<p>I would not mind going to North Carolina or Virginia for college, those are good states. It is just states like Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina which I do not want to live in or go to college in.</p>
<p>Virginia or North Carolina would be ideal states for me to go to college in. </p>
<p>Also, as for hate crimes, my parents won’t do anything. They will tell me to just bare it and put up with it and concentrate on college.</p>
<p>No, I read an earlier post in this forum about how Harvard would give students time off from school if they were doing bad, they would give them a year or so to get their mind straight. I was being sarcastic, saying I wonder if they did that with bill, because he wasn’t going to his classes, he was just going other classes that had nothing to do with his major. I guess he just realized it his education didn’t matter, and it was his motivation and determination that matter, as well as his innovative mind. But hey, Harvard gave him an honorary doctorate anyway.</p>
<p>hmmm</p>
<p>well guys, I am doing much better in school and SATs just passed, hopefully I score above a 1940</p>
<p>does anyone else notice that people on this site are quick to bash the dreams of others when it comes to college admissions?</p>
<p>Originally I was going to agree with you, but then I read the entire thread before I passed judgement.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure 99% of the posts are quite positive.</p>
<p>As to the potential hate crime issue here, if it REALLY is an issue then you need to contact someone outside of your parents about it. Just make sure that you consider this carefully, accusing most of your high school of committing hate crimes against you is risky business. I simply find it hard to believe that the South is really that racist to the point of racial slurs in high schools.</p>
<p>That said, yes people who didn’t do incredibly in high school can do very well in college, etc…</p>
<p>Why not???
Dream big or go home!
Good luck! :)</p>
<p>it is not my high school, it is the people mostly in the town I live in</p>
<p>People in my high school are kind but people in my town are complete a holes.</p>
<p>Well, pro…the good news is that you will be out of there soon and in a more friendly community in no time. It probably “feels” like forever right now. But it will all be over soon.</p>
<p>poetgrl! HAY HAY HAY HAY HAY =D </p>
<p>Anyways, I am going to start ordering applications this weekend.</p>
<p>fantastic. Good luck to you!</p>
<p>In state:
Mercer (many kids from my school get a full ride there)
Augusta State (friend lives in the town where that University is, he says they have a good study abroad program)
and Armstrong Atlantic (I heard Savannah is a fun place)</p>
<p>Out of state:</p>
<p>UNC - Chapel Hill
University of Vermont</p>
<p>I need to add 3 more colleges to that list.</p>
<p>Also here are 4 universities which I am still thinking about putting on my list:</p>
<p>Vanderbilt
University of Delaware
Cornell (BIG REACH, I need one of those on my list)
and University of Wisconsin at Madison </p>
<p>So guys, any suggestions for good colleges to add on to my list. I need 3 more outside the state of GA.</p>
<p>U do realize that UNC-CH is only allowed to take 18% OOS? It’s as big a reach as Cornell. What about out west, in Washington state and Oregon? Far away but very liberal and open places. You seem very concentrated on the East Coast. Just a thought.</p>
<p>Yeah, I would agree about looking at colleges on the West Coast. You don’t need to go to an East Coast undergrad to get into an ivy league grad school. In fact, applying from the West would probably make you stand out more. </p>
<p>Also, try to be less focused on ivy league grad schools, and instead think about choosing the grad school program that is best for the disicipline you want to study, the one that will position you well for jobs and provide you with good training. It’s not that I don’t think you could get into an ivy league grad school (that will totally depend on how you do in undergrad), but just that there’s more to life than the Ivy League. </p>
<p>Honestly though, the biggest obstacle I see to your future happiness and dreams is your attitude. If you can’t learn to transcend your past, ugly as it is, you will never, ever be able to leave Georgia, no matter how far you travel for college. You will carry that anger, suspicion and insecurity with you everywhere until you confront and address what is in your mind. </p>
<p>I’ve experienced racism in my life too, as have my family members. I know that sick feeling in your stomach, the rage, the frustration, humiliation and embarrassment. I also know however that if you don’t tackle those feelings, they poison your relationships, your self esteem, everything. People don’t want to be around someone so angry and insecure, even if they sympathize with your past. Don’t let yourself be dragged down by ugliness and hate. Fight against it, rise above it, and release it.</p>
<p>Well guys, WEST COAST = too far away from my family. I can look at the Midwest but the West Coast is too far away for me. I would LOOOVVEE to live out west but going to college there, I do not think is of my interest and it would be too far away from mom and dad. Plane tickets may cost more and I want to stay on the East Coast.</p>
<p>So yea, East Coast and Midwest are ideal locations.</p>
<p>As for the racism: I think I may as well be getting over it now…</p>
<p>I need 1 reach college, I guess I should pick UNC, or should I pick Cornell?</p>
<p>Cornell it is</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is a reach for you too.</p>
<p>I really don’t plan on applying there.</p>
<p>7 days and I am sweating about my SAT scores</p>
<p>I don’t know if anyone is still reading this thread, but I will add my $0.02.</p>
<p>I was a very average student in HS (long long ago in a galaxy far far away). My mother actually remembers my saying that I didn’t want to go to college at all. I ended up applying to only 2 colleges: the local jr college, and one 4-yr school about 75 minutes from my house. I initially got rejected from the 4 yr, and then a while later they accepted me. I enrolled there, finished in 4 yrs with a 3.1 GPA overall. After a couple yrs in the real world, I decided I wanted to go to grad school and applied to UT Austin (no slouch school) and got in. Got my M.Ed. there, and then decided to go on for a PhD. Applied to UW Madison and UMich (also not slouch schools) and got into both. Went to UW Mad, finished my PhD in 5 yrs, then did a 2-yr postdoc at UCSD.</p>
<p>I am now happily employed at a well-known pharmaceutical/med device co.</p>
<p>So, just goes to show you that, IMO, success depends much more on drive and motivation than on anything else. I was not a genius, and by today’s standards, my HS grades and SAT were lousy. But I did have one thing going for me-- desire to succeed.</p>