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Subject: Where do you go/plan on going to College?

Currently attending UF. It's pretty much my ideal school :D

  • 11.27.2012 9:24 PM PDT

Going to transfer from a local community college after a couple of years to Arizona State University.

  • 11.27.2012 9:25 PM PDT

The Universe demands to be noticed, to be seen, and dutifully noted.

What use all those incredible firework dimensions if no eye fixes and reflects, no brain takes notes, no heart moves with passion at the display?

NASA answers the silent cry of the Cosmos for recognition.

NASA is the witness and we fellow witnesses to the endless deeps.


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Muffin enforcer
I'm looking to get into MIT, the admissions process is a pain though. Is this standard for all American universities?
The way you said that, I'm assuming you're not American, and thus the process is probably made even more annoying what with you not being American and applying (I.E. potentially not having SAT/ACT scores and maybe not have GPA weighted the same, I'm not sure how it works elsewhere).

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I live in Australia - I've completed the SAT requirements though - 3 subject tests and 1 general - we don't calculate GPA or anything like that - we use a completely different ranking system, and application to universities is much more simple - almost a one-click process - you either get a offer or you don't depending on how well you do in final year exams.

  • 11.27.2012 9:27 PM PDT

The man with a hammer begins to see everything he encounters as a nail

Arizona State. Barrett. You can figure out the rest.

  • 11.27.2012 9:29 PM PDT


Posted by: Phoenix Phire13
Currently attending UF. It's pretty much my ideal school :D

So many Gators on The Flood, who knew? I'm actually planning on transferring to Cornell though, since I'm originally from Ithaca.

  • 11.27.2012 9:32 PM PDT

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Posted by: Muffin enforcer

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Muffin enforcer
I'm looking to get into MIT, the admissions process is a pain though. Is this standard for all American universities?
The way you said that, I'm assuming you're not American, and thus the process is probably made even more annoying what with you not being American and applying (I.E. potentially not having SAT/ACT scores and maybe not have GPA weighted the same, I'm not sure how it works elsewhere).

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I live in Australia - I've completed the SAT requirements though - 3 subject tests and 1 general - we don't calculate GPA or anything like that - we use a completely different ranking system, and application to universities is much more simple - almost a one-click process - you either get a offer or you don't depending on how well you do in final year exams.
The weighting and nonweighting of GPAs over here makes that next to impossible. For example, (sorry if I'm insulting your intelligence) but my school has two different weighted level courses. There's an Honors course, and an AP (Advanced Placement) course. If you get straight A's (94%+) in a regular course, your GPA is 4.0. In ALL Honors courses, it's a 4.5. In ALL AP courses, it's a 5.0. Some schools don't have Honors level courses, they just have AP. Some schools have AP level courses but call them honors, and vice versa. Some schools have lots of smart kids who almost all take Honors+ courses and they all look middle of the road, while other schools (like mine) make Honors and AP courses sound like the devil so that less kids on average take them and thus their school looks smarter and more academically focused (less "easy").

Little things like this, usually out of a student's control can affect their chances of getting into a good school, however minutely.

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  • 11.27.2012 9:41 PM PDT

The Universe demands to be noticed, to be seen, and dutifully noted.

What use all those incredible firework dimensions if no eye fixes and reflects, no brain takes notes, no heart moves with passion at the display?

NASA answers the silent cry of the Cosmos for recognition.

NASA is the witness and we fellow witnesses to the endless deeps.


Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Muffin enforcer

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Muffin enforcer
I'm looking to get into MIT, the admissions process is a pain though. Is this standard for all American universities?
The way you said that, I'm assuming you're not American, and thus the process is probably made even more annoying what with you not being American and applying (I.E. potentially not having SAT/ACT scores and maybe not have GPA weighted the same, I'm not sure how it works elsewhere).

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I live in Australia - I've completed the SAT requirements though - 3 subject tests and 1 general - we don't calculate GPA or anything like that - we use a completely different ranking system, and application to universities is much more simple - almost a one-click process - you either get a offer or you don't depending on how well you do in final year exams.
The weighting and nonweighting of GPAs over here makes that next to impossible. For example, (sorry if I'm insulting your intelligence) but my school has two different weighted level courses. There's an Honors course, and an AP (Advanced Placement) course. If you get straight A's (94%+) in a regular course, your GPA is 4.0. In ALL Honors courses, it's a 4.5. In ALL AP courses, it's a 5.0. Some schools don't have Honors level courses, they just have AP. Some schools have AP level courses but call them honors, and vice versa. Some schools have lots of smart kids who almost all take Honors+ courses and they all look middle of the road, while other schools (like mine) make Honors and AP courses sound like the devil so that less kids on average take them and thus their school looks smarter and more academically focused (less "easy").

Little things like this, usually out of a student's control can affect their chances of getting into a good school, however minutely.

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Sounds a bit convoluted. Here in Australia (Victoria at least) we calculate scores based on a standardized rank as opposed to the actual score - an ATAR rank is calculated based on coursework you complete across the school year, but is most heavily affected by the exams you complete in mid-year and throughout November.

We also have a sort of AP equivalent down here, called 'extension courses' which are essentially the first year of the particular subject course in University - i enrolled in the Extension Physics stream and we were required to do exactly the same exams as the first-year physics students at the University of Melbourne - as opposed to the hybrid? College/highschool course that is the AP program based on what I've read about it.

I suppose that such a streamlined process would make applying to university comparatively easier in Australia though.

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I'm at UNF in Jacksonville.

My Chapter and I sometimes make road trips up to UF to tailgate at the houses up there. Nice town.

  • 11.27.2012 9:51 PM PDT

Currently attend University of California Riverside. Hoping to transfer to University of California Irvine (UCI)

  • 11.27.2012 9:53 PM PDT

Red Deer college... You probably have no clue where that is though.

  • 11.27.2012 9:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: MarkFanous
Currently attend University of California Riverside. Hoping to transfer to University of California Irvine (UCI)
Hey, UCI is my part of town. It's a great school.

I went to California State University Long Beach.

  • 11.27.2012 9:55 PM PDT

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Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Muffin enforcer

Posted by: CrazzySnipe55

Posted by: Muffin enforcer
I'm looking to get into MIT, the admissions process is a pain though. Is this standard for all American universities?
The way you said that, I'm assuming you're not American, and thus the process is probably made even more annoying what with you not being American and applying (I.E. potentially not having SAT/ACT scores and maybe not have GPA weighted the same, I'm not sure how it works elsewhere).

©


I live in Australia - I've completed the SAT requirements though - 3 subject tests and 1 general - we don't calculate GPA or anything like that - we use a completely different ranking system, and application to universities is much more simple - almost a one-click process - you either get a offer or you don't depending on how well you do in final year exams.
The weighting and nonweighting of GPAs over here makes that next to impossible. For example, (sorry if I'm insulting your intelligence) but my school has two different weighted level courses. There's an Honors course, and an AP (Advanced Placement) course. If you get straight A's (94%+) in a regular course, your GPA is 4.0. In ALL Honors courses, it's a 4.5. In ALL AP courses, it's a 5.0. Some schools don't have Honors level courses, they just have AP. Some schools have AP level courses but call them honors, and vice versa. Some schools have lots of smart kids who almost all take Honors+ courses and they all look middle of the road, while other schools (like mine) make Honors and AP courses sound like the devil so that less kids on average take them and thus their school looks smarter and more academically focused (less "easy").

Little things like this, usually out of a student's control can affect their chances of getting into a good school, however minutely.

©


Sounds a bit convoluted. Here in Australia (Victoria at least) we calculate scores based on a standardized rank as opposed to the actual score - an ATAR rank is calculated based on coursework you complete across the school year, but is most heavily affected by the exams you complete in mid-year and throughout November.

We also have a sort of AP equivalent down here, called 'extension courses' which are essentially the first year of the particular subject course in University - i enrolled in the Extension Physics stream and we were required to do exactly the same exams as the first-year physics students at the University of Melbourne - as opposed to the hybrid? College/highschool course that is the AP program based on what I've read about it.

I suppose that such a streamlined process would make applying to university comparatively easier in Australia though.
Yeah, AP courses are typically based on college courses and use college-level text books. And there's something call the AP test (graded on a 1-5 scale) which can get you scholarships as well depending on your performance. I'll be taking it in World History come May/June.

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  • 11.27.2012 10:11 PM PDT

University of South Carolina

  • 11.27.2012 10:12 PM PDT

Life?
I have the internet and Doctor Who; i don't need a life.

i go to university in Cambridge.
y'all better be jealous.

  • 11.27.2012 10:16 PM PDT


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Posted by: MarkFanous
Currently attend University of California Riverside. Hoping to transfer to University of California Irvine (UCI)
Hey, UCI is my part of town. It's a great school.

I went to California State University Long Beach.


awesome! I live in Irvine so it'd be an easy deal for me to get in.

  • 11.27.2012 10:21 PM PDT

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LSU

  • 11.27.2012 10:26 PM PDT
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UC Berkeley, LA, Irvine, or Cal State Long Beach. I would've loved to go out of state but...dat tuition.

  • 11.27.2012 11:02 PM PDT

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  • 11.27.2012 11:03 PM PDT

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Sergeant Explosion and The Quiet Day in London.

I've gotten my A+ Certification already, though I'm thinking of looking for more education...something I thoroughly enjoy, that I can make money off of.

  • 11.27.2012 11:06 PM PDT
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UC Davis. Planning to major in Biology.

  • 11.27.2012 11:08 PM PDT

Artes, Scientia, Veritas

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University of Michigan

  • 11.27.2012 11:17 PM PDT

Ryerson Univeristy

  • 11.27.2012 11:25 PM PDT

me too...

  • 11.28.2012 12:30 AM PDT

idk UOF SDSU UCLA I dunno the sky's the limit~
((well there are other factors like keeping myself alive...other than that the sky's the limit))

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  • 11.28.2012 12:34 AM PDT

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