Getting into Colleges

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  • Reply 41 of 57
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by roo:

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    applying to colleges now? whats with the stanford web page then? i like the photos from the peninsula creamery, makes me hungry and homesick. and,uh its dark, but... is that matt guy in those pics matt person by any chance?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    yea, i guess that can be confusing. I applied to Stanford's Summer Session for High School Students and got in so I spent basically the whole summer there taking courses and doing so many other things (yosemite, santa cruz, sf, monterey). 8 weeks. was amazing. best 8 weeks of my life without a doubt.



    but now i'm back to reality of not being a stanford student but WANTING to be



    yes, that is THE Matt Person... do you know him? He's da man. so cool. i love him... haha... he's like my idol. really good dancer





    i am applying to 14 schools as of now. a few"safeties", few borderline, and a a few reaches. it'll be interesting to see what I make. My school hasn't been helpful in telling me my chances because they have believe it or not never had people apply to some of the schools I am. I got my first acceptance letter 2 days ago. Arizona State... that was one of my safeties so its nice to know I have somewhere to fall back on if disaster strikes. Made the architecture major there too. so hot there though.
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  • Reply 42 of 57
    I was almost an Arch major. Then I decided to do computer architecture.



    USC does have a good program. I know a girl in USC arch. I taught her how to use FormZ. Princeton Arch is pretty weak in my opinion -- more like a structural arts program -- though it's a great place to cruise for chicks.
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  • Reply 43 of 57
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

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    Arizona State... that was one of my safeties so its nice to know I have somewhere to fall back on if disaster strikes. Made the architecture major there too. so hot there though.</strong><hr></blockquote>





    ASU is one of greatest atmospheres in college. i absolutely love it there. we would go to phoenix every year for spring training and stay in tempe. damn, what a cool place to go to school. but my parents wouldnt let me even apply cause it would have been a worthless degree for what i want to do, and it's such a party school. but damn, i love arizona...
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  • Reply 44 of 57
    progmacprogmac Posts: 1,850member
    college is for chumps
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  • Reply 45 of 57
    rooroo Posts: 162member
    [quote]Originally posted by applenut:

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    yes, that is THE Matt Person... do you know him? He's da man. so cool. i love him... haha... he's like my idol. really good dancer

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    oh my god, thats so weird. i worked with matty for several summers down at stanford. he is awesome... somewhere on some zip disks i have hilarious pics of him. if you ever speak to him, tell him quin says "fajita" (pronounced fah-jee-tah).



    oh, and hot arizona is better than freezing boston in my opinion.
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  • Reply 46 of 57
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by roo:

    <strong>oh, and hot arizona is better than freezing boston in my opinion. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    do not dismiss this advice...



    you would be surprised how many time you can say to yourself...: "Oh its too cold out to go to class, I think I will just stay here and sleep..." <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" />
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  • Reply 47 of 57
    klinuxklinux Posts: 453member
    I interview for my alma mater Cornell (go Big Red!).



    My recommendation is to differentiate yourself. There are plenty of kids with high GPAs and are newspaper editors, etc.



    Why should school X accept you and not others?
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  • Reply 48 of 57
    rooroo Posts: 162member
    [quote]Originally posted by Paul:

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    do not dismiss this advice...



    you would be surprised how many time you can say to yourself...: "Oh its too cold out to go to class, I think I will just stay here and sleep..." <img src="graemlins/embarrassed.gif" border="0" alt="[Embarrassed]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>



    god, that's me everyday. but yet i still manage to roll out of bed... ugh, that and walking back from the library and its dark and cold and i'm hungry...wah!
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  • Reply 49 of 57
    I do hope that the deciding factor in regards to which schools to apply to do not revolve around the weather in that area



    Boston is a great place to be an undergrad. I may despise this city for reasons too numerous to post here, but I'll never regret being here for my undergraduate career.



    Besides, dealing with weather like this puts hair on your chest... if you're a guy. If you're a girl it... um, I don't know. Teaches you to whine more? Like you people really need practice whining more...
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  • Reply 50 of 57
    rooroo Posts: 162member
    [quote]Originally posted by M3D Jack:

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    Besides, dealing with weather like this puts hair on your chest... if you're a guy. If you're a girl it... um, I don't know. Teaches you to whine more? Like you people really need practice whining more...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    ...but when i whine, someone buys me food...
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  • Reply 51 of 57
    [quote]I'd just like to say that I love art school. All you silly people and your academic talk. It's cute. Really <hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, I agree with M3D Jack..... I went to art school too......uhhh,huh? Some of these replies are too long for me to even try and read.. Too many letters and wordy things.

    I like when people put those smilies to look at. :eek: <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />



    They're fun.
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  • Reply 52 of 57
    [quote]Originally posted by n a d n e r b:

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    Yeah, I agree with M3D Jack..... I went to art school too......uhhh,huh? Some of these replies are too long for me to even try and read.. Too many letters and wordy things.

    I like when people put those smilies to look at. :eek:



    They're fun.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    heh, finally, someone I can relate to You're still working over at CNN though, I used to work in Turner Effects on the Techwood campus... before they built the huge like 7 story studio building. Crazy crazy stuff. Where'd you go to art school?
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  • Reply 53 of 57
    I graduated from Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL with a BFA in Illustration. And yeah.. somehow I ended up as a graphic designer at CNN of all places. Designing for the news isn't all that rewarding, but I'm learning the flame (discreet) and hopefully I can move on to something better like Turner Entertainment.
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  • Reply 54 of 57
    klinuxklinux Posts: 453member
    I used to not know anything about the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena despite living in the same city. Then, I found a cousin went there and now I am finding that the grads from Art Center are all over the place! [The latest one is working at BMW Design.]
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  • Reply 55 of 57
    [quote]Originally posted by n a d n e r b:

    <strong>I graduated from Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL with a BFA in Illustration. And yeah.. somehow I ended up as a graphic designer at CNN of all places. Designing for the news isn't all that rewarding, but I'm learning the flame (discreet) and hopefully I can move on to something better like Turner Entertainment.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yeah, Turner is where I learned Flame and Flint... and the iNFiNiT! and the CMX, Quantel systems, etceteras. And it looks nice on a resume too, but pay sucked when I was there. I hear since the mergers the work environment has really gone downhill too <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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  • Reply 56 of 57
    Yeahhhh!!! Infinit! Gotta love it. The work environment is different since the merger, but actually... this week my department is merging with headline news graphics (where my girlfriend works) and cnn.com designers. We're going to be in a brand spanking new space on the 6th floor. So hopefully that'll be a lot better. I'm definately wanting a change. The flame is great.. We don't use Quantel. We use Liberty.. I think it's similar.



    Edit: Oh yeah, pay does still suck... but you can't beat 27 vacation/personal/sick days.



    [ 12-11-2002: Message edited by: n a d n e r b ]</p>
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  • Reply 57 of 57
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    uhg.... early action/decision notices are beginning to leak out of the schools.



    dartmouth released them today



    i think harvard releases them friday :o



    ah well...



    if anyone did early action/decision... best luck! and let us know how it goes.
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