at like ~120wpm with 4 fingers (I only use index and pinkies). Wonder if having high APM would count as a skill... I heave heard some pretty bad stories about Berkeley for undergrad because of the budget cuts to the UC system. I have a cousin who goes there, and she's fine (then again, she's insanely smart and I don't know why she chose Berkeley over Julliard). On the other hand, I have a couple friends who are having serious trouble getting the classes they need to graduate, and might need to end up taking an extra year because all the classes are super-packed. That's part of why I didn't choose Berkeley (that, and out-of-state tuition being a complete bitch). Did you not apply to Caltech?
Yes, well for an aspiring engineering student then 144 WPM is not so impressive, since there are few who can type 170, although I'm not sure if we're talking about the same test here. The WPM test I take has punctuation, numbers, indents, etc. just like writing an essay, not simply typing words. In the field of computers it's basically a prerequisite and for many programming jobs that you'll apply to afterwards. Anyway, thank you for that tidbit of "crowded classes" dilemma. I need to confirm this with the school. That doesn't sound too good. I'm a Bay Area native BTW so I was psyched when I was accepted at Cal. Now I'm hoping to hear back from Stanford, or it's probably the east coast for me.
Ooh, didn't know that typing fast was a good skill to have for engineers (thumbs if you get the reference), though I guess it makes sense if you're CS or something. You should probably ask friends and current students about the situation at Cal-- my pals may have been exaggerating, because they were a bit silly and left some silly humanities reqs for late. I also heard they accept more out-of-state kids now because they pay more tuition. I don't mean to besmirch the good name of UC Berkeley unfairly (I lived in Albany for a year which is basically next to it and would have definitely gone had I still been in-state), but yeah, I heard that they're hurting from the budget cuts.
Yes - budget cuts most definitely make sense. U.C. Berkeley is a public school - but generally accepted as the best one in that respect. It's a political issue, and you know what the government likes to do with the country's budget instead of spending it to improve people's everyday lives... Since I'm accepted from the school, I'm sure they can answer any kind of question I can throw at them  . I'm talking to another user here from Cal and I'll see what he says too. Last edit: 2012-04-02 09:21:10 |
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| PEEFSMASH April 02 2012 09:36. Posts 108 | Profile # |
| Are most of you undergrads? Are you going to grad school? Why do you find it so important to get into these really good undergrad programs when it is so damn expensive and going to them does not matter THAT much for your graduate school? (If you aren't going to grad school, or you are getting rides then it makes more sense I guess.) |
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| dedicateddan United States. April 02 2012 10:42. Posts 18 | Profile # |
On April 02 2012 07:09 Saracen wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 01 2012 15:28 dedicateddan wrote:
Applied to PhD programs in applied physics
Accepted:
Caltech <= Will attend, California seems awesome.
Berkeley
Columbia
Cornell
Rejected:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Don't do it. It sucks here.
Caltech undergrad seems pretty stressful, much like my undergrad. How are the graduate programs? It seems to me that without the grade pressure, I could enjoy living and working in Pasadena. |
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| courtpanda April 02 2012 11:07. Posts 765 | Profile Blog # |
On April 02 2012 10:42 dedicateddan wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 02 2012 07:09 Saracen wrote:
On April 01 2012 15:28 dedicateddan wrote:
Applied to PhD programs in applied physics
Accepted:
Caltech <= Will attend, California seems awesome.
Berkeley
Columbia
Cornell
Rejected:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
MIT
Don't do it. It sucks here.
Caltech undergrad seems pretty stressful, much like my undergrad. How are the graduate programs? It seems to me that without the grade pressure, I could enjoy living and working in Pasadena.
all tests are takehome. thats how hard it is there.
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| onaplain April 03 2012 06:11. Posts 4 | Profile # |
On April 01 2012 13:23 Proposal wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 31 2012 13:02 onaplain wrote:
Accepted:
Harvard
Cornell
UChicago
Northwestern
Yale
Rejected:
Stanford (go figure)
Honestly I'm amazed I got in after seeing a bunch of people with perfect ACTs and SATs getting rejected. I'm Hispanic so that's a major boost. Also my interviews and essays were top notch, all interviewers said I was x-college material. I'm probably going to Harvard for class of 2016. :D
Stats:
3.9 UW
33 ACT
2250 SAT
Took 11 APs (8 5s, 3 4s)
Average EC's for an elite college-bound kid
AP Scholar awards, National Merit Semi-Finalist, etc. etc.
Congrats dude you rocking that URM status BRAH! Had similar stats and classes except 2340 (1590/1600) and got rejected HYP, waitlisted S. Go figure woo.
Thanks bro! And whoa that sucks, you're Hispanic too? I guess they really liked me in my interviews.
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| -_-Quails Australia. April 03 2012 08:27. Posts 793 | Profile # |
On April 02 2012 09:36 PEEFSMASH wrote:
Are most of you undergrads? Are you going to grad school? Why do you find it so important to get into these really good undergrad programs when it is so damn expensive and going to them does not matter THAT much for your graduate school? (If you aren't going to grad school, or you are getting rides then it makes more sense I guess.)
A good undergrad program often has opportunities to interact with some of the best researchers in your field, and many have some opportunities to volunteer/get credit/get paid for doing some work in research. That kind of thing is really good for grad school applications. |
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 babylon April 03 2012 10:12. Posts 6231 | Profile Blog # |
On April 03 2012 08:27 -_-Quails wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 02 2012 09:36 PEEFSMASH wrote:
Are most of you undergrads? Are you going to grad school? Why do you find it so important to get into these really good undergrad programs when it is so damn expensive and going to them does not matter THAT much for your graduate school? (If you aren't going to grad school, or you are getting rides then it makes more sense I guess.)
A good undergrad program often has opportunities to interact with some of the best researchers in your field, and many have some opportunities to volunteer/get credit/get paid for doing some work in research. That kind of thing is really good for grad school applications.
Not to mention, some schools simply don't have the resources you need or even the program you want to study, in which case it makes more sense to go to a school that actually offers your major.Last edit: 2012-04-03 10:13:26 |
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| nohbrows United States. April 03 2012 10:35. Posts 583 | Profile # |
On April 02 2012 09:36 PEEFSMASH wrote:
Are most of you undergrads? Are you going to grad school? Why do you find it so important to get into these really good undergrad programs when it is so damn expensive and going to them does not matter THAT much for your graduate school? (If you aren't going to grad school, or you are getting rides then it makes more sense I guess.)
-Edit: Forgot to read the parentheses. I'm an idiot. Last edit: 2012-04-03 10:35:59 |
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 fishuu United States. April 03 2012 11:16. Posts 362 | Profile Blog # |
On April 01 2012 13:44 Shellshock1122 wrote:
Show nested quote +On March 30 2012 06:20 fishuu wrote:
On March 29 2012 13:26 CAPSLOCKLOL wrote:
Accepted:
Arizona State University
Cal Poly Tech
University of Central Florida
Florida State University
Georgia Tech (woo!)
Wait listed:
Purdue (can't really say I'm surprised, transcripts didn't arrive until March 6th, and they didn't review the application until a couple weeks later. I'm probably the last app they reviewed LOL)
Pretty happy I wasn't rejected from anywhere. Excited to go out of state (none of the Florida schools appeal to me) and go to a great school for engineering (Georgia Tech).
Congrats on GT! No normal sleep cycle will be had for at least four years, but, y'know, it's all part of the learning experience And what an experience that is.
GT is the best :D What major are you coming in as CAPSLOCK? And you go here fishuu?
Whoa, another GT person! For some reason I don't seem to see a lot of peeps from Tech here. Yep, trucking along as a junior here, and yourself? |
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| scCassius United States. April 03 2012 11:47. Posts 94 | Profile # |
Accepted:
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Kansas
Rejected:
N/A
Majoring in economics.
Attending WashU, got a large scholarship. Anyone else comin'?Last edit: 2012-04-03 11:52:15 |
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| ticklishmusic United States. April 03 2012 12:28. Posts 3220 | Profile Blog # | |
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| babylon April 03 2012 15:15. Posts 6231 | Profile Blog # |
It's kind of ridiculous he's complaining about it, but it's also absurd to argue that Asians aren't the ones who suffer the most from the affirmative action policy (specifically Asian males). That's just the nature of college admissions though; private universities can use whatever criteria they want, and because class sizes are limited, when they accept one student through affirmative action, they've gotta dump another. Whether or not AA is a good policy is another question altogether, though I will say that at a lot of top universities, it's really difficult to sit down and point to someone who you think definitely doesn't deserve to be there; even those who received a boost from AA are pretty remarkable. |
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| arfyron April 03 2012 21:14. Posts 511 | Profile # |
| I got into Swarthmore which was my first choice so I'm going there. |
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| Shellshock1122 United States. April 03 2012 21:21. Posts 39515 | Profile Blog # |
On April 03 2012 11:16 fishuu wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 01 2012 13:44 Shellshock1122 wrote:
On March 30 2012 06:20 fishuu wrote:
On March 29 2012 13:26 CAPSLOCKLOL wrote:
Accepted:
Arizona State University
Cal Poly Tech
University of Central Florida
Florida State University
Georgia Tech (woo!)
Wait listed:
Purdue (can't really say I'm surprised, transcripts didn't arrive until March 6th, and they didn't review the application until a couple weeks later. I'm probably the last app they reviewed LOL)
Pretty happy I wasn't rejected from anywhere. Excited to go out of state (none of the Florida schools appeal to me) and go to a great school for engineering (Georgia Tech).
Congrats on GT! No normal sleep cycle will be had for at least four years, but, y'know, it's all part of the learning experience And what an experience that is.
GT is the best :D What major are you coming in as CAPSLOCK? And you go here fishuu?
Whoa, another GT person! For some reason I don't seem to see a lot of peeps from Tech here. Yep, trucking along as a junior here, and yourself?
Also a Junior :D |
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| Got accepted to muhlenberg. Anyone go there??? |
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