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bam thwok posted:What I mean is that despite all the people (many of them goons!) who devalue an Ivy League degree as only titular, largely irrelevant, and exclusive simply for exclusivity's sake, the size of our endowment, the career networks available to us, the quality of our faculty, and job market premiums are all very real advantages, and they are the reward to people like me who worked their assess off to get accepted. In retrospect, it would have been worth it (this coming from someone who is now a PhD student) qlat fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2009 around 07:21 |
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NOTAVIRUS.jpg.exe posted:Could someone please tell me about Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (SLO)? I was accepted and I'm going to apply for housing tomorrow but I have no idea which dorm to pick Might be a little late now, but here goes anyway. Yosemite, Sierra Madre - Bigger rooms, but farther from center of campus Fremont, Tenaya, Sequoia, Santa Lucia, Trinity - smaller rooms, newest, closer to campus Whitney, Palomar, Diablo, Shasta, Lassen - older, closer to campus You can't really go wrong with any of the dorms, but if possible, I would definitely recommend Cerro Vista or Poly Canyon over the others, but I don't think they're open to freshmen. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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no rain no gain posted:Might be a little late now, but here goes anyway. Ended up picking Yosemite and Sierra Madre as my first two choices, but thanks  . Anything you could tell me about the social life/good things/bad things about SLO? It was actually the one school I applied to that I didn't visit because I didn't think I'd get in. I tried to PM you but you don't have plat  Thanks!
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qlat posted:I never applied to an Ivy so I don't know if I would have been accepted, but I must be in the minority because it is precisely that Ivy alums have a disproportionate and sometimes unwarranted advantage that an everlasting flame of hatred/jealousy burns inside me. I wish people had told me how much an Ivy name can change your options in life. well, there are non-Ivy League schools which have bigger endowments, offer better career opportunities, better faculty, and are more selective than Cornell, so i am not really sure what he is getting at. Cornell is obviously a great school, and it's definitely a top 5 school in the US for my field of research. I'm going there for a couple of weeks in July for a summer school, and looking forward to it. But the specific fact that Cornell is an Ivy League school doesn't mean much.
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blah_blah posted:well, there are non-Ivy League schools which have bigger endowments, offer better career opportunities, better faculty, and are more selective than Cornell, so i am not really sure what he is getting at. Cornell is obviously a great school, and it's definitely a top 5 school in the US for my field of research. I'm going there for a couple of weeks in July for a summer school, and looking forward to it. But the specific fact that Cornell is an Ivy League school doesn't mean much.
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qlat posted:Not to cast aspersions on Cornell, but I was mostly talking about Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. well, you really can only dwell on it so much. i was accepted to Princeton as an undergrad and ended up not going, and i wonder from time to time how my life would have been different if i had gone. i probably would have finished my undergrad at Princeton just in time to find out that the six-figure quantitative finance jobs i was after going in were no longer quite so easy to get. so i probably would have gone to graduate school anyways, which, coincidentally, is where i am now.
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bam thwok posted:Cornell Thank you! For now I don't really have any more questions, but It's nice to know that it looks nce and all before I visit
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saahil92 posted:Thank you! For now I don't really have any more questions, but It's nice to know that it looks nce and all before I visit In case anyone else wants to hear more about Cornell from a different perspective, I will play the Devil's Advocate: Cornell University I am/was a student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, in one of the most selective programs (not hard science) of the university. I am in my penultimate year and I will soon be transferring to an university outside of the U.S., obviously giving up the "Ivy League" badge (as little as that means nowadays). To give a comprehensive view of my feelings toward Cornell would be an entire E/N thread onto itself, but there are some very important points I think people should take. If you're a genuinely hardworking, ambitious, and capable person, I hope you are shooting for something better. Cornell was a bitter disappointment for me. It does have some of its advertised qualities - wide curriculum with some excellent professors, large funding, etc. but the limitations are extremely frustrating as well. I won't cover the living/social part of Cornell, since that has been talked about extensively in the thread already. I will emphasize that frats and sororities do dominate the social scene though. I was lucky enough to have quite a few friends who joined the more friendly frats, so I got some free passes to the social scene despite not being in the greek system. Make sure you have some very outgoing friends if you are not the frat-type yourself. As for the courses, I can only talk confidently about the social sciences, and the quality of the education programs at Cornell may vary widely. The hard science/engineering programs are very well funded, as is the Hotel School and some other specialist programs. However, the business program (AEM) is quite poorly developed, as is the Economics department. (For the record, I am comparing Cornell to other top schools, not just the national average). There was much hype around AEM, but it is a total sham compared to the Wharton School, Stern, Sloan, Hass and the other more established places. The course selection is rather poor, in particular for finance, and very few professors actually have had Wall Street experience. The alumni network, while respectable, does not have anywhere near the same level of influence as the other top schools. Just looking at the firms that recruited on campus this year would reveal that quite a few companies have opted to skip Cornell altogether (and of those that came, many didn't take anyone past first/second round). My best friend is at Wharton, and I have many friends at other Ivies/MIT/Stanford, and I have come to realize that Cornell simply does not match the quality of the more respected institutions. However, my major reason for choosing to leave Cornell is the quality of the people (again, excluding hard science/engineering). I am a hardworking person, and I believe that regardless of where I am, I should at least put in a decent effort in my work. Cornell students seem to rarely share my sentiment, and many of them just sit back and pretend that a Cornell degree will get them anywhere (or maybe not and they don't care, I don't know). It was sickening when almost all the group projects I had ended up being just me and maybe one other person doing everything. I've tried asking nicely, pleading, threatening, bribing people to work hard but it's simply futile. There are a few who are real gems (and I will sorely miss them), but it was infuriating dealing with people who think partying is more important than a project that is worth 40% of their total course grade. When I visited several top firms in NYC, I was frankly not surprised at how few Cornellians sat on their Board of Directors. When I came to Cornell, I truly believe that I will find many other talented people from whom I can learn, but I ended up being the guy people asked for homework answers and exam tips. It could have been an ego boost if I actually thought myself as a super-smart person, but all I did was keeping up with my work and actually read the textbooks. I apologise for getting a bit personal there, but I know many people come into Cornell thinking of doing great things (or earn a great amount of money), but the environment is not comparable to the truly elite (by elite here I mean the students are motivated, talented, and well-connected, not just prestigious) schools. For those who still have a chance, please don't sell yourself short. Work your rear end off for Wharton/Harvard/MIT/etc. Leveragedsellout, the author of "drat it feels good to be a banker", sums up Cornell quite nicely in a proposed slogan: "Cornell—Mediocrity Delivered" (Interesting enough, a year ago I posted very different sentiments on these forums and disagreed with another poster who described what I feel now. I cannot remember his name, but if that person is reading this, you were right and I'm sorry.) edit: Just to jump in on the whole "Ivy League" deal, I think it's the most retarded and nonsensical debate regardless of which side you're on. It's stupid when people resent Ivy League because it somehow bestows amazing advantages, because those advantages are nothing you can't overcome with putting in more effort. True, if you are at a "lesser" school it may take a large amount of extra work to prove yourself, but you probably wouldn't get far in life anyway if you are scared off by that. If you think being in Ivy League is special, good luck when Goldman Sachs bins your application because your resume has poo poo work experience compared to someone from a state university. Flow fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2009 around 21:28 |
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qlat posted:Not to cast aspersions on Cornell, but I was mostly talking about Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Eh, you should ignore people that play this up too much. It drives me nuts when people brag about their specific Ivy education, and quite a few people actually tend to not say where they went to school because they're so worried about coming off as snobs (I tend to tell people I got my masters in New Jersey and leave it at that). Let me tell you what drives me nuts as well. People who assume that just because you went to an Ivy (which is apparently the Big Three to you) you're some stuck-up trust-fund kid. Ivies are full of pretty regular students, and for every one that acts pretentious about it, there are at least 5 who probably see it as not a big deal. In fact, it seems that people who didn't go to Ivies make a much bigger deal out of it than those who did. I know the Cornell guy was being a little boisterous in saying "it's good to be in the Ivy League," but please don't judge the rest of us by that. I never saw ANYONE at Princeton excluded because of their economic status (well, maybe with the eating clubs, but the only people who worry about that are precisely the social-climbing trustafarians that you'd probably want to avoid anyways). Sure there were rich kids, but there were plenty of middle-class and even a decent number of low-income undergrads (though I'll admit that there are fewer than the national average, it's much higher than it was even twenty years ago thanks to the incredible financial aid offered). I guess being a grad student there I wasn't as exposed to the undergrad-side where money might have been more important, but I can only say what I observed for two years interacting and living at that school. Do undergrads from these three schools seem to enjoy a huge advantage over others? Maybe, maybe not. How is it surprising that three of the very oldest schools in the country happen to have such large networks of alum? Wouldn't you take advantage of that? I'm sure Georgia Tech has far more alumni/networking opportunities than Random State U.; does that bother you too? I know plenty of unemployed people who went to Princeton, and now with the financial market in the crapper there's bound to be a few more. I'm not trying to lecture you or anything because I know where you're coming from. I just think the whole thing is a dumb debate. Pfirti86 fucked around with this message at Mar 16, 2009 around 21:57 |
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Flow posted:Cornell's undergrad business program isn't as good as Wharton. No poo poo. Not even in the same league. Nothing is. It was unreasonable to expect otherwise. Even though it's been top 10 for at least two years, AEM is a joke and its students can be roughly split into 3 groups; the engineering washouts with no idea what else to do who ace every class, tards who try and fail or don't even try but ride the curves to Bs, and the regular, very-hardworking who have to suffer everyone else's bullshit. Perez is the worst teacher in the universe. Also, McLaughlin is the worst teacher in the universe. If you were looking for experienced finance professors you should've done Hotel Admin. P.S: Until you start grad-level work, econ's a joke no matter where you study it.
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evilneanderthal posted:What University Do You Attend: Drexel Basically this. If you live on campus, it is insanely expensive. If you live off campus, people will get shot in front of your house. No, seriously. My friend had a stray bullet LAND IN HER BED. My other friends got robbed at gunpoint in their own apartment. My other friends had two separate incidents where people were shot dead right outside of their house. Apparently the dying guy looked my friend in the eye as he lay there gasping for his last breaths. I'm tempted to say most of the *extreme* violence doesn't involve college students, but you still run the risk of getting mugged and poo poo. Also, Drexel has 10 week terms. In these 10 weeks, we cover the standard amount of material covered at most schools in 15 weeks. I was using the same book for a linear algebra course as my friend at Penn State; his term began two weeks prior to mine. I could ask him questions about the homework for my first week. After that, we'd already passed them. Bonus points for when they try to cram two classes into one term. Some schools get a week off before finals to study? We have finals this week and we had class today on Monday. We don't even get a weekend. Apparently some other schools that follow the quarter system at least only have 3-4 classes a term as a standard. Here it's more like 4-6. Also, the standard here is a 5 year program, not 4 (if you don't do co-op it's 4, but why the gently caress would you come here if not for co-op???). All your friends from high school will be graduating and you'll be like "I have a whole year of this poo poo left yet?!" These are the main things that stand out to me about here.. most other gripes I have I feel you'd run into anywhere (scheduling conflicts, etc). On the upside, the co-ops are great work experience for the resume... but I think there are other schools with similar programs elsewhere that might not be in such a lovely location. One more thing... this is largely an engineering school. I wouldn't come here for science. Most of the money goes to the engineers and it shows. I'm a physics major, and we never have enough lab equipment, it's broken, etc. I wind up getting engineering friends to borrow equipment from their labs for me.
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bam thwok posted:No poo poo. Not even in the same league. Nothing is. It was unreasonable to expect otherwise. Even though it's been top 10 for at least two years, AEM is a joke and its students can be roughly split into 3 groups; the engineering washouts with no idea what else to do who ace every class, tards who try and fail or don't even try but ride the curves to Bs, and the regular, very-hardworking who have to suffer everyone else's bullshit. I was not indicating that AEM was ever in the same league as Wharton. However, there are students who believe AEM could be an acceptable substitute since it is the only other accredited business program in the Ivy League. For a while, I believed that the university would at least try to boost AEM somewhat since it's always completely overshadowed by Wharton, but Cornell is quite content being mediocre. Perez is indeed awful, as is McLaughlin, but those are easy and unimportant classes (for someone going into finance, that is). Hotel's finance isn't exactly spectacular either. I thought Professor Chang (I think that's his name?) was great after going to some of his lectures, but after I came to study abroad I realized that Chang only seemed good compared to Cornell professors. Curtis (AEM finance professor) is a wonderful person and a great teacher, but sorely lacking in industry experience. The professors do not really get better at the higher level AEM courses either. I cannot speak for economics at other universities in the states, but undergraduate economics at Oxbridge and the LSE are not jokes. Of course they will be simple and shallow compared to graduate level work, but the courses are certainly challenging enough to be interesting and worthwhile. My point was not that Cornell is bad, but it is definitely not comparable to the more established programs. I guess I should have been a little bit more specific in saying that the actual quality of the program can be far more important than the name of the school, albeit it is a difficult realization unless you have extensive experiences at other schools. So unless you're sure you want to go into one of Cornell's indisputably strong fields (architecture, veterinary medicine, etc.), then you should try to go somewhere better, even if that place may not have Cornell's prestige/whatever strokes kids' ego nowadays. p.s. I hope to start a 4th group in AEM - people who transfer and leave instead of wallowing in self-pity and pathetic rationalisations when their job/internship applications get turned down over and over again. It is as if people believe Cornell to be so amazing that, hey, if the firms don't recruit here then they simply must not be recruiting anywhere! Flow fucked around with this message at Mar 17, 2009 around 10:30 |
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ses110 posted:cool stuff Thanks for doing this!
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What University Do You Attend: Oregon Institute of Technology How Long Have You Been Attending: Almost 2 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): I'm currently living in the dorm (no plural here, there's only one dorm.) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):Just the dorms. What Advice Do You Have: For anyone wanting to go into computer/software engineering: Study your rear end off. No, seriously. Big corporations don't pick up our software grads for $60k starting salaries for nothing. The professors in this program are all nice guys who are always happy to help you (small school ftw!), you just need to take the time to go to their office. If it says anything, I'm on a first-name basis with 95% of the software profs. The school in general: Getting accepted is cake, but we operate a bit differently than other schools. Here, you decide your major when you register for freshman year. The nice part about this is that you don't have to do the whole "two years of general studies" thing that you would have to do elsewhere. Freshman year teaches you the basics of your major, and the next 3-4 years (average graduation time for a regular bachelor's degree is 5 years here) builds on it. Let's put it this way: winter term of my freshman year, I was doing things that a student at Oregon State studying Computer Science wouldn't get to do until their junior year*. Another perk is that if you had a bad professor for a term who either just sucked or didn't do something right, there are evaulation forms that everyone gets to fill out at the end of each term. Your comments on those forms are actually read, and the administration takes the comments seriously. Non-academic stuff: The town sucks if you're under 21. Hell, even after you turn 21 the town still sucks, just less. We're about an hour from Medford/Eagle Point, though. There are about 3,000 students on campus, which is awesome. You're essentially paying a public school price, but getting a private school experience. The education you get here is awesome as well, regardless of your major. Don't get too charmed by the women in the medical majors. Sure, they may be attractive, but a good portion of them are flat out stupid. If you're coming in from high school, make upper-classmen friends. There's zero stigma surrounding freshman here, so make friends! protip: Don't join the one fraternity we have. It sucks. Same thing goes for the sorority. If you need "brotherhood" or "sisterhood", just go make some friends, it's not hard! The "residence hall" (they don't like when you call it a dorm, but goddammit its a dorm) : Nowhere near as bad as people say they are. It's really easy to make your room into your own space, and the RAs aren't the dickbags everyone makes them out to be (usually). Feel free to ask about anything else, I've got friends in all different majors (Echocardiology, Manufacturing Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, etc.) , so if I can't answer your question I'm sure one of my friends can. *I'm not saying that Oregon State comp sci students suck, I'm saying that the way that OSU teaches anything computer-related sucks.
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Flow posted:Cornell As a freshman in AEM...  Thankfully what you guys have said has put words to a lot of what I've been thinking over the past year. I guess it's not too late to start reevaluating it for real. God drat it.
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What University Do You Attend: Illinois State University How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Apartment off campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Manchester Hall (1 year), Watterson Towers (1 year because they are/were doing construction on Manchester and Hewett) What Advice Do You Have: Academics *ISU isn't filled with U of I rejects. There are some freaking tough classes here, especially with the sciences. So don't expect to blow stuff off. Every student at ISU is required to take some general education classes. Inner Core is your easy, 100 level classes. Middle Core is your level 200 classes. Upper Core is level 200s to level 300s. Since I'm only in my 3rd year here, I haven't taken any level 400s yet. *You do NOT have to declare your major when applying for ISU. You can just put down General Student, and decide once you get here. *Make sure you take as many gen eds you can your first 2 years at ISU. You can still take your major/minor classes, but you really don't want to have to stick around an extra semester just to take your MC Math classes. *Speaking of math...if you can, take the math classes at your community college during the summer and transfer that info to ISU. My sister did that, and it freed up her entire schedule. *Speaking as a Theatre Studies major, I can tell you that the productions we do every year are epic. Next month we're performing Evita. Next year our production season includes Equus, Into the Woods, A Streetcar Named Desire, and an opera of some kind. Anyone, and I mean ANYONE can audition for these shows. You don't even have to be a Theatre major. If you look at any professional theatre in the United States, you will see a LOT of ISU grads, especially in the production departments. If you get the chance, go see some plays at ISU. We're ambitious and probably insane.  School in general *Expect your major science classes to be huge. I took GEO 102 last year, and I had 305 people in that one class. We FILLED Capen Auditorium. Most of your other classes will have less than 50 people, with most of your English classes having about 20. *ISU REALLY makes sure you get used to the college life. You have your general tour of campus (if you want) during ISU's normal school year. Then in July, you have Preview, where you stay on campus for a night and learn about ISU some more, sign up for classes, decide what dorms to stay in, and meet your academic advisor. Than the Wednesday before classes start, all freshman and transfers move in and start Passages, where you meet new people and get used to living at ISU before classes start. *Walking anywhere on campus, with the exception of Tri Towers, Hancock Stadium, and Redbird Arena, will only take about 10 minutes or less. Every building is either on the Quad or right next to it. Almost every class at ISU ends 10 minutes before the hour, so you can get to every class easily. You can also cut diagonally through the quad if you're that desperate to be on time for classes. *They are doing MAJOR construction around here. It is a mess to get to the dorms on South Side (Atkin, Colby, Hamilton, and Whitten). They tore down Central Campus (Dunn/Barton) to make a new recreation center for the students. Hewett just got renovated, but now Manchester is closed to do the same thing. So get used to construction signs. *There are about 20,000 people going to ISU. However, you only can tell this when you're walking on campus 10 minutes before any given hour from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM. Dorms: *As mentioned earlier, the dorm situation is messed up. This year, there are 4 dorms not in use. Manchester will be reopened next semester. Central Campus (Dunn, Barton, and Walker) has been completely torn down. *If you prefer really good food, go live at South Side. The rooms kinda suck because the beds are really low and you really can't move your furniture anywhere, but each room has a HUGE window. It's also good if you are a business major and/or want to meet the International Exchange students, since the College of Business building is right across the street and the International floors are at South Side. *If you want a large room, go live at Watterson. Most of the floors have an "L" shaped double room. GET THIS ONE. You will have TONS of space to the point where you don't even NEED a loft. Watterson, however, is...weird. You have 2 keys - 1 to get onto your floor, and 1 to get into your room. The rooms are kinda blocked into corners, so you really don't meet a lot of people. Every 5 floors are divided into 5 houses. The elevators only go to the 3rd floor of every house. Make sure you live on the 3rd floor of your house if you want move-in and move-out to be easy. Watterson is also the closest dorm to campus, since you don't have to cross any streets to get to your classes. This is the place if you are a Theatre, English, or any Language major. Actually, this is good for most majors. Just beware that this place is MASSIVE. Avoid the elevators from 5:00 to 7:00 PM if you want a lot of room. *If you want to meet a lot of people, live at East Campus (Manchester and Hewett). You normally can leave your door open while doing homework or just hanging out, and if your floor mates are nice they will come chat with you. This is definitely the social side of campus. It's close to Milner Library and Bone Student Center. *If you're on a sports team, managing a sports team, or doing anything with sport teams, then you will want to live in Tri Towers (Wilkins, Haynie, and Wright). They are right NEXT to all the sports arenas/fields/whatever. However, they are the farthest away from campus, with it taking around 15 minutes to walk from there to the opposite side campus. I have nothing else to say about them because I have never lived there. General Tips *If you want to get an apartment, for the love of GOD make sure you go the DAY LEASES ARE OPEN. People have camped out to get the apartments they want. I'm not kidding. *There are a lot of parties and what not around here....off campus. There are usually a lot of events on campus (Double Feature Fridays - watch 2 movies for only $1), but if you want to get drunk off your rear end, you have to do that off campus. ISU police don't screw around. *It gets pretty drat windy and cold here during the winter. We've had days below 0 this past winter. The cold usually isn't that bad, but the wind is what kills it. Everywhere around Watterson and on the way to South Side is a wind tunnel. *Watch out for squirrels. The running joke is that there are more squirrels at ISU than students. You'll see rabbits and crows (well...mainly hear crows), but squirrels are EVERYWHERE. *Do NOT take ENG 124 with McBride. Just...just don't. He's a horrible teacher who insists that everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) in a movie is a symbol for something, and expects you to know what they are, what they mean, and why they mean that. Sometimes, a chair is just a chair. He even insisted that the titles of the books on a bookcase symbolized the relationship between two characters. *If you want to watch the sports games, get a Red Alert pass. You only pay $40 and you can get into any game of any sport at any time the entire year. However, you have to get a hard ticket for the men's basketball and the football games, since they are popular. You'll want to get them as soon as Red Alert tickets are on sale. As. SOON. They can sell out really quick. *Do NOT be afraid to take buses. They take you just about anywhere and everywhere. And they're FREE. Just show your student ID and you're set. However, do NOT show your ID to the RedLine (school shuttle buses). You will be laughed at by the driver. You just get on and sit down. This is what to do if you're too lazy to go to/from Tri Towers or the sport complexes. *You really don't need your car except if you're driving out of town. You can get a parking space at these huge parking lots just for students, and just leave it there until you need it. The buses go there all day every day (except on Sundays...they start running at 7 PM on Sundays) *Try to buy your books online. Dear God....books are so freaking expensive sometimes. If you can't, then do NOT buy them new. Try to buy used. Also, don't buy your books before classes start. It's easier to just buy them after the first week of classes, so you'll know if you need them or not. That's a lot of info already, but if you still have any questions, just ask.
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I just got accepted into Ramapo College so any more on that I would love, for reference I am going in as an International Studies student if I were to attend. However... Does anyone have any information on transferring to an Ivy League school, or rather, comparable 'higher tier' school?. Some that I am interested in are Brown, Cornell, Stanford, and I like what I know of Ann Arbor. Just something I was curious about.
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Real Life posted:
Oh, flow's just being dramatic. Plenty of people end up with great jobs and internships out of AEM. Just don't expect on-campus recruiting to help you. Network and search for yourself. And for god's sake, spend a year studying something that's at least interesting. A friend of mine banged out a complete AEM degree in three semesters (like I said, it's a joke for engineers). It'll make you a thousand times more employable. theblindparrot posted:
I know a lot of people who have transferred to Cornell, though usually from schools that are already fairly good (or at least ones with some name recognition). Some examples include Penn State, West Point, and Ithaca College. Some waited until their junior year to transfer. It shouldn't be too difficult as long as you do very, very well your first few semesters at the old school, including exceptional extracurriculars. Prove you're a big fish in a small pond and you've got a great shot.
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theblindparrot posted:Does anyone have any information on transferring to an Ivy League school, or rather, comparable 'higher tier' school?. Some that I am interested in are Brown, Cornell, Stanford, and I like what I know of Ann Arbor. I transferred to the University of Notre Dame (which I guess is 'higher tier,' though not close to Stanford) from a pretty unknown small college; basically I had a 4.0 for all four semesters and did a bunch of extracurricular stuff. They didn't care at all about my high school credentials like SAT scores (at least that was the impression I got; I had well below the average). The main thing they were happy with was my college GPA. The biggest factor was making sure that I could complete the curriculum I was transferring into in two years, and making sure there was enough room in the class. Once that was all approved I was in; one of the best decisions I ever made with my life. I know that Harvard and Princeton do not take transfer students, so don't bother with them. I'm pretty sure that Yale still does, and I know people try to transfer to Brown and Cornell a lot. It certainly can be done, but it shouldn't be thought of as an easier way to get in over freshman admissions. I'm sure you'd still have to take and submit SAT II scores.
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Pfirti86 posted:I transferred to the University of Notre Dame (which I guess is 'higher tier,' though not close to Stanford) from a pretty unknown small college; basically I had a 4.0 for all four semesters and did a bunch of extracurricular stuff. They didn't care at all about my high school credentials like SAT scores (at least that was the impression I got; I had well below the average). The main thing they were happy with was my college GPA. The biggest factor was making sure that I could complete the curriculum I was transferring into in two years, and making sure there was enough room in the class. Once that was all approved I was in; one of the best decisions I ever made with my life. My grades in college really won't be a problem, I'm fully motivated and if you take a look at my high school progression it goes basically Frsh: 2.0 Soph: 2.5 Jun: 4.0 Sen: 4.0 with a really great SAT score. I didn't really, 'get it' the first two years. And now I'm paying the price for that. I don't want to transfer TO late into my first four college years - so I was hoping it would be most feasible at the end of sophomore year, to finish the majority of my major-specific coursework at the new school, and even to get the 'name recognition' that comes with graduating an Ivy or a 'better school'. Tell me if I'm being a bit vague. Edit: Notre Dame is a perfect example of the kind of school I'm looking towards. Just on the stats, my SATS are fine to get in, I'm a bit above in Reading and on the top end of math, but my GPA (hosed over from freshman and sophomore year) is really boning me. tbp fucked around with this message at Mar 19, 2009 around 04:01 |
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NOTAVIRUS.jpg.exe posted:Anything you could tell me about the social life/good things/bad things about SLO? Just finished finals, so I'm a bit tired, but here goes: SLO is a great little college town. Everything you could need is within 5 miles of campus, and there is virtually no traffic. I'm not a fan of big cities, so this is perfect for me. Downtown has a bunch of good restaurants, bars, and stores, they even close down a few blocks every Thursday night for farmers market. Unless you need to be in a big city, I think you'll love it here. San Luis also is perfect if you like the outdoors: hiking, biking, rock climbing, and the beach all 15 minutes from campus. Social life is what you make it. Plenty of people are in the Greek system, but it doesn't dominate. You can find a party any night of the week, if you want. There are also a ton of good bars if you're 21. If partying isn't your thing, then you'll need to make more of an effort because there just aren't as many things to do as in L.A. or some other city.
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theblindparrot posted:Does anyone have any information on transferring to an Ivy League school, or rather, comparable 'higher tier' school?. Some that I am interested in are Brown, Cornell, Stanford, and I like what I know of Ann Arbor. I transferred to Columbia for sophomore year. Honestly, I'd advise transferring ASAP; your new school might have requirements that they want you to meet that can't be met by your old school. Most schools that take transfers do take people who transfer between sophomore and junior year, but it's a lot better to just get settled in the place for as long as possible. Your high school coursework isn't going to matter TOO much as long as you have top-notch college grades and gleaming recommendations from your professors. Edit: Make sure that one of your recommendations is from a professor in your major, or in the major that you intend to pursue if you transfer. And make sure that the schools you're going to will have the major you want, since Ivy League and similar schools tend to be much more traditional in their academic offerings. I know that Columbia, for example, doesn't have any kind of International Studies or International Relations major, so be sure that you check. Bel_Canto fucked around with this message at Mar 19, 2009 around 15:47 |
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Anyone here from NJIT? (New Jersey Institute Of Technology) I would like to know about their Computer Science and or Electrical Engineering program. I hear students who do reasonably well can get jobs really fast from this school?
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ricouzuki posted:Anyone here from NJIT? (New Jersey Institute Of Technology) I don't know a whole lot about this school and only a few kids from my high school went there (who all seemed like kind of strange kids) so I can't help you with the academics, but if I were you I would look into Rutgers instead. Rutgers has a pretty good engineering school and what I'm assuming is a much better social life. I mean... NJIT is a tech school and its in Newark. Newark.
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Can anyone tell me about Manhattanville College?
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Any information about McGill University?
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flyingfoggy posted:I don't know a whole lot about this school and only a few kids from my high school went there (who all seemed like kind of strange kids) so I can't help you with the academics, but if I were you I would look into Rutgers instead. Rutgers has a pretty good engineering school and what I'm assuming is a much better social life. I mean... NJIT is a tech school and its in Newark. Newark. This is on target. Newark loving sucks. That, and Rutgers engineering and related courses are really top notch. edit: But New Brunswick isn't great either tbp fucked around with this message at Mar 23, 2009 around 23:28 |
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There's already been a post about Mcgill but I would love to hear more, specifically about the admissions. I'm an American so I'd like to hear if the Canadian universities care more/less about certain things when considering applicants. Also how is the drug scene?
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Evidently no one got in this year but if anyone's interested in UC San Diego there are a few of us around who could chat it up.
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i see blochead, obligitory toast, and jrr have already commented on: GWU // The George Washington Univeristy but i'll throw in my two cents also How Long Have You Been Attending: 8th semester senior Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Glover Park (Above Georgetown) Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Thurston then Hova Freshmen year, Mitchell then New Hall Sophomore year, City hall then Dakota junior year. i got around. What Advice Do You Have: Plenty Alright, this will be a little more off the beaten track since the main points have been covered, and my perspective is colored by a disposition that perhaps isn't the most friendly. The school is very political, and by that i don't just mean politically aware but also politically correct. There is a huge Jewish population who all primarily identify as Jews; there is a huge gay/lesbian population (relatively huge, i think its soemthing like 15% of all undergrads or something); and there is an overall 'mainstream hipster culture.' I don't fit any of these molds, being a semi-affluent white boy from new york suburbs. It can get a little ridiculous though, and it certianly isn't like any state school you've ever visited. Classes: I'm an international affairs major, and its a solid degree. Its allegedly one of the best undergraduate international affairs programs in the nation (unimpeachably top 10, probably top 4 or 5 if you believe the propoganda). That said, the political science department, geography department, and the communications school are all also very good by all accounts. The intro 200 people classes are easy, the coursework is usually moderate, and the high level classes are engaging but not overly taxing. Its important to note that compared to some schools coursework (Univeristy Chicago, Harvard, even Georgetown) its pretty easy to skate by. Life: alot of the on-campus social events are alright if you can get excited about them. I play for the university rugby team, and i'm also on scholarship from the army so i don't do much else but there is plenty to do. Being in the city is great in and of itself, but alot of people let it get away from them. Doing the 'DC Stuff' is obvious, but the opportunities outside of government internships are vast, and many of the off the beaten tract sections of DC are great. Public transportation is very safe, especially in North West, although there remains a legitimate gang problem in the eastern reaches of the city. My advice if you want to come here as an undergrad: spend at least one weekend here. Make sure you can deal with the bullshit that goes on in freshmen dorms, because it's considerable. It isn't impossible to escape, but it certainly makes life hard. For grad students; there is honestly no better environment. Its easy to live in a different part of teh city and make an easy commute to classes in the morning. North Virginia, Adams Morgan, Penn Q/Chinatown have excellent older-crowd nightlife scenes. As to the specific programs, i know the Law school is the best in the world for Patent Law and Constitutional Law, although overall for litigation i've heard it's not as good as Yale or Harvard. Top 20 is top 20 though, and its a quality education. I have two friends who will graduate next fall. The medschool I've heard is a bit dodgy, they're on probation for cutting corners in their curriculum or something, but the hospital itself is a solid one by all accounts. Feel free to hit me up for any specific questions.
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In addition to my previous question about Brown, can anyone tell me about grad studies at the University of Michigan?
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I think I settled on Rutgers University, New Brunswick so any more information would be lovely
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Mornacale posted:In addition to my previous question about Brown, can anyone tell me about grad studies at the University of Michigan? I'm a graduate student at U of M. What department are you interested in; 'grad' studies is a pretty huge area here with experiences varying wildly!
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Pfirti86 posted:I'm a graduate student at U of M. What department are you interested in; 'grad' studies is a pretty huge area here with experiences varying wildly! I've been accepted to EECS for a Masters in CS.
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Kendall and SCAD would be wonderful. I've heard some rather dark rumors about Kendall lately... Any information on art schools in/near Michigan would be greatly appreciated as well.
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Obligatory Toast posted:I know, I know. It is a shame that we don't have a lot of full-time professors. But those that are full-time that I have met and worked with are not only excellent professors, but are passionate and overall extremely goddamn awesome. I've had the honor of taking classes under people who are very well-known, have worked under people who were pioneers, and have contributed a great amount to the field. I have to agree with everything there. I've had some lovely professors, but most have been good and the TA's are always amazing. I feel like bragging some more so people know GW is good: I've studied under people working for: the Brookings institute, the Pentagon, every single defense contractor in the DC area (all of them), the biggest law firm in DC and a columnist and researcher doing economic work for the WSJ, NYT and Washington Post. We got beat by some podunk college for being most expensive! Cost of living here is more than it is in the SF bay area..sadly. If you want to come to GW, be a poor person, you'll get massive scholarships.
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What University Do You Attend: Linfield College How Long Have You Been Attending: I am a junior, so, end of this year will be 3 years. Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): I am currently in on campus apartments Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): I have lived in Whitman and Larsell dormitories the past two years. What Advice Do You Have: If you are a chemistry student or need to take chemistry, don't take a class with Professor Diamond. If you have the chance, study abroad. Linfield has a WEALTH of study abroad programs and will pay roundtrip airfare to your study abroad location. I will be taking advantage of their programs this coming year. Linfield is very strong in the sciences, languages, religious studies to a certain extent, music, Athletic training/Exercise science, and likely a couple other fields that I can't think of off the top of my head. English and all? They're a very well rounded liberal arts college, but not necessarily strong there. They're very good from what I have been told by those who have taken classes, but it's not the colleges strength. But if you're interested in any of the above? It's an amazing college with great professors (I have only had one professor who I did not like as a person nor as a teacher, but from what I hear that class itself was abnormal for his usual classes), a beautiful campus, and a great atmosphere. I am a language major and I changed my major mid-year sophomore year. My professors bent over backwards for me to help me along in that and have been a great help ever since. I highly recommend this place to anyone who wants a small school. Now, the major downside? It's a small school in a small town. If you want to do anything, you pretty much need to go to Portland (about an hour to an hour and a half drive away). That's about the only downside to the place that I can think of, but I'm a bit biased. edit: Oh yeah, sports. Linfield is a big sports school as well. I mean big in the spirit and popularity type way, though our football program is quite large for a school our size and we have had over 50 consecutive winning seasons, if that's your kind of thing.
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Sanguinary Novel posted:Kendall and SCAD would be wonderful. I've heard some rather dark rumors about Kendall lately... you asked about art schools in michigan, so... CCS is in a reasonably rough area. my mom works there and hears about attacks on students fairly frequently. it's detroit, so i guess it's par for the course though. it's not hard to get scholarship money from them either, however, i'm fairly certain that the only department of the school that's considered 'good' is the auto design department, maybe industrial design too. I have not heard good things about SCAD Savannah, both in terms of learning quality and the area the school is in.
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Mornacale posted:I've been accepted to EECS for a Masters in CS. Yo, I have to go to work, but I'll try to address your question later tonight. I work on North Campus (chemical engineering) so I think I can give you a pretty good run-down of the place.
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