Let's Talk About College - Page 2

Rickypt · #16 11-25-2006, 11:58 AM

I went to San Francisco State, alma mater of Annette Bening. Majored in Liberal Arts. I did the commuter school thing.

ryan8472 · #17 11-25-2006, 12:11 PM

Well right now I'm a freshman at ECSU (Eastern CT State), so I was just in your position not long ago. However, I'm willing to bet you get better grades than I did.

In order to really decide where to go, you have to visit the schools yourself. There's no better way to make a decision. Of course, then take into account who will give you the most money.

markolas · #18 11-25-2006, 12:15 PM

3.2 is a crappy GPA?

carrie721 · #19 11-25-2006, 12:18 PM

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3.2 is a crappy GPA?

for someone looking to get into super competitive schools, yes. unless you're a minority, you shouldn't even bother applying to a brand-name school with a GPA lower than 4.0.

Musicman408 · #20 11-25-2006, 01:20 PM

I have gotten stuff in the mail from Miami telling me that I should do myslef a service and look at the school . I am definately doing that. I am NOT choosing the school off of the blond to brunette ration, that was a joke. Miami is a really solid school, and we'll see what happens in the months to come.

Much Love,
Ethan

markolas · #21 11-25-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

for someone looking to get into super competitive schools, yes. unless you're a minority, you shouldn't even bother applying to a brand-name school with a GPA lower than 4.0.

Ouch. I graduated high school with a 2.0, and I thought that was okay. Course, all the colleges I applied to had open admission policies. But I've always been a total Type B personality. There's not an overachieving bone in my body.

HomerMcvie · #22 11-25-2006, 02:44 PM

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I am NOT choosing the school off of the blond to brunette ration, that was a joke.

My bad. I thought the joke was about GENDER, not hair color.

carrie721 · #23 11-25-2006, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Ouch. I graduated high school with a 2.0, and I thought that was okay. Course, all the colleges I applied to had open admission policies. But I've always been a total Type B personality. There's not an overachieving bone in my body.

haha, i am definitely a type b also. when did you graduate? i graduated in 2002 with a 3.4 and i convinced myself i'd never get into any colleges, so i just applied to one, and now i'm a dropout.

of course, there are lots of factors at hand in anyone's life. i wonder if the difference in our attitudes can be partially attributed to when we graduated. i think in recent years, people have been reeeally focusing on gpa as opposed to other factors.

markolas · #24 11-25-2006, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

haha, i am definitely a type b also. when did you graduate? i graduated in 2002 with a 3.4 and i convinced myself i'd never get into any colleges, so i just applied to one, and now i'm a dropout.

of course, there are lots of factors at hand in anyone's life. i wonder if the difference in our attitudes can be partially attributed to when we graduated. i think in recent years, people have been reeeally focusing on gpa as opposed to other factors.

I graduated from high school in 1997, so you might be onto something. I didn't graduate from college.

carrie721 · #25 11-25-2006, 02:51 PM

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I graduated from high school in 1997, so you might be onto something. I didn't graduate from college.

me neither. when i go back, i'll still have about 2 years until i finish. my parents are so proud.

ontheEdgeof17 · #26 11-25-2006, 02:55 PM

Well, I was/am a geek. I graduated with honors from high school with a 4.0 GPA. I went to a private college in the hills of West Virginia and graduated there with honors, as well, from the Nursing Program with a Bachelors Degree. Now, I am thinking about going back for my Masters in 2008. To tell the truth, though, I hardly ever studied or did my homework. I got by with my good looks and charm.

carrie721 · #27 11-25-2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Well, I was/am a geek. I graduated with honors from high school with a 4.0 GPA. I went to a private college in the hills of West Virginia and graduated there with honors, as well, from the Nursing Program with a Bachelors Degree. Now, I am thinking about going back for my Masters in 2008. To tell the truth, though, I hardly ever studied or did my homework. I got by with my good looks and charm.

i'm a geek with a bad attitude. i love reading & learning, unless you tell me to do it. then i'm all, f*ck you! i'll fail this class if i want to! well, unless it's language-related, then i tend to do well no matter what.

ontheEdgeof17 · #28 11-25-2006, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i'm a geek with a bad attitude. i love reading & learning, unless you tell me to do it. then i'm all, f*ck you! i'll fail this class if i want to! well, unless it's language-related, then i tend to do well no matter what.

I consider this breed, "dork".

You're a dork. love you.