Going into University/College

[dmleet]

I'm also on my last year of high school, but I really narrowed down myself to going in one of the most popular universities in U.S.:

U.C. Berkeley

[jazzmosis]

Freak: I've been through all this crap already, applying last year, and let me tell you that you don't have much to worry about.

I ended up in an Ivy league University (Western Ontario) and I failed: Chemistry, Algebra, Physics. I also didn't take Calculus. I got in on an General Arts, and will be majoring in Film next year. You've got very little to worry about. If your marks are on or even slightly below the cutoff, you're probably a lock to get in to any school you applied to.

University is a sham, anyway. But that's just my opinion. Hope you like writing pointless essays.

[blahblah18]

go buckeyes

[qualy]

Originally Posted by Kefit

I am going to the University of Washington, in large part because I can stil live at home while doing so.

It's a pretty good school with a ton of different things you can do. I am currently planning to major in Computer Science.

You should have gotten a PM from me about UW awhile back... if you didn't, I'll resend. ;p

Anyways, I've been starting to research colleges in my state, and I'm thinking of going to someplace like Evergreen, University of WA, WA State University, or Eastern WA University (where my mom went to college :P). Out of state students pay a lot in tuition though up here, no matter which one you go to.

I'm starting to look into more prestigious schools like MIT or UCLA or Stanford or something like that, but I don't really have high hopes for those kinds of schools.

[banditcom]

I go to Ferris State University in Big Rapids, MI. This is my last semester. I'm graduating with a BS (lol judge 1) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science concentration) and a minor in Sociology.

How much programming do I know? Little. How much math do I know? Quite a large amount. How much sociology do I know? After this semester, a good amount (since I'm taking 3 this semester).

Basically, I don't know any specifics, but I have a broad knowledge base. If you wanted me to write a simple program right now, it'd take me a bit. I don't do it on my free time. It's like any spoken language. So like my Spanish, my programming is quite rusty.

Also, my thinking is that if I can get the base down, then I'm positive I can get the specifics. For example, the hardest part of math is being able to get the basics of that area of math, like Calculus. Once you make it through Calc 1, the rest are pretty easy. You have the ability to understand it; then all it takes is time to learn it.

[soccr743]

I'm at a local university as it is in my second semester.

Majoring in Computer Science.

Let me give a recommendation to ALL people here applying to a college now or next year:

TAKE CALCULUS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

Just do it. Take things higher than that if you can. TRUST ME.

~Squeek

Yep, especially since I am going into computer engineering.

AP Calc AB this year and AP Calc BC next year. (AB = 1 and BC = 2)

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University of Evansville in Evansville, IN.

I recommend it to everyone. It may not look like much (especially from the website) but it is really amazing. (And humble.)

I love it more than any other college I looked at, and that included prestigious ones (Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, etc.)

I hope that any outgoing high school student at least takes a look at it.

www.evansville.edu

[emccky]

when I attend College in 2 years, I will be looking for a Full Scholarship to a school where I can swim on a 1A team. I am currently looking to get into Stanford, Virginia Tech, or the University of Michigan. With a 3.6 GPA, 1990/2400 PSAT (in 10th grade) and my swimming ranks, I believe this is possible for me.

[Cyborg_Mermaid]

I hate SUNY Purchase so much--the place is practically falling apart all over itself. So for right now I'm applying for CUNY John Jay for this coming fall.

[Omeganitros]

It's Cyborg Mermaid! Hooray!

[Cyborg_Mermaid]

Originally Posted by Omeganitros

It's Cyborg Mermaid! Hooray!

-Bows-

[blahblah18]

Berklee's so cool, I have a lot of friends that looked into it.

[talisman]

@soccr, BC calc is not like a second year of calculus by any means. If AB is 1, then BC is 1.25.

(I took AB last year, am taking a class called BCD right now, basically everything BC that wasn't covered in AB. And it's awesome because we only have to learn like three or four things.)

[soccr743]

Well, I am talking about it just being a year after the first Calc class offered. That is why I called it Calc 2.

But yea you are right about it technically being Calc 1.25 or 1.5 or something close to that...

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