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Thread: Colleges suck
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03-30-2006, 11:40 PM #51Originally Posted by Sphinx
like I said, though, there are a lot of drugs at evergreen.Seriously, this can’t turn into yet another ON3P thread....
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03-30-2006, 11:49 PM #52Originally Posted by iggyskier
I'm not surprised at either fact. Evergreen doesn't grade you, you have conferences with your professor at the end of the quarter and they determine... whether you passed I guess. Like I said, super-progressive liberal arts school.
The drugs... well according to the Princeton Review its top 10 in the nation in the "reefer madness" category.
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03-30-2006, 11:54 PM #53Originally Posted by skatecow45
want to see my list, this is terrifying
Accepted -
Nowhere yet
Likely Accepted -
University of Pittsburgh - Interviewed 3/24 and waiting for decision
Possibly Accepted -
Vanderbilt - Interviewed and Waitlisted
University of Rochester - Interviewed and Waitlisted
Denied -
University of Colorado - Interviewed and rejected outright (one of my interviewers was a dick, so I knew this was coming.)
20other miscelanious schools: rejected without interview.
so 7000$+ later (for AMCAS application fees/secondary application fees/airline tickets/hotels/rental cars/and a suit) the only thing I have is my dick in my hand and the hope that Pitt will let me in outright or i'll get in off a waitlist. All this with a 33R on the stupid fucking MCAT.
To put this is perspective, that's the equivalent of a set of dp lotus 120's, dynastar legend pro's, K2 pontoon's, kingswood fat's, head M103's, Stormrider DP's, AK swallow tail's, and the 7 FKS 185's to mount them all. Or I could have just purchased every single Iggy model unmounted, or gone heliskiing for a week.
JESUSFUCKINGMOTHERFUCKING
GODDAMNCHRISTTTTTTTT!!!!
but seriously, undergrad is a blast and you have some great choices. Good Luck man.No, the real point is, I don't give a damn
- Carl
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03-31-2006, 12:05 AM #54Originally Posted by belgian
I took linear algebra and abstract algebra there. Initially, I signed up for the classes because I was working near there and wanted access to a pool for swimming laps. Taking some classes was cheaper for me than a gym membership. In the end, I was delighted with the quality of the classes I took. I give Evergreen a definite thumbs up.Keep it off my wave...Soundgarden
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03-31-2006, 12:51 AM #55Originally Posted by Sphinx
Lemme know If you decide on UCSD and come for an interview. I did grad school at UCSD and recently moved back to San Diego.Daniel Ortega eats here.
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03-31-2006, 12:59 AM #56Originally Posted by BenWA
Smaller schools aren't for everybody. Some people would find them just too small. I'm happy with the size.
I have a very close group of friends and when I go out I know a lot of people at parties. If you don't like the kids...then it will kind of suck because you generally run into the same few hundred kids at parties.
honestly - ive very happy with the size. I think I wouldn't be as happy at a school of 30,000.
but to each his own, no?Seriously, this can’t turn into yet another ON3P thread....
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03-31-2006, 02:05 AM #57
Got into (so far):
-yale
-brown
-dartmouth
rejected:
-swarthmore
waitlisted:
-harvard.
yale's always been my first choice, though I hear from 12 other places in the next week I'm pretty much set and incredibly stoked (they deferred me from early) to be going where I want to go.
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03-31-2006, 05:39 AM #58Originally Posted by seldonNo, the real point is, I don't give a damn
- Carl
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03-31-2006, 06:02 AM #59Registered User
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Accepted -
University of Denver
University of Vermont
St. Mike's
Then again that was all back in December, I was lucky enough to not have to apply anywhere regular decision.
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03-31-2006, 06:18 AM #60Originally Posted by seldon
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03-31-2006, 09:35 AM #61
Going back a few pages....
If your girl doesn't want the best for you (going to the school of your choice), then drop her.
More to now....
The SUNY schools are great for a bunch of different stuff.... skiing isn't one of them. I got close to 60 days a year going to a SUNY school at the 'Cuse, but thats 'cause I was racing.
If you haven't visited most of those campus' yet, its time for a roadtrip.
Good luck.
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03-31-2006, 10:26 AM #62Originally Posted by Viva
What field were you in?
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03-31-2006, 10:28 AM #63Originally Posted by grskier
Anyway, good luck with the decision, and have a kick ass time. College rules.Last edited by good4nothing; 03-31-2006 at 10:30 AM.
No, the real point is, I don't give a damn
- Carl
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03-31-2006, 11:09 AM #64Registered User
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DO go to a college in a COLLEGE TOWN! Commuter schools suck, trying to live at home and commute to school sucks worse and is not worth the money you save in rent.
DO NOT let a HS girlfriend have any influence on your decision. All really good advice from everyone here on that point.
DO take college seriously! It's all fun for us to post on the TGR forum and weigh the pros and cons of the nearby mountains, but if you don't graduate and get a real job eventually you will be screwed, and not in a good way. The mountains will always be there and they'll be much easier to get to if you're pulling in serious bank. If it takes sacrificing your college years worth of ski seasons, DO IT!
DON'T do anything stupid like knock someone up or get married while in college. You'll have enough to worry about.
My experience, FWIW, I left my GF of +2 years to go to a real university in a real college town, based entirley on blind faith that my parents were right. We stuck it out until about spring break when she called it quits. I was devistated, then got over it and chose not to go anywhere near my home town the next summer. I got heavily into surfing instead and never regretted it. I got married and learned to snowboard a few years after graduating and have since travelled just about everywhere I've ever dreamed of...then I had kids.
Bottom line, there's a time and a place for everything in your life. If you screw it up you'll miss out on something great and really be sorry. Do what's best for you and you'll never regret it.
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03-31-2006, 11:15 AM #65
who else wishes they had a forum of already-been-through-its when they made their college decision?
y'all are friggin lucky.
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03-31-2006, 11:21 AM #66Originally Posted by good4nothing"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money" --Margaret Thatcher
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03-31-2006, 11:23 AM #67Originally Posted by seldon
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03-31-2006, 11:26 AM #68Originally Posted by stupendous man
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03-31-2006, 11:27 AM #69Originally Posted by seldon
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03-31-2006, 11:35 AM #70Originally Posted by mr_gyptianDaniel Ortega eats here.
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03-31-2006, 11:35 AM #71
To all those med and pre-medies:
THINK HARD ABOUT WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.
And realize it doesn't really jibe with a lot of time for skiing.
When I applied to med school my only criteria was that it had to be somewhere within a 2 hour drive to skiing, and I through in a couple of eh... for backup. So of course the only places I got accepted were St. Louis University, Vanderbilt, and Northwestern and wait listed/rejected elsewhere (Colorado, Utah-really hard unless you live there, UW,Vermont etc).
I was an "above average" (3.83, 35 MCAT) white male candidate with a good research background, but put what I enjoyed(skiing, biking, hiking, etc) ahead of preparing for the "intangibles" of med school admissions.
Then I thought about it, my #1 priority? nothing to do with school quality etc and everything to do with how much skiing I'd be able to do. I decided not to go and got my PhD instead (Molec. and Cell. Biol). I got into a lab where the PI liked to ski and averaged ~70 days season each year and graduated with no debt. 10 years later it was definitely the right choice for me. (Ok, that and I really don't like the sight of blood, or sick/dieing people for that matter, my father is pyhsician)
Guess my overstated point is to make sure you end up doing something you love to do and are committed to. If its medicine, don't make your choice based on skiing. And if it's skiing, well... go git sum!Move upside and let the man go through...
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03-31-2006, 11:37 AM #72Originally Posted by seldon
Nice, Seldon. I'd go with Yale, personally. I like both the university and the town of New Haven. Do you have a field of study yet?Daniel Ortega eats here.
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03-31-2006, 11:43 AM #73
For anyone looking for the small college ski town experience don't forget the "harvard on the Hill". Fort Lewis in Durango is a sweet little school. Has the rep of a party school, but the academics and profs are top notch. Like anywhere, if you apply yourself you can get a great education and do some great skiing/boarding in the process.
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03-31-2006, 11:58 AM #74
This is kinda my bag (advising the youngsters) so I'm gonna weight in.
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Originally Posted by skatecow45
Whatever you choose, those are all fine schools in good places with skiing not too far away (Boulder and Seattle have decidedy better skiing of course). You won't go wrong at any of these schools. Time of your life, kid, time of your life.
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03-31-2006, 12:17 PM #75Originally Posted by Viva
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