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Topic: colleges....
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Subject: colleges....
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 5:52pm
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topic came up in regs...just wondering anyone applying to colleges and where? thinking about a career change and need more schooling? still in school? where do you go and whats it like? im applying to west point (doubt i'll get in), hofsta and stonybrook, both on long island |
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 5:53pm
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I start applying next year, but I'm looking at UGA and Georgia state.
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 5:57pm
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I go to Purdue.
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Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 5:57pm
| I'm applying next year also. UGA and Clemson are the two schools that I have been looking into. UGA being my #1 choice. |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 5:59pm
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I ought to have all my colleges selected and such, and sending in my application soon. But I honestly don't know where I want to go. I mean, I'm considering SFU, and Pratt, but, I dunno.
Pretty much everyone else in Hood River is going to go to U of O. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:01pm
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Cedric wrote:Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:08pm
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i went to Milwaukee School of Engineering Now i'm at the university of wisconsin milwaukee |
Posted By: White o Light
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:13pm
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:13pm
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I'm at the University of Central Florida. Come here. ------------- 
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:20pm
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Applying late this spring to Embry Riddle Daytona, USAF Academy, University of North Dakota, and Spartan College of Aviation. |
Posted By: You Wont See Me
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:21pm
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I'd like to go to Iowa, but dont apply till next year.
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Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:24pm
| ill be applying next year to west point and VMI, but west point has rediculous expectations, which i meet most of |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 6:49pm
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im finnishing up community college for industrial supervision. im looking at Norfolk Naval Ship Yard (DON)and Newport News Ship Yard (Northrop Grumman). i havent bothered with Newport News because they are across the water. i got into the navy yard but they wanted me as a wood crafter. im applying again as a machininst this year. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: TheSpookyKids87
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 7:04pm
| I got to New Jersey City University. |
Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 7:07pm
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University of Illinois at Chicago
or Columbia ------------- u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted Men are from Magmar, women are from Venusaur. |
Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 7:11pm
UND has a very nice campus as well as a great aviation program, brother did a year there before changing majors and switching schools. Destruction, I've got a friend graduating from Columbia this Spring. I'm an estudiante at Wastern Illinois University, or Western Illinois University, depends who asks. |
Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 7:13pm
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I attend Ohio Northern University. I'm currently a 2nd year Pharmacy major. -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 7:23pm
| I applied to Indiana Stat U last night, and I'll be applying to Purdue Aviation(hopefully a 28 ACT will get me in) the USAFA and probably ERAU. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 7:25pm
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I currently attend the University of Memphis. I'm leaving here and going to a technical school next semester for networking classes. Computer engineering isn't what I thought it would be.
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Posted By: phillll227
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:13pm
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I applied:
University of Delaware Virginia Tech Penn State Michigan State North Carolina State University of Maryland Im not really sure where I want to go ------------- |
Posted By: Hitman
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:14pm
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I still have no idea what I want but university seems to be the way
to go. I think I'd be going to Acadia or Dalhousie. Both in Nova
Scotia.
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Posted By: iceman1186
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:20pm
| I go to West Virginia University, and I am an undergraduate in Engineering. Second year. |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:33pm
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I won't be in college for another two years but I plan to apply to UF, UM, Clemson, UCLA, NYU, UCI, UCSB, University of Washington, and possibly FAU/PBCC as backup schools. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:37pm
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Oh come on Sammy, this place is not even a possibility?
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Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 8:54pm
| I don't really know that much about UCF. UF and UM seem pretty good to me while PBCC and FAU are quite close to home. UCF could be a possibility though, do you like it? |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 9:02pm
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University of Delaware, Marist, Binghamton, Geneseo
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Posted By: phillll227
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 9:21pm
haha have fun with that ------------- |
Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:38pm
Backup schools to what, the other 28 you applied to? |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:42pm
Well, because I plan to apply to eight top schools, it would be wise of me to have two schools that I am almost guaranteed admission to if all else fails. |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:42pm
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:47pm
| i applied to 3, got into the 2 that i wanted to. now i go to one that i didn't even consider. |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:50pm
What is your GPA like? Are the "eight top schools" long shots for you, or do you have the grades to get into them? |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 10:54pm
It's a high 3 unweighted but a 4 weighted. I am also on the debate team and I participate in charity/volunteer things for community service hours. |
Posted By: Destruction
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:23pm
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Paintball University! Yeaaaaa!!!! ------------- u dont know what to do ur getting mottor boatted Men are from Magmar, women are from Venusaur. |
Posted By: phillll227
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:26pm
test scores? ------------- |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:33pm
| I'm only a sophomore so no SAT yet. I do take the PSAT on October 18th *my birthday wahoo* though. I can get my FCAT scores but since you are probably not from Florida I don't know if you would know what they mean. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 09 October 2006 at 11:36pm
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 12:03am
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I applied to one school and got accepted.
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 12:25am
UCF is good. It is becoming one of the "major" schools in Florida, now that we have a medical school now. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 12:32am
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I go to University of Wisconsin Eau Claire ------------- 
Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 12:41am
I wish my school weighted grades. but as it is a SPED 4.0 is still better than an all AP 3.9
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Posted By: Spec.Ops1
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 6:19pm
Ahhh! don't do it! You'll flush down the toilet a lot of the "fun" aspects of college. I did ROTC (enjoyed it) still got my comission, got my branch and still got to live very "free" life during my college years. My good friend did westpoint for 2 years left and then did ROTC at the University of Utah for his last 2 and had a great time. He wishes he did regular ROTC (if you wanna do the military thing) from a regular college from the get go. if your squared away your going to do well in the military regarldess of what school you come from. If the prestige of westpoint is what your after then by all means. But by in large that's a big price to pay for something that in my experience fades quickly. Just my 2 bits :) ------------- http://www.specialopspaintball.com/brigade/member_view.asp?id=1116"> 
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Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 6:26pm
im stilll not sure what i want yet, but regardless, ive got two years to think, and it will lead me into the army. I just haven't decided if I want to forgo the fun aspects of college for being in West Point so I can enjoy them later (hopefully), or just going to regular college. I haven't really checked if colleges have an MI major... |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 6:39pm
How so? I have heard many stories of people that went to my school with 3.6 GPA from honors and some AP getting into a school over someone with a 4.0 GPA from all on-level classes. |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 6:57pm
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I will apply to the University of Alabama, Sewanee, Vanderbilt, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> 
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Posted By: tippmannfreak
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 7:05pm
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Posted By: lester98c
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 7:06pm
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i plan on applying to Temple Drexel PSU Wilks Itaka i just have 2 more years to think about what im going for. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 10:24pm
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MIT Caltech Indian Institute of Technology Olin College UH And a few others. Obviously the first three are HUGE long shots but I figure why not? Junior year so I still have a year to think about it, looking for a school with a really good program in computer or software engineering or computer sciences. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 10:56pm
The college they went to probably weighted the grades for them. but the way my school sees it, if you have taken all honors/AP classes and got a 3.9, and someone else took all on-level classes and has a 4.0, the 4.0 student is ranked above the 3.9. last year, we had 14 valedictorians. the year before was even worse, we had 23 valedictorians. |
Posted By: Sammy
Date Posted: 10 October 2006 at 11:00pm
The person with the 4.0 may be ranked above them, but no college would honestly choose them over the AP/honors student with 3.9. It isn't fair to compare somebody who is making a B in an AP class to a person in a regular class making an A. |
Posted By: phillll227
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 12:02am
Those are some pretty competitive schools, good luck ------------- |
Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 10:05am
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Sammy, have fun trying to get into ucla. This kid i knew last year had a 4.2 and didn't get in. ------------- 
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 10:06am
I have a firend that goes there. ------------- |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 2:49pm
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 2:51pm
Ditto with UF. I had a 4.0. One of my friends had a 4.2. Three of my friends had a 4.5. None got accepted. It is pretty crazy. I am going to UCF for two years and transferring into to UF later. -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 4:45pm
a lot of scholarships are based on rank, top 10% top 15%, etc. so if my school would weight grades, people who deserve the scholarships would be ranked above the people who got by with the minimum that are getting the scholarships. |
Posted By: PlentifulBalls
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 4:51pm
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Pffft. high school is sooooooo last year. I go to Community College of Philadelphia ------------- 
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Posted By: Clark Kent
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 4:57pm
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Realizing that you were just discussing GPAs, but it is important to remember that the GPA is only one factor in deciding admission. This is particularly true at top schools that routinely have their choice of applicants with outstanding grades. SAT/ACT scores are tremendously important, but so are resume items. A lot of people will have similar GPAs and test scores - the applicant with a different resume will have a distinct advantage. |
Posted By: EYES
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 8:03pm
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I'm going to Ohio State. Just submitted my application. Only place I'm applying to. Best business school in the state, one of the best in the nation. I'm happy with that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 8:15pm
Yeah. I know hindsight is 20-20, but maybe me putting noodz in my resume was a detriment. -------------
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Posted By: mbro
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 8:30pm
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Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos. |
Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 8:52pm
| I attend the school of hard knocks. |
Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 10:51pm
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Have any idea what your major will be? Aerospace is finally getting tough, I'm actually having to work my ass off... Junior by christmas. |
Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 11 October 2006 at 10:55pm
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im goin back to school... Purdue or Ball State not sure yet
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 4:59pm
I'm not sure. Are you going to the AU/UF game this weekend? ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules>
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Posted By: Heroman
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 5:19pm
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My bro recently graduated from UCLA; I currently go there; my sister started the '06-'07 year here too. My advice for applying to UCLA: Of course the good test scores on both SATs. Extracurricular activities is always good. Help as man li'l old ladies as you can!!! GPA isn't everything. My friend didn't have a stellar GPA and still was admitted here. Why? He had other stuff in his application to compensate for his GPA which impressed the admittance people. I wish you the best! GO BRUINS!!! ------------- Mahirap ng maging pogi... |
During your junior and senior years in high school, take as many advanced placement classes as you can and average a 4-5 on the tests. If you can have your principal write a letter of recommendation for you. My principal's LoR really pulled a lot of weight for my admittance to UCLA. As for your essay/letter of intent, you need to make yourself shine; no doubt all the people applying will be overachievers or insanely bright students. Make an impression. Posted By: Project Irene
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 7:25pm
Hell yes I'll be there. Worried about it though. I almost threw up after last weeks game, and not because of alcohol. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 8:18pm
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As much as I really hate UF....Auburn does not have a chance.
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 8:40pm
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When I took my PSAT last year I got a 1600. I need to bring my GPA of 1.6 up to a 4.0 so I can apply to FSU. I'm currently in all honors classes but I never ever do my homework hince my GPA. Damned lazyness. -------------
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 9:29pm
That'll be a hell of a game. Hopefully I can get out of game day traffic in T-Town so I can get somewhere to watch it. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules>
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Posted By: SchecterDude
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 10:41pm
sweet i can come and punch you in the face |
Posted By: SchecterDude
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 10:41pm
i have faith. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 10:43pm
Florida State? -------------
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 12 October 2006 at 11:10pm
once you drop below a 4.0, its impossible to bring it back up |
Posted By: DarkSideEchoes
Date Posted: 16 February 2007 at 10:53pm
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Applied to Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, and Purdue. Denied at UIUC, so I'm going to Purdue for Mechanical Engineering. ------------- 
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Posted By: Jack Carver
Date Posted: 16 February 2007 at 11:05pm
Good for you, but did you really have to bump this bad boy?
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Posted By: newport
Date Posted: 16 February 2007 at 11:09pm
What the hell is this? ps I go to University of California Santa Cruz; it's chill. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 16 February 2007 at 11:18pm
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Well since this got bumped I will update myself. I am at the University of Central Florida. I am double-majoring in Journalism and Political Science. I am looking into graduate school currently. -------------
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 16 February 2007 at 11:55pm
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im going to marist college in Poughkeepsie woooo
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 12:18am
| got into kean,william paterson,colorado state pueblo, and metropolitan state college of denver. rejected from university of colorado boulder. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 12:22am
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since this was bumped... i applied to hofstra, brockport, and stonybrook and got into all of them, hofstra is going to give me 10k a year bc of my grades in hs...west point was the only school to say no though. as far as rotc goes, i applied for the scholarship, and got word this week that i'm a finalist for the scholarship at both brockport and hofstra, stonybrook doesn't do rotc...i find out the first week of march if i got it or not, if i get it at hofstra then i'm gonna go there |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 1:02am
so yeah, i decided to just go with Indiana State, majoring in professional aviation flight technology(pilot school) |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 2:00am
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I have no future. Screw my SAT. I'm getting a gun and dealing crack. -------------
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Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 3:27am
Hey, I go to Purdue. If you have any questions feel free to pm me. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 2:06pm
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 2:56pm
I've seen you mention how difficult it is to get into UF, but 6 people from my school in the last two years (avg. class size about 25) got in no problem. I know for a fact one of them had below a 4.0, and one other got accepted to UF but rejected from UGA. I have no doubt UF is a good school, but I just don't see why you think it so incredibly difficult. Enlighten me please. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules>
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Posted By: Mehs
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 2:56pm
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I got accepted at University of Wisconsin Stout, and University of Minnesota Duluth, most likely going to Stout. THAT'S REALLY CLOSE TO MBRO OMG. ------------- [IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/1538fbc.jpg"> Squeeze Box ☣ |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 3:10pm
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I got into UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Charlotte, ECU, and Appalachian State, which are the only places I've applied. I'm probably going to App. to play football, unless one of the Div-3 schools can give me more than half of my tuition through academic scholarships. PS- We better get one of the little new to college guides from Mbro and Choop like the rising freshies did last year. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: pntbl freak
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 3:24pm
Cant say I know anyone on the lacrosse team. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 3:37pm
and me to lolz |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 3:42pm
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Only College I've heard back from so far is http://www.Linfield.edu - Linfield , where I was accepted with a $12,800 per year scholarship. Supposedly it's one of the hardest schools in the Northwest for admissions (Reed is #1).
Funny story, 20 minutes before Linfield called to tell me I was accepted, Willamette university called. The admissions counselor who was reading my application wanted to ask about my math grades, which in junior year went from an A first semester, to an F second semester. I was able to explain it, and we ended up talking for like 15 minutes. |
Posted By: hoginds24
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 3:46pm
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My sister went to Hofstra and that's where I plan to play. My other school I'm looking at is Adelphi which is not 5 minutes away. ------------- [IMG]http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6924/willproducsv6.jpg"> |
Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 4:20pm
| Comuneity Colege right now, but in ~ a year and a half I shall be transferring to Georgia Tech to finish up my Civil Engineering degree. |
Posted By: Bolt3
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 4:26pm
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Columbia, UCLA, and UM. Accepted at all 3. Just deciding. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 7:04pm
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Schools that have expressed interest in me: SMU, Spring Hill College, The University of Chicago, Mercer University, Illinois Wesleyan University, Rochester, NYU, and Miami (Fl.) is almost harrassing me, they send 3-4 emails, one letter, and maybe a phone call a week, and it's getting on my nerves.
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 8:15pm
| colorado school of mines sent me a crapton of stuff, it sucked |
Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 17 February 2007 at 8:34pm
| Roll Tide - That sort of thing means nothing. Tulane, and a bunch of other places were spamming me non-stop for awhile. |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 2:17am
Ahh, man, I guess since you told me that I can't accept the offer to UM's or UNC's early entry program, because they really don't mean it when they ask me to. I've had four siblings go to college before me, I know what they mean. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules>
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 2:57am
| you probably cant accept their early entry program, because its probably no longer early |
Posted By: nathanours
Date Posted: 18 February 2007 at 3:17am
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i am either going to CU at boulder or CSU in colorado ------------- 
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