So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

[IamMe90]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

Your HS score/gpa are pretty similar to what mine were when i applied for college so my rejections and acceptances should give you some idea of what to expect

To clarify: I had a 3.1 gpa (which was only above 3 because I got above a 4 in both junior and senior years via AP classes; i absolutely didn't do shit in the first half of high school) and 2200 SAT score (700 CR, 710 math, 790 writing).

I got into my top two picks: UW-Madison and U Wash-Seattle. I got rejected from UI Urbana/Champaign and UT Austin, and got into everything else i applied to (U Iowa, U Arizona, U Indiana-bloomington and a few others i can't remember).

Of course, I only applied to state schools (DC residents receive grants toward any state university in the country), but the one I ended up attending (UW Madison) is pretty comparable to a lot of top tier private schools anyway.

I guess to give more advice you should tell us more about what your'e looking for. What kind of college do you want to go? Small/liberal arts? Private/ivy league? State university?

State universities tend to be more lenient in their admissions (aside from the really tough ones eg UC Berkeley, UVA, and UNC Chapel Hill) and also more affordable. You can really get by with a high test score for a lot of them (if you can also write a good personal statement).

Oh yeah, that's another important thing: make sure your personal statement is really good. You seem the like intelligent-but-supez-lazy type that tends to dominate that kind of challenge, so use that to your advantage.

edit: also, latin is awesome in university dude. I took it in HS and didn't try at all and thought it was dumb as fuck, when I took it in university it was a much more structured approach and I ended up getting above 100 for each semester of latin grammar. it can provide a pretty interesting insight into the context and psychology behind a fair amount of etymology in english.

[IamMe90]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

...I beg to differ, I had 4.75 GPA, 7th class rank, and 2270 SAT, but very limited extracurriculars, and every single school I applied to rejected me. Except the state school, but it was literally illegal for them to reject me because of my class rank.

I know literally over a dozen people that were accepted into multiple ivy league schools with both less impressive on-paper stats than yours and no significant extracurriculars. it seems to me that you're either unlucky or extremely uncharismatic if you literally didn't get accepted to any school you applied to that wasn't a state university. Or you only applied to Yale and Harvard.

[Reincarnate]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

Yeah, a 4.75 GPA / rank of 7 / 2270 is plenty competitive for top schools.

The problem is that you have a shitload of people with similar stats applying for the same spots. It's not uncommon to see people with stellar stats still get rejected everywhere. The competition is rough and so you have to make yourself stand out.

This is why I always kinda shook my head at the people who spent a lot of time joining bullshit EC's to pad their resumes. Nobody is going to care about any of that. Admissions officers care a lot more if you are passionate / interesting. If you really want to boost your chances, focus on writing good essays.

Little known fact: A lot of admissions officers actually compress your scores into general categories anyway. Much of the granularity goes away, as it should. Even a top student who gets a 2300 one sitting might get a 2360 another sitting, and then a 2280 on yet another sitting. The variance is kinda all over the place, so admissions officers tend to smooth stuff out by just aggregating everything and assigning their own scores. As long as you're clocking a respectable 700+ in each category, consider it a done deal unless you're applying to selective schools (where you'll probably want to hit 2250+ or so).

Also, I can't emphasize this enough: Visit your schools if you can. Personal fit is super important. You're going to be spending a few years there, after all. And choose something affordable. You aren't going to want to be paying out the nose in student loans by the time you're out.

[VisD]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

fun fact i wrote a couple of lines about FFR/rhythm games in my apps

[MinaciousGrace]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

you could spend 4 years in college earning a piece of paper with some scribbles on it

or you could spend 4 years actually learning things and doing things with your life

the moral of the story is college is a waste of time

[FoJaR]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

major in whatever you think about in the shower a lot

i dont think you can major in milfs.

[FoJaR]

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goddamn it someone beat me to that joke.

[Lightknight924]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

Ya wanna buy some death sticks?

[Mahou]

Re: So... college? (Help a lazy fuck)

That SAT score is impressive as hell. Very nice. I think a lot of universities will see that, and take it upon consideration for your admission when you apply.

However, if you're lazy in college, I will admit that you probably shouldn't attend. College has some room to be lazy, but not nearly as much as high school. That was one thing that I had to learn the hard way. I made A's and B's in high school, but I didn't really have to try at all. When I got to college, the same mentality was first applied. I ended up doing very badly and I dropped out after the first 2 years.

Luckily I came back, and I decided to come back with a fresh mind ( i ended up doing way better and am about to transfer to grad school). My point is, if you don't know what you want to do in life, that's fine. You will figure yourself out more as you go through college (i.e. your strengths and weaknesses). However, if you feel overwhelmed from high school, it's probably wise that you take a break. Maybe get a job? Some people have to experience the real world before they finally decide that they want to take school seriously. I hope this helps.