HS Seniors of NS

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Been noticing lately that a lot of NS'ers (like a disproportionately large amount) seem to be HS seniors and off to college next (this) year.

It's the last day for RD applications for most schools, so this thread is for those attending freshman year of college in the upcoming school year.

Where you want 2 go?

Where u b accepted?

Whatchu want 2 major in?

etc
 
I got accepted to Purdue University for mechanical engineering technology about a week and a half ago and I'm in the process of enrolling now. I'm thinking about minoring in building construction management. Also if anyone else (small chance) is going there and might want a roommate, PM me
 
Got in to MSU. Applied to USU and WSCU a few weeks ago and haven't heard back since it was by mail and the mail here in Pocatello is messed up rn. I'm positive that I got in to both places tho. I'll also apply to ISU and will probably go there my first 2 years to save money then go elsewhere to get out and see more of the world haha. I'm not sure what I'll major in but biology is definitely something I'm looking at. Want to do something in healthcare...just not sure what...
 
Ive only applied to u of washington so far... Prolly wont get in. Applying to cu boulder, CSU fort collins, U of Denver, U of Oregon, Lewis and Clark, U of Vermont, and u of m duluth by jan 15. Might also apply to UBC in Vancouver but they only look an your senior yr grades which will forsure be hella weak so idk. I have a 2.9 gpa so really counting on rigorous course schedule 29 on act and good essay and extracurriculars.
 
I've always wanted to go to michigan state and expected to get in no problem with a 31 on the act and a 3.25 with a lot of AP classes. they waitlisted me and now i have to send them my grades for this semester then they'll decide. i also didn't apply anywhere else (fuck lol). hopefully it'll work out since I'm doing well right now.
 
Applied to:

-RPI

-Binghamton U

-Boston U

-Northeastern

-Hopkins

-Notre Dame

-UPENN

-Cornell

Already know that I'm into Bing and Northeastern. Pretty confident I'll get into the other schools as well. Not sure where I want to go honestly at this point.
 
13593463:yungsteeze said:
I've always wanted to go to michigan state and expected to get in no problem with a 31 on the act and a 3.25 with a lot of AP classes. they waitlisted me and now i have to send them my grades for this semester then they'll decide. i also didn't apply anywhere else (fuck lol). hopefully it'll work out since I'm doing well right now.
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Waitlisted or deffered?

13593477:SammyDubz said:
Applied to:

-RPI

-Binghamton U

-Boston U

-Northeastern

-Hopkins

-Notre Dame

-UPENN

-Cornell

Already know that I'm into Bing and Northeastern. Pretty confident I'll get into the other schools as well. Not sure where I want to go honestly at this point.
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Im doing BU (both parents went there) and Cornell as well. Heard UPenn was particularly hard this year at least for ED
 
13593496:Isis_rocks said:
Waitlisted or deffered?

Im doing BU (both parents went there) and Cornell as well. Heard UPenn was particularly hard this year at least for ED
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BU is up there for me. Not crazy far away, and I absolutely love Boston. Visited my friends there at BU and BC last semester, got me even more hyped. Honestly where I go will end up being based on money unfortunately.
 
13593499:SammyDubz said:
BU is up there for me. Not crazy far away, and I absolutely love Boston. Visited my friends there at BU and BC last semester, got me even more hyped. Honestly where I go will end up being based on money unfortunately.
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Yeah I love Boston too, prefer BC over BU atm but applying to both. Hopefully I get some scholarship $$ from BU
 
13593502:Isis_rocks said:
Yeah I love Boston too, prefer BC over BU atm but applying to both. Hopefully I get some scholarship $$ from BU
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Yea im hoping too. Didn't apply to BC due to the lack of an engineering program.
 
13593496:Isis_rocks said:
Waitlisted or deffered?
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they didnt use any terminology in the letter. they just said they need my grades before they decide. i think i can still get in for the fall semester of 2016.
 
13593510:yungsteeze said:
they didnt use any terminology in the letter. they just said they need my grades before they decide. i think i can still get in for the fall semester of 2016.
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Sounds like deferred. Waitlisted means you didn't get in regular decision but they didn't reject you either nd its hard to get in after that.
 
13593459:foolmetwice said:
Ive only applied to u of washington so far... Prolly wont get in. Applying to cu boulder, CSU fort collins, U of Denver, U of Oregon, Lewis and Clark, U of Vermont, and u of m duluth by jan 15. Might also apply to UBC in Vancouver but they only look an your senior yr grades which will forsure be hella weak so idk. I have a 2.9 gpa so really counting on rigorous course schedule 29 on act and good essay and extracurriculars.
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Nah youre wrong about ubc. Ubc only looks at yr 12 for canadians, same with all other canadian schools. Its diff for us students (check 10/11th grades mostly i think)
 
gap year, work a lot then hopefully move to salt lake and go to community college while working a lot. havent applied anywhere yet :/
 
topic:Isis_rocks said:
Been noticing lately that a lot of NS'ers (like a disproportionately large amount) seem to be HS seniors and off to college next (this) year.

It's the last day for RD applications for most schools, so this thread is for those attending freshman year of college in the upcoming school year.

Where you want 2 go?

Where u b accepted?

Whatchu want 2 major in?

etc
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your username gives me a great sense of the type of person you are.
 
13593610:Titus69 said:
gap year, work a lot then hopefully move to salt lake and go to community college while working a lot. havent applied anywhere yet :/
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I'd take the whole gap year in slc, get a job at a resort, live there and get in state tuition for u utah
 
13593624:Isis_rocks said:
I'd take the whole gap year in slc, get a job at a resort, live there and get in state tuition for u utah
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Fucking good idea actually. I might stay local though and ski all over the east coast but I actually like that idea
 
13593477:SammyDubz said:
Applied to:

-RPI

-Binghamton U

-Boston U

-Northeastern

-Hopkins

-Notre Dame

-UPENN

-Cornell

Already know that I'm into Bing and Northeastern. Pretty confident I'll get into the other schools as well. Not sure where I want to go honestly at this point.
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You're kind of all over the place with these schools, most of them are great, but Binghampton and Northeastern are pretty average to be honest. Never heard of RPI, too lazy to google the acronym so unsure about there. If you want to do business though, ND (if it's mendoza), UPenn (if it's wharton) and Cornell (if you get into the hotel school) are your best bets. I know a few guys from BU and BC that work on wall street as well, if that's of interest.

Not criticizing or questioning your school choices, just giving insight from someone who will be starting full time doing investment banking this summer, to give you perspective. good luck.
 
13593725:skittiti said:
You're kind of all over the place with these schools, most of them are great, but Binghampton and Northeastern are pretty average to be honest. Never heard of RPI, too lazy to google the acronym so unsure about there. If you want to do business though, ND (if it's mendoza), UPenn (if it's wharton) and Cornell (if you get into the hotel school) are your best bets. I know a few guys from BU and BC that work on wall street as well, if that's of interest.

Not criticizing or questioning your school choices, just giving insight from someone who will be starting full time doing investment banking this summer, to give you perspective. good luck.
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No worries man, thanks for the insight. As to why I'm all over the place, I honestly don't know what I want to do with my life at this point. My whole HS career I thought engineering was gonna be my thing. But I hit junior and senior year, and physics and AP physics just werent/aren't my thing. Still love math and calc and stat etc, and I'm taking AP econ this year, and Im super interested in that. So who knows at this point honestly.

And so you don't have to Google, RPI is a good engineering school in upstate NY. Only applied there bc I already have a scholarship there ahah
 
13593735:SammyDubz said:
No worries man, thanks for the insight. As to why I'm all over the place, I honestly don't know what I want to do with my life at this point. My whole HS career I thought engineering was gonna be my thing. But I hit junior and senior year, and physics and AP physics just werent/aren't my thing. Still love math and calc and stat etc, and I'm taking AP econ this year, and Im super interested in that. So who knows at this point honestly.

And so you don't have to Google, RPI is a good engineering school in upstate NY. Only applied there bc I already have a scholarship there ahah
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well if you like math, stats and end up liking econ, then something in business may be the route you want to take. All those classes line up very with Finance, Economics, Accounting, etc. If you really aren't certain of what you want to do, I would suggest UPenn or Cornell. An Ivy league education is respected no matter what the degree.
 
13593725:skittiti said:
You're kind of all over the place with these schools, most of them are great, but Binghampton and Northeastern are pretty average to be honest. Never heard of RPI, too lazy to google the acronym so unsure about there. If you want to do business though, ND (if it's mendoza), UPenn (if it's wharton) and Cornell (if you get into the hotel school) are your best bets. I know a few guys from BU and BC that work on wall street as well, if that's of interest.

Not criticizing or questioning your school choices, just giving insight from someone who will be starting full time doing investment banking this summer, to give you perspective. good luck.
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"kind of all over the place with these schools, most of them are great"

I don't know when you went to college, but these days it's not uncommon for people to apply to 10+ schools. Generally, it's suggested that one has safeties (schools you know you'll get into), targets (schools you should get into, but might not), and reaches (schools slightly above your stats academically, or those with super low acceptance rates.

Judging by what this kid wrote, I'm guessing Bing and Northeastern are his safeties, considering he said he knew he'd get in. No need to bash someone for having two top 60 schools as safeties, and probably getting scholarship $ at that.

Furthermore, these days, schools such as UPenn, ND, Cornell, etc. are crapshoots in terms of whether top students will get accepted. You apply to six in hopes of getting in to one. Gone are the days of being a double-legacy at ND, skimping HS work, and getting in based on daddies trust fund (for the most part) (and no offense to anyone who went/goes to ND, it's a great school.

If you had bothered to read the thread, you would have realized that this kid also doesn't want to do business, he's interested in engineering, which is why RPI (Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute) is an excellent option for him.

As I mentioned earlier, ivy admissions are a shit-show, and even more so for their business schools. Wharton, for example, is seen by many as the best business school in the nation. It's not like anyone is getting into UPenn, ND, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale's business schools, even if they were one of the most qualified applicants out there. Schools know what they want in a student, and not every school wants the same thing. Wharton has approx. a 75% yield rate. If you get in, you go.

Hope I cleared that up for you.
 
13593761:skittiti said:
well if you like math, stats and end up liking econ, then something in business may be the route you want to take. All those classes line up very with Finance, Economics, Accounting, etc. If you really aren't certain of what you want to do, I would suggest UPenn or Cornell. An Ivy league education is respected no matter what the degree.
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Good looks man, thanks for the advice
 
13593762:Isis_rocks said:
"kind of all over the place with these schools, most of them are great"

I don't know when you went to college, but these days it's not uncommon for people to apply to 10+ schools. Generally, it's suggested that one has safeties (schools you know you'll get into), targets (schools you should get into, but might not), and reaches (schools slightly above your stats academically, or those with super low acceptance rates.

Judging by what this kid wrote, I'm guessing Bing and Northeastern are his safeties, considering he said he knew he'd get in. No need to bash someone for having two top 60 schools as safeties, and probably getting scholarship $ at that.

Furthermore, these days, schools such as UPenn, ND, Cornell, etc. are crapshoots in terms of whether top students will get accepted. You apply to six in hopes of getting in to one. Gone are the days of being a double-legacy at ND, skimping HS work, and getting in based on daddies trust fund (for the most part) (and no offense to anyone who went/goes to ND, it's a great school.

If you had bothered to read the thread, you would have realized that this kid also doesn't want to do business, he's interested in engineering, which is why RPI (Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute) is an excellent option for him.

As I mentioned earlier, ivy admissions are a shit-show, and even more so for their business schools. Wharton, for example, is seen by many as the best business school in the nation. It's not like anyone is getting into UPenn, ND, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale's business schools, even if they were one of the most qualified applicants out there. Schools know what they want in a student, and not every school wants the same thing. Wharton has approx. a 75% yield rate. If you get in, you go.

Hope I cleared that up for you.
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Some of this was resolved while I was writing it FYI
 
13593762:Isis_rocks said:
"kind of all over the place with these schools, most of them are great"

I don't know when you went to college, but these days it's not uncommon for people to apply to 10+ schools. Generally, it's suggested that one has safeties (schools you know you'll get into), targets (schools you should get into, but might not), and reaches (schools slightly above your stats academically, or those with super low acceptance rates.

Judging by what this kid wrote, I'm guessing Bing and Northeastern are his safeties, considering he said he knew he'd get in. No need to bash someone for having two top 60 schools as safeties, and probably getting scholarship $ at that.

Furthermore, these days, schools such as UPenn, ND, Cornell, etc. are crapshoots in terms of whether top students will get accepted. You apply to six in hopes of getting in to one. Gone are the days of being a double-legacy at ND, skimping HS work, and getting in based on daddies trust fund (for the most part) (and no offense to anyone who went/goes to ND, it's a great school.

If you had bothered to read the thread, you would have realized that this kid also doesn't want to do business, he's interested in engineering, which is why RPI (Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute) is an excellent option for him.

As I mentioned earlier, ivy admissions are a shit-show, and even more so for their business schools. Wharton, for example, is seen by many as the best business school in the nation. It's not like anyone is getting into UPenn, ND, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale's business schools, even if they were one of the most qualified applicants out there. Schools know what they want in a student, and not every school wants the same thing. Wharton has approx. a 75% yield rate. If you get in, you go.

Hope I cleared that up for you.
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Yea youre pretty much spot on abouthe everything here. Maybe it's just me, but the whole college application process/admission process is fucked. I worked my ass off throughout HS, murdered my standardized tests, voluteered, ran clubs, etc etc etc and for what? For schools to pick your name out of a hat to see if you get in?

Then again, Im just another smart suburban white boy. I'm not really al that special lol

I probably have no idea what I'm talking about honestly, I'm just tired and a little drunk

And I'm complaining. I fucking hate people who complain all the time. Oh well
 
13593773:SammyDubz said:
Yea youre pretty much spot on abouthe everything here. Maybe it's just me, but the whole college application process/admission process is fucked. I worked my ass off throughout HS, murdered my standardized tests, voluteered, ran clubs, etc etc etc and for what? For schools to pick your name out of a hat to see if you get in?

Then again, Im just another smart suburban white boy. I'm not really al that special lol

I probably have no idea what I'm talking about honestly, I'm just tired and a little drunk

And I'm complaining. I fucking hate people who complain all the time. Oh well
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We da same person brah.

I've heard it works out 95% of the time though, and for those who it doesn't work out for, they end up transferring or taking a gap year.
 
13593775:Isis_rocks said:
We da same person brah.

I've heard it works out 95% of the time though, and for those who it doesn't work out for, they end up transferring or taking a gap year.
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Yuuuup it'll all workout in the end. Gotta keep trlling myself that. I worry way too much
 
Applied to:

U of Utah

U of Colorado Boulder

U of Colorado Denver

Western State Colorado U

Western Washington U

U of San Francisco

U of Vermont

U of Connecticut

My top choices are U of Utah and U of Boulder. I applied for Business Admin. I'm planning to switch to a more specific major for my junior and senior year. I'd really like to pursue law after undergrad. U of Utah has a recognized law program and is a good school. Regardless, I can transfer to a more prestigious program if everything goes well. I'm from the CT, but I plan to live out West eventually. My choices are basically places I'll think I'll be the happiest and do the best.
 
13593898:gnar_whal said:
How easy/hard is U of U to get into? I'm a junior
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It's a pretty good school. If you're a good student and have above average grades and test scores I wouldn't worry tho.

I think a few years ago average incoming freshman had HS GPA of 3.6, ACT of 25, so in that range. So just get good grades the rest of this year and do well on your tests and you'll be good.
 
13593477:SammyDubz said:
Applied to:

-RPI

-Binghamton U

-Boston U

-Northeastern

-Hopkins

-Notre Dame

-UPENN

-Cornell

Already know that I'm into Bing and Northeastern. Pretty confident I'll get into the other schools as well. Not sure where I want to go honestly at this point.
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I hated northeastern when i visited. I enjoyed BC a lot more. Not sure about you though
 
13593898:gnar_whal said:
How easy/hard is U of U to get into? I'm a junior
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It's relatively easy if you're an average to above average student. It's a good school but it's also huge so there's gonna be a huge mix of kids in terms of academic level, and they don't have to be as selective as smaller schools.
 
13593947:Swandog7 said:
I hated northeastern when i visited. I enjoyed BC a lot more. Not sure about you though
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NE is a safety for me...I liked it, but I didn't love it. BC is gorgeous. Not applying there bc of a lack of an engineering program.

I have a friend at BC, and I've visited him a couple times, it's super fun there, people are chill. You party with people from a lot of different schools lol
 
Applied to

U of Tennessee Knoxville

U of Denver

Case Western

U of Virginia

NYU

BU

Emory University

I applied regular decision to all of them except UTK, so I won't be able to make a decision until spring.
 
Only applied to and got into UW Madison.

Planning on studying something along the lines of biology/chemistry/pharmacology.
 
committed to U of Vermont if there are anymore out there hmu on dm im trying to get a massive crew to go up and rip killington stowe and mount snow
 
13594701:G_Nukecumber said:
committed to U of Vermont if there are anymore out there hmu on dm im trying to get a massive crew to go up and rip killington stowe and mount snow
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Applied to UVM as a safety but middlebury is my #1. Hope to rip with uvm kids either way at killington, smuggs, etc
 
13593610:Titus69 said:
gap year, work a lot then hopefully move to salt lake and go to community college while working a lot. havent applied anywhere yet :/
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Word. My goal is to work a shit ton this summer then take a long trip out west in the winter to stay with some friends in UT, CO, and most likely MT.
 
13594804:humpty said:
Word. My goal is to work a shit ton this summer then take a long trip out west in the winter to stay with some friends in UT, CO, and most likely MT.
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Nice, I might try and just work a lot for a year there, get residency and go to school for mad cheap. I still need to look into it completely
 
13594137:dhess said:
Applied to

U of Tennessee Knoxville

U of Denver

Case Western

U of Virginia

NYU

BU

Emory University

I applied regular decision to all of them except UTK, so I won't be able to make a decision until spring.
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I visited UTK for a week for a church camp thing and it was alright. Walking around campus is tiring as fuck and it was hot as fuck. Also no skiing. I enjoyed it but isn't a contender for me
 
topic:Isis_rocks said:
Been noticing lately that a lot of NS'ers (like a disproportionately large amount) seem to be HS seniors and off to college next (this) year.
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Actually it seems like about the same as every other year
 
13593477:SammyDubz said:
Applied to:

-RPI

-Binghamton U

-Boston U

-Northeastern

-Hopkins

-Notre Dame

-UPENN

-Cornell

Already know that I'm into Bing and Northeastern. Pretty confident I'll get into the other schools as well. Not sure where I want to go honestly at this point.
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What's your GPA/standadized, if you don't care?
 
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