Emma was accepted!!! But will she go?

Colleges & Universities Yale University
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<p>Ridiculous stereotypes.</p>

<p>Here are a few more.</p>

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<p>^ Well yes. You see, it was a joke. ;)</p>

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<p>Oh man, you two are just too much :)</p>

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<p>If she goes to Yale, I’m going to tell her to give me the number of whoever decided to cast Bonnie uglyface Wright as Ginny, so I can call them and insult them. I don’t even like HP, but ***, seriously, she looks like a lipo’d hippo with red hair.</p>

<p>But yeah i hope Emma comes to Yale</p>

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<p>^ Wow. You seem like a perfectly delightful person.</p>

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<p>Ahhh Nick, you have it all wrong: You know how some girls just look weird in photos? But are actually gorgeous in real life? It’s the same for video.</p>

<p>I say: Don’t pass judgment on a girl until you can ogle her for yourself!</p>

<p>(the corollary is: but do make sure she’s not an airhead, because talking to her will get hella boring.)</p>

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<p>this is such an amusing thread!</p>

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<p>And “Smells like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana is such an awesome song…just rediscovered it.</p>

<p>Thanks, iTunes!</p>

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<p>Do you remember the first time you heard it? I liked it so much I thought my heart was going to burst.</p>

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<p>This is going to sound weird, but I can’t really remember anything about myself…</p>

<p>I have some ridiculously early memories (…I learned to read when I was 2…no joke), and I’d say I can memorize things more easily than most people, but I seriously draw a blank for the time when I was about 4 to about 14.</p>

<p>Maybe the amount I remember is normal, I dunno.</p>

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<p>I could care less if she goes or not. It’s more fun to gossip about it heh</p>

<p>Chances are you’ll be going to school with someone else who is famous or will be.</p>

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<p>Amen.</p>

<p>obligatory character fill…lol</p>

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<p>The idea that “all you need are 4 5’s on AP exams and you are into Cambridge” is patently false. 4 5’s in subjects relevant to one’s chosen course would be the minimum acceptable standard for Cambridge. Achieving that would probably get you an interview in your chosen course (subject). From the interview there would be at best a 25% chance of obtaining an offer. Cambridge (and Oxford) admit about 3000 undergraduates annually. I don’t know the precise number of Americans admitted to Oxford last year but I can tell you that 6 Americans in total were admitted to Cambridge as undergraduates last year. In my view it is probably equally difficult to obtain admission at Cambridge (Oxford) as Yale. As a general statement, Cambridge focuses to a greater extent on academic considerations only while Yale (and its peers) consider a broader range of factors.</p>

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<p>^^ I would say it’s much harder to get into Cambridge (as an American) than Yale (and its peers).</p>

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<p>^Agreed. Hence why I’m applying to Yale and not Cambridge. Ha.</p>

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<p>^ i don’t think cambridge is harder. just that they like academics more so than well-rounded ones as Y would like. i know one (4.0 bunch of Ap 5s and 800s in 3 or 4 subject tests etc.) who have gotten into Cambridge/Oxford but rejected by MIT and waitlisted by CalTech.</p>

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<p>Damn. Maybe I should’ve applied to Cambridge instead. :P</p>

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<p>^I almost applied to Cambridge, but then I don’t know how my family would afford it (I have no idea about their costs or financial aid… and, of course, I don’t know if they would have accepted me).</p>

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<p>If money is even a remote concern, you can’t afford Oxbridge.</p>

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<p>^ Yup. Exactly zero dollars of FinAid for us Yankees :)</p>