College

[TeleSlayer]

Go to a good school, kick ass, meet cool people, drink your ass off, move out west and ski powder, repeat for grad school.
paz

[Sphinx]

repeat for grad school.

That's funny.

[cranked]

Go to a good school, kick ass, meet cool people, drink your ass off, move out west and ski powder, repeat for grad school.
paz

There is a lot of wisdom in that post...

[Kevo]

I knew by mid October from the 3 schools I applied to and accepted at all 3, Penn State Main Campus, WVU, Ohio U. Not telling why I picked the school I did, but lets just say in that day I would be posting more in Sprocket Rockets.

Then: End homework. None of these schools cared if I dropped a bit on the GPA as I had 4.0 when applying. Gradumacted with 3.8. Never brought a book home again after November and skied/partied 38 days of my senior year away after that (could not graduate with 39 or more days missed).


Note: I am not a role model. And congrats on the first acceptance letter, it feels good doesn't it!

For me it came down to PSU or CU. I got directly into both business schools (Smeal and Leeds, respectively), and it was kind of a hard decision. I ended up choosing CU, even though I'm still pretty sure that PSU has better academics.

I wanted a better outlet to feed my outdoor ambitions and I'm definitely happy being in Boulder. I get to climb and ski almost any day I want to while still making it to class. Mid week hut trips aren't possible in central PA, but we crank em out all winter here at CU.

[Buzzworthy]

For me it came down to PSU or CU. I got directly into both business schools (Smeal and Leeds, respectively), and it was kind of a hard decision. I ended up choosing CU, even though I'm still pretty sure that PSU has better academics.

I wanted a better outlet to feed my outdoor ambitions and I'm definitely happy being in Boulder. I get to climb and ski almost any day I want to while still making it to class. Mid week hut trips aren't possible in central PA, but we crank em out all winter here at CU.

Agreed, PSU did have a better engineering degree (but I split after first year) but I wanted a better mountain biking trail system.

I was just 18, young, dumb and full of............and I just wanted to play. College paid for by parents let me do that and then damn near flunk out. Glad dad started to make me pay or I would have never graduated. Once used semester money to go on tour with the Dead. I almost got dead from dad.

[glademaster]

Just got my online acceptance to University of Michigan!!! GO BLUE!

[peeforward]

howdy and congratulations on what you've done so far! just figured i'd add my own little pooplet of information. i've been through the whole thing twice now (undrergrad and med school) and have done a ton of thinking about the whole process. in undergrad i compromised on the "quality" of school to go somewhere decent where i had a full scholarship.(my parents couldn't contribute much to the cost. if your parents are paying go where you want and pay them back some day) i was pretty sure i'd go to grad/med school at the time but if i hadn't been i definitely would have looked headed down the ivy or top state school (like the ones you've mentioned) road. for med school i went about completely oppositely and went full-bore to get into a top-ranked program. it worked out well but i was a little intimidated at all of my med school interviews when it seemed like every other applicant had gone to any ivy league or similar school.

after having gone through the process already i was also more selective about where i wanted to live for med school which limited me even more. in undergrad i went to the east coast (having grown in AK and lived in europe for a year prior to school) and really, really missed the real mountains. the only thing that saved me was decent whitewater. (thought about dartmouth for med school but rode around in vermont/NH for a while and realized i never would have been happy with the outdoor rec there either) i have a lot of friends and classmates who went to dartmouth though and they had a an awesome time. moeny kept me away from that place. also, thought about McGill and have a friend who went to undergrad there and loved it. again though, small mountains but a great city and sweet whitewater. also checked out Mayo in the midwest to see what i thought of that part of country but knew i'd go crazy there too. stanford and berkeley do seem like good choices and, despite the distance you could definitely get to the mountains to play. sounds like a lot people do. almost went to the former for m-school. i finally settled on U. Washington for med school and feel like it would be a great place to go to undergrad as long as you like the big school environment. it's a great school, seattle is super fun, and it's pretty easy to get to decent skiing. i almost got lured away by the ivy luster of a few schools back east and but am now super glad i did what i did. school's great and i got over a 100 days of quality skiing during my first two years of med school. as an undergrad i reckon you get quite a bit more. if i had my choice of all the schools in the US i'd go Dartmouth or similar NE school (very cool school but little mountains), Stanford (great edu far from the hills), Berkeley (same as stanford) or UWash (less prestigious for undergrad but very solid edu and IMO a fantastic location).

lots of drivel and anecdotal stuff but that was how i looked at it. CO might have been fun too but, aside from Co. College, couldn't think of a school I'd want to go to there. it's my bias but i've never had as much fun skiing there either as i do on the coast/PNW.

okay, i'm going skiing today. sorry for making you read through all of that...

[smalls]

::shameless tar heel plug::
having not read this thread, i'd just like to say the UNC is absolutely amazing. between college basketball, the 60/40 girl to guy ratio and the fact that the campus rocks, it's one of the best schools in the country. consistently ranked very high in terms of academia and has some of the hottest bitches in the land. not too close to the mountains, but taking a year off half way through to do the ski bum thing was quite nice. not to mention their sports marketing program is tops in the country and will hopefully allow me to work in "the industry". that is all.

[KungPowder]

::shameless tar heel plug::
having not read this thread, i'd just like to say the UNC is absolutely amazing. between college basketball, the 60/40 girl to guy ratio and the fact that the campus rocks, it's one of the best schools in the country. consistently ranked very high in terms of academia and has some of the hottest bitches in the land. not too close to the mountains, but taking a year off half way through to do the ski bum thing was quite nice. not to mention their sports marketing program is tops in the country and will hopefully allow me to work in "the industry". that is all.

and its damn hard to get into if you're out of state

[smalls]

true. fortunately, SATs count for a lot, and i rode that ticket all the way from cali to here.

[glademaster]

Well, I got deferred from Brown, but that's not too big a deal.

Committed to go to UMich a few days ago, and I'm already super excited. Just gotta get through the rest of senior year.

[mc_roon]

sucks about getting deferred, but realize that 90% of those who applied got flat out denied! Congratz on UMich and remember to do absolutly no work the rest of the year