toxin.: About To Submit My Stanford App

toxin. 10.31.11	Time to reread my essays yet again
FrankRedHot 10.31.11	Tell Andrew Luck that we would love to have him in Miami. If he needs a place to stay, he can call me anytime.
InAbsentia 10.31.11	Wow. I know that feeling. Good luck, man. Click submit and never look back
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	best of luck brother, feel better knowing that I wrote a really shitty essay and got into a bunch of really good schools... what's more important is what you've done over the past few years. now submit that shit son
Satellite 10.31.11	shoulda finished with "8====D"
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	yeah dude that's how my friend got into princeton, no bull just ended that essay with a nice long veiny cock that they had scanned onto the essay file they sent out. full ride, subsidized dorming, living stipends.... the whole shabang
Satellite 10.31.11	i ended up being forced to settle on a community college after submitting a dozen or so dickless apps... that and i smoked a lot of weed in hs.
Trebor. 10.31.11	State school bitches
robertsona 10.31.11	if youre good enough to be applying to stanford then you shouldnt be worried, youll end up fine haha unless, of course, you have no sense of your own worth as a student and your application to stanford is just a crapshoot
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	^that, pretty much
toxin. 10.31.11	Haha yeah, robertsona, my grades and test scores are all pretty strong (though that doesn't really help as far as Stanford goes). And lol Satellite, even if I wanted to, I couldn't, since I have 2, 0, and 1 character(s) remaining on each of the supplemental essays. @Pit, yeah if by some miracle I get accepted, it'll be a shame it's when Stanford's (likely) back to being a doormat in cfb. @both inabsentia and iFghtffyrdmns, yeah I'd definitely like to get this off my back, but I still need to add my SS# (don't have it memorized) and only my mom (who's not home at the moment) knows where my card is. So I'm stuck here worrying.
UnnamedOcean 10.31.11	When I originally applied for college, my primary choice was a total crapshoot. I had no chance of getting in. I wish I had just thought realistically instead of wasting all that fucking time back then.
Romulus 10.31.11	just sent out my first app yesterday! good luck man
Ignimbrite 10.31.11	I have to sumbit my UWisconsin app tomorrow... :) Then I have ED Colorado College due 11/15, then I want my UC apps in by the 20th, then some random public school apps by the 30th and a bunch of other common app schools should preferably be in before finals (early/mid December)
FromDaHood 10.31.11	Overachiever
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	yo kid http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/Harden_the_fuck_up.jpg
robertsona 10.31.11	wait aw i thought romulus was a junior :( i am all alone
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	#foreveraloneasahighschooljunioronsputnik
toxin. 10.31.11	Haha, UnnamedOcean, fair enough point, although I wouldn't say I have no chance of getting into Stanford. And nice and thanks, Romulus. And whoa, Ignimbrite, isn't UW a public school? UC apps are due in an entire month. heh. And you have a much more compacted schedule than me. I have UC and USC (for the national merit semi-finalists you have to submit earlier) due Dec1 and then a bunch of privates I'll be rejected to due Jan1. @FDH, eh. @iFght, lol I'm done worrying actually. Just want to press submit and get it over with. @robertsona, you'll find people when you post a college app list next year and all these people respond.
Eko 10.31.11	there are others robertsona (like me). might apply to Stanford next year too, good luck xtoxin.
UnnamedOcean 10.31.11	But yeah good luck getting into Stanford ;) just make sure you have a solid backup. That was the big mistake I made.
FromDaHood 10.31.11	You're a merit scholar semi-finalist? I was merely a qualifier.
robertsona 10.31.11	i really hope i get that national merit shit seriously
FromDaHood 10.31.11	Actually receiving the award is kind of a crapshoot apparently.
Voivod 10.31.11	I've read and edited my essays like 15 times but the finality of pressing submit is unnerving I definitely know the feeling. One thing i know, If I get past the 30th edit, i submit the damn thing and never look back.
toxin. 10.31.11	thanks, Eko. And good luck to you, next year. If I am accepted, I'll be sure to give any pointers! @UnnamedOcean, yeah I have a few backups. You didn't? Ouch :/ FDH, yeah, but honestly like 8 kids at my school had higher scores than mine anyways, so it's kind of meh. robert, have you taken the SAT yet? My friend and I have both the same SAT score and PSAT score so I think SAT is a good measure of how you'll do on the PSAT. The qualifiers at the my school varied anywhere from 2200ish to 2400 (we had a few at my school), with one outlier at like 2080
FromDaHood 10.31.11	I had my English teachers edit all mine and hitting submit still freaked me out. I actually might have misreported my ACT score on the Common App and I'm freaking out but still haven't checked.
FromDaHood 10.31.11	And I got a 197 on the psat but a 2060 on the sat, so it's a pretty accurate measure
illmitch 10.31.11	fuck 'furd im applying to berkeley for grad school
robertsona 10.31.11	the connecticut minimum for nms qualifying is i think 220 this year. i got a 204 last time (sophomore year) but i actually think i did a lot better this time. i took a practice sat and got a 2070 and a practice ACT and got a 34. both of those were at the end of sophomore year
FromDaHood 10.31.11	I got a 32 on the act but left my calculator at home, so I should've done a lot better on the math.
robertsona 10.31.11	i suck at math and the fact that the ti-89 is prohibited for the ACT makes it even worse. but the rest of the ACT is way better than the SAT i think. the science section is a joke
UnnamedOcean 10.31.11	" yeah I have a few backups. You didn't? Ouch :/" Well I had several other schools which I had been accepted to, but I had all my sights set on that one school. When I didn't get in I was really depressed and had to pick from 3 schools I never wanted to attend in the first place. I ended up being dumped onto a campus I didn't want to be at. The real problem was I just had the wrong attitude. If I had not bothered with that first school I could have focused on another school and learned to like it.
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	lol @ all these sub 2200 SAT scores..... ;]
FromDaHood 10.31.11	I love the science section, it basically made up for my math. The essay tends to rip me apart because I don't write using the 5 paragraph method. Be sure to use it.
FromDaHood 10.31.11	What did you get demons? 2400?
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	hah nah I wish, if I remember correctly I pulled a 2270, it was awhile back though and obviously now it doesn't mean shit anymore haha
Eko 10.31.11	I got a 214 on the PSAT sophomore year, really hoping I gut out a few more points for national merit.
Ignimbrite 10.31.11	i only got national merit commended... i feel so stupid :[ And yeah, Wisconsin is a public school but priority is due on the 1st, so I figured, what the fuck, anything that'll give me an edge. And UCs aren't actually due until the 30th, but I want to get them in before then. 2150 SAT, might retake in December to get that stupid 660 CR score up. I got 720 math and 770 writing, but that damned critical reading, man...
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	yeah critical reading is definitely tough, don't know how I did as well as I did on that part
illmitch 10.31.11	i got a 33 on the act and 1470 on the SAT back when it was just out of 1600, got national merit dont remember my psat score i always did bad on math sections on standardized tests not because im bad at math, but the shit on the tests was stuff i hadnt done for like...3+ years been kinda worried about the math on the GRE
Blind 10.31.11	woah sputnik is pretty smart. here's to hoping my 1540 pulls me through to cornell, cuz god knows my gpa won't
robertsona 10.31.11	" i always did bad on math sections on standardized tests not because im bad at math, but the shit on the tests was stuff i hadnt done for like...3+" yeah bingo i'd say haha. i'm in calc right now and geometry is still fucking my shit up lol
theacademy 10.31.11	stanford sux go to cornell like myself, mx, and sideshow mel
UnnamedOcean 10.31.11	Fuck you people I got 1680 on my SATs. Oh well, it doesn't matter once you're in college.
Blind 10.31.11	ay academy maybe i'll see ya there next year
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	1540/1600? if so, you should have a shot. i got in there with 1490 or something so no reason you shouldn't.
theacademy 10.31.11	lol i graduated mad long ago but i hope you get in
robertsona 10.31.11	i know someone who got a 1600/2400 on her SATs and is at brown i mean she submitted her acts instead but
Ignimbrite 10.31.11	fuck them Ivies, my tops are UCSD, Colorado College, Colgate, and Colby.
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	damn. crazy shit.
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	colgate's a nice looking campus it's just small as fuck and in the middle of nowhere.
Eko 10.31.11	nice another junior in calc
robertsona 10.31.11	i went to a music camp thing at colgate two years in a row nice place, would never want to go there
Blind 10.31.11	ah, yeah thanks. also yeah out of 1600 but my gpa's only a little over 3.5 unweighted cuz like fuck homework and stuff
Ignimbrite 10.31.11	I like the whole "middle of nowhere" thing with places like Colgate, Colby, Colorado College, etc. It usually lends to an outdoorsy-oriented school, which, in conjunction with the excellent academics of those schools, leads to a hella prime geology program.
illmitch 10.31.11	applyiing to maryland, berkeley, duke, texas, michigan, and georgetown for grad school grad school applications fucking suck
iFghtffyrdmns 10.31.11	"I like the whole "middle of nowhere" thing with places like Colgate, Colby, Colorado College, etc. It usually lends to an outdoorsy-oriented school, which, in conjunction with the excellent academics of those schools, leads to a hella prime geology program. " yeah I guess I don't blame you. I just like going to lots of good shows and getting laid by strangers so I'm pretty happy in a big city
Ignimbrite 10.31.11	I feel ya. I've never been a city person, so the only big exceptions I'm making are UWashington b/c I love Seattle and UCSD b/c it's not really in San Diego (which is nice as far as cities go) and it's right by the fucking beach.
illmitch 10.31.11	don't be afraid to give big schools a chance. for the longest time i wanted a middle of nowhere school, but honors programs at big schools can give you that environment (small classes with intelligent people) at a big setting with lots of people. that's what i'm doing at Kansas and i absolutely love it
demon of surveillance 10.31.11	I applied to CSULB, SDSU, and both Cal Polys, applying to UC Santa Cruz too. Hopefully my good grades and fairly high test scores will hook me up with lots of cash.
toxin. 10.31.11	Whoa this took off. @robert, you should be fine. I got a 198 as a sophomore (though on a mock SAT I got a 2120). I didn't even take any classes; I just took like four practice tests and pulled off a 228 on the PSAT second time (Cali's cutoff is 221 I believe). Also got a 2260 first time I took SAT (followed by a 2350 that I currently have) so yeah it's pretty accurate. If your scores and your writing are of any indication, you should be fine. And as for the math section, all you have to do is look for 30-60-90/45-45-90 triangles on the geometry problems. Application of those is mainly what they're looking for. and UCSD is really nice, but the campus infrastructure is a little outdated. And UC's are expensive as hell nowadays. I'm pretty sure your state college is a better pick IMO for the money (unless you're a Californian, of course) And haha acad, I was seriously debating applying to Cornell, but my parents didn't think it was worth the Ivy League tuition and they're the ones paying. Not to mention Cornell is just about next to USC on engineering (IIRC). But thanks, man. And illmitch, good luck on getting in! Berkeley may very well be my #2, since they're consistently #3 in undergrad. engineering (ahead of CalTech, for what it's worth) behind MIT and Stanford. @Ignim, haha CR is really a pain. I mean somehow I pulled off an 800 when I took it but I mean that must've been lucky as hell. Good luck getting your score up if you plan on retaking and getting accepted to UW
lucasjcockcroft 10.31.11	CCC ya cunts
toxin. 10.31.11	Just submitted my application. Somehow it was exhilarating to just get it over with. Strange.
Eko 10.31.11	an 800 on CR is absurd I dont even know how thats possible
toxin. 10.31.11	@Eko, TBH it's all luck. I got a 720 the first time I took it, and the only studying I did was vocab (this really helps, even in the passage section, since understanding these words in a passage helps you get the nuances) in between the two. Usually it comes down to one correct and one less-correct answer, and IMO it's luck picking the correct one. It's too bad my writing went down to 750 that time... I got an 8 on an essay. jeez
theacademy 10.31.11	fuck engineering go to the hotel school
Wolfhorde 10.31.11	I'm so fucking happy the university I'm planning to go to has still entrance tests. No need for pseudo-social activities before and all that crap. No one even cares about grades not relevant for the study course. Though I'm still not quite fond on the whole Bachelor-thing.
toxin. 10.31.11	Acad, is that what you're studying/studied? @Woflhorde, it's kind of a meh things. I mean if you got good grades and were active during school (because you want to, not because it's good for college) it's nice to be rewarded. Sounds to me like there's no point even trying in high school except in those select few classes. And I think HS helps weed out the less driven people from the more driven people, at least here in America. (things might be different where you're at.)
sniper 10.31.11	2.1 gpa 2000 SAT. state school, best decision i ever made, so glad i spent all 4 years of hs smoking weed and playing guitar instead of studying. hope you get in to stanford though, i always admired people who attain the kind of measurable success i never could. good luck.
theacademy 10.31.11	i'm from new york and i went to one of the state contract colleges so i paid in-state tuition. my degree can be analogized to most fake bullshit liberal arts lol majors: applied-polisci-business-econ-history-english-bla-bla-bla
toxin. 10.31.11	@sniper, I can respect that. I mean to each their own lifestyle choice. acad, you really had me going there. But that's cool, I mean you didn't have to pay $40K+ yearly for your undergraduate admission so it might actually be a better investment in the long run anyways.
sniper 10.31.11	hs was sort of a joke for me but i always went to class and payed attention. being educated is important to me, but since i was and still am almost entirely self-motiviated, i performed well only in classes that interested me. luckily college allows me far more opportunity to take things i like, so i do better these days.
toxin. 10.31.11	Yeah, in the long run that approach should work out. As long as you find something you want to do and stick with it, you should be fine. I don't really think the stereotypical Asian approach (I'm Indian) is always the best one, but school came so naturally for me that I didn't/don't really have to worry about it. But definitely good luck on whatever you're doing.
theacademy 10.31.11	i don't follow... a better investment than what?
toxin. 10.31.11	Like, there's no point getting an Ivy League degree for whatever interest you have if a state degree works just as well as a $180,000 Ivy League degree.
theacademy 10.31.11	no, no... i got an ivy league degree paying state tuition... cornell has 7 undergrad colleges, 3 of which offer reduced tuition for new yorkers
theacademy 10.31.11	but really an ivy league degree doesn't mean anything unless it says princeton, yale, or harvard tho so lol
sniper 10.31.11	i'm studying music, which i suppose puts at least some value into the hours of time i spent playing in school. school never exactly came naturally to me, but i was lucky to have parents that were somewhat understanding of the ways i do and do not succeed in classes (which is not to say they didn't annoy the hell out of me trying to motivate me, because they tried and failed for years), and always supportive. when i told them i wanted to major in music they were unsurprised and happy. by comparison, my girlfriend won't study what she really wants because her parents disapprove and i can see clearly how much of a negative impact that kind of situation puts on her, so i can definitely see the argument against too much parental pressure to succeed. it all comes down to the individual though; a self-motivated individual wouldn't even care what his/her parents thought.
toxin. 10.31.11	I didn't even know they offered programs like this... I just read the Wikipedia overview and I really had no clue colleges did that. That's a damn good deal then, even if you have a liberal-bs-degree or whatever you said you have.
theacademy 10.31.11	yea its all bs except engineering man sounds like fun good luck again
toxin. 10.31.11	Yeah that's my parent's attitude to (also the ones I'm applying to). And haha thanks I should probably just go to sleep and let this list die since I'm done applying anyways And @sniper, that sounds like fun. I'm not sure what kind of career opportunities come out of that unless you plan on being a fulltime musician but at least you're doing something you want to do. And yeah like parental pressure sucks sometimes, but there is a reason why parents want what they want. I'm sure they have her best interests at heart.
sifFlammable 10.31.11	friend goes to stanford comes back to nz a year later as a complete yuppie
sifFlammable 10.31.11	sounds like fun good luck again
Vesper 10.31.11	2350 on your SAT, xtoxin? 2360 for me (five years ago, lol) - let's do an Asian high-five. Whoo! I got a full-ride to Williams College, which was a sweet deal. Nothing to worry about with Stanford... as long as you don't sound like every other smart Asian kid and play piano or violin. ;)