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02-28-2008, 03:47 AM
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#121 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: india
Posts: 8
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hey ppl...i have recently got my SAT scores and i am planning to start applying. i would be joining college in 2009.although i am planning to retake the SAT i would really appreciate some healthy advice from ones who have already been accepted | 
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02-28-2008, 01:34 PM
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#122 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,992
| where are you planning on applying? | |
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02-29-2008, 01:19 AM
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#123 | | New Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 21
| vc08: nope, no legacy... i know he worked hard on his essays and they were pretty creative, but not extraordinary or anything.. but otherwise, he had a reallly impressive high school record and a bunch of extracurriculars (3 sport 4-yr varsity athlete, student congress treasurer, bunch of honors stuff, volunteer work) | |
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02-29-2008, 02:49 AM
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#124 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arizona ---> HANOVER, NH
Posts: 1,709
| Level 4 (didn't take the SAT, using a 33C ACT)
Accepted: University of Washington Honors + partial tuition waiver, University of Arizona Honors + full tuition, UMich (Ann Arbor, of course.)
Pending: Dartmouth, Yale, Cornell, UC Berkeley (OOS), Tufts, Brandeis | |
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02-29-2008, 02:41 PM
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#125 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,992
| jln: well congrats to him! I assume he's going there for sure?
atrophic: Just out of curiosity, what's your first choice? | |
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03-01-2008, 02:10 AM
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#126 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arizona ---> HANOVER, NH
Posts: 1,709
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atrophic: Just out of curiosity, what's your first choice?
| Yale is my first choice, but I'm not expecting to get in because my essay was complete crap. After that, it's a toss-up between Tufts and Dartmouth. I prefer smaller schools without the 600+ people classes that are present at state schools like UMich or U Arizona. | |
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03-01-2008, 01:03 PM
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#127 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Golden State
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I prefer smaller schools without the 600+ people classes that are present at state schools like UMich or U Arizona.
| Honestly, the whole "big classes" thing is WAY over-hyped. at Michigan, only 5% of the classes have over 50 students. I believe at Dartmouth the number is only slightly lower. Nevertheless, Dartmouth and Tufts are great schools, so congrats! | |
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03-01-2008, 01:08 PM
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#128 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Arizona ---> HANOVER, NH
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Honestly, the whole "big classes" thing is WAY over-hyped. at Michigan, only 5% of the classes have over 50 students. I believe at Dartmouth the number is only slightly lower. Nevertheless, Dartmouth and Tufts are great schools, so congrats!
| Well, I was in the REALLY BIG LECTURE HALL at Michigan and the tour guide said it could fit 600 people....... I don't think Dartmouth has that. :P
Either way, it's more so guided at U of A, which has about 30,000 undergrads because we only have three colleges to serve the entire state (OK, so we have Devry too, but that doesn't count.) | |
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03-01-2008, 07:31 PM
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#129 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,992
| I went to a campus day at UM, and someone said the biggest class they ever had was 200 people, for like Bio 101 or w/e. But they met in much smaller groups a few times a week. Some people don't like the idea nonetheless, so whatever fits you best, go for that!
And let us know how your remaining decisions turn out! | |
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03-02-2008, 12:25 AM
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#130 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1
| I got in with a 2400!
oh, wait... that means you guys are quantitatively worse than I am...
why celebrate that? | |
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03-02-2008, 12:23 PM
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#131 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,992
| ur mom is quantitatively worse. | |
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03-02-2008, 07:39 PM
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#132 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 11
| I know that you guys know that standardized test scores are not the only factor for acceptance into colleges, so do you have any advice for me on how to get into Columbia or Stanford? | |
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03-02-2008, 09:08 PM
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#133 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SoCal
Posts: 2,992
| Write a very original essay. Make sure it's on topic, but make it something they've never seen before. Some guy on the ND forum said he got in by doing an in-depth analysis of apples and oranges. And he had pretty avg scores for ND, applying Early Action. But not too many people write about the apples-oranges comparison! Have fun with it. If you're having fun, adcoms are too. and that is the important thing. Good luck! | |
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03-03-2008, 08:49 PM
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#134 | | New Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 11
| Thanks for the advice. I'm not very experienced with this procedure, and I've always wondered if applying early decision will lower your chances of getting financial aid. | |
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03-03-2008, 08:50 PM
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#135 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 296
| this club is uber-exclusive in that people without a 2300 ACTUALLY GET INTO COLLEGE!! | |
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