Have you ever dreamed of entering Harvard/Oxford/Cambridge, or are you in? |
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 Apr 23 2006, 08:21 PM
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i've dreamed of getting into Harvard when i was young, but now in H.S. i realized my grades aren't going to get me there anyways
so now i'm aiming for my state's college or UCLA |
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Apr 24 2006, 06:28 PM
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i've never dreamed about getting into a college of that. i've never thought about it. i know i could never get the grades that i need to get there even if i tried. i'm not tripping though.
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Apr 25 2006, 09:45 AM
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When I was younger, I really, really wanted to go to MIT, and I feel like I could've gotten in had I applied myself more in high school. (I was pretty lazy back then.) I mean, I like where I am now, but MIT has a really, really nice CS program...
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Apr 25 2006, 04:28 PM
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actually i'm more of a yale person, but cambridge sounds cool
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Apr 25 2006, 10:16 PM
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QUOTE(kyttiekatt @ Apr 25 2006, 5:28 PM)  actually i'm more of a yale person, but cambridge sounds cool What does that mean? |
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Apr 26 2006, 01:55 PM
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nicorie Group: Member Posts: 196 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 394,679 |
at one point at my like ( i was around 8 or 10 ) i wanted to go to YALE. Now since I'm going to grad. next year I want to go to ODU here in Norfolk,VA.
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Apr 26 2006, 01:56 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
No, I never really thought of Ivy League, my biggest dream is probably MIT. But that's about it, I'm not really the type of person to persue big careers, rather I want easy-going freelance jobs, or to own my own business.
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Apr 26 2006, 02:06 PM
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MIT isn't an Ivy League school.
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Apr 26 2006, 02:08 PM
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cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
^ Yeah I know, I just realized that after I posted.
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Apr 26 2006, 10:13 PM
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as a child i always dreamed of going to oxford, mainly for reasons i don't even remember anymore.
after a time, i gave up on the idea. and now i'm not even going to school in england. yay united states university... >rilind |
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May 4 2006, 08:52 AM
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 × Dead as Dillinger. ♥ Group: Member Posts: 1,527 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,615 |
Nope. I never have dreamed of that. As long as I go to a college and get a decent job afterwards.
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May 4 2006, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Apr 25 2006, 11:16 PM) What does that mean? Assumedly it means that England is more appealing than a school in America. |
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May 4 2006, 06:13 PM
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QUOTE(Statues/Shadows @ May 4 2006, 3:32 PM) Assumedly it means that England is more appealing than a school in America. Yeah, but what does "I'm more of a Yale person" mean? |
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May 4 2006, 09:29 PM
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oh, I misread that. I guess Yale has some sort of impressive aura to it? I really don't know.
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May 6 2006, 12:10 PM
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QUOTE(monde libre @ Apr 10 2006, 12:37 AM) I'm thinking about the London School of Economics, which is rather prestigious, too... ooh, mindy that would be exciting! i could come visit! anyway, im applying for cambridge. and not because i want to go. but because my school has decided my life will not be worth living if i dont, and i cant be assed to fight them. plus, it means i have to ge tmy apps in earlier, which is good, because it means i wont be so lazy with the schools i actually want to go to. plus, i KINDA wanna be the kid turned down cambridge and went to nottingham |
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May 8 2006, 09:57 PM
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QUOTE No but i have dreamed of entering NYU.... smile.gif I guess it was so PRETTY when i was 12 and to this day its still an aspitration. Edit.// I got accepted YES! transferring 2007 w00pw00p GO ME! TRUE DAT TRUE DAT. I really want to go to NYU. LOL WOW! Oxford is my dream school, if not undergrad, then grad's fine. Cambridge I'd like to go to, in case I major in Computer Sciences or something of the likes. Harvard...I used to want to go there..but not so much any more. It's respectable though. =) |
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May 11 2006, 09:18 PM
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I wouldn't want to but I seriously think that if I did, I could get in there when I graduate.
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May 11 2006, 11:09 PM
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 Saap!? Group: Member Posts: 568 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,151 |
Stanford for me. Yale & Harvard sound pretty cool too but it's just too far away. My grades are pretty good. & now that I'm graduating 8th grade, I'm starting fresh in high school. I have a good chance of keeping up my grades & maintaing straight A's. If not Stanford, any UC schools are pretty good too.
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May 15 2006, 07:54 AM
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 yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
QUOTE(mipadi @ Apr 26 2006, 11:16 AM) What does that mean? It means that they think they'd fit in better at Yale than at Cambridge. |
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May 30 2006, 12:25 AM
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When I was younger, I kind of wanted to go to Harvard, but due to the poor state of my grades, I've given up on that idea. I've dreamt of being able to afford them.
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May 30 2006, 06:27 PM
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the yoshinator Group: Member Posts: 62 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 48,261 |
if you're aspiring to become a student at an ivy league school, it's not all about grades like most people believe. you must be a well-rounded person, meaning good grades, high academic position (high class rank), leadership roles (class president), athleticism (captain of basketball team), strong personality (expressed in essay), become involved (member of many school clubs), and an extensive list of extra-curricular activities such as community service and such.
i've known several people that had straight 4.0 GPA all of HS, or even higher because of weighted AP that were confident of their chances for acceptance into an ivy league and still were not accepted. i'm not being pessimistic, but with the overall number of people that apply to those schools, chances are highly unlikely (even if you deserve it) that one would get an acceptance letter. remember to always have an additional 4+ colleges that you can fall back on. and ivy leagues do not matter much in terms of graduate school, since most job employers could care less where you received your MA, as long as you have one. |
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May 30 2006, 06:30 PM
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no. college is the devil. at least for a person in my line of work.
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May 30 2006, 06:39 PM
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 cvchango Group: Human Posts: 492 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 332,717 |
yea my parents said i HAVE to make it to an Ivy League School
I'm aiming fo MIT, Princeton, Yale, or Standford at lowest |
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May 30 2006, 10:21 PM
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QUOTE(cvchango @ May 30 2006, 7:39 PM) yea my parents said i HAVE to make it to an Ivy League School I'm aiming fo MIT, Princeton, Yale, or Standford at lowest MIT isn't an Ivy. 
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May 31 2006, 03:58 AM
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yan lin♥ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,129 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 13,627 |
ROFL. People just don't seem to realize that MIT may be in the top 10, but its not an Ivy. Stanford's not an Ivy either.
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