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The Communications programs at schools like UT are not cakewalks, so encouraging people to use them as an "easy way out" is not a good idea. |
I skated through high school, college and now grad school because I'm just that smart and it is just that easy for me. I can skate and get a good GPA too. I'm lucky that way. I am awesomeness ;)
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No, you're correct. I was just saying that it's not impossible to be accepted into schools with low scores (whether it be on your part, or applying to a school with a challenging curriculum-like UT-Austin has).
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Aren't pretty much all the big flagship state schools called "public ivies" now?
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And I'm backing DeltaBetaBaby that some majors are pretty easy, especially relative to other majors. I have no idea how anyone in this thread will do, but there are probably a couple of in-state private high schools in Mississippi at which having a 2.3 might predict doing alright at Ole Miss, especially if one picks a less rigorous major. And the on-campus data is probably out there to allow a student to assess which classes, professors, and majors are likely to be less rigorous although it would be incredibly stupid to make your academic decisions primarily on that data. (ETA: It creeps me out, but I think there are websites that provide average grade distributions by course and professor, as well as others with student evaluations and commentary. I don't think this is a positive development overall for higher education, but it's available, and as far as the grades awarded data, I think it comes from the college itself. We can all tell kids not to use this information to choose coursework, but the information does exist.) Neither one of us is trying to say that the point of college is to pick an easy major, skate through your academics, and join a frat, and I think those of you advising that the lower GPAs guys focus on academics first are correct. ETA: I see this little lightbulb-ish icon at the top of this post. Where did that come from and what does it mean? Did I hit some keys I didn't mean to? |
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I only played sports my freshman year, but had a long line of extracurricular activities, and I had strong marks (3.42GPA) and great comments from my teachers (extremely hard worker, goes above and beyond, etc.). Top that off with the fact that I was very blessed and fortunate enough to have had a phenomenal guidance counselor/academic adviser that wrote me a wonderful letter of recommendation. To be honest, i was a bit surprised that I was admitted. But I was very fortunate and blessed to be. |
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1.) I've wanted to attend Auburn since I was in the 6th grade. 2.) I wanted to go down south for college (I'm from above the Mason-Dixon Line), and this might sound foolish/stupid, but I just wanted to be around nicer people (I have family that lives in Georgia and visit them every so often, and I liked the atmosphere and the people better). 3.) They gave me a good amount of financial aid. 4.) I want to meet new people and go to college far away from where I live (you can't stay cooped up in your town/state forever, right?) UGAalum94, in fact, I have two cousins (one is going to be a sophomore, and the other is set to be a senior in high school who will have a great shot of getting in). I applied to UGA, got in, but did not receive a very flattering financial aid package, same goes for UT-Austin. I also got accepted to Georgia Southern and Georgia State. |
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But of course, your goal shouldn't be to just break even or come out ahead of your high school GPA. Your goal should be to actually learn. http://www.olemiss.edu/admissions/fap.html if you want to see what Ole Miss is looking at in its freshman class and where the dude with the 2.3 and 29 is in the data. ETA: whoops. He actually said 21 ACT, which is quite different. Dude, you should just plan to study all the time, maybe not even get the meal plan because you'll just eat out of the vending machines at the library where you should be studying whenever you aren't in class or sleeping. |
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