College Acceptances - 2006

[ChrisWB]

My counselor always reminds us that the colleges will look at the school we go to. We aren't just dumb musicians, you know.

They tell us all the time "You go to a special school. They know how intensive your arts training is, and that the higher-level advanced math and science courses are not offered." blablabla yada yada yada.

Katie,

I am currently studying at a conservatory. I was in your position a year or two ago, and I'm going through it again now since I'm transferring. Conservatories at least tend to focus more on your musical involvement than grades. Good schools with good music programs, such as Northwestern University, Indiana University, University of Texas, etc. focus on grades first (GPA) THEN on your musical ability. That is the key difference between a conservatory and a university with a music department. Musicians have a significant disadvantage at universities because they are judged both by their grades and by their musical ability. If you lack either one, you're off the list. People think it's easy to get in to college for music. It isn't.

If you have any questions about the whole music college schpeal I'd be glad to give you my take on it. I can also rattle off good music colleges if you need recommendations.

Stick with it. Studying music just gets better once you're in college.

 

[katie ta achoo]

If you have any questions about the whole music college schpeal I'd be glad to give you my take on it. I can also rattle off good music colleges if you need recommendations.

Stick with it. Studying music just gets better once you're in college.

Dude, I know all about the music school life. My friends are all going through it. Auditions, music theory placement tests (so glad we've done through theory 3 AP), financial aid.

I sit back and just chill.. I'm gonna be an economics major.
(well.. more than that. Double degrees in Econ and Finance. Heck yea.)
Can't do music. Would LOVE to, but can't. Injury.
My last concert will be Rach 2, Dvorak - Scherzo Capriccioso, and the Liszt Piano Concerto. (The concerto winner is AMAZING.) It's going to be a great concert. Hopefully I 'll be able to play viola for it, but .. ugh.

Graduation will be some piece that appeals to a large audience. We can't do really esoteric music at graduation. It's bad enough it's three hours long (EVERYONE performs).. we don't need a confused audience. ("That was ...nice, but why couldn't they play some nice Mozart?" )
Last year they did Hoe-down from Rodeo. Someone arranged it for 4 violins, 2 violas, and a mess of celli. (Oh yea, they arranged it during Calculus... )
57 days until I play with my friends for the last time. They really are amazing musicians.
4 violins (or 3 violins and a viola if I play viola), 6 celli and a bass.
I wonder wtf we're gonna play.

aaaaaand I'm going on about music and just crap that either a. no one cares about or b. no one "gets"

*takes a bow*

 

[Dandaman]

MIT-Rejected (big suprise)
CalTech-Rejected
Boston University-Not Released
Stanford-Not Released
USC-Not Released
UC Irvine-Rejected
UC Berkeley-Not Released
UC Merced-Accepted
UC Santa Cruz-Accepted
UC Santa Barbara-Rejected
UC Davis-Accepted
UC Riverside-Accepted/Honors Program
UC San Diego-Rejected
UC Los Angeles-Rejected
California State U Fullerton-Accepted
California State U Long Beach-Accepted
University of Washington Seattle-Accepted

Total 17 college in all. So far, im stuck between Davis, Riverside and UW. Comments?

You applied to MIT and CalTech but no Harvey Mudd???

daniel

 

[lem0n]

hmmm... I should start getting on it too... I'm looking to transfer from here [Instituto Europeo di Design or IED for short, it sounds really ugly] to Parsons, Pratt or School of Visual Arts [mainly because I have lots of friends in NYC and it's so close to Canada, I can go and visit Ottawa often I hope] and I'll probably have to apply for Spring semester seeing that admission for Autumn is already over in March. Is there any good design school around that area? [Rhode Islands School of Design is probably too expensive] I'll build my portfolio up during the summer when I'l hopefully attending Parsons for Illustration [sounds fun, I haven't draw in ages] And of course, most importantly, convince the parental unit to let me transfer. Somehow all my appeals seem worthless "I slept 10 hours last week trying to finish all my assignments and I still haven't catch up" "Yes, work harder", "My teacher can't teach" [it's true, they just picked someone who know the job like Typography and can speak English, even the teachers admit it ] "So teach yourself" "I don't have time" "Make time"... somehow he doesn't think that some design school in Milan can be more demanding than his Fletcher school of Diplomacy or maybe he's still in shock over the fact that I chose Design rather than Law, Politics or Diplomacy Just wait, after we made some money in Graphic Design, my twin and I are so going to FIT to study Fashion, he would not pay for it so I will Now, let's get some sleep... Seriously, we don't even go out and we get 26 hours of sleep/week if we're lucky, everyone is zombie like and must hv recycle their designs a dozen time for multiple classes because yoyu just don't get any new idea when you're so stressed out... and you can't even chose your course

****
Oh yeah, congrad to people that got accepted... I couldn't get into MIT for Bio Engineering, spent too much time in Biology drawing various form of cactus... ^_^ [and the fetal pig dissection is both fascinating and creepy]

 

[comictimes]

going into mechanical Engineering here

applied to UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, Cal Poly, University of Rochester, Worchester Poltechnic Institute (WPI), Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Bucknell

So far I've gotten in everywhere, but I have yet to hear from my three "Big name" schools (the last 3 in that list), so we'll see what happens..

 

[jefhatfield]

Hello Everyone,

I have a feeling that I am not the only high school senior on this board who is applying to college for the fall of 2006 so I thought I would post a thread to see where everyone is with that. A lot of decisions should be coming in this Saturday, so fingers crossed.

Unlike many prospective college students I have a pretty clear idea of what kind of career path I am interested in so this made narrowing down schools a bit easier. I will be pursuing a career in the film production world (specifically Music Videos) and possibly the publishing world (specifically Magazines) so I want to experience the strongest liberal liberal arts education I can find in order to back that up. Also I am pretty much only interested in schools that are in NYC so I will be able to intern and explore my professional life while still in school.

So far this is my list:

Colorado University - Boulder (accepted)
School of Visual Arts - NYC (accepted)
Chapman University - Dodge School of Film - Orange County California (Finalist, still waiting to hear back)
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts Filmmaking (Should hear back this Saturday)*
Columbia University - General Studies Part Time Program (Should hear before May 1st)*

*the only schools I am really really interested in (Chapman might be the only exception (still not sure if I want to live in California though))

I am really anxious about hearing back from NYU. My grades and SAT scores are kind of under their par: 3.4 unweighted GPA, 580, verbal, 560 Math (slow-test-taker). I am hoping that my reel and other experience will push it over the edge.

My dream would be to go to Columbia part time. I am really grateful to have some wonderful contacts, in the city and beyond, so it would be really incredible to pursue those while attending one of the most rigorous schools in the country. But it is, of course, incredibly difficult to get into Columbia. So we shall see...

If anyone is interested in seeing my work you can check out my personal website: www.CodyB.com. My work has screened at various film festivals around California and my website was listed in this really wonderful LA Weekly feature.

Anyone else who is applying to college post where you are applying and where you want to go and all that! Also, I would be interested to know where fellow macrumors peeps have gone to college.

woot, this is an exciting and nerve-racking time,

-cody

if you are considering publishing, then sva, from your list, is the best hands down and perhaps only rhode island school of design (in th usa) has a stronger network of artistic professionals though the two schools share professors and alums...my wife went to sva and got her bfa and worked in that field

for film, nyu is it...from your list

if you ever decide to go into other fields and want a bachelor's degree with international name value, then columbia is the best, followed by nyu of course...and many an artistic type either finds it hard to get into a job or once in a job, does not like the money and goes off to become a doctor or tax lawyer (or something that would satisfy an expensive lifestyle/tastes)...i did have a friend who was a very highly paid silicon valley lawyer and she loved being able to just go into bloomingdale's and buy anything without looking at the price tag, but eventually she entered an artistic career which made her happier and more fulfilled but she did admit she missed the shopping sprees

as an artist, or musician like myself, it's what you do after high school or college that makes 99% percent of the difference and you will find many of the best and brightest, and most successful, never went to any school, and there will be people not as talented as you, but more well funded...like ex doctors and lawyers, or just plain rich people, who will be competing for the same jobs

and in the film business, a lot of it is friends and family connections so don't ignore knowing connected people since there are so very few in the world

 

[jefhatfield]

In response to everyone inquiring as to why I'm majoring in Poly Sci, there are several reasons. One, as someone pointed out, you have to have a BA before you go to law school, that's a given. But yes, I could study Pre-Law, but politics is without a doubt my most prevalent interest. And the third reason is that at SIU's Law School, you can go for a dual degree, so in addition to getting my JD, I hope to get my MPA (Masters in Public Administration) and I've been told that a lot of the classes for Poly Sci will transfer for my MPA.

in most states, it is required to have an academic BA/BS degree to enter law school, and in the few states that don't require that (like california), it's still a good idea to have a bachelor's degree before going on to the professional degree like the JD or llB, or combined professional degree/academic graduate degree like the JD-MBA or JD-MPA, or specialized dual professional degree like the JD-llM

...plus if law doesn't work out for you, and many lawyers find this out the hard way working in a field they learn to hate right away, then you at least have your bachelor's degree so most will agree, even if you don't need it to study law in some jurisdictions, that a bachelor's degree is a good thing to have

it is also argued that a law degree, while not technically* an academic degree or proper thesis/dissertation oriented graduate degree, is just as valid for entry into corporate management positions as an academic, graduate mba degree is...if you want a law degree that is also a graduate degree on the doctorate level allowing one to be called "Doctor", then there is the JSD and less common PhD in law and are used for teachers and researchers who are usually more than just a lawyer, but being in academia promises less money ...same is usually the case for a dual MD/PhD researcher/teacher who almost always makes less than a regular, practicing MD in the working world

* - wikipedia.org, among others, has a good lowdown on the alphabet soup

also non academic degrees or certifications/designations like professional human resouces officer, certified public accountant, certified managerial accountant, microsoft certified systems engineer, etc advance people in their fields, with a bachelor's degree, more than a person with a bachelor's and a master's degree

 

[vniow]

I've progressively grown to loathe California and, besides, we'd have more of an impact elsewhere. Portland? Durham? Nashville? Hotlanta? Just a suggestion.

Even though I don't loathe California I've thought about other places I could end up if I do end up loathing it or it simply gets too expensive. I kinda agree with the fact that we could make more of an impact elsewhere but for now this is home. Besides, especially considering what I intend to get into my options remain somewhat limited, I can't really see myself living anywhere else but a port town or a central hub of something. There's too much to learn in places like that.

 

[itcheroni]

I guess the little things just bother me a lot more. My vote counts less with our capped off electoral votes. Not like it makes any different in most presidential elections anyway. When the economy tanks, we're the first to go under and the last to recover. A down payment for a house in California can buy outright a similar house in most other states. And most importantly, the people who's minds we want to change, the latter half of "us and them," aren't in California. Looking at the last election, they're in places like Ohio and Florida. I wouldn't mind becoming a little more conservative if I could just make them a little more liberal. Or maybe I should just move to Canada.

 

[vniow]

I wouldn't mind becoming a little more conservative if I could just make them a little more liberal.

Yeah, I guess that's why I'd like to stick around here. I grew up in a rather conservative state and I really don't want to be put back in that situation for an extended amount of time, family visits around holidays is about as much as I can handle.
Since I'm getting in to sex therapy/education specialising in gender issues, I hope to get to a point where I can travel and teach a bit about that in places who need it more like Ohio and Florida like you mentioned but I don't think I could stand living there.

 

[itcheroni]

I guess that's the major difference. I've been here my whole life, So Cal and Berkeley, except for one year in France, another year in Japan, and Burma for the first 4 years of my life. Then again my appearance and personality sort of works against me. I look conservative, I'm Asian and my usual outfit consists of jeans and a polo shirt. And I'm sort of soft spoken. But I'm actually quite liberal, especially sexually, and love to be inflammatory. I've been to a lot of places and I don't think there's anywhere I'd fit in enough to feel comfortable.::sniff::

 

[GoCubsGo]

I will be pursuing a career in the film production world (specifically Music Videos) and possibly the publishing world (specifically Magazines) so I want to experience the strongest liberal liberal arts education I can find in order to back that up. Also I am pretty much only interested in schools that are in NYC so I will be able to intern and explore my professional life while still in school.

So far this is my list:

Colorado University - Boulder (accepted)
School of Visual Arts - NYC (accepted)
Chapman University - Dodge School of Film - Orange County California (Finalist, still waiting to hear back)
New York University - Tisch School of the Arts Filmmaking (Should hear back this Saturday)*
Columbia University - General Studies Part Time Program (Should hear before May 1st)*

*the only schools I am really really interested in (Chapman might be the only exception (still not sure if I want to live in California though))
-cody

As a Chapman Allum I can say I'd favor Chapman. However, I didn't see USC in the mix there. But if you're not interested in Cali then I guess I wouldn't waste the time applying to more than one school here.
I think if you find out that NYU and Chapman both accept you then you should go where you want to live. If you went to USC you'd be close to many production studios. Chapman isn't as close, but still an acceptable drive. I don't know about NYU in terms of where production studios are and such, but I presume you do so make your decisions based on that since you'll get better intern jobs.

 

[jefhatfield]

I guess the little things just bother me a lot more. My vote counts less with our capped off electoral votes. Not like it makes any different in most presidential elections anyway. When the economy tanks, we're the first to go under and the last to recover. A down payment for a house in California can buy outright a similar house in most other states. And most importantly, the people who's minds we want to change, the latter half of "us and them," aren't in California. Looking at the last election, they're in places like Ohio and Florida. I wouldn't mind becoming a little more conservative if I could just make them a little more liberal. Or maybe I should just move to Canada.

i am with house in california so it's kind of hard to leave, plus family is here

but of late, i have become so disgusted with george bush and what he has done with the constitution (one of my postgrad study subjects) and how america is being shaped into a country i don't recognize anymore...and i am pro life and a christian but what our president is doing is an abomination to our american way of life and the neo cons are why i have not voted for the gop since 1984...i really miss clinton, oh well but i voted for gore and kerry so this mess isn't my fault but i still have to live here

my wife and i have entertained canada so i have scuttled plans on being an hr labor moderator only for the usa/california (of whom usually has an american law degree which is useless in canada) so i plan to steer my training to a common law british/canadian llB law degree which is "legal tender" in commonwealth nations and the usa (thus the big lecture on the topic in previous posts )

i believe america may not be the number one country in the world anymore but is still in the top ten, which isn't bad...but i think the gop of bush sr., dole, and bush jr. has brought the conservative wing of american politics into a document burning frenzy...which would mean the constitution and the bill of rights

hmm, maybe this post belongs in the political forum

 

[itcheroni]

Woo Hoo! I got into Penn State law school. Can anyone offer any info on Carlisle? I've never been to Pennsylvania other than a layover, so I've got some research to do.

 

[masterapple04]

No particular order here...

Colby - Unkown
Colgate - Accepted
Boston College - Accepted
WPI - Accepted
Clark University - Accepted
University of Chicago - Accepted
Rensselaer - Accepted
Princeton - REJECTED!!! Pompous A**H****!!!!!!!!!!

Most likely going to Rensselaer, as they've given me the most money. Chicago would be nice, but it's far from home, and too expensive.

 

[CompUser]

The letters have started coming in.

Hamilton College: Accepted
Union College: Accepted + Merit Scholarship
UConn: Accepted
Washington & Jefferson College: Accepted + Merit Scholarship
Skidmore College: Rejected
University of St. Andrews: Rejected
Bates College: -still waiting-
Bowdoin College: -still waiting-
Amherst College: -still waiting-
Kenyon College: -still waiting-

We shall see, we shall see. My GPA is pure *****, but my SATs were quality, and I totally rock the house on interviews...so it balanced out.

I love Bates college, it is one of my personal favorites. My neighbor went there and graduated last year.

My sister applied to got into UConn, Bowdoin, Amherst, Tufts and some others. She ended up choosing Tufts but Bowdoin was her second choice. I really liked Bodoin as a school. For some reason I didn't love Amherst, although it is a very well known and prestigious school. Uconn was her safety school, she was accepted into the honors program there.

If you get in, stick with Bates. I love the architecture, especially that new building they built that has the waterfall and giant fake (yet very real looking) trees.

 

[Steven1621]

I love Bates college, it is one of my personal favorites. My neighbor went there and graduated last year.

My sister applied to got into UConn, Bowdoin, Amherst, Tufts and some others. She ended up choosing Tufts but Bowdoin was her second choice. I really liked Bodoin as a school. For some reason I didn't love Amherst, although it is a very well known and prestigious school. Uconn was her safety school, she was accepted into the honors program there.

If you get in, stick with Bates. I love the architecture, especially that new building they built that has the waterfall and giant fake (yet very real looking) trees.

Granted, I am very biased (note my sig), but you should really look at the town that Bates is in before you go there. Lewiston has one of the highest per capita number of heroin addicts in the country. Not the nicest town. Its endowment is also rather small ($200,000,000) compared to the other places you are applying.

Your sister chose Tufts over Bowdoin! HUUUUUUGGEEEE mistake. j/k j/k. Tufts is a very good school. I visited there, but didn't like the campus or the town at all. It seemed a bit too big to be a liberal arts college. Nice school, though.

 

[Jedi128]

going into mechanical Engineering here

applied to UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, UC San Diego, Cal Poly, University of Rochester, Worchester Poltechnic Institute (WPI), Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, and Bucknell

So far I've gotten in everywhere, but I have yet to hear from my three "Big name" schools (the last 3 in that list), so we'll see what happens..

Hey I still haven't heard from Carnegie Mellon either! I thought it was just me. I got into all the other places I applied to:
Hiram College, Rose-Hulman I.T., and Case Western

Looking to major in Computer Science of course! Why else would I be wasting time on this website?
Of course Carnegie Mellon is my top pick and I haven't heard from them yet... Guess thats the way it goes..... I might be border line on the SAT scores for them.... what'd think? Here's my scores....
Verbal: 600 Math: 690 Writing: (doesn't really matter so I don't need to talk about it)
My GPA is 4.054, but thats weighted, probably a high 3.8 unweighted, ended up with a 27 composite on the ACT, but i only took that one once. Took the Math level II subject test getting another 690 which makes no sense to me since Math II is supposed to be harder than the regular math on the SAT, go figure. The other subject test I took was Biology and I got a 700! I should find out how all this holds up pretty soon. I gotta make some kinda decision by May 1, so the sooner the better on the reply part.

 

[jefhatfield]

Granted, I am very biased (note my sig), but you should really look at the town that Bates is in before you go there. Lewiston has one of the highest per capita number of heroin addicts in the country. Not the nicest town. Its endowment is also rather small ($200,000,000) compared to the other places you are applying.

Your sister chose Tufts over Bowdoin! HUUUUUUGGEEEE mistake. j/k j/k. Tufts is a very good school. I visited there, but didn't like the campus or the town at all. It seemed a bit too big to be a liberal arts college. Nice school, though.

heck, i would choose a school in a very, very safe neighborhood like usc and yale are in

the school i went to is in the SOMA district of san francisco, CA...very friendly, indeed

 

[jamesi]

rontheancient,

i was deciding between UW and davis last year too. riverside....eh i wouldn't if i were you. UW is a really great school, seattle is nice, rains ALOT, coldish weather, but school is beautiful (old style) and has some good programs. Davis is close to the bay, better weather than UW, small town feel (good or bad), and has some of the best of science programs in the nation. if you are doing any sort of biology major or engineering then davis is for sure for you. UW is still solid too....just visit both schools and see how you feel

 

[jefhatfield]

Hey I still haven't heard from Carnegie Mellon either! I thought it was just me. I got into all the other places I applied to:
Hiram College, Rose-Hulman I.T., and Case Western

Looking to major in Computer Science of course! Why else would I be wasting time on this website?
Of course Carnegie Mellon is my top pick and I haven't heard from them yet... Guess thats the way it goes..... I might be border line on the SAT scores for them.... what'd think? Here's my scores....
Verbal: 600 Math: 690 Writing: (doesn't really matter so I don't need to talk about it)
My GPA is 4.054, but thats weighted, probably a high 3.8 unweighted, ended up with a 27 composite on the ACT, but i only took that one once. Took the Math level II subject test getting another 690 which makes no sense to me since Math II is supposed to be harder than the regular math on the SAT, go figure. The other subject test I took was Biology and I got a 700! I should find out how all this holds up pretty soon. I gotta make some kinda decision by May 1, so the sooner the better on the reply part.

when i took the SAT 25 years ago, your score would have been a free ticket to a carnegie mellon but i heard due to high school grade inflation and teachers teaching to the SAT test have made like schools requiring incredibly high GPA/SAT combos

in my hs, somebody got an SAT score in the 1300s and that put them into stanford with a 3.9 gpa (out of 4.0 which was, back then, the highest possible GPA)...the other couple of hundred students either didn't go to college or wound up in the three big systems in california (univ. of cal, cal state, cal community colleges)...some brave souls went out of state and paid the extra out of state tuition

but again...most entered the working world as is the case with most of america, and the world