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It's been a while since I last made the offer, so I might as well reiterate it for people who aren't going to read every page of the thread. If anyone has a question about Hillsdale College, feel free to ask.
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Requesting info on Austin College if possible
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nuts_rice posted:Requesting info on Austin College if possible PM sent. Graduated as a Political Science major.
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What University Do You Attend: University of Pennsylvania How Long Have You Been Attending: Midway through my second semester of freshman year. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): I've lived in Fisher Hassenfeld. What Advice Do You Have: The Quad is overrated, but if you are going to live there, live in Riepe or Ware because the facilities are a lot nicer than Fisher's, and there are more events. General comments Philadelphia is a really fun place to be. Before Penn I've never lived in a city before, so I'm constantly awed by how there's so much to do in the area. It's rare for me to get bored here for long. Also there are good coffeeshops in the area as well. School food...isn't very good. Your options for dining halls are Hill, Commons, and King's Court. Unhealthy, greasy, and bad-tasting. You will get sick of eating at dining halls when second semester rolls around. Dining dollars can get you stuff to eat at Houston Hall, which is better than dining halls but still not that great. Oh, also in the Quad Mcclelland is a new dining hall, but it's pretty quick and casual, and has a smaller selection than Hill, Commons, and King's Court. However, in my experience, Mcclelland has the best food. Academically speaking, Penn is pretty great. As a comp sci major I mainly take engineering classes but I have taken art courses and English courses before. Art courses are pretty chill though they WILL take up a LOT of your time, and depending on the class and professor, you might spend a lot of nights in the Addams Art Building working on your homework. English courses are very fun and engaging, in my experience, I really love them and have not had a bad experience so far (even with writing seminar). Penn has a pretty poor intro math department. Math 103, 104 and 114 are near universally badly taught, though there are a few good teachers in the muck. I heard it gets a lot better at higher levels. Writing seminar will be your busiest class in freshman year. Be sure to choose a topic you're interested in; I like my topic and so, I like my class, but a lot of people despise writing seminar due to the large workload and large amount of readings. It's really, really important to get a topic you actually like, otherwise writing seminar will be hell. In regards to computer science, it is important to get a good professor. There is one class, CIS 160, that is infamous for being very difficult, especially if you get a particular professor for it. Unfortunately the other professor who teaches it is awful at teaching, so your options are either difficult class, great professor, or slightly less difficult class, bad professor (but with a much easier curve). At Penn as an incoming freshman, you will have the opportunity to go to a preorientation program. The ones available are Pennacle, PennArts, PennGreen, PennCorps, and PennQuest. The most popular one is PennQuest - that is the one where you go on a hiking trip with your future classmates - but I did Pennacle, which is the one where you go to a camp and do leadership activities. I do not regret it - I met a lot of people at Pennacle and it was overall a really fun experience, even though I had no interest in leadership, student government, or any of that kind of stuff. You meet a lot of great people through these, so I highly recommend doing one. Dormswise, people hate on Hill a lot but it's really not that bad and you get the convenience of having a dining hall in the same place. If you're in Engineering, Hill is very convenient. King's Court is a gem; they recently remodeled so the rooms are very nice. The three high-rises (Rodin, Harrison, Harnwell) are popular amongst upperclassmen, though many move off-campus to nearby apartments. I don't know much about Stouffer or Gregory, unfortunately, but Meyer has some nice suites. Keep your room clean, otherwise you'll end up living with mice. I heard that over the summer, Harrison was really overrun with mice, so yeah. From what I've seen, career services at Penn is pretty focused on consulting and finance; I know that as a comp sci major I get more emails relating to McKinsey than I do Microsoft. This is probably because of Wharton. Speaking of Wharton and the relationship between it and the other schools, before I went I thought there would be huge rivalries between the three, but it's not really a factor. There's not much division between the College, Wharton, Engineering, and Nursing; I have friends in all of them. Really, no one cares, so no worries about being treated like a second-class citizen if you don't go to Wharton. Social scene here is very lively. People here are for most part friendly and outgoing, so it's not hard to make friends. Greek life is big but not dominating; as the semester goes on most parties migrate from frats to downtowns. I didn't rush, but it's no big deal. There are tons of clubs here too, which is awesome, though be warned that for some clubs, you need to pay for membership in order to get discounts on club events and attend certain club events. If anyone has any more qs, feel free to ask!
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Requesting info about San Francisco State University, Sonoma State, and Sac State if possible. I'm an older transfer student (25) that's teetering between biology and nursing, and I haven't really had the time to check out each campus.
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Someone posted a pretty good writeup on UCSB a few pages back, I was wondering if anyone else had any input? Also looking for University of Florida info.
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lycheeee posted:What University Do You Attend: Tufts University
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Erotic Hamster posted:Requesting info about San Francisco State University, Sonoma State, and Sac State if possible. I'm an older transfer student (25) that's teetering between biology and nursing, and I haven't really had the time to check out each campus. I'll give you the same advice I got: If you're willing to go much further north check out Humboldt. If you're willing to go further south check out UC Santa Cruz (and before you start worrying about getting in check out the TAG and Blue and Gold programs, which help with admission and tuition respectively). Not to say there's anything wrong with your three picks, but those two are worth checking out as well.
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Erotic Hamster posted:Requesting info about San Francisco State University, Sonoma State, and Sac State if possible. I'm an older transfer student (25) that's teetering between biology and nursing, and I haven't really had the time to check out each campus. What is your GPA? Are you going to a California Community College? ------- If anyone knows about Santa Clara University or Occidental College, please do a post in this thread. Sinestro fucked around with this message at Mar 14, 2012 around 00:22 |
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Almost all my college decisions came in, and I'm accepted to Fordham University, McGill University, and Johns Hopkins so far. Could anyone give me an idea on how these schools stack up to one another, in terms of social life, academics, reputation, student satisfaction, and things like that? Info on the internet has been really inconsistent. If it helps I'm planning on majoring in psychology for neuroscience grad but my plans are way far from concrete and I may end up with an English degree or something.
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University of Maryland, College Park How long did I go there? Once for a BA, now going back for a BS My advice: Criminology - Fascinating program, some really great professors and cool hands-on opporunities like firing off assault rifles and lab-based crime lab courses, along with scene reconstruction and a bunch of other interesting poo poo. Zero job prospects whatsoever and employers make no distinctions between this degree and one from DeVry. No jobs in the criminal justice field give a poo poo about a criminal justice degree, and it's gone the way of English lit and history like every other degree that isn't engineering or hard science. It's useless, I couldn't get a real job with it, it's a bunch of retard football players who never come to class and people will treat you like a retard for doing it, but ASSAULT RIFLES. The three courses you need to take: CCJS320 with Tom Mauriello - this class owns, Mauriello (like all the good CCJS faculty) is a former LEO who still works on a contract basis with the DoD as a loving forensic hypnotist. The lab section consists of forensic analysis (which basically comes down to looking at poo poo with a magnifying class and circling whatever critical points you can find), the lecture section consists almost 100% of him talking about how loving stupid CSI (the tv show) is--no, I'm not kidding. He'll hypnotize someone in class and you'll get to fire blanks from guns. Big guns. An FBI profiler also visits one of the classes and gives a talk, I think it's this one. CCJS444 with Stan Malm - professor Malm is awesome, he's the former Deputy Chief of the major crimes division of the Annapolis PD. He uses a lot of David Simon's book, Homicide (The Wire is loosely based on this book, it's a great read). The class is called advanced law enforcement administration but it has nothing to do with that, you basically just look at crime scene photos and watch videos and listen to him tell stories. The main thing you end up taking away is that 99% of police corruption is due to inadequate screening before people are hired. CCJS440? with Barry Smith - Smith is the former deputy director of the US Secret Service. He's pretty goddamn hardcore right wing, but the class is basically about 9/11 and the history of intelligence and its role in federal law enforcement. The main thing is that Smith emphasizes throughout the course that he'll stop at nothing to help his students with their careers, and he means it. You'll learn a lot with this degree and those courses above are really fun (they're also easy as poo poo), but I'd strongly advise anyone considering crim to do a double major with something useful because it's about as useful as art history after college. Mathematics - As difficult as Carnegie-Mellon or Princeton, without the grade inflation or prestige. Don't take STAT420, it's essentially a graduate school course that you will not be prepared for unless you've already taken real analysis ("advanced calculus" at UMD) and preferrably advanced linear algebra, but the prerequisite is just some dumbshit probability course. Also, don't take their actuarial math course because it's stupid and doesn't follow exam material and the book is terrible. Specifically for freshmen, keep in mind that there is a substantial gap in difficulty between the lower level courses (calc I, II, III, diffeqs, introductory linear algebra) and the upper division stuff. If you're in the honors program don't do that 340-341 bullshit that combines calc III, diffeqs and linear algebra; taking three math classes as an underclassman in a single two-semester course doesn't make you a math prodigy, it makes you an underclassman with inadequate knowledge in three math classes. In general, try to space out your difficult classes, take some stuff you're really interested in (number theory (MATH406) is a great course and the only prereq is calc II) and start looking for internships early because they're extremely important and UMD doesn't do a great job of emphasizing that. General advice - Take at least two years in economics. ECON 200-201-305-306 saved my rear end numerous times with how easy the classes were and how useful they all were in meeting various CORE and degree requirements for both my math and crim degrees. Plus there are tons of hot girls in those classes. They're all huge lecture halls and nobody cares if you show up. Also, try to live in the Commons if you're on-campus, they're pretty much the closest you can possibly get to the bars. They're also new and pretty nice, although they have the slowest elevators known to mankind (apparently this is intentional and has something to do with some dumbshit notion that some idiot architect had about something).
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What University Do You Attend: University of Cincinnati How Long Have You Been Attending: 1 Year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): On Campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Daniels Hall (Dorms) Above anything else, proper dorm selection and getting into a Learning Community will greatly improve your experience as a new student on campus. Dorm Selection Calhoun Hall: Co-ed dorms (alternating male/female floors) triple, double and single rooms. Restrooms are communal and are said to be cleaned every day. I believe in this dorm, they actually are cleaned every day. The shower pressure in these is by far the most intense, which can be unpleasant and even painful. The rooms however are quite small and proper temperature regulation is not guaranteed. The location on campus is about right in the middle and quite close to the small strip of restaurants. Campus Recreation Center: Co-ed upperclassman dorms that are located in the middle of campus near two food courts, Subway, and Starbucks. These are co-ed by suite housing two or three people, and allows each person to have their own bedroom while sharing a bathroom. These dorms are nice, but open to only upperclassman and may require an age of 21. Dabney Hall: Co-ed by floor with communal restrooms and housing doubles. This is the only dorm to not have central air, although there are air conditioning units in each room. This is probably the worst quality hall out of all on campus, although their management isn't horrible. They are located somewhat centrally on campus. Daniels Hall: Co-ed by dorm room housing four or three people in each and having communal restrooms. This is where I stayed, and honestly if I had to choose again I would pick Siddall. These rooms are incredibly cramped with staff that refuses to enforce rules such as quiet hours, and has janitors which do not clean the restrooms every day. I ran into major roommate issues as their roommate matching program completely failed for me (I was placed into a room with three people who wanted to party all night and I wanted to sleep), and the management was quite difficult to work with. This eventually ended up in them threatening to write me up for being welcomed into another room so I could get sleep. The temperature in the rooms greatly varies based on room location, with upper floors having more moderate temperatures than lower level floors. Located furthest away from other campus buildings. Schnider, Turner, and Stratford Heights I am not familiar with, although Turner is for athletes and honors students and has poor cell phone reception. Stratford Heights is organized into suites that share a bathroom. Both of these are on the edges of campus and far away from the majority of buildings. Siddall Hall: Co-ed by floor with each room housing one or two people. The overall quality just feels like a step up as the dorms were retrofitted for our increasingly digital and electronic world, and Siddall seemed to handle the transition the best out of the hall options. This is located right by a strip of restaurants and connected to a food court, as well as by nearly every class building. Just live here, it's your best option for on campus housing. Learning Communities Learning Communities are the other major thing to learn about as they help you get through your first year of classes. They are a group of people with your same major that will take all the same classes that you do, providing an immediate community of support and protecting you from getting locked out of classes. University of Cincinnati opens up class registration by the number of credits someone has, and as first years without any, you end up locked out of many classes. Being part of a Learning Community guarantees you a spot in any classes that are part of the program. General Advice Make sure that on your orientation date you choose the earliest available for your college to ensure you can get into a Learning Community. There are plenty of organizations and activities on campus which I suggest you get involved in and do so early. Not only will these be good on your resume or CV, but also it'll provide networking opportunities and a group of friends. Probably the best thing I've noticed about UC, and the reason I went there, is the networking ability for people in your field. I am a Neuroscience and Biology major with a Minor in Chemistry, and already I've worked in two labs with a guaranteed job in one after I graduate if I choose to stay at UC for my graduate schooling. Simply show that you care and want to get involved and the professors here are so glad to help you out and give you access to any resources you may want to complete your goals. In my short time here I've already met so many people who will be great resources for recommendation letters and assistance on projects in the future. When people ask me how I like the University of Cincinnati, I tell them normally I don't. The campus is filled with architectural art that makes navigation rather difficult and nearly impossible if you are in a wheelchair. However, in spite of all the shortcomings it is fantastic in terms of networking, getting your foot in the door, and obtaining proper experience in your field which is hard to find at other colleges.
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Casey Finnigan posted:Almost all my college decisions came in, and I'm accepted to Fordham University, McGill University, and Johns Hopkins so far. Sorry I can't help too much for undergrad degrees, but Johns Hopkins has a very good neuroscience Ph.D. program. McGill is solid in that respect, too, while Fordham is not at all. While that quality won't directly translate to undergrad, it does mean Hopkins and McGill will both have tons of well-known researchers working in a variety of subfields. That means getting involved in research work that interests you at either of those will be much easier than at a place like Fordham and will yield letters of recommendation from people that will carry more weight if you apply for graduate school or research fellowships. For other fields, I think Hopkins and McGill tend to be stronger as well, but I can really only speak to psychology/neuroscience.
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I'll be going to UChicago, and I'd love any advice - especially about their econ, comp. sci, and philosophy departments and/or the common core. Housing info would also be great - right now I'm looking at Max Pal, Pierce, or South Campus - in that order.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Anyone have any info for UMASS Amherst? History Major specific would be also great. You've already made a terrible mistake Sherman.
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I can offer advice about both the University of Michigan (computer engineering) and the University of Arizona (computer science).
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Super Dude posted:I can offer advice about both the University of Michigan (computer engineering) How is the employer recruiting out of the program? I'm trying to decide where I want to do the second half of my dual program.
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The University of Arizona has a really nice campus, a lot of friendly people, and you can get anything you want out of it. It's a high-tier research university with some brilliant minds at the helm, and it's also one of the best party schools in the country. You can have all of the great college movie experiences AND still get a really great education! It's amazing! It also has the cutest girls out of any campus I've seen, and I've been all around the country on campus speaking tours! U of A is not to be confused with Arizona State University (ASU), which is the scrub university about 1.5 hours north. The University of California Irvine is where I got my doctorate, and it's a lot more of a quiet, studious place than U of A was. The campus is pretty, but everything is too sterile and the students are not very social. I would recommend it if you literally just want to study and get a good education and don't care about experiencing "the college life". It's a fantastic research university and there are some good social aspects, but on the whole it's not an amazing experience for students. Feel free to PM me questions about either of these institutions, as I spent 4 years at one (Bachelor's) and 4.5 years at the other (Master's + Doctorate but with a lot of undergrad interaction, socially and professionally).
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I posted here about University of Arizona forever ago, but that was when I was a freshman and less qualified to do it, and since people are offering advice about useful majors on this page at the school, I might as well offer to chip in if anyone wants to know about Creative Writing Majors (my experience has mostly been better than David Foster Wallace's) or my Media Arts Minor. I've been at the school for 3.75 years and probably will be here another.
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I did my undergrad at UMass Amherst. Despite its sometimes party-school reputation, it is a decent institution, for some majors more than others. I am more qualified to talk about the Psychology department, but feel free to ask about other majors as well. Chances are, I've crossed paths with someone who was studying those during my four years there. I can also tell you a little bit about Hampshire College.
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What the hell. I'll answer questions about the Zoo too.
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What University Do You Attend: Cal Poly Pomona How Long Have You Been Attending: 5 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): I commute. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Dorms for my first 4 years. Good times. What Advice Do You Have: Huh...sandals in the showers is the first. Find people who has like interests be it in the dorms or off and hang around them. I'm not one for honor societies, but if you have the time and effort, go for it. If you're studying any other subject besides engineering, hospitality, or agriculture, don't bother signing up for Cal Poly. The food in the commons is great here, especially Saturday brunches.
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I've been accepted to University of British Columbia, are there any goons that attended?
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Requesting more recent info on Texas State University San Marcos. There's a couple of posts but they're from 4 years ago.
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I just spent 9.95!! posted:University of Maryland, College Park Also, you could always run into the chance that one night while returning to your (or her) room at 2:30 in the morning that someone may not be able to wait to jump your bones and in for some elevator loving. Just saying 
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I still want a writeup on Harvey Mudd. Anyone?
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If anyone wants a second opinion on The University of Oklahoma I can write one up.
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Sinestro posted:I still want a writeup on Harvey Mudd. Anyone?
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I've read quite a bit about the school, I mostly want to know what you wished you had known before you went there, and just whether or not you like it there. Also, how horribly dead is Claremont socially? I know it is no Santa Barbra, but people have wide definitions of what "boring" is. (I'm a Junior working on my college list)
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Claremont is one of the worst places socially you could ever go. My older brother went there for his MBA and two of my good friends received their undergraduate degrees there. They all loved the education but loathed the social scene. It'll be a good time if you're not worried about partying every weekend. <- goes to UCSB so your experience may vary
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The town of Claremont itself is pretty dead, yes. But that's not really where the undergraduates socialize - I can understand this being a very lonely place to go to graduate school, because the graduate students rarely socialize with us, but it's not a lonely or socially dead place at all as an undergraduate. The consortium (colloquially referred to as the 5Cs) provides a lot of opportunity for socialization with a broader range of people than you'd find at most similarly oriented schools (MIT, Caltech, etc). There are usually at least one or two big parties per weekend, some regularly occurring weeknight events (Thursday Night Club, Table Manners, etc), and lots of lower-key events. If that's not what you're into, there's a lot of other (totally sober) stuff to do. One of my biggest apprehensions about enrolling was that I didn't think I would be able to have much of a social life here. I figured that I'd basically just have a small group of friends, go to classes, do work, and not do much else. And that's not true at all! I was so, so pleasantly surprised by the social atmosphere. If you want to go to museums, live plays, etc, you do need to go into LA. It's a bit of a hassle, but you can usually find other students interested in going and have the school CAP your trip (ie, subsidize the costs of your tickets and gas). If you can't find enough people to do that, there's a very accesible metrolink that will take you into LA. It's enough of a hassle that nobody goes into LA during the week, but people do go on weekends sometimes. Otherwise, honestly, you don't even really need to leave the 5Cs. I thought it would be very stifling to live on a campus where the majority of the student body doesn't leave at all during the week -- it hasn't been at all. I barely notice it anymore; I'm always busy and can always find people to do things with me. I actually found Mudd very pleasantly surprising in a lot of ways. I had taken a very advanced course load in high school (by the time I graduated, I had taken multivariable calculus, graph theory, number theory, game theory, differential equations, astrophysics, etc) and was expecting the core curriculum to be pretty underwhelming. On the contrary, though, I found it to be a much more rigorous version of what I'd taken in high school. All students are expected to come in having done advanced coursework (for example, you aren't even considered for admission unless you've taken calculus or have demonstrated exceptional circumstance and will take it the summer before you enroll) and so the courses are taught at a much higher level than similar introductory courses at another college. I was also very pleasantly surprised to find that most people here are fairly well socially adjusted. There are quite a few people who aren't very socially adjusted, as you'd probably expect from what you've read online, but they're by no means the majority (and most will become much more socially adept by the time they graduate). I was also very surprised by the degree to which the administration really does live up to its boasting about listening closely to student opinion, etc. They actually do ask for student input on any policy changes - for example, we're currently in the midst of considering a change to the grading system for first year students (changing grades of 'F' to 'NC' in the second semester) and they've collected extensive input from us about it. The administration is very human; we use the first names of all our deans, and they make a real effort to engage us in conversation. There's also a terrific support system for first year students. Your dorm will have up to five people whose job is primarily to offer support and resources for freshmen. I know that most schools do lip service to this, but in my experience (which I can detail if you want a concrete example, but would prefer not to for the sake of anonymity) it is something that really happens here. The honor code is another thing like that. In my experience, students actually do adhere to the tenets of the honor code and take the idea of self-reporting for honor code violations very seriously. This means that we get to have timed take home exams (3/5 of my finals are take home exams, which reduces the stress of finals week significantly), access to answer keys for past assignments (since the professors trust that we're not going to store them for future students), 24/7 access to all academic buildings, etc. It also means that I can leave my laptop in our student center for hours at a time and not worry that it'll be gone when I get back. Or that there's a pretty high chance of someone turning in anything you lose on campus. The only real theft on campus is bicycle theft. The boards in charge of punishing honor code violations are primarily composed of elected students. As for things that I wish I had known before enrolling -- I guess I do wish that I had known that accounts of the workload aren't exaggerated that much. As a freshman you will have less work than the other classes, but it's still a pretty large amount. Sure, I can not do any work for an afternoon. But then the next day I might have to do twelve or thirteen hours of work to make up for that afternoon off (not an exaggeration, by the way - there have been days that I've sat down at 11AM in one of the study areas to begin my problem sets and not left until 4AM). It can definitely be overwhelming at times, especially if you didn't have a great work ethic in high school. But because it's a small community and the courses aren't competitively curved, it's very collaborative. You can almost always find someone willing to talk you through the thought process behind an assignment. Most courses also have organized tutoring 1-3 nights a week. I hope that enormous wall of text contained some of the information that you were looking for - if not, please feel free to ask again or clarify what, exactly, you wanted to know. Although I think I've made it obvious, I do want to explicitly state that I love being a student at Mudd. It's not perfect, and sometimes can be very stressful, but it's been a very, very rewarding and interesting experience. I applied on a whim, and didn't think I would ever attend, but absolutely don't regret my decision. Even just at the end of my first year, I feel like I'm doing work and thinking on a much more sophisticated level than I was at the end of high school. When I compare class rigor with my friends at universities like Columbia, Caltech, etc, our courses are generally at least on par. Many freshmen have the opportunity to get involved with research - something that doesn't really happen at larger Universities where there are graduate students. Our professors are primarily selected for their abilities to teach, so most of our classes are very, very well taught. There are some disadvantages to the small size - some courses are taught on two-year rotations (although I'm sure this happens at larger colleges too), which can be annoying. You spend a lot of time with the same people, which can sometimes be grating. And so forth. There are also some downsides to Mudd in particular. If you're even vaguely considering a major outside of science/mathematics/engineering, this is probably not the school for you. Sure, you can off campus major. But you'll still have to take 1.5 years of core curriculum and complete a technical minor on campus. In my opinion, it's not worth the high tuition to do that. If you want to go to medical school, this is also probably not the school for you. There have only been six 4.0s in the history of the college. Although I don't know what the average student GPA is, the seniors I've talked to seem to generally have GPAs in the 3.0-3.6 range, with GPAs at the higher end of that range being significantly more uncommon. If you want to double major, you should consider when applying that there are generally only 2-6 double majors per class. It's doable with some combinations, not with others. If you want to double major in engineering and something else, pick another school. You will not be able to complete both majors and graduate in four years. Although there are tracks inside the engineering major, you cannot earn a degree more specific than 'general engineering'. Our engineering majors are very employable and do go on to earn a lot of money, but some people really want the more specific degree. If you don't like humanities at all, this is also probably not the school for you. Harvey Mudd really is a liberal arts college. You will be required to take ~1/3 of your classes in the humanities and carry a humanities concentration (equivalent to a minor). On average, you'll take about two humanities classes a semester. If you are interested in both the humanities and a technical major, this is a pretty great school. Our graduates earn a lot of money in industry and are admitted to a lot of top tier graduate schools. Yes, tuition is pretty high, but it's within a few thousand of any other private four-year college/university. Oh, and our gender ratio has almost reached 50/50. Jayne Doe fucked around with this message at Apr 27, 2012 around 02:02 |
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If anyone has info on Penn State it would be very much appreciated  Specifically their (Biological) Anthropology program. Preferably their Graduate program, but any information is welcomed.
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Casey Finnigan posted:Almost all my college decisions came in, and I'm accepted to Fordham University, McGill University, and Johns Hopkins so far. You may have already made a decision, but if not, I can speak about Hopkins for a bit. I got a BS in mechanical engineering there, so I can't go into detail about the psychology and neuroscience programs, but I can say that, well, it's Johns Hopkins University. There are plenty of neuroscience classes for undergrads (several of my friends took them), plenty of lab opportunities, etc. I may be (am) a bit biased, but I don't think there are many or even any places better for that kind of thing. In a more general academic sense, Johns Hopkins is known for two things: Grade deflation, and spending a lot of time in the library. You WILL work harder, you WILL work longer, and you WILL receive a lower grade compared to other universities, especially in a medical or biology related field. On the other hand, you'll have a degree from Johns Hopkins, so it's probably worth it. Socially, Hopkins is... well. The social scene is not as bad as some people say it is. If you think that's not a glowing recommendation, you're right, but its still a college, in a town with lots of other colleges. People will spend Friday night in the library, but there are frats, sororities, and other parties going on too, plus the rest of the Baltimore area attractions. (And on that note, the city is much safer than people seem to think, especially around campus. Just stay out of the bad areas, which are pretty obvious.) On the whole, I'm very happy with my education. Some of my friends weren't as enthusiastic as I was, but I can't think of anyone who was dissatisfied, at least. If you or anyone else has any other questions, I'll be happy to answer.
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Orkiec posted:I've been accepted to University of British Columbia, are there any goons that attended? I do! The campus is absolutely gorgeous, the staff and faculty are wonderful, and its just an overall fantastic school. Is there anything specific you need/want to know?
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Adrenalist posted:I'll be going to UChicago, and I'd love any advice - especially about their econ, comp. sci, and philosophy departments and/or the common core. Housing info would also be great - right now I'm looking at Max Pal, Pierce, or South Campus - in that order. I am a PoliSci major so I can't say much about your departments of interest, except that over 50% of undergrads are Econ majors. While most of our classes are small, some of the Econ core classes for the major are pretty big. When it comes to the core, it's pretty good. Most of the courses (sosc, humanities, so on) are held in very small classes (20 max) taught by either professors or (more commonly) grad students. This is not a problem. Most of the grad students are fantastic and care a ton about their teaching. So don't sweat that. I live in Max, and will be living in Max next year. It's great. Very very convenient to everything on campus, and it beats the hell out of any apartment locations. South is very nice as well - doesn't have the private bathrooms Max does, but it is newer and has some neat amenities. Do NOT live in Pierce under any circumstances. It is decrepit and has had major issues. The school just had to pump in a ton of money over spring break because the plumbing was exploding. Don't do it. Don't hesitate to ask if you have any other questions. Hope this helped!
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What University Did I Attend: Boston University What Advice Do You Have: BU is full of rich kids who couldn't get into the Ivy league. I know this, because I was surrounded by them and also one of them. There are some students who get full rides (very rare, BU is notoriously stingy) and some who take massive, brain hemorrhage causing loans (because it is insanely expensive). That being said, the quality of the education is high, and it has a good reputation with employers. If you can cut it, become an engineer. BU takes hard science very seriously and it won't be easy. If you can't make it, you can always do communications like everyone else. Housing sucks in general, the dorms and apartments are small and housing is expensive (like everything else). If you want to live in StuVi (newer, nicer apartments) you have to pay something like $4k more per year. I lived in South campus, it was very chill, the RA's don't bust you for drinking and it's easy to get to CAS. The process of getting housing is very intense. There are many ways to game the system, that's how we got into South originally (friend of ours in another dorm had a low number, we swapped him for my roommate, then a week into the semester we did a transfer). If you want to live on-campus, take the housing process very seriously. Research all the rooms by flipping through the floorplans and find the biggest, best ones (every apartment is unique). Some are amazing and huge, most are tiny, awkward, and small. We narrowed several hundred South campus apartments to the 10 best, and got our #4 choice, and it was very large and awesome. If you want to live off-campus, the place to be is Ashford street area. No parties are busted and it's full of BU undergrads. I like to visit, but could never live there. Broken glass everywhere, vomit, loud music and yelling kids 7 nights a week. Overall, I loved it there and had a great time, but I would recommend against going without a scholarship or rich parents. If you want to go into tons of debt, try to get into Harvard or MIT.
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The Prisoner posted:Useful stuff.
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Adrenalist posted:Thanks! I've got a few more very specific questions - do you have an email adress or something that I could use (seeing as you don't have PMs)? Sorry for the delay in responding! Midterms up around here.
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Sinnach posted:If anyone has info on Penn State it would be very much appreciated I don't go there, but I have visited a couple times to see friends who are recent PhDs teaching there. They like it a lot. There isn't like a whole lot to do in the town, but it's got a very friendly atmosphere. It's incredibly white. There are a reasonable number of good restaurants but not a lot of ethnic food. You would definitely need a car, I think, but the busses are pretty good too. They have a really neat creamery on campus where they sell ice cream (mostly, but all kinds of other dairy products) made from their own cows. It's super tasty. It is a very pretty area and the campus looks well kept and nice. The area is really pretty but there is NOTHING for miles and miles and miles outside of State College. It's also oddly cold there- it snowed about two weeks ago. I don't think winter was too bad though. Sorry I can't be more useful! If you have any questions about housing and town living and university culture stuff I could ask my friends, too.
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The Harvard Lampoon's Guide to College Admissions: The Comprehensive, Authoritative, and Utterly Useless Source for Where to Go and How to Get in http://www.amazon.com/Harvard-Lampo...6494182&sr=8-15 Not just the funniest admissions guide ever, one of the funniest publications I've ever read. Highly advised gift for the high schooler with a dry sense of humor. edit: I realize this looks like advertising. It's not. I just love this book (that my older brother gave me 15 years ago) and want other people to read it.
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