College

[Aro23r]

I know that a lot of the people in these forums are in college / Seniors in high school who will be going to college.
I'm wondering where you all go to college / will be going next year.


I just found out two days ago that I got into Cornell University through Early Decision.
Whoo Ivy League!

[Xenon]

Uxbridge College.

[h()()t]

Well I am in 9th grade so I don't know. I am really wanting to go to SC though. If not there my secound choice is texas tech and then kansas state!

[†twilight_drag†]

Good job Aro :), I want to go to Pittsburgh Technical Insitute

[Merdoc.]

trade school in canada.

[Mithrandir]

Biola University (philosophy major) and the Torrey Honors Institute. Beginning Fall 2006 if I get in.

[Hydrant]

Woo for the Ivy League!

I'm a sophomore at Harvard.

[Realist]

I just got accepted to University of Chicago early action! Got the notice 5 minutes ago. :) :) :) :) :)

[Hydrant]

I just got accepted to University of Chicago early action! Got the notice 5 minutes ago. :) :) :) :) :)

Bring a winter jacket. Its gets freaking cold there.

and stay out of the river.....

[Tama Drummer]

Not sure. Probably nothing too good though, seeing as my grades suck.
My sister goes to Bloomsburg though (PA).

[Warcow]

I just got accepted to University of Chicago early action! Got the notice 5 minutes ago. :) :) :) :) :)

Congrats Real!

[MokoToko]

I'm trying to get into a SUNY college (State University of New York). Hopefully stony Brook or Buffalo.

blech, I wish I could go back to when life was simpler.

[urania]

University of Ljubljana,

Faculty of Arts - Translation Department

:p

here's (http://www.ff.uni-lj.si/) a link ^.^

it is an old building that looks like a prison 0.o

/me walks pass that tree on the pic almost everyday :p

[meet the fudger]

Well, I'm only 12:D . But when I get older, I'd really like to go to MIT (Massachuesettes (Sp?) Intstitute for Technology) to learn how to make games like TAO.:bigsmile:

[3IVA]

Congrats on making it to Cornell Aro.

And congrats to you too Realist, for making it to Chicago.

[h()()t]

I think I need to be more worried about passing the 9th grade...considering F's are far to common for me on my grade checks! Secound semester has got to be all A's for me to avoid summer school...I can do it just have to get into the mood. But the thougt of spending summer puts me in that mood really freaking fast!!

[meet the fudger]

I can do it just have to get into the mood. But the thought of it gets me in that mood really freaking fast!!
lol i love misquoting people. Im just jokin around Hoot, my fellow KoTR homie.:p

[h()()t]

O your so peverted lol. O your new to the game from what I can see. So I wont casterate you this time...but next time I will!!! my name is h()()T!!! Don't be a lazy bum.
Edit: thanks for the rep...but it was gray. Omg I only need 5 points tell my next box lol. Well I still havnt goten another game from you so get on banff and I will play you!

[mantis33]

I am a junior in high school. But I will most likely be going to Ohio State.

[Ächilles]

No college for me.

[Office_Shredder]

rawr. I got into rutgers state university (the only other place I've heard from is MIT, and I got deferred early action). I expect to hear from Oxford soon... at the interview the interviewer said (exact words) "You are the ideal Oxford mathematics candidate."

So I'm kind of confident

[Slacker]

I'm scared...I don't want to jinx it...I'm applying to ten schools *shivers in panic*:bad: please please please...won't one of you accept me?

just realized college acceptance counselors probably don't play TAO.haha. (still scared, so that was nervous laughter)

[Hugh Junit]

I just found out two days ago that I got into Cornell University through Early Decision.
Whoo Ivy League!

Very impressive, Aro. I'm sure Twelve will be replying soon.
Two Cornell men ( and a Harvard woman ) in our community? Wow, I feel stupid.
Congrats.
:)

[Xenon]

I expect to hear from Oxford soon... at the interview the interviewer said (exact words) "You are the ideal Oxford mathematics candidate."

So I'm kind of confident

You have reason to be confident with that.

[Guilded Dragon]

i want to go to like penn state, i dont think i can get in to ivy league but im not horrible.

[Guilded Dragon]

shoot sorry bout the double post, i thought i was editing.

[Realist]

Thanks Hydrant, Warcow, 3IVA. :)

Aro, what did you see in Cornell that inspired you to apply ED? Cornell was on my list but I think I might drop it now that I'm in a school I actually like.

[ironhorse123]

Wow, very, very nice accomplishments Aro and Realist! Man, now Realist won't be in Maryland and I'll be all alone again! Oh well, that is a great accomplishment! :)

[urania]

[off-topic]bwahaha, I know where the pic in your siggy comes from, Guilded Dragon!
I have it on my comp in its original size :cool:[/off-topic]

^.^

[Hydrant]

i want to go to like penn state, i dont think i can get in to ivy league but im not horrible.

do you mean UPenn?

Penn State and UPenn are different schools...

[3IVA]

My Brother-In-Law went to Penn State, he got my sister over there too :dry: Oh well, no Christmas for her.

Edit: Wait, isn't this (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22572) thread sort of similar to this (http://www.tacticsarena.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10340) thread?

Edit: Whoops, never mind, they're different. My mistake.

[TTitan44]

I am currently at Sophmore at my HS. But when i graduate I will Join The U.S. Marine Corps.

[3IVA]

I am currently at Sophmore at my HS. But when i graduate I will Join The U.S. Marine Corps.

Hm, well, thats interesting, my friend is a Naval Engineer. He thinks the US is a tad behind in its tech intellectuality, which most of you already know, if you look at China, Japan, Korea, and some other places, you can plainly see that the US does not have as good machinery as they all do. So sad. Oh well.

[HatchetKlown17]

I am accepted to Widener and Drexel. Still awaiting Villanova. I plan on attending Widener due to their ROTC program that rates well above most in the country, that i traced its military heritage back to the 1860's, and i plan on going Army after college for 6 years at least.

[WaCk-HeAd]

I'm going to the University of Groningen studying International Organisations and International Relations, and I'm hoping to be able to study a full year at Queen's University in Kingston next year.

[mushroom_girl]

Tisch (NYU) (http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html)

I'm only in 9th grade, but that's where I want to go. I'm planning on becoming a film major and taking acting classes in between. Hopefully I'll get in when the time comes.

[max2k106]

Tisch (NYU) (http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html)

I'm only in 9th grade, but that's where I want to go. I'm planning on becoming a film major and taking acting classes in between. Hopefully I'll get in when the time comes.
No way! Film major?!?! I was thinking about either going to Cornell, and if they didn't accept me, I'd go to BU for communications to major in film. My sister goes to BU so it would be cheaper there for me :-)

[mushroom_girl]

No way! Film major?!?! I was thinking about either going to Cornell, and if they didn't accept me, I'd go to BU for communications to major in film. My sister goes to BU so it would be cheaper there for me :-)
Awesome! :)

I never even thought of BU. That could be another choice for me!

[Aro23r]

Thanks Hydrant, Warcow, 3IVA. :)

Aro, what did you see in Cornell that inspired you to apply ED? Cornell was on my list but I think I might drop it now that I'm in a school I actually like.

I'm going into Engineering and the Cornell Engineering program is amazing. The tour of the campus and surrounding tour helped, too; it is essentially an entire town within itself.

[Ächilles]

I'm not going to college. I don't have to.

Everyone should go to a college around here. Then we can hang out and stuff.

Woo hoo.

[mushroom_girl]

I'm not going to college. I don't have to.
Are you going to keep teaching martial arts then?

[Ächilles]

Are you going to keep teaching martial arts then?

Yup. Potentially I could be running my own school by 2010.

[WaCk-HeAd]

Martial Arts is for losers only.

I mean look at Bruce Lee.. What a total joke.

[Ächilles]

Martial Arts is for losers only.

I mean look at Bruce Lee.. What a total joke.

Then I'm proud to be a 1st Degree loser 8-)

[mushroom_girl]

Yup. Potentially I could be running my own school by 2010.
Ooh, good luck with that!

By 2010, hopefully I'll have done some kind of acting. But I'll only be 20. :)

[WaCk-HeAd]

Being too fast for the cameras is sooo overrated.

[mushroom_girl]

Being too fast for the cameras is sooo overrated.
I'm talking like a commercial or an independent film. Something I could do when I'm not taking classes.

[WaCk-HeAd]

Uhh that wasn't really directed at you Mushroom... more to Bruce lee being to fast for the cameras with his moves and shit :)

[mushroom_girl]

:o Erm...well...

Well, WaCK, what're you doing for college?/diversion

[WaCk-HeAd]

Page 3 :)

[mushroom_girl]

Bah, strike two.

Today is just not my day. :dry:

[bludhoundz]

I have to step my grades up because I want into Columbia University (yup..another Ivy League). Also, since my mom works there, I would get FREE tuition - and thats something I can't just toss out the window.

[Hydrant]

i want free tuition

ugh, its so expensive to go here. Forced meal plan. expensive text books and coursepacks.

*looks around at the library she is in, the largest academic library in the world, which supposedly contains a copy of the Necronomicon"

nevermind

And i totally, utterly agree with Ach. EVERYONE should go to school in the Boston area. Then we can all chill... or sneak you in to R-rated movies :D

[Office_Shredder]

If we're going to college, why do we need to sneak into R rated movies?

[uniquinous]

Harvard library pwnz Columbia library. sorry blud :p

and miss Hydrant: you do realize harvard provides more aid then most schools can even dream of, right? Anyway, when have the Boston TAOians chilled?

O_S: you can't get into movies because you're too young. Your poor young eyes and ears couldn't take the cursing and violence that movies portray! It's not like you kids have access to video game communities completely centered around killing people and talking trash...

[bludhoundz]

Columbia is only 3.5 miles from me though.. Harvard is damned far.

[Hydrant]

Harvard library pwnz Columbia library. sorry blud :p

and miss Hydrant: you do realize harvard provides more aid then most schools can even dream of, right? Anyway, when have the Boston TAOians chilled?

O_S: you can't get into movies because you're too young. Your poor young eyes and ears couldn't take the cursing and violence that movies portray! It's not like you kids have access to video game communities completely centered around killing people and talking trash...

I chilled with Ach once last year, snuck him into Sin City :] Yeah ok we all need to get together sometime. Hows Jan? I have reading period and Andalite will be in her mini-term majiger.

And Blud, I live In California. Harvard is HELLA far from me. Who wants to go to school close to home anyway?

[Realist]

Not me, yuck, what's the point of going to college if you're going to stay at home?

Maybe I should've applied to Harvard....:huh:

[Ächilles]

Ooh, good luck with that!

By 2010, hopefully I'll have done some kind of acting. But I'll only be 20. :)

If you ever need a bodyguard, I'm your man.

[WaCk-HeAd]

I chilled with Ach once last year, snuck him into Sin City :]

Woah! You really have to "sneak" someone into the movies?

Really? That's normal in the US?

[Ächilles]

I chilled with Ach once last year, snuck him into Sin City :] Yeah ok we all need to get together sometime. Hows Jan? I have reading period and Andalite will be in her mini-term majiger.

Good times.

[WaCk-HeAd]

I think we only have that with porn... that you really need to be 18 years or older.

[Ächilles]

I think we only have that with porn... that you really need to be 18 years or older.

America sucks. Everything is illegal.

I can't even do black tar heroine without a cop giving me a hard time!

[mushroom_girl]

Woah! You really have to "sneak" someone into the movies?
Yup.

When I went to see Saw 2, my friend and I bought tickets to Zathura, sat in there for 15 minutes, then went to the bathroom. And, much to my surprise, I ended up in the theater next to it by accident! Which just happened to be playing Saw 2. :)

[Hydrant]

Not me, yuck, what's the point of going to college if you're going to stay at home?

Maybe I should've applied to Harvard....:huh:

oh man, you totally should have!

[bludhoundz]

Who wants to go to school close to home anyway?

I think free tuition > distance in this case. Besides.. I can't stand anything other than cities.

[uniquinous]

Columbia is only 3.5 miles from me though.. Harvard is damned far.
yeah it is damn far out here. I don't even know how I'm getting back to Jersey! A harvard friend wanted me to catch a train with her, but that's a lot of $$ this poor student doesn't have right now. :( I think I'll be stuck riding the bus alone and hope I don't get stranded in NY from the strikes.

[mushroom_girl]

Who wants to go to school close to home anyway?
I have to be. If I'm not, my mother might kill my grandma when I'm away. :rolleyes:

[Twelve]

I know that a lot of the people in these forums are in college / Seniors in high school who will be going to college.
I'm wondering where you all go to college / will be going next year.


I just found out two days ago that I got into Cornell University through Early Decision.
Whoo Ivy League!

YES. CONGRATS.

Then I believe it's officially time to start a Cornell TAO Club. Chaosti is there, I'm there, you're there...and CRX might be there.

This is great news. I live right off West Campus...lol...this is gonna be crazy. Since you're a freshmen, you WILL be in North Campus, which is right up Route 13...

Ah, you'll be familiar with these terms soon. :)

Welcome to the Ivy League Brotherhood, bro...but better, CORNELL Brotherood. Because once you get into Cornell, you can't be saying too many good things about that OTHER Ivy Trash!

And yes, the campus IS another city...you're in the engineering school? Guess you won't be getting out much. :)

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P.S. Oh, and *cough* congrats to all of the non-Cornellians too, of course...hehe

[Hydrant]

you know 12, one of these days you are going to have to come up to Harvard and see what a REAL Ivy League school is like

:p

[Twelve]

Hahahaha...right. Honestly, I'm afraid to visit Harvard only because I don't want to have a worse impression of you guys. Trying to maintain at least a MINIMAL respect for the other Ivy's you know?

:wink:

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[Hydrant]

Hahahaha...right. Honestly, I'm afraid to visit Harvard only because I don't want to have a worse impression of you guys. Trying to maintain at least a MINIMAL respect for the other Ivy's you know?

:wink:

12

oooohhhh BURN. that hurts. ow.

now i really wish realist had applied here, i could use some backup

[Utamaro]

I know that a lot of the people in these forums are in college / Seniors in high school who will be going to college.
I'm wondering where you all go to college / will be going next year.


I just found out two days ago that I got into Cornell University through Early Decision.
Whoo Ivy League!

No college for me, I'm more of a Marines kinda guy. :cool: Congrats Aro :)

[MallaLubba]

I went to Miami University (Ohio) for undergraduate and am going to Florida International University currently for graduate school.
Congratulations to those who are just beginning their collegiate careers.

[Dove]

Erm... Central Christian College in MacPherson, Kansas?

I'd be ashamed, but I'm still a Junior, so I'm not feeling it too bad. Unfortunately, I had to decline a scholarship offer to Wichita State so that I could keep up my grades in my high school classes, but it'll be back.

[uniquinous]

hmmm.... before the arrogance levels go up even further.... :p

there are two things that make the Ivy Leagues what they are:
1) age - no other school can ever enter the league because they simply weren't around back then
2) the graduate and professional work

Undergrad isn't on that list, because, frankly, most Ivy schools neglect their undergraduate students. Harvard does have the best library, Yale will always have one of the best law schools. Heck I'm published through Columbia Med, but their undergrad, on the other hand: not the top.

If you want to take a look at the Princeton Review's ranking as to best undergraduate education, only Yale so much as makes the top 20 list. Iceman's school, on the other hand, pwnz0r3d Harvard AND Cornell.

So, if you're studying to be a doctor or lawyer at an Ivy League institution, you have every right to wave your arrogance complex. Till then, let's just keep things in perspective. :wink2:

...and do try to maintain a minimal respect for the non Ivy's as well. :)

[MallaLubba]

"age" is one reason Miami University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivies) is known as the Ivy of the Midwest. It was established in 1809 and beats out Cornell. :p By the way, that image of Alumni Hall on that link is where I spent the majority of my life while attending. It's the architecture building.

And technically there is only one thing that makes an Ivy league what it is: its predetermined athletic conference which has as much to do with geography and privatization as anything else. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_league

The rest of the connotation is earned via academic excellence and selective admission.

[Twelve]

Such are the words of those bothered by not being in an Ivy League school...you know, there are plenty of books about that, which I'm pretty sure the two of you quoted from... :)

Meanwhile, I don't recall the Ivy Leaguers giving the non-Ivys a hard time...what's up? Those in the Ivy League are proud to be in it, and once you're in it, we tease each other anyhow.

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[MallaLubba]

Wait a minute, what? How'd this get to that? Are you talking to/ about me, Twelve?
I thought I was saying good things about Ivies. Jealousy is not part of my genetic makeup.

[Twelve]

Gee, Malla, must not have been talking to you, then...

*laughs*

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[uniquinous]

yes well, I have read none of those type of books. But if you are from this area, you know what the "H bomb" is, and it gets rather annoying from the undergrads when it's the grad students that got that reputation. As I said, I'm published because of an Ivy, but not their undergrad school.

What I'm saying is, if you want the best undergrad education, you shouldn't be looking at Ivies. If you want the best graduate education, pray you can get in one. ;) That's not jealousy, but pretty good advice. Let me know if you disagree.

[Twelve]

Uniq, I still don't understand your thrill in being the thread party-pooper. I'm here to congratulate ARO, because I'm really proud of him for being in my world, and to tease those poor Harvard people. That's about it!!!

Crap...Harvard is ranked number 1 this year overall.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

Enjoy your brief moment in the sun, fools...we'll catch you soon. (We hit #14 this year....hmmm)

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[Spit_101]

Dang Aro, I got accepted to Cornell, but I didn't get much scholarship there >.>

Livin' my life at Syracuse University in my 2nd year. (Right now at home until late January)

[uniquinous]

heh, you are right - i appologize thoroughly. I almost forgot we have congratulations to go around! hot damn man you iz smart!

Sorry again. :(
(I fell bad now).

[Hydrant]

Uniq, I still don't understand your thrill in being the thread party-pooper. I'm here to congratulate ARO, because I'm really proud of him for being in my world, and to tease those poor Harvard people. That's about it!!!

Crap...Harvard is ranked number 1 this year overall.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/rankindex_brief.php

Enjoy your brief moment in the sun, fools...we'll catch you soon. (We hit #14 this year....hmmm)

12

3rd year in a row baby!!! brief moment in the sun my patootie!

And I have to say, Im getting a damn fine undergrad education at Harvard.

[-57-]

W00t I'm in 9th grade and already on Uconns list :D (thats my back-up if I don't go to Michigan)

[Twelve]

3rd year in a row baby!!! brief moment in the sun my patootie!



THREE YEARS STRAIGHT??

That can't be right...there must be things going on under-the-table. I mean...grrr...

Uniq, nobody is supposed to feel bad in this thread...so cheers.

Going THROUGH Cornell is rough...they say that of all the Ivy's, it's the toughest to STAY in (while they say Princeton and Yale are the hardest to GET in, but once you're in it's a breeze). Many don't make it...figuratively and literally. But once you're done...you do feel as if it has improved every aspect of what you are, as it truly did for me.

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[iceman2001]

Iceman's school, on the other hand, pwnz0r3d Harvard AND Cornell.

There's a reason I choose Williams over those two :)

[Hydrant]

There's a reason I choose Williams over those two :)

I got into Williams, and seriously considered going there.

the trouble with Williams for me:
- No easily accessible movie theatre. I know that seems silly, but I live for movies and I want to go to Hollywood after graduating, so I need need NEED a big movie theatre nearby that i can get to w/o a car.
- In the middle of nowhere. My freshman year I freaked out and went home basically every break. One time I got snowed in in Boston. That was bad enough. I have friends who live in the area and theres still stuff to do even if the planes cant leave, so it was bearable. But if I had been snowed in in Williamstown.... oh man.
- No grad school. Hello upper level classes? Ok ok they have a GREAT math dept. But I dont think they have a stats dept, which is my field.

Dont get me wrong, Williams is a great school, but it is not for everyone

[iceman2001]

All three of those points are pretty much valid lol. You know your schools. I'll discuss those three things when I have a little more time.

[Office_Shredder]

I just got into Oxford :cool:

So now I can chill with all the British TAOers

[allstarGL]

I'm going to the University of Groningen studying International Organisations and International Relations, and I'm hoping to be able to study a full year at Queen's University in Kingston next year.
Wow thats pretty cool kingston is only about 4 hours from where I live.

I'm hoping to get into McMaster University..gotta get my grades up a bit!

[Twelve]

I just got into Oxford :cool:

So now I can chill with all the British TAOers

Seriously....

...you serious?

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[Office_Shredder]

Seriously....

...you serious?

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Yes, I'm serious ;)

[Twelve]

Well, that's freakin' AWESOME. Congrats. Oxford was one of the schools that I dreamed of going to, actually. That's awesome, good for you.

Actually, Oxford is the only school that I really WANTED to go to...I never did apply as it turned out, but that's how it was.

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[Luminous]

I just got into Oxford :cool:

So now I can chill with all the British TAOers

Congrats, have fun.

[WaCk-HeAd]

Wow thats pretty cool kingston is only about 4 hours from where I live.

I'm hoping to get into McMaster University..gotta get my grades up a bit!

When I make it allstar, we should go get a beer sometime, together with Crater.

I don't think it's that far from New York either. I always wanted to smack the "dark knight of TAO" around a little bit.

Anyway, I'm definitely going to make a trip to America when I'm in Canada.

But, lets first make sure I'm actually allowed to go :)

[Hydrant]

Yes, I'm serious ;)

congrats man!!!!!!!

bring back scones!

[Twelve]

I don't think it's that far from New York either. I always wanted to smack the "dark knight of TAO" around a little bit.


Oh please.

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[WaCk-HeAd]

Dude...

One hand.

[Twelve]

Then it wouldn't even take me the 30 seconds I figured.

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[WaCk-HeAd]

Seriously.. Keep on talking, keep on talking.

But just wait till we're face to face, dude.

Just to stay in the mood Fantastic Four brought me in..

It's CLOBBERING TIME!!

[dewsun]

i just got into texas A&M

[Twelve]

It's CLUBBERING TIME!!

"Clobbering", son.

"Clobbering".

If you're going to quote my man Ben Grimm, then please...do it right. :)

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[WaCk-HeAd]

Son of a..

:o

I'll change it :(