Discussion about college: where are you thinking? why? etc

Yep. Just find a career that interests you and find the schools that offer the classes you need to take. But jobs don't really look at your undergraduate school but grad...so, you can go to a decent state college for bachelor's and get your master's or Ph.D at a prestigious graduate schools, but that would be harder...

You live in Colorado; is high school education good there? Cause my state is like so dumb it's not even funny... :mad: Less than 50% in WA passed the stupid WASL!!!! That test is so dumb anyone can get 4 on all parts, but frankly, lots of kids are dumb here...

well ive just moved here about 3 weeks ago, so i'm not so sure about the state's standard of education..but the town that i live in have tremendous enthusiasm towards learning and education..(well at least my school :D) it's called Fairview Highschool, and i'm really really loving it here..there's so much support from everyone, the kids are really nice (almost all of them are so into something), and the schools huge (which actually wasnt a good thing when i first came here cuz i cudnt find all of my classes :S) about 40% of the students here take AP/IB courses...the school offers IB courses to students that don't wanna get the full course diploma...which is really nice cuz i dun wanna take IB in Lang comp and US history.

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imkonadian88 wrote:well ive just moved here about 3 weeks ago, so i'm not so sure about the state's standard of education..but the town that i live in have tremendous enthusiasm towards learning and education..(well at least my school :D) it's called Fairview Highschool, and i'm really really loving it here..there's so much support from everyone, the kids are really nice (almost all of them are so into something), and the schools huge (which actually wasnt a good thing when i first came here cuz i cudnt find all of my classes :S) about 40% of the students here take AP/IB courses...the school offers IB courses to students that don't wanna get the full course diploma...which is really nice cuz i dun wanna take IB in Lang comp and US history.

whew ive written so muchhhh lol sorry
Wow, at least you got a better school than me :(. I hate my school...many students who don't care about education, does drugs, gets drunk... but then there are students who actually does something with their life. Lots of kids here are nice too, but then they can do stupid things sometimes.

Big school :D? That's nothing when you go to college. It took me 15 minutes to walk across the campus to get to biochem at Hopkins and I got lost on my first day... so many doors... :rolleyes: and then 30 minutes from dorms to all the way across campus and across the street, down the elevator, and across a long hall to talk to my class advisor. Whew, and the worst part was, it was always 90-95 degrees outside even at 8 AM...hot hot hot!

Lucky, I wish my school offered as many AP classes as I want...the only good thing is that we get 0.5 more credit on our transcripts...

dbgt23 wrote:I would want to go to Texas Univeristy but would they look for a student from New Jersey? How can I make them recognize me?

Definately give any University out of state (especially here in Texas) a shot. Schools down here tend to look for diversity and love it.

as for the Thread topic:
I've applied ED to Washington University in StL
my top 4 are (above stated), NYU, Cornell, and UPenn

Wash U is my 1st choice because it actually has advertising as a major and i can do film/media studies as a minor, NYU is second because of its study abroad availability and location (advertisement/marketing central!!), Upenn is actually tied for second because they have this really cool tech/art program, but I'd have to apply then transfer into it because I could NOT apply directly for that degree (its under Engineering.
My 1st choice backup school is Agnes Scott (and maybe Syracuse, Drexel, Northeastern...it depends how much i suck).

My decisions were primarily based on location/majors offered/study abroad. I wanted either an Advert/Design major or the availability of art courses and the oppurtunity for film/media and marketing. Location was important because I not only need a good education, but an urban center nearby that has easily accessible internships and job oppurtunities.

Study abroad is important to me because I already speak 2 (almost 3) languages fluently, and I want to take advantage of that and try to take my marketing international (more $$). And i want to learn chinese...but thats besides the point.

I like WA U :D. I got a letter from them last week, and they wanted to know if I wanted to make them my first choice. But then Hopkins came at the same time and wanted to know if I was ready to do early decision :confused:. Both are good undergraduate schools and I like both of them. Both with good graduate schools too...for medicine... Hmm, I'll have to wait and see. Which will offer full ride...:p?

I've heard WA U in St. Louis has a GREAT campus.. I really wanna go there too lol.

2nd choice is University of Chicago, I have a bit of a legacy since my sister went there and excelled lol

choosing colleges is soo hard for me. another weird thing is.....duh duh duh im already in college and im just a junior and im only 16. yess...weird coming from a guy with a SN like poopoo. hahaha well yah im going to high school at the same time as community college...then im not sure if im allowed to just transfer over to a UC er not buht N/Eways im planning on either going to UCSD or SDSU only for the fact that i live in san diego and they're both decent and close by. then agen...(since i wanna major in film stuff)...i wanna go to UCLA. then theres University of San Jose which i wanna go to since my girlfrend lives up there. Made me think...WHY go to a college just bcuz of yewr girl?? buht then i lewkd into san jose university and it has an alrite film couse. well N/EWAiZ thats me. yess. haha that was long. =/

Anyone Going To Dickinson College? In Pennsylvania?
Im From Cali. And Got Accepted There But I Would Like To Hear From Someone Whose Currently Attending Or Knows Alot About The Location. Thnkz In Advance.

As For Other Schools, I Applied To Some Schools In Cali. Like Uc Santa Barbara, San Diego State. And Uc Riverside.

I'm applying to University of Washington and will do whatever it takes to get there!

aaah! im so nervous about colleges so heres what i got so far and im a sophomore whos nearing the end of the school year. is this good engouhg for schools like harvard, columbia, upenn, etc?
gpa - 3.96
first place in a statewide essay contest
architecture camp at a well known school
art classes with a private tutor
part of an art society
head of a group that vistis a home for the mentally retarded every saturday
participates in two youth organizations
plans on participating in more community service this year
takin ap ush
plan on takin 5-6 more aps in high school
will be head of a tutor program that i created within my high school
a semi-finalist in a nationwide bible competition (extremely hard!)
goin to art school summer program in chicago
so thats it...hope its enough (hopefully ill get an 5 on the ap this yr and will win the two writing contests i entered this year)
does anybody know of any history contests i could enter? what about science competitions?
thanx
-historyluva21st (sry, the name got screwed up in the registration process)