Applying To Colleges

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Is that for the full... is it three or four in the States? Anyway... years, or...?

it's a scheme to get people saddled down with unbankruptable private debt.

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applying to undergrad is way more fun than applying to law school

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applying to undergrad is way more fun than applying to law school

Hey, you went to Cornell for undergraduate studies, right? How did you like it? That school is  close to the top on my list.

I've dealt with it ok.  I'm sort of an atypical case for a variety of reasons, I never got involved with the Greek system nor its spheres of influence, and I go to one of the smallest schools (ILR has 800 kids, all of whom have the same major).  it's a diverse place so you're highly likely to find something you like if you seek it.  just be sure to pack boots and an overcoat.

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I almost went to Fordham

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My final list is, incidentally (and approximately in order of preference):

Maryland — College Park (PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science)
McGill (PhD, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience)
NYU (PhD, Psychology, Cognition and Perception)
University of Rochester (PhD, Brain and Cognitive Sciences)
Boston University (PhD, Computational Neuroscience)
Harvard University (PhD, Program in Speech and Hearing Biosciences and Technology)

what's your GPA dude?

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I have a 3.28 and that's likely to drop this semester.  largely due to addiction, depression, and anxiety problems that for a long time went largely untreated (and still does on the first count).

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I have a 3.28 and that's likely to drop this semester.  largely due to addiction, depression, and anxiety problems that for a long time went largely untreated (and still does on the first count).

My friend went to Cornell...and I went to grad school upstate...depressing area at times (if not always)...pretty high self-termination rate right?

well I think about 90% of kids graduate, if that's what you mean by self-termination.  we haven't had a suicide since they put big fences around the Gorges in 2010.  it is a depressing area in that the sun basically doesn't come out from December through March, it goes from 17 hours of darkness to 7 hours of overcast greyish.  this is particularly problematic for those with 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' (which disproportionately impacts young adults, whose sleep schedules will naturally move towards eating up those hours that do have a modicum of daylight).

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it's ranked like 15th in the country, worst among Ivies.  acceptance rate is approaching 20%, way higher than Harvard and Yale which sit at like 6%.


this contributes to an odd form of inferiority complex among the sector of the student body that was groomed to be part of the ruling class; ie, went to 30k/year prep school K-12.  Cornell was the safety school for a lot of these people and they are only here because Harvard and Yale rejected them.

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My finalized list of colleges:
University of Idaho
University of Portland
Reed College (Early Decision)
George Washington
Case Western
Tulane
American
UBC
McGill (maybe)
University of Minnesota

a strange list

how rich are your parents / how much will they be contributing?

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Cornell was the safety school for a lot of these people and they are only here because Harvard and Yale rejected them.

That's rather silly of them, then. No one should treat an Ivy League school (or even a top public) as a safety.

the owners get their own special way of doing things, Nik.

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Got into NYU!!! Definitely going to law school next year then.

Hope you enjoy $8 beers at the bars!

but after the aggressive nights he can take refuge in the plethora of $1 pizza places that have sprung up around NYC.

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been admitted to CUNY School of Law so that's probably going to be it.

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Jesus, $1.50?! We were drinking tallboys for $4 last night and I thought that was a good deal.

Boris lives in the Rust Belt, you see.

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I am getting mad tired of getting spammed out by law school fee waivers

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you were accepted into Columbia?

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What's the point of majoring in history? It's interesting, but what does that get you besides teaching history in high school where nobody gives a sh**t or being a history prof?

Unless you go to law school, it's pointless, much like Political Science, english, etc..

Pointless because...?

because you are worth as a human what the market says your labor is worth.

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it is true up to a point but I can imagine being happier at around $40-50k/yr than at $100-120k/yr (and my choices up to this point have put me more on the former track).  the larger argument that you're hinting at wanting to talk about, ie, what is there to be done about this, are the rules of the game subject to change due to our own initiative, etc I don't cover here.  in my own life I hope to tread a fine line between altering the rules and playing within them.

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I miss everything once its over.  and distort the past's picture towards the positive.  doesn't mean that it is actually good.

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My brother's at George Washington for International Policy and loves it.

My final list is, incidentally (and approximately in order of preference):

Maryland — College Park (PhD, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science)
McGill (PhD, Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience)
NYU (PhD, Psychology, Cognition and Perception)
University of Rochester (PhD, Brain and Cognitive Sciences)
Boston University (PhD, Computational Neuroscience)
Harvard University (PhD, Program in Speech and Hearing Biosciences and Technology)

Update: accepted everywhere!  Current top choices are Maryland and Rochester, with NYU and BU having outside shots.

Congratulations! How can you possibly choose?

My final decision is likely going to have to be based on the philosophy of my top schools.  The language sciences are a field riven by differences in their perception of how the mind works, and I have to navigate picking between the side with the momentum on its side (Rochester) and the side that holds personal emotional appeal (Maryland).

go with the sh**t you believe in.  let your blood ring true.

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have a classmate who will be going to UChicago med school in the fall.  also my half-brother has a Masters in Anthropology

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To all the vets out there: 13k a year in tuition is pretty manageable, right?

that's up to you, but if it isn't nothing is.

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don't freak out, you are powerless.  the result has already been fully caused.  sit back and relax.


soon-to-be Ivy League graduate Boss Tweed

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I've basically all but committed to CUNY Law, but Hofstra just told me they'd give me $40k/yr scholarship to go there, which is an ego boost if nothing else.

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I've basically all but committed to CUNY Law, but Hofstra just told me they'd give me $40k/yr scholarship to go there, which is an ego boost if nothing else.

I'm so jealous; it seems like everyone else always has a clear first choice.  I'm still deciding between Maryland, NYU, and Rochester   Since March 13th, I count 11 days when Maryland has been my first choice, 5 days when NYU has been my first choice, and 2 days when Rochester has been my first choice.  (Okay, so, maybe I do have a first choice of my possible first choices, but Maryland would also be the riskiest choice for me.)

flip a coin.  then if it turns out to be the wrong decision, you can foreverafter blame it on the coin.

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I walked around NYU today. Such a cool neighborhood. So many cuties. So many awesome-looking restaurants. Still probably going to Columbia though.

My brother got waitlisted from Georgetown today, which is weird because he got rejected by George Washington. If he doesn't get off the waitlist he's either going to UT Austin or Boston College, though if I were him I would pick UT.

if you're still in that neighborhood in NY check out this little restaurant 'Natori' and order the fried alligator appetizer.  absolutely amazing.