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02-24-2009, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by AKA_Monet
While I think you are doing just fine here, GC has its share of very angry people posting aspersions and distortions about GLO's (greek lettered organizations). So, there is this unspoken guard and apprehension.
I think you are really quick to catch on and have no problem adapting to the academics on a US campus.
Where will you be studying? And please, if it will make you more comfortable, you can just note the region, i.e. "middle of the country" or "west coast" or "east coast", north, or south. The US does have regional differences and that can also be seen with in GLO's, in generally speaking. No amount of Googling will help you with that, you just have to experience it yourself...
ETA: Just figure out the NCAA (American) Football Rankings, and you will be well on your way... LOL...  |
My intention is to study in California. Sea and sun and all that. UCLA, Berkeley and Stanford are the institutions I am pursuing.
AS for American Football. I have seen a bit of it on TV, mainly the superbowl which gets shown even here. It seems ok, like Rugby with padding. My sport is cricket, and a spot of tennis.
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02-24-2009, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by geryon
My intention is to study in California. Sea and sun and all that. UCLA, Berkeley and Stanford are the institutions I am pursuing.
AS for American Football. I have seen a bit of it on TV, mainly the superbowl which gets shown even here. It seems ok, like Rugby with padding. My sport is cricket, and a spot of tennis.
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Dunno about greek life at Berkeley or Stanford, but UCLA does have a heavy duty Greek Life...
The American Football that you are watching is "professional"--like "Manchester United" and are commercialized... The stuff we are talking about is the "National Collegiate Athletic Association" and there are rankings that are rather far-fetched. If you attend UCLA, you'd need to know these things... Berkeley was better a couple of years ago, but now they suck. And Stanford was okay. But in the Pac-10, which is a region that sucks overall, the best team is USC Trojans--basically, UCLA's nemesis...
And for those who worship in Bracketology, welp, it only interesting during March Madness past the Final Four...
That still means, go canes!!! But I doubt it... Who's on top these days? Hayle, March Madness shifts everything...
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02-25-2009, 12:51 PM
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But in the Pac-10, which is a region that sucks overall,
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QFT
the entire region sucks.
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02-25-2009, 08:50 PM
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QFT
the entire region sucks.
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Wait a minute... USC is not all that bad, yet... They may not be going to the Big Ball, but they make a BCS Bowl... LOL... It may be the Rose Bowl, but hey, it is a BCS...
I don't see other teams do that, in {Your Favorite} Tidy Bowl, making it to BCS.. And The Ohio State LOST to USC... Besides, USC can recruit better players in general, whereas UCLA can't...
ETA: ACC is about to whoop dat azz!!! Tebow's gone, LSU had their run--really ACC has Wake Forest, Terps, NC, and welp the Canes might take it back...
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Last edited by AKA_Monet; 02-25-2009 at 08:53 PM.
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02-25-2009, 09:33 PM
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Wait a minute... USC is not all that bad, yet...
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I wasn't referring to just sports.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car – accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance – it happens very far away – way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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02-25-2009, 09:42 PM
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I wasn't referring to just sports.
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Awww, you upset the Pole Dancer didn't speak to you when you visited the Bunny Ranch?
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02-26-2009, 01:42 AM
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Awww, you upset the Pole Dancer didn't speak to you when you visited the Bunny Ranch?
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And hey, Bunny Ranch ain't nowhere near Pac-10. 
It's more likely he was upset that his Waffle House hashbrowns weren't cooked to order.
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02-26-2009, 01:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
I wasn't referring to just sports.
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Spoken like someone who's never left the Confederate States of America. Please.
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