Will a bad GPA ruin my chances here?

chaosakita
Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:35:33 +0000

Calm down. People are trying to help you on a topic you posted and you’re snapping at them? Hypocritical much?



I think you don’t know what hypocrite means.

I mean, I’m sort of fed up with the nonsensical comments I’m getting, especially when they’ve run contrary to what I’ve stated. Comments like this:


Why didn’t you take the SAT II Math (not, why haven’t you taken it) -> Said I hadn’t taken it yet
Tepper requires XYZ -> Said I wanted econ at HSS
Tell them school required you to take AP Calc -> Am I supposed to lie on my application? I never mentioned why I took the AP Calc test.
A 650 on Spanish looks competitive -> It’s about the 50th percentile
You might not have enough math credits - Frankly, one of the most bewildering comments directed to me on a rather ridiculous message board


It’s good that I read this place for entertainment rather than take such comments at face value. Then I might be in a worse off place than I already am.



Re-read her post. Keyword: may require. At many colleges, CMU econ included, it is often expected that if you did not have access to AP courses, you could have taken local community college courses or the highest maths available to you at your school. If neither of those amounts to an opportunity to take calc - IE you live in a very low-income school district or something - then that’s fine, they’ll give you a pass on it.



No college explicitly states what sort of math they require besides the years taken, so her advice was useless.



Not sure if ■■■■■■■■… or just wildly immature.



Ok. Well if that bugs you, good.