<p>About what I’m expecting:</p>
<p>Reach: UCLA, UCBerkeley, UC Davis
Match: UC Irvine, Riverside, Merced, CSUs
Safetly: Local CC (hopefully?)</p>
<p>^that is off, more like
Match: UCLA, UCBerkeley, UC Davis
Safety: UC Irvine, Riverside, Merced, CSUs
if you keep it up UCLA and UCB are pretty much a gurantee. UC admissions are pretty straightforward and based off of points. As long as you’re in the top percentage (I think it’s around top 10%) of CA, you’re in.</p>
<p>I want to go into materials engineering with a focus on nanotechnology, because it is that awesome. My dream school would be MIT, because I’ve been on campus, and I got the feeling of “wow, it’s some place I really would belong”, just the culture and science geekiness of it all makes me feel right at home, haha.</p>
<p>Not sure where for college, I’m completely indecisive about it. I’m thinking LACs, I like Pomona and Reed (perfect except for pot-smoking reputation). I would like to get far away from home though, so maybe the east coast? Above all I would want to go to college in Europe, but can’t speak any languages…and schools in UK don’t give good finaid to internationals.
Out of the ivys Yale is the best fit…but impossible for me, and extremely intimidating.</p>
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If UC Davis is a reach for you, then I’ll be lucky to get into a four year school.</p>
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<p>Riverside, Merced and the CSU’s are a tier below Irvine and Davis, which are a tier below UCLA and UC Berkeley. UCLA and Berkeley don’t use a point system (the rest do) so there is the occasional odd case that slips through. A fair number get into Stanford but not one of those two.</p>
<p>Erghh I have a research paper I should be doing now</p>
<p>I have two chem quizzes I should be studying for, well, one I can study for, the other she told us is on any chapter in the book that we’ve covered, which is all but one.</p>
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why’d you edit your post?</p>
<p>I have an interview tomorrow for the most ah-mazing (paid!) internship in the world.</p>
<p>And alas, I will be totally unprepared. :]</p>
<p>i thought it was a bit rude, but should i repost it?</p>
<p>don’t repost it, it was rude…but i agreed with the latter point ;)</p>
<p>haha I kinda couldn’t resist pointing it out</p>
<p>I saw the post, chocobok…I feel likewise. ;]</p>
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<p>So essentially, you’re implying that it should look more like this?</p>
<p>High Reach: UCLA, UC Berkeley
Low Reach: UC Davis, UC Irvine
High Match: UC Riverside, UC Merced
Low Match: CSUs
Safety: CC</p>
<p>I shall always remember the post-that-never-was…if I get fed up again I might be more rude next time, lol.
gl at your interview rachael525</p>
<p>Thanks…</p>
<p>So I just realized you, me, and dunbar are all neuroscience people. THAT’S WHAT’S UP. Haha.</p>
<p>I like the idea of neuroscience in itself, but what worries me is that a lot of the people will be pre-med, so would that = extremely comptetive?
The one thing I’ve crossed off my list for sure is doctor (a disappointment to my mom, I’m sure)</p>
<p>Oooh, and I also just noticed that we all write. :]</p>
<p>Hmmm. I guess it would depend on the school. Still, I think neuro is cool enough for us to put up with a bunch of crazy premeds… </p>
<p>Meh. My parents, for some reason, are under the illusion that I’m going to be a doctor. Not looking forward to that confrontation in a few years. >_<</p>
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cool haha.</p>
<p>I agree that it will be hard with pre-meds (I tried asking a question about this in the Pre-Med Forum but they didn’t really take me seriously). I think being a doctor is still my number one choice, but the concept of getting a PhD and becoming a professor is becoming more and more appealing to me.</p>