<p>OK…here is the thing. I think I got the EC’s and stats for top schools, including some non-HYP Ivies…but I am a monstrous procrastinator. Like I actually could almost never get my work done on time. Of course, all top colleges are hard. But which schools more friendly toward lazy people?</p>
<p>Here’s my preliminary list; please feel free to correct me:
Brown
Dartmouth? (It is the smallest and booziest Ivy…)
Georgetown Business
Middlebury
UPenn College…can’t think of any more…</p>
<p>I know which school I definitely will NOT be going to…University of Chicago…hell no</p>
<p>Well, I can relate to you in certain aspects… I’m a procrastinator as well. I can’t do anything ahead of time, but the second it’s 10 PM the night before I’m a friggin machine. To be honest, I don’t think ANY top school is going to be friendly towards lazy people, you will always need to have your work done on time or your grades will suffer severely. There are schools that are less intense than say, a UChicago though haha.</p>
<p>If you like Georgetown, you may also like Fordham and Boston College. They’re slightly less rigorous than some of the others you mentioned.</p>
<p>And I’d scratch UPenn. It’s super-competitive. You can’t slack off there. Especially if you decide to go for business.</p>
<p>Vandy, Emory, USC</p>
<p>Vanderbilt and Emory. Really?</p>
<p>I’ve heard on these boards the average Emory GPA is a 3.2…</p>
<p>I would consider a state school with a decent reputation - not Michigan or Penn though. I see you’ve been looking at business, so maybe UT Austin’s McCombs. Although, I can’t say it’s a breeze, it IS ranked the number 5 business program in the US. I just plug Texas schools when I can. ;)</p>
<p>I doubt any private or public ivy will be gentle on a procrastinator.</p>
<p>Yea, I think us procrastinators are pretty much screwed all the way around at the top notch schools you’re shooting for. I think it’s a matter of which schools are “least unfriendly” to people like us. I hear Brown is the biggest party school of the ivies. </p>
<p>One of the reasons that I love Tulane over other schools I’m applying to (Georgetown, GW, BC) is that the academic atmosphere isn’t as intense. It’s rigorous, yet in a much healthier, less cut-throat way. Just a suggestion.</p>
<p>I forgot to mention I’m in the same boat. I have currently 10 chapters of reading + vocabulary for each + 5 questions for each chapter for English as well as 25 pages of History to read :)</p>
<p>Haven’t started, due tomorroooow. </p>
<p>Ah, I love Texas for the top 10% law. Life is good.</p>
<p>I always had the suspicion that I was lazy… this year confirmed it.</p>
<p>Just go somewhere you’ll be happy. If you’ll be failing half your classes at an Ivy, don’t go there. But if you’re willing to show up on exam day and feel you absorbed some material, go on ahead.</p>
<p>For schools you are interested in, check out the Academics Rogor rating on Princeton Review. It tells you how hard students have to work. This is available on-line. Here is an example. Just type in the school you are interested in and click Statistics and then Academics.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/academics.asp?listing=1023599<id=1&intbucketid=[/url]”>http://www.princetonreview.com/college/research/profiles/academics.asp?listing=1023599<id=1&intbucketid=</a></p>
<p>There are lazy people at Chicago. Don’t rule it out. For laziness therapy, keep a copy of your tuition bill and look at it- every day. That may work. But seriously, if you don’t want to work hard and be stressed, go to a college at which you will be in the top 5% in ability level. That is a nice cushion to have, although it will not replace studying completely. But, you owe yourself more. Quit being lazy. Aren’t you getting bored with it by now?</p>
<p>If you openly admit you are a procrastinator, you should realize that Profs at those schools will not give you time to procrastinate. I take it you haven’t even started the application process, this will cure your problem. Many schools right now have Dec 1 as deadlines for ED. With 5 colleges you will have to get through at least 10 essays (500-1000 words ea). Get recs and transcripts on top of your school work + sport/jobs. The deadline is also for financial aid/scholarship apps, so it’s not just about ED. I hope I didn’t scare you, but maybe it will shock you to realize that you are behind the power curve compared to other kids</p>
<p>Keep in mind that Dartmouth is on the quarter system, giving you less time to complete assignments.</p>
<p>On a practical note, my advice would be to choose courses that grade based on an exam or two. I hate those kind of classes, but some people love them (skip class all semester and ace the final). Onemom gives good advice. You need good work ethic before you graduate, and employers aren’t likely to be impressed by procrastination.</p>
<p>I’ll post some suggestions for you tomorrow, or maybe the next day.</p>
<p>Seriously, check the course load at the schools you’re considering (in the past at least, students at Brown took fewer credits than at other Ivies).</p>
<p>I can’t help but bring this up:</p>
<p>The two big procrastinators here are named Tostito and von_herrs :)</p>
<p>Brown has an academic rigor rating of 85, surprisingly low for such a selective school.</p>
<p>hmm.
UCSD IS pretty friendly.
and UCRiverside.</p>
<p>2-iron: Where do you find rigor ratings?</p>
<p>mj93: It’s just the academic rating on The Princeton Review website. You need to sign up to get the numbers, though. Scale of 60-99.</p>
<p>In case you’re not familiar with it, the only 99’s I know of are MIT, UChicago, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Swarthmore.</p>