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Instead of making a new thread. I have decided that it would be more proper to post in this thread. I hope you guys don't mind this. |
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Last edited by Xox; 02-12-2010 at 01:26 PM.
Oh, America. |
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~Adopted by Cygnus~
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I don't think any universities place as much weight on extra-curriculars as some people would have you believe. They might help a little, but no school is going to reject you citing your lack of high school club memberships. You should be more concerned with getting good test grades. My somewhat predictable advice with regards to that is to study your ass off. It sounds obvious but in my experience most students study little or none and just wing it on the test. Trust me: studying helps a lot. I always say that most academic tests don't measure what they are intending to measure (trivia, apparently) so much as they measure your ability to take that particular academic test. |
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Cool! Thanks... I'm living on campus anyways... so it won't be far to go. Hopefully it won't be too crazy! Some of my terms have soo many classes... it'll be nuts! |
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It really depends on your course. I'm reading maths at Cambridge and there are really are a lot of rumours about the admissions process which are total bunk. |
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Google Calendar is very neat. It's very useful for making public calendars to share with groups of people. However, I find that creating all those individual events can be a bit tedious, so when I'm making something for my eyes only, I typically fall back on Excel. If necessary I can always upload the spreadsheet to Google Docs and then share it (another of Google's very cool services). |
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Lots of good info here, I'm learning a lot! |
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Anyone here at/near Manchester? How's the night life? |
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Considering members here are from all over the world, that's unlikely. |
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Last edited by Xei; 02-17-2010 at 04:55 AM.
I might not be the best person to answer this, but I'll shoot anyway! Others. feel free to answer Josh's questions. |
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Since we were recently talking about extra curriculars, the latest XKCD comic seems relevant... |
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I think the admissions essay is immensely important too. It's sort of as important as the interview would be in say, England. Most uni's in the US don't have enough time to do interviews. I'm pretty sure my admissions essays were what got me into every uni I applied to. I suggest looking up the admissions essays for the uni's you're going to apply to, and then write them in the summer. I have tons of admissions essay advice though (researched it like mad last year), so if you want it just PM me.. |
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Dohohoho. |
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Woo, thanks for all the info, Xox! I guess I'll get started on the FAFSA and transcripts. |
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"If there was one thing the lucid dreaming ninja writer could not stand, it was used car salesmen."
Has anyone done a transfer from one college to another, and if you did... was it awkward making new friends, seeing as Juniors already have an established group. |
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I define my reality.
I transferred schools between my 3rd and 4th semesters. It was not a big deal. Obviously I'm just one person and my experience won't hold for everyone, but I made new friends very quickly. In fact, I made probably the best friends of my life immediately after that transfer--the only "old friends" that I bother to keep up with nowadays (and I've been through more sets of friends than is typical for someone of my relatively modest age). I don't see any reason why this wouldn't be true for you as well. It's a happy fact that the world is full of very cool people, and as long as you have a good attitude, there's no reason for you to have any trouble making great friends wherever you go. That being the case, if you have a good reason for transferring schools, then just do it and don't worry about your social situation; it'll work out just fine. Trust me. |
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Last edited by DuB; 04-05-2010 at 11:27 AM.
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