College Admission Thread

[PowerMacG5]

As per my other posts in this thread, I got into RPI back in December. I just got a letter from the University of Maryland about a week ago granting me admission if I wished to go, as well as placement in the College Park Scholars program (a subset of the Honors program).

 

[dr150]

Engineering, Tech, Sci degrees are the best degrees to make your life easier in the future.

From what I've read on this thread, you guys have your heads on straight.

Going to an IVY for a liberal arts degree is an EXPENSIVE WASTE of TIME and life force.


The best ways to make your life easier is to major in tech, get an advanced degree in it, gain as much EXPERIENCE along the way thru internships (even if unpaid), become SPECIALIZED in a unique area of your specialty.

And don't worry what toilet mags like US News & World Report says about any school. They are soooo out of touch with reality and what employers look for......you have no idea!

Just attend a competent program that's the least financial burden as possible.

 

[thomsbrain]

accepted to UC Santa Cruz (transfer)
still waiting on Davis.

 

[Epiphany]

Originally posted by: dr150
Engineering, Tech, Sci degrees are the best degrees to make your life easier in the future.

From what I've read on this thread, you guys have your heads on straight.

Going to an IVY for a liberal arts degree is an EXPENSIVE WASTE of TIME and life force.


The best ways to make your life easier is to major in tech, get an advanced degree in it, gain as much EXPERIENCE along the way thru internships (even if unpaid), become SPECIALIZED in a unique area of your specialty.

And don't worry what toilet mags like US News & World Report says about any school. They are soooo out of touch with reality and what employers look for......you have no idea!

Just attend a competent program that's the least financial burden as possible.

except all the tech companies are outsourcing now. I think a majority of my uncles have been laid off one time or another in the past 4 years. This is ranging from Silicon Valley... Texas... North Carolina. The market is overcrowded. My uncles have alot of experience and what happened to some of my uncles was they were "overqualified", as in, they held such a high position in previous jobs that getting a entry job is hard because they are liable just to leave when a higher up job opens. Unless you are REAL good at engineering and etc go for it, but from what all my uncles tell me the business is cuthroat now. Indians are taking all the jobs =P

 

[dr150]

Epiphany,
You make a very valid point. Jobs are indeed going overseas.

The best way to defend against this is to specialize in a unique, marketable area of one's chosen discipline. Belonging to a prosperous division within a company also shields one's job a little bit more. I have savvy engineering friends that are always employable b/c they constantly train themselves to be ahead of the curve.

....While techies/scientists are having a harder time as a result of Benedict Arnold companies, just imagine how hard liberal arts majors from ANY university have it. :Q

 

[Hubris]

Originally posted by: dr150
Going to an IVY for a liberal arts degree is an EXPENSIVE WASTE of TIME and life force.

Glad I'm wasting my time.

Funny, cause after only working for a semester at Cornell's HelpDesk, I know more than a lot of the tech majors there, and have been promoted to supervisor (with the least amount of time working there possible). Somehow I think that the brains and drive of someone will affect how they do in life much more than the degree they get.

 

[wiredspider]

Originally posted by: SWirth86
I got accepted to the University of Delaware, and thats where I'm going to go.

I got accepted there also, what's your major? Mine is Computer Science, seems like the non competitive major...

 

[RichieZ]

nm

 

[SWirth86]

Originally posted by: wiredspider

Originally posted by: SWirth86
I got accepted to the University of Delaware, and thats where I'm going to go.

I got accepted there also, what's your major? Mine is Computer Science, seems like the non competitive major...

Philosophy, I got into the Honors program as well.

 

[mosco]

Accepted: WPI, Northeasten (Safety)
Waiting: Tufts

Going into Computer Engineering. If I don't get into Tufts, I will probably go to WPI as NE might be a little big although I would love to live in Boston. But Tufts is probably my first choice although I have no problem going to WPI. I would also like to take some economics/Business classes as I would really like to be an Analyst for a bank.

37 school days until summer vacation! May 14th!

 

[phatj]

BUMPER DUMPERZ!

So far I have been accepted to Case Western Reserve University and Boston University (just found that one out today). Only ~1 more week to go until I find out if I have been accepted to Vanderbilt University!

 

[Ionizer86]

Bump: today is the big day! Updates, updates, updates!

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Bump: today is the big day! Updates, updates, updates!

A good friend of mine got into Rice.

He will in all likelihood go there.

Should be a good time.

 

[jacob0401]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Bump: today is the big day! Updates, updates, updates!

Yep...all the Ivies respond today. As for myself i'll be going to University of Washington.

 

[CovertCow]

My results:

U Washington Honors - admit (also got straight into EE if i want)
Harvey Mudd - admit
U Illinois Urbana Champaign - admit
Rose Hulman - admit
Carnegie Mellon - admit -> all engineering except EE/ CE
Swarthmore - admit (scholarship finalist)
Columbia SEAS - admit
U Penn Engineering - admit
Brown - waitlist
Tufts - admit

Probably will go to U Penn, Columbia, or UW Honors. Anyone have any recommendations as to why one over the other?

Heres where I am now in the breakdown:

UW Honors VS PENN VS Columbia

Criteria UW Honors U Penn Columbia
Price $55,344 $155,080 $157952
Location Seattle, WA Philadelphia, PA New York, NY
Engineering School
Undergrad 27962 9836 4181 (1000 SEAS)
Grad ~10000 ~12500 ~15500
Faculty 2790 (11:1) 1382 (9:1) 100 (10:1)
Prof Approachability
How much lib arts for eng?
Connection Opportunities
Prestige
Work Load
Network Opportunities many many many
Exchange Program
Year division Quarter Semester Semester
Misc More practical than intellectual

 

[Darien]

Originally posted by: dr150
Going to an IVY for a liberal arts degree is an EXPENSIVE WASTE of TIME and life force.

You go to college to learn, not for job preparation. if you like what you do, it's not a waste of time.

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: phatj
fyleow, I applied to Vanderbilt as well, I'm hoping I get accepted.

If you don't mind me asking, what is your GPA/test scores? Just curious.

I have applied to: Case Western Reserve, OSU, PSU-Univ. Park, Boston Univ, and Vanderbilt Univ.

I've been accepted by: Case Western Reserve and OSU.

PSU, Vandy, and Boston U should send my (hopefully) acceptance letters Q1 2004. Vanderbilt is my 1st choice, I'm crossing my fingers for acceptance.

don't go to case.

TERRRRIBLE campus life

*read none

unless you just want to play ping pong and ddr all day and night

 

[neutralizer]

UC Irvine = accept + regents scholarship
UC San Diego = accept
UC Berkeley = accept + regents scholarship
UPenn = reject
Harvard = reject
Yale = reject
MIT = reject
Caltech = reject
Columbia = waitlist
Stanford = reject

my parents are pretty pissed .

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
UC Irvine = accept + regents scholarship
UC San Diego = accept
UC Berkeley = accept + regents scholarship
UPenn = reject
Harvard = reject
Yale = reject
MIT = reject
Caltech = reject
Columbia = waitlist
Stanford = reject

my parents are pretty pissed .

I'm guessing you live in California, and my advice to you is to go to Berkeley. Don't even wait on Columbia.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: CovertCow
My results:

U Washington Honors - admit (also got straight into EE if i want)
Harvey Mudd - admit
U Illinois Urbana Champaign - admit
Rose Hulman - admit
Carnegie Mellon - admit -> all engineering except EE/ CE
Swarthmore - admit (scholarship finalist)
Columbia SEAS - admit
U Penn Engineering - admit
Brown - waitlist
Tufts - admit

Probably will go to U Penn, Columbia, or UW Honors. Anyone have any recommendations as to why one over the other?

Heres where I am now in the breakdown:

UW Honors VS PENN VS Columbia

Criteria UW Honors U Penn Columbia
Price $55,344 $155,080 $157952
Location Seattle, WA Philadelphia, PA New York, NY
Engineering School
Undergrad 27962 9836 4181 (1000 SEAS)
Grad ~10000 ~12500 ~15500
Faculty 2790 (11:1) 1382 (9:1) 100 (10:1)
Prof Approachability
How much lib arts for eng?
Connection Opportunities
Prestige
Work Load
Network Opportunities many many many
Exchange Program
Year division Quarter Semester Semester
Misc More practical than intellectual

any figures on financial aid packages? and what are you interested in studying?

 

[nageov3t]

I got accepted to The School of Life.

I rock. hehe.


/happily graduated last year from a liberal arts school with a degree in English Lit and Sociology... don't ask how I got dragged into working IT

 

[SubZeroX]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
UC Irvine = accept + regents scholarship
UC San Diego = accept
UC Berkeley = accept + regents scholarship
UPenn = reject
Harvard = reject
Yale = reject
MIT = reject
Caltech = reject
Columbia = waitlist
Stanford = reject

my parents are pretty pissed .

hey dude, your admission profile looked almost exactly like mine...that is get accepted to all UCs and get rejected by all Ivy leagues. But don't despair, the UCs are all excellent schools. But I'm wondering why you didn't apply to UCLA...

 

[Schadenfroh]

im hs, graduate 2004
graduated 6th in class of 137, GPA 4.27, non-weighted GPA 3.78, accecpted into local junior college quite possibly for free

 

[ClueLis]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
UC Irvine = accept + regents scholarship
UC San Diego = accept
UC Berkeley = accept + regents scholarship
UPenn = reject
Harvard = reject
Yale = reject
MIT = reject
Caltech = reject
Columbia = waitlist
Stanford = reject

my parents are pretty pissed .

Why are your parents pissed? Berkely is a great school.

 

[A5]

Accepted -
Georgia Tech - Aerospace Eng (Probably going to switch to EE/CE, though)
Virginia Tech - General Eng