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05-12-2008, 11:57 PM
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#106 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| haha i just got rejected from Stanford too as a transfer applicant. i'm a freshman though, so i didn't think i would get in. Columbia's decision in next and i'm really worried it comes out this Thursday (May 15) at 5:00PM ET. i really need to get into a good private school, otherwise i'm stuck between picking UCLA or UC Berkeley... | 
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05-13-2008, 10:21 AM
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#107 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
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| lol ucla and berkeley, thats horrible!  | |
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05-13-2008, 10:29 AM
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#108 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| haha berkeley is very nice. | |
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05-13-2008, 11:11 AM
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#109 | | New Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
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| southerncali, UCLA and Berkeley only take junior transfers. Are you at a UC right now? | |
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05-13-2008, 04:28 PM
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#110 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| yeah i graduated high school class of 2007. i'm at UCSC, and i applied to UCLA and Berkeley as a junior transfer. the UC system counts AP scores and community college credits that i took every summer before i graduated high school, so i have junior standing, well technically almost senior (120/180 quarter units), but I REALLY don't wanna graduate in 2 years...i want the full 4 year experience, which is why it would be really nice to go to a top private school that doesn't count community college credits (taken before h.s. graduation) and AP scores lower than 5. | |
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05-13-2008, 06:58 PM
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#111 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
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| i applied for transfer to seas
people drop out for several reasons (this list comforts me)
1. they can't pay for the school
2. they can't handle the courseload
3. they transfer to other schools like caltech/mit/berkeley
4. they screwed up and were kicked out
5. they decided to change their majors
add more, please | |
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05-13-2008, 09:27 PM
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#112 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Gender: Male
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| 6. they want to take a few years off to "find themselves". | |
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05-13-2008, 10:15 PM
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#113 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cornell University
Threads: 3
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| I just got off the phone with Columbia and they said that they are accepting only half of one student this year for transfer. Apparently, there's a housing crunch, but to stay a step above Harvard, they will be accepting half of one lucky student instead of zilch. Good luck gu/ys. | |
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05-13-2008, 10:25 PM
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#114 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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| what do you mean by "half of one student"? do you mean half of one percent of applicants, in other words a 0.5% acceptance rate? | |
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05-13-2008, 11:45 PM
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#115 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2007
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| HS (homeschooled) 3.65/4.0
College (Junior) 4.0/4.0 with 43.5 units completed
SAT 1800
Lots of EC's including work as a pianist, teacher, TA, tutor, law enforcement volunteer, children's theater assistant, etc.
Dean's honors
AGS (honor organization) scholarship recipient
I'm applying to Columbia GS (because I took a year off from college due to family illness) and was accepted to USC. | |
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05-14-2008, 09:25 AM
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#116 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Cornell University
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| lol I was only kidding to ease tension! congrats on usc precious | |
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05-14-2008, 10:06 AM
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#117 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008
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| HS (public) 3.9/4.0
College (MIT): 4.7/5.0, 4 semesters and some summer coursework completed
SAT 2280
just got rejected from brown... i'll keep my fingers crossed for columbia @ 5 tomorrow. if i don't get in, i'm taking a year off! | |
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05-14-2008, 11:21 AM
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#118 | | Junior Member
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| Mit................................. | |
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05-14-2008, 12:44 PM
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#119 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Columbia '11
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| how does a 5.0 scale work at MIT? is a 4.7 like a 3.7? | |
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05-14-2008, 07:35 PM
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#120 | | Junior Member
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| I don't think I have heard of a 5.0 college GPA. How is that determined? | |
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