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flyingfoggy posted:Ha, I agree. Everything there is so ridiculously nice. Eh, the food wasn't that great. I really did enjoy walking around the campus when I was a student there though; I had a lot of friends who had fireplaces in their dorm rooms.
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Can anyone tell me about UT's Fine Arts program? Preferably in Design and Photography. I might transfer - I'm so sick of cold!!!
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Ciabatta posted:University of Arizona Could you elaborate on how good the academics are at U of A? I'm kind of interested in this school, but I want to make sure that its actually a challenging environment. Also, what is Tuscon like and the social life in general?
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RayMonZine posted:Could you elaborate on how good the academics are at U of A? I'm kind of interested in this school, but I want to make sure that its actually a challenging environment. Also, what is Tuscon like and the social life in general? Sure. The classes that I've taken (mostly psychology and history) have almost all been excellent. Specifically: - Honors courses are smaller, more interesting, and more difficult. To give some examples, instead of English 101 and 102, I took just one semester my freshman year, English 109H. The subject matter of the various 109H sections was completely different, but mine was "Early Modern English Literature." We read a bunch of 16th and 17th century religion-inspired works from people like John Donne and Martin Luther. The grade consisted of attendance, participation, a couple short essays, and a research paper. It was a pretty intense class for first semester college students. In general, the honors courses I have taken have all been under 30 students, discussion based rather than lectures, and have focused more on conceptually understanding the material instead of memory of facts or names. - 300 level courses are good, 400 level courses are great. In both psychology and history, 300 level courses are surveys of particular topics, something like "Human Memory," "Sensation and Perception," "Vietnam and the Cold War," etc. These are where you first start getting into specifics that non-major students might have trouble with, so if you like your major, this is where it starts getting good. 400 level courses are basically the same, but are never big lectures, and are thus usually discussion oriented. 500 level courses are graduate courses and you can start taking them as a senior (maybe only if you're honors, I'm not sure). However, enrolling in these classes is almost completely up to the professor, so if you go and ask a professor if you can take their class as a junior and show some interest and intelligence, they will probably let you. I'm taking three graduate courses this semester and they are good. Finally, if something in another department looks interesting, email the professor about taking it. Next semester I will be taking a 400 level economics course and 400 level philosophy course, even though I have not taken a single econ or philosophy course before. But since I showed interest, the professors were happy to give me a seat. - Take advantage of research opportunities. If you are particularly interested in something, look through the research interests of the faculty in your department. Chances are someone is doing something related to your interest! This is how I got into a lab I'm currently working in: a topic was presented in class, I thought it sounded fascinating, I emailed the professor here whose lab does research in this subfield, and then I started working in his lab. This is a good way to get research experience and letters of recommendation. The U of A is heavy into research, so no matter what your major is, you should certainly be able to find some lab or professor to work with. - I grew up in Phoenix and came to Tucson for school. I would easily pick Tucson as more fun, but I never did spend much time in Tempe when I lived in Phoenix. In Tucson, the big night life spot is 4th Avenue, where there are a good number of bars, shops, and restaurants. University Ave right next to campus is another place, as a couple restaurants turn into bars at night. If you're into frats, then you have a decent number to choose from. The dorms were pretty fun and drinking/parties were surprisingly easy to do, as long as you kept bottles out of view, didn't piss of the RA, etc. One downside is that it gets pretty dead during the summer, so unless you have friends who are also staying, try to go somewhere else. For non-partying things, intramural sports are fun. If you like soccer, there are a couple recreational leagues that are easy to get into. For other sports, I'm not sure. - I think Tucson is supposed to have bad crime, but I don't really see it besides bike theft. I had my bike stolen freshman year from the dorm, but have had no trouble since. Expect that this will probably happen to you and/or your friends if you have bikes and live on or near campus. Using a U-lock instead of a cable will definitely help though. Around campus can be bad for cars. A friend of mine who lived maybe five blocks south of campus had his truck broken into a couple times in one year. In my apartment, three blocks north of campus, one of the cars in the parking lot will get broken into maybe once every couple months, more frequently at the beginning of the school year. Keeping your car uncluttered probably helps and I personally have never had my car broken into. Besides these two things, I've never had any problems at all, and have wandered around near the campus late at night without worry. That is probably ridiculously long, but if you have any other questions or want me to address something else, let me know!
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What University Do You Attend: UCLA (can provide limited info on UCSD) How Long Have You Been Attending: few months Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): apartments Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): ditto What Advice Do You Have: UCLA can be horribly insular. If you wanted a "college town" experience, UCLA will fit your needs pretty well. It's not really that true that getting around LA is that hard though, since the public transport is decent. If you don't have a car, there are tons of buses around campus, and you will probably have a few friends with cars anyways--beware, parking on campus is a rare and expensive feat! It's really easy to make friends, but because the campus is pretty big and it's easy to fall into a niche group around your major, doing extracurriculars or not staying in your apartment makes socializing easy. Secrets: UCLA has an excellent shuttle service around campus, but a little-known evening van service goes around the surrounding apartments and Westwood. It's not really useful for classes (which are usually during the day), but for doing stuff around campus/Westwood at night (groceries are a practical consideration), it's really great. I can do orchestra/ensembles now without lugging a cello upwards of 2 miles! In fact, it stops right outside my apartment and to the concert hall! Good stuff. I might be easy to please, but they have free scan-to-emailed-PDF services, along with the gamut of library resources, along with the Powell Library having gratuitously late hours, although not quite 24/7.
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Requesting a writeup on Tufts University and Pomona College
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I'm echoing what Ciabatta says about the honor classes at University of Arizona. I'm a freshman in a combined 103H/109 class and what we are doing compared to the 101s is night and day. And, as he said, in his first post, since I didn't choose a major, I'm in a lot of classes that I could literally sleep through and get a B. I only have one final exam that is a true final exam (and not just "take this and you can drop another test score" or "this is just a test on the last chapter") and I'm taking 17 credits. Still, I would say that I find something of interest in all my classes, even the easy ones. The instructors are all surprisingly accessible, even in huge classes and I love the D2L system and wish I would've had something like that when I first started to go to college. Before committing to the U of A, I'd wait until after December to see how the dust clears after the department re-organization. They say anyone who declares a major will get awarded the degree from the college they declared it at, but incoming freshman may not have the same guarantee and while I believe the worry is overblown, people are afraid that their degrees will have wacky colleges like "College of Dance and Advanced Earth Sciences." I have a question about the U of A myself. I'm a non-trad student, but I'm a bit interested in maybe getting involved in some of the leadership activities. Would I be a complete social standout, or do other non-trad students participate in these activities? Rick fucked around with this message at Oct 31, 2008 around 01:10 |
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What University do you attend: Ithaca College - Park School of Communications How Long Have you Gone There: Three Years Where Do You Live: Circle Apartments Where Have You Lived: East tower, Terrace 7 What advice: Don't go here. Its absurdly expensive for the programs it offers. It snows mid October through mid May. The school itself is extremely clicky and there is absolutely no school spirit. Its about 95% white drawing from the north east-particularly new jersey and long island new york. No frat life and limited housing options. We are known for having a strong communication, business, physical training and preforming arts degrees. Please feel free to message me for more information.
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For those of you in central NY, near Syracuse: Don't go to Onondaga Community College. Just...don't. You will be one of the many many people going to High School Part 2. Go to Tompkins Cortland, or Mohawk Valley, but don't go to OCC.
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Anybody going or has gone to MassArt?
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What University Did You Attend:University at Buffalo How Long were you Attending:3 years as a transfer student Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): The entire time I stayed on an off campus apartment. I wouldn't stay at a dorm if you paid me. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): ditto What Advice Do You Have: Okay, for starters YES this school is in Buffalo. It is very cold and snowy but not as bad like Syracuse. There is a lot to discover in the region. Many people who complain about UB are usually people from NYC/Long Island who only stay on campus and occasionally go to main st or Chippewa to drink. I strongly suggest to have a car so you can go to places like Niagara Falls Canada (you can drink at age 19 there) or Elmwood Ave. (Better bars and restaurants than the "Chip strip". As for academics, make sure you REALLY have your poo poo together. DO NOT solely rely on your advisers for course selection. I also strongly recommend you find out about your professors in advance. There are many awesome professors I've had and I also had many lovely professors. If you can avoid the ones who are just here for research, because in most fields they put that first before students. I majored in Communication (don't laugh it was actually rigorous) You should definitely live off campus. It is cheaper to do so, than staying in the dorms or UB's overpriced student apartments. In Amherst there are a lot of affordable apartments in a safe area. If you really want to save money, live in University Heights (South Campus near the Main St bars) but be forewarned! The area is NOT a safe place. I've heard of countless home invasions and even a few murders & robberies. If you have any other questions, shoot me a PM.
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Catenoid posted:What University Do You Attend: UCLA (can provide limited info on UCSD) Just wanted to chime in here and say that I disagree here. While public transportation is fine in the day, after dark, I wouldn't take public transportations through much of Los Angeles. Which is a shame, because they are some nice places to club/eat/watch a show/etc. in crappy areas around LA. Pretty safe to drive there, but I wouldn't want to wait for the bus to pick me up. This holds more true on the USC side of LA.
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Akaikami posted:Anybody going or has gone to MassArt? My friend goes there and I've visited him there (I go to Boston University, so I'm close by). From what I can tell, it's a great art school (academically) and all the kids do is sit around smoking weed and poo poo. My friend there did a project that consisted of about 12 pictures of people smoking weed. He also grew weed in his room (they were just saplings at the time). So from a second-hand perspective, it's sweet. Also, it's in Boston which is awesome.
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TCD posted:Just wanted to chime in here and say that I disagree here. I took public transportation the month I went to Cal State LA and it was a nightmare. The public transportation in LA is really bad and if you have to travel between counties you might have some rough times. The busses are filled with the dregs of humanity and the drivers have terrible attitudes and I once had to ride in a bus with the entire back end burnt out with just a "do not enter" tape over it.
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request: University of Hartford specifically, the Hartt School of Music, but failing that just a general view of the university would be fine too.
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This thread has been pretty informative! Requesting: UC Berkeley, Harvey Mudd, Carnegie Mellon, Stanford or any schools with Computer Engineering and Computer Science majors who are pretty happy with their situation.
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What University Do You Attend: Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) How Long Have You Been Attending: 5 (Finished up econ in year 4, now finishing up Bio) Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Lived with parents first 3 years, off campus after Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): What Advice Do You Have: If you get into a higher ranked school on US news, GO THERE. DO NOT GO TO VCU IF YOU ARE INTELLIGENT. You will slowly wither and die, as you see the very low intelligence of people in upper level classes. However, this requires a bit more detailed explanation. Engineers: VCU just opened up an aesthetically pleasing engineering building. The engineering program is really good, and you will find yourself with some intelligent people. My best friend is an engineer, and I envy a lot of the cool opportunities that he has. When graduation time comes along, any employers that come to VCU will be looking for you guys. Engineering is the only reason why I would support anyone coming here, well except for art which i'll talk about next. Art major: Personally vendetta aside, VCU is "known" for their art school. I personally think it's a waste of space, but i'm your stereotypical art major hater. Anyways, I have a few friends who are pursing art degrees and must say that some of the crap they've dragged me to is quite impressive. In terms of what you do after, it seems to be the usual mixed bag of opportunities. However, I know one person who got hired at pixar to be an animator, so if you have talent I guess VCU does have some credit to its name. Business Majors: I guess the best way to describe the business school is "the dumb brother who wants to be smart". Remember that engineering building that I discussed earlier? Well they actually gave half of it to the business school. Complete waste of money IMO. If you are going for a general business degree, it's kind of worthless to go here. It's next to impossible to find a job, unless you are an accountant. This is mainly because the low requirements to get in, and the already easy nature of the business school curriculum, produces a graduating class of some of the dumbest people you will ever meet. Example: My buddy was in a senior real estate class, and one of his group members wrote up her report citing Wikipedia as her main source. This is normal for a senior level business school student. The smart ones are few and far between. Econ majors: If you want to go econ here, I would suggest you go and talk to your professors about getting research underneath your belt. I know of one econ professor here that gets published regularly. We had another one, but sadly he retired. He was my research mentor and I miss him and getting resume padding opportunities. DO NOT GET AN ECON DEGREE FROM THE GOD drat LIFE SCIENCE SCHOOL. GET THE BUSINESS ONE. When you graduate, there are maybe one or two companies that will actually hire econ majors for analyst jobs. This is where the beauty of having a dumb student body comes in. If you put in the effort early on to get research, and talk to professors about internships, you can easily set yourself apart from the rest of the econ department. Science majors: Our core science school is strong, but its not strong at the same time. I am doing a biology degree right now, and it is your typical run of the mill program. However, this is where the beauty of having MCV comes in. If you like research, and want to do science, VCU is one of the best kept secrets in the entire god drat world. There are tons upon tons of research opportunities, but you have to put in the effort yourself to find it. Have a field you are interested in? Go to the department website, go to faculty, find a teacher who has published in the field, and they will be doing research or know someone who has. If you are persistant, and SHOW THAT YOU ARE INTELLIGENT you will get hooked up. A lot of professors assume students are idiots (which is justified imo) so you will have to prove you are not dumb. You really have to put in effort to opening the door yourself. Advice for freshman: Your advisor is most likely an idiot, and will not know what the gently caress to do. I'm sorry, but this doesn't change. I have stopped going to my advisor all together. loving GET INTO THE GOD drat HONORS COLLEGE. BEST IDEA EVER. If you don't get in through high school, get a 3.5 your first semester and blam you're in. Social scene: Every high school and college clique possible will be here. A lot of people still hang out with their high school friends. We have a HUGE population of scene/emo/goth kids. These are all art majors and if you are not one you will learn to hate them. Just trust me. As you continue on going here, you will understand my hate. Party scene is "everyone goes to the same party every weekend" deal. You find a party scene you are comfy with, and then you always go there. You end up meeting a lot of people this way, and I kind of enjoy it. You can find anything here in terms of drugs, but you gotta know people etc. Not my thing so I dunno what else to say.
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What University Do You Attend: University of Toronto - St. George How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Commuting Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): I've lived in the Annex. The rent was a bit high but it was great living so close to campus. What Advice Do You Have: Go to class and do your readings. That cannot be stressed enough. Most people at the end of first year are very disappointed with their marks. St. George is a beautiful campus; be sure to explore it. It is generally a safe area but Queens Park is supposed to be sketchy at night. I adore Robarts. It can be very confusing though so try to go to one of those sessions that introduces you to using the library and other research methods. I found it very helpful. There are so many different kinds of clubs here so try to get involved, especially if you commute. I have found most of the colleges to be very helpful and supportive so try to take advantage of that. Accessibility Services has also been great. I've been lucky and all of my profs have been amazing. Some of my friends are addicted to askastudent.. it could be useful to check out that site if you have any specific questions. Edited details mango time fucked around with this message at May 17, 2013 around 19:44 |
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Requesting any schools in New York City.
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What University Did You Attend: University of North Texas How Long Did You Attend: 5 years Where Did You Live (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Dorms/apartments Where Have You Lived: same What Advice Do You Have: UNT has the largest college of music in the US (a title they constantly flip back-and-forth with Indiana) and is easily the most well-known thing about the school. I majored in music (clearly) and thus spent almost all of my time around that area of campus. The music program is strenuous and you can find yourself cut fairly easily if you don't keep up and get your stuff done. That said, the instruction is top notch within the College of Music. The Jazz program is the best in the world (The One O'Clock Jazz Band is world famous and has won multiple Grammies...you MUST see a concert...although tickets sell out literally hours after going on sale) with an extremely impressive alumni list (Stan Kenton donated his entire library to the school). The College of Music is definitely the top draw on campus. UNT has very respectable programs in Education, Liberal Arts (other than Music) and Business as well. They aren't as well-known, but the instruction is quality. Sports are not UNT's strong suit. That said, school spirit is at least attempted by many. I literally have no idea how greek life is on campus since I wasn't in a frat and never bothered to notice. I stayed in Bruce Hall for 3 years before getting an apartment. Music majors prefer Bruce since it's right across the parking lot from the College of Music, but I liked it also because of the history of culture of it. It's easily the most cultured dorm on campus with the longest history and has the coolest dorm functions. Get in if you can. The campus is a reasonable size, though parking is a nightmare. Denton itself is nothing special as a town. It's decently sized and its proximity to Dallas is convenient for when you want to have a night out. OF special note: Beth Marie's Ice Cream Parlor is awesome...and the Flying Tomato was a hotspot....until it burned to the ground.
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If Iowa State gets to be represented, then Iowa does too! What University Do You Attend: University of Iowa How Long Have You Been Attending: In my 4th and final year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Off-campus apartment Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Slater, house, fraternity What Advice Do You Have: Look, if you're really looking to go here, you're either an Iowa kid or a dumb Illinois kid. We tend to get glossed over. We do have an excellent medical school and law school and a well-known writing program. All of these programs are very competitive. Undergraduate admission is not. There isn't even an essay IIRC. But do yourself a favor, and do check it out, because we really do have a lot of great academic programs. IIRC it is one of the harder Big Ten schools to get a degree from (though this may be because we are a fairly intense party school). Iowa City is frankly a great town. Great bar scene and a great music scene. If you're into politics, there are plenty of opportunities for politics work. We're the perfect sized college town, small enough to be insulated but big enough to be interesting. I know people think of the Midwest as full of conservative hicks, but Iowa City is a very open, liberal and progressive city, and the Iowa public education system is one of the top-rated in the country. Our football team is sometimes pretty good as well, and our sports teams are pretty fun to watch. I love it here, and I encourage you to all take a look and get more information about the school. Some people come to Iowa City and it just feels like home. Sorry if I rambled, but I really do love my school, and it just doesn't get enough love.
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I'm putting off a small 2 pager, so might as well post about my home for the past 4 years! What University Do You Attend: Eastern Illinois University How Long Have You Been Attending: 4th year Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): apartment Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): I have lived in Thomas Hall, Greek Court, and now my second year in my own apartment. What Advice Do You Have: Living off campus is leaps and bounds better than living in the dorms, especially if you're in to shady poo poo. I'm on the Student Standards board here and the majority of the appeals I've heard deal with freshman drinking or smoking weed in the dorms. Granted you're really just trading off freedom for premade meals. Seriously the only real appealing aspect of living in the dorms is a meal plan. I suppose this is true for every college though. I've realized that Family & Consumer Science classes are a 4:1 female:male ratio. I've been in PoliSci for the past few years and now suddenly I'm the sexual minority. It's really hot actually. And the curriculum is bizarrely interesting too. And if you ever feel the completely and wholly unnecessary need to go greek, ask people who've been on campus more than a year or two about the houses; most suck dick and naturally the houses will not tell you that they suck.
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Anyone got info on Berkeley City College?
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What University Do You Attend: North Carolina State University Major: Aerospace Engineering How Long Have You Been Attending: 4.5 years, graduating in May for a grand total of 5 Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Currently a rented house off campus. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Freshman year in Bragaw, Sophomore year at University House Apartments (Now a different name, no idea what it is.) What Advice Do You Have: Get the hell off campus as soon as possible. As a freshmen, you will be required to buy a meal plan if you live on campus. I would only suggest living on campus if you have a tendency to stay at home instead of going out and socializing. It's also really easy to find apartments nearby that are cheaper than campus housing to live in. You pay something over $6,000 a year for 9 months in the dorms, which breaks down to $670 a month. The most I have paid for rent, HD cable and internet and utilities included, is $450, and I live less than half a mile from campus. Once you get off campus, get a parking permit. The best you'll likely be able to get is DC, which is mainly used for the Colosseum Deck. DC allows you to park in pretty much every commuter lot on campus, which means that no matter where your classes are you will probably have a shorter walk than the people who live in the dorms. The DC permit runs at about $280, and covers you for a full 12 months. The Wolfline is good once you've figured out the routes, but with a DC permit you'll often find it quicker to take your car to your next class, depending on where you're currently parked and where/when your classes are. Keep the books related to your major. You won't need them what with the internet, but they can make your life easier in the future. I'm still using the standard atmosphere look-up tables from a book I got my sophomore year, because they're just not printed in some of higher-class textbooks, despite needing them for homework problems all the time.
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Hamsalad posted:Anyone got info on Berkeley City College? It's a JC in Berkeley? I would imagine pretty much everyone that goes there is planning on transferring to a bay area 4 year. You will probably hate your time there
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ComposerGuy posted:What University Did You Attend: University of North Texas My brother just finished grad school there. He did alot of research before going there and had a great time. Glad to hear he wasn't the only one.
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Hey anyone out there tell me what Wright State University is like, thanks.
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What University Do You Attend: Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences How Long Have You Been Attending: I'm a freshman. Major: Classics, possible minor in Archeology. Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): North campus, i.e. freshman housing. I'm in one of the new dorms, built in 2001 and remodeled in 2006. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc):Only there, but I know a bunch about all of the different housing options on campus, as I'm looking into housing for next year. What Advice Do You Have:don't come here if you don't want to work your rear end off. Either join a frat/ sorority or make sure you make friends with people in Greek life, because that's where all the parties happen. Don't be afraid of Greek life, it's not the stereotypical anti-Semitic chauvinist animal house that you see. The house I'm pledging has a Rhodes scholar, assorted other scholars, and an avg. GPA of 3.72. It's also one of the larger party houses on campus. If you're looking for an engineering school, especially for Nano, look no further. Same goes for architecture. Don't major in Philosophy here, they're all Scientific Realists and don't tolerate anything else. Major in Classics here, we have a ridiculously good department. The professors are absolutely unbelievable in almost every field, the classes are NOT in fact all huge, the TAs in sections are great (they're here for grad school...they're smart), and Ithaca really is gorgeous, even in the winter. Any more questions, especially if you're coming here next year, feel free to PM or e-mail me (in my profile).
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PodexPerfectus posted:Ithaca really is gorgeous  . Did you get the t-shirt yet? That's the only way you become a true Cornell alum.Also, we kicked your rear end in football this year  .
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Pfirti86 posted:
HA! I have a couple of those. I have the regular one, one in IPA from the Linguistics society, one that says "Palin is Gorges" from the college Republicans, and one that says "Ithaka is Gorgias" from the Classics Society. Also, the only thing I care about is that we beat Yale at homecoming. Addendum to my previous post: I was looking at Pfirti86's post on Princeton, and I wanted to mention a few things. Pfirti86 posted:A lot of people think that Ivy League schools (and the big three especially) are somehow radically different and special in terms of their student bodies, quality of education, and overall atmosphere. After having gone here for two years, I can honestly say that undergrads at Princeton are really no different than undergrads at any other private school. Sure, there are a few that are ridiculously wealthy/smart, but most are here just trying to get degrees and have as much fun as possible doing it. Most of them are not pretentious at all, despite what is often portrayed in popular culture. So don't be too intimidated when you get here as a freshman. I completely agree, but there are some differences at Cornell, especially because it's freaking HUGE. First of all, don't be intimidated by the size. The school is divided up into colleges, and the largest one (A&S) is about the size of a regular liberal arts college. I haven't felt overwhelmed here yet, because I've made a ton of friends in my college, my major, and my extra-curriculars. In terms of pretentious kids: they're few and far between. We don't have a ton of very, very wealthy kids here, especially because part of the school is essentially a state school. The thing is, though, people here tend to be VERY smart, especially the engineers, and we all work A LOT. I know quite a few no-play shut-ins, I'm not going to lie. Still, they're not the majority. Everyone who works during the week goes NUTS on the weekends for the most part. Most kids strike a good balance, but you can survive going either way (partying all the time or working all the time). The best way to describe all of this is also my favorite thing about Cornell: You can find anyone and anything here. I grew up going into NYC almost every weekend, and still, I have not ONCE felt like I'm in the middle of nowhere. The town is great, it a little hippie-tastic, and the diversity of the colleges means you can take any course in any damned subject that you can think of. About applying: If you want to go here and you want an easier time getting in, apply to CALS or ILR. When you get here, do an internal transfer. I know about five people transferring internally, and it's easy as hell regardless of what you might hear. If you have a good application, apply to A&S...you can take courses in any subject, which you can't do with other schools. the more specific colleges, the curriculum tends to be more rigid. Not too many people complain about that, though, because they like what they're doing and they chose to do it on purpose.
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Eggplant Wizard posted:Redacted. Same holds for me and Columbia. I saw that one poster was interested in NYC schools; is Columbia one of the schools you'd like to hear a bit more about? Somebody fucked around with this message at May 16, 2011 around 22:47 |
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What University Do You Attend: Yale University How Long Have You Been Attending: 3 years (current junior) Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): On Campus Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): Freshman dorms/Residential College Annex Yale has a residential college system modeled after Oxford/Cambridge (All the tour guides say it's like Hogwarts...). You're assigned to a college upon acceptance and you stay with that college all four years. Freshmen (except for those in two of the twelve residential colleges) live on Old Campus together, and then move into their residential college sophomore year, so you get a chance to meet other freshmen before you go off to your college. Very few students move off campus, the rooms and dining program are generally very good and less expensive than off-campus apartments. Each residential college has it's own building and facilities, as well as it's own dining hall. For example, mine has a theater, printing press, gym, cafe, music practice rooms and a wood shop. There's around 15 or 16 different dining halls (12 of which are the residential college dining halls), but there's a decent amount of food options. My residential college ran out of space for juniors to live in the college, so I'm annexed to a building right across the street this year. As a side note, they are adding two more residential colleges, so enrollment will increase by around 400 or so. The downside is New Haven, which isn't the greatest city. Probably every 4-5 days we get an e-mail about someone being robbed or something from the Yale Police, which isn't terribly comforting. I was walking down one of the busiest streets (Broadway) with my roommate one day and he had his cellphone stolen from him in broad daylight with tons of people around and I've heard of a few other people who have had iPods/etc. stolen. But as long as you are smart and don't wander too far off campus by yourself in the middle of the night it's not really a big deal. Plus, you're close to NYC and you can take the Metro-North to go down to the city for around $20 round trip. What Advice Do You Have: Like Pfirti86 and PodexPerfectus mentioned already, the blue blood stereotype doesn't really apply to the ivy leagues as much as it used to. Although I do know a few kids who were raised with too much money and not enough sense, they are pretty rare. Acting super rich is a good way to get shunned, so you don't see it very often. Likewise, bragging about grades or talking about your 800's on the SAT is not really the cool thing to do. One of my biggest pet peeves with the people here is that some of them still haven't realized that they are not the best at everything like they were in high school. But the large majority of the people here are really cool, well adjusted people. I've really enjoyed my 2.5 years here, I really recommend it. While I don't really have any experience to compare the difficulty of classes here to other schools, I really think the academic experience has a lot to offer. There are just so many different resources and opportunities available that it's staggering. It's very easy to get funding to do an independent study project abroad. We also have our fair share of celebrity professors (Harold Bloom, Tony Blair, etc.). In one of my econ classes we had Carl Icahn, Stephen Schwartzman (CEO of Blackstone) and several other big finance names as guest lecturers, which was a very cool opportunity. There is some grade inflation, which seems more biased towards non-science majors. The financial aid at Yale is incredibly generous as well. My tuition here costs less than my younger sisters, who goes in-state to University of Missouri-Columbia. It's mainly grants but I do have some loans. surf rock posted:Anyone want to have a go at talking about Yale, Hillsdale College, or Central Michigan University? If it's about the poli-sci programs in particular, that would be even better. Thanks! I don't know too much about poli-sci here, but I have a friend who is an Ethics, Politics & Economics (EP&E) major, and he really likes it. EP&E is a combination of philosophy, poli-sci and econ. It gives you a chance to take lots of seminars (~10 person discussion based classes led by a professor) in all three of those areas.
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Me And The Major posted:Requesting Binghamton University, any information on the college would be helpful. I was very excited when I found out I got in, but after reading some student reviews, I'm less than pumped. My AIM is also in profile if you have any questions 
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Requesting SUNY Alfred ... I know its a long shot, but worth a try
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One of my good friends went to Alfred. He now has a lot of student loan debt, smokes a lot of weed and works the door for clubs in NYC. That that how you wish.
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What University Do You Attend: Rochester Institute of Technology How Long Have You Been Attending: Undergrad 2000-2004, Grad 2007-present Where Are You Living (on/off campus/dorms/apartments/etc): Clayton Arms Apartments (off campus). ~2miles from campus. Where Have You Lived (Dorms/Apartments/etc): On campus - Kate Gleason Hall. Off campus - Rustic Village Apartments & Clayton Arms Apartments What Advice Do You Have: You best like cold weather and lack of sun for 6 months! RIT has a quarters-based academic calendar, which means that instead of 15 week semesters, we have 10 week quarters. They fly by, so you'd best decide quick whether or not you want to add/drop classes. - Campus food is ok. Crossroads is the newest place to eat. They have all the basics. - RIT is one of the ugliest campuses ever. 99.999999% of our buildings are nearly all brick. We even have our own formula for making bricks (because we're that lame). - During the winter, use the goddamn tunnels! There are tunnels under the dorms and under many of the academic buildings. Learn them and use them, because you can avoid many of the windier parts of campus (between the SAU and building 1, etc.) that way. If you're smart, you can get all the way from the SAU to building 70 and beyond without even stepping outside. - Get off campus when possible. You may enjoy sitting in your room playing WoW/Halo/[insert popular game here] 24x7, but that makes you the typical RIT comp-sci/IT/software engineering student/nerd. Don't do that. Get out and explore whatever's left of this hellhole of a town. Go to Niagara Falls one weekend or go get some real goddamn wings at Duff's in Buffalo. - Eat a garbage plate. I don't care if you're a vegetarian or vegan. Suck it up and eat one. You can puke your guts out later.
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I forgot to mention that our food lives up to every ounce of its reputation. Good lord, it's awesome (but so bad for me).
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PodexPerfectus posted:What University Do You Attend: Cornell University, College of Arts & Sciences And I lived in North my first year. West campus has incredible housing. My room is literally two times bigger than my freshman dorm and I live in a single! Not to mention when you live in West you live right one floor above a dining hall. While the food is good, it gets tiring after a while. Another interesting thing is the gorge stories here are true; so far two kids I know of have died in the past year (granted, only one was an suicide)in the gorges. Maybe it's a fluke or something. Kind of crazy.
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I still haven't run into the competition, and I don't know if I ever will (Classics major). And yes, HOLY poo poo, there are a ton of Bio/pre-med kids here. The best part is, there are Bio majors in a couple of the schools, so there are even more.quote:Another interesting thing is the gorge stories here are true; so far two kids I know of have died in the past year (granted, only one was an suicide)in the gorges. Maybe it's a fluke or something. Kind of crazy. Yep! We've had one so far this year, right? Apparently, though, we do not have a higher-than-average rate of suicide. It's just a rumor.
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