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The admissions cycle is coming to an end. For those about to start (or restart) school, tell us where you're in, where you're out, scholarship brags, rejection beats, etc.

Gogogogo

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Nobody?

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I'm not sure about graduate level, but undergrads don't usually hear about acceptance/rejection until April.

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I went 5 for 5.

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I went 5 for 5.

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where?

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I went 5 for 5.

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where?

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Harvard, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Columbia.

Ph.D. programs in History / History of Science.

(Yes, I am trying to open up the floodgates to shameless brags).

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About to apply to Kent State. No scolarships as I seriously slacked in HS. Got a 27 on the ACT, pretty much my only brag.

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UT-Austin for law school. Pretty happy about it, no way I could believe I'd get in just a year ago.

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I'm not sure this counts for this thread, but as per my other thread...

I was re-admitted to ISU as a student seeking 2nd bachelors. I then recently switched majors so I won't be getting my degree. But hey, it still kinda counts being readmitted temporarily right?

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- Got a 27 on the ACT,

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lol beat

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McGill is the only official one I've heard so far. Batting 1.000 baby (err... regular decision, lol)

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In to Michigan, undergrad. Should hear from Ross in the next few weeks.

I'll here from everyone else in he last week of march/first week of april.

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I went 5 for 5.

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where?

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Harvard, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Columbia.

Ph.D. programs in History / History of Science.


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Nice, where did you choose?

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Got a 27 on the ACT

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LOL HAHAHAH what a morAN I got like 700 more points on the SAT

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Got a 27 on the ACT

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LOL HAHAHAH what a morAN I got like 700 more points on the SAT

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I lol'ed. This made me chuckle.

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I went 5 for 5.

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where?

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Harvard, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Columbia.

Ph.D. programs in History / History of Science.

(Yes, I am trying to open up the floodgates to shameless brags).

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WHERES YALE?

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I went 5 for 5.

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where?

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Harvard, Princeton, Chicago, Stanford, Columbia.

Ph.D. programs in History / History of Science.


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Nice, where did you choose?

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Haven't chosen yet... still planning on visiting the schools and meeting with professors and the like.

Leaning toward Harvard or Princeton probably. Chicago has one awesome professor (best anywhere for what I want to study probably) but not much depth. Columbia has a couple of great people but also is a bit short on depth (particularly in British history). Stanford has good breadth but doesn't have a direct specialist in my field as Harvard and Princeton do.


As far as Yale... they have maybe the best overall history program in the country, but they have little in my area (basically, history of science / intellectual history 1500-1800, particularly Britain and British Empire). Ditto Berkeley.

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schools are for fish

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schools are for fish

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qft

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A 27 is good on the ACT, right? The results say im in the top 10% in US.

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A 27 is good on the ACT, right? The results say im in the top 10% in US.

[/ QUOTE ]Everyone is in the top 10% in everything. You need to be top 5% to be average these days.

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A 27 is good on the ACT, right? The results say im in the top 10% in US.

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That makes no sense, w/e, im gonna kick ass at kent and go to OSU for veterinary school so holla atchaboy

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Johns Hopkins SAIS.....

prob going to go to taiwan for a year first though to brush up on my mandarin. my school didnt offer 4th year Chi for the first time in many, many years this year. how terribly convenient

actually i have been looking more and more at a couple programs at the London School of Economics that i might apply to if i dont defer SAIS. dont suppose anyone has taken classes at LSE??

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A 27 is good on the ACT, right? The results say im in the top 10% in US.

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That makes no sense, w/e, im gonna kick ass at kent and go to OSU for veterinary school so holla atchaboy

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in that case a 27 is good.

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shadow wdf do you mean???

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shadow wdf do you mean???

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i mean look at the schools stats

Average SAT: 1040
Average ACT: 22
Total applicants who are accepted: 84%
ACT Composite Range (25-75%): 18-24

getting a 27 on your act for Kent is good.

all info from http://www.princetonreview.com

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i got 33 on ACTs last yr, holla

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A 27 is good on the ACT, right? The results say im in the top 10% in US.

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That makes no sense, w/e, im gonna kick ass at kent and go to OSU for veterinary school so holla atchaboy

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make sure u get ALOT of vet tech hours and animal work.
GOod vet schools are super hard to get into.

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AS, I didn't study at all for ACT, should I take it again?

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AS, I didn't study at all for ACT, should I take it again?

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ACT is a very beatable test. Take a class.

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Hahaha it might be a bit late for that if you are a graduating senior.

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W. Deranged, which history profs at Stanford are you considering? I am an undergrad in their department and may be able to help.

-Card

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accepted for my MBA through a distance ed program at some no name university on the east coast. i have less than no intention of working for a major corporation after i graduate.

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Brags - Scholarships from Duke, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, USC, Texas, Baylor, Tulsa. In but waiting on financial aid at Berkeley, NYU, Penn. On hold at Columbia, Chicago, and Harvard

Mega Brag - Just short of a full shcholarship at Northwestern with $120,000. ship it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Beats - Rejectd by Yale and Stanford

Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Based on the information you have given, I would have put it at even money you would have gotten rejected from GMU.

Schools do this all the time: they reject people who they assume must be using their schools as safeties. It's a classic "yield manipulation" play, designed to avoid giving offers to candidates who are very unlikely to take them. (For example, a friend of mine with very good credentials in high school who went to Harvard got rejected from Tufts for no apparently good reason.)

Also, 17 schools?!? I have to give you credit for one of the most extensive and most wide-ranging (both in terms of type of school and location) college lists I've ever seen. You must have gotten crushed on the application fees, though...

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Brags - Scholarships from Duke, Vanderbilt, Notre Dame, USC, Texas, Baylor, Tulsa. In but waiting on financial aid at Berkeley, NYU, Penn. On hold at Columbia, Chicago, and Harvard

Mega Brag - Just short of a full shcholarship at Northwestern with $120,000. ship it. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Beats - Rejectd by Yale and Stanford

Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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id take it your going to northwestern?

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Variance - Rejected by GMU [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Based on the information you have given, I would have put it at even money you would have gotten rejected from GMU.

Schools do this all the time: they reject people who they assume must be using their schools as safeties. It's a classic "yield manipulation" play, designed to avoid giving offers to candidates who are very unlikely to take them. (For example, a friend of mine with very good credentials in high school who went to Harvard got rejected from Tufts for no apparently good reason.)

Also, 17 schools?!? I have to give you credit for one of the most extensive and most wide-ranging (both in terms of type of school and location) college lists I've ever seen. You must have gotten crushed on the application fees, though...

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Actually it was 19, but most of them waived the fees so it didn't cost too much. (I forgot Michigan who put me on hold months ago and Virginia who let me in but hasn't offered any money... hmm..)

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id take it your going to northwestern?

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It looks like it. I talked to their financial aid people about deferring so I can tour with my band this year. They want me to request a "binding" deferral which means if they say yes, I'm committed to go there. Tough choice considering the schools I'm still waiting on aid from...

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When did you hear back from Berkeley?

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It's been a while. If I'm remember correctly, they were one of the first to get back to me.