Cornell Engineers have little to no social lives, basically live in Duffield, and are constantly doing homework.
And that’s your safety.
Good luck!
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
Cornell Engineers have little to no social lives, basically live in Duffield, and are constantly doing homework.
And that’s your safety.
Good luck![/quote]
You’re confusing CUs…I am assuming OP’s CU is the University of Colorado, since I believe he lives about 45 minutes from campus.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
Cornell Engineers have little to no social lives, basically live in Duffield, and are constantly doing homework.
And that’s your safety.
Good luck![/quote]
You’re confusing CUs…I am assuming OP’s CU is the University of Colorado, since I believe he lives about 45 minutes from campus.[/quote]
Yes. It is University of Colorado.
I’m telling you Dayton doesn’t have shit… friends about to graduate. The city is only entertaining over spring break other then that there is absolutely nothing. During the daytona 500 you get swarmed by rednecks as well as other race events. Do not go to embry riddle expecting the city etc… to have the women you’re looking for… or general entertainment. Go there if you want to be in rotc and do aerospace engineering.
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
All Engineering students have little to no social lives, basically live in their apartment/university, and are constantly doing homework.
Good luck![/quote]
Fix’d.
[quote]A Ninny Mouse wrote:
Though in all honesty, I highly doubt you’ll get into MIT. Not to dash your dreams of course, but being realistic. An acquaintance of mine got maybe a single B in his high school career, loaded up every AP possible in our HS (which, I believe is on the order of 26 in my HS), and got perfect scores on every SAT, with maybe a couple points shy of perfect on the regular SAT. He got on the waitlist.
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Sounds like your acquaintance didn’t do anything but school… def not helping your point by saying he maybe got a B. Takes more then school to get you into MIT, you have to be well rounded… extracurriculars etc… volunteer. Show you’re able to function with people 
and not stare at a book.
With that said I have a friend at MIT, he was head of the robotics club and never missed a lacrosse practice when we were in highschool… while making all A’s and taking every ap under the sun(our highschool was a magnet school as well)
Basically you should have a reach school… don’t be scared of applying to MIT… you never know whats going to happen… we also don’t know you’re entire academic record or what you’ve accomplished.
I however, would recommend Cal Tech over MIT(they basically go hand in hand)… I have 3 friends at Cal Tech and they absolutely love it compared to my friend at MIT who definitely enjoys it… but hes much less enthusiastic about it.
[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:
[quote]Beowolf wrote:
All Engineering students have little to no social lives, basically live in their apartment/university, and are constantly doing homework.
Good luck![/quote]
Fix’d.[/quote]
Ey… I have a social life. Its just put on hold until I go home for breaks… its still there though
[quote]Amiright wrote:
[quote]A Ninny Mouse wrote:
Though in all honesty, I highly doubt you’ll get into MIT. Not to dash your dreams of course, but being realistic. An acquaintance of mine got maybe a single B in his high school career, loaded up every AP possible in our HS (which, I believe is on the order of 26 in my HS), and got perfect scores on every SAT, with maybe a couple points shy of perfect on the regular SAT. He got on the waitlist.
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Sounds like your acquaintance didn’t do anything but school… def not helping your point by saying he maybe got a B. Takes more then school to get you into MIT, you have to be well rounded… extracurriculars etc… volunteer. Show you’re able to function with people and not stare at a book.
With that said I have a friend at MIT, he was head of the robotics club and never missed a lacrosse practice when we were in highschool… while making all A’s and taking every ap under the sun(our highschool was a magnet school as well)
Basically you should have a reach school… don’t be scared of applying to MIT… you never know whats going to happen… we also don’t know you’re entire academic record or what you’ve accomplished.
I however, would recommend Cal Tech over MIT(they basically go hand in hand)… I have 3 friends at Cal Tech and they absolutely love it compared to my friend at MIT who definitely enjoys it… but hes much less enthusiastic about it. [/quote]
I believe you sort of missed my point, or I was unclear… I was basically saying “extracurriculars/well-roundedness matters just as much if not more”…I think.
Speaking of other techs… there’s also Georgia Tech, which is supposed to be the “third best *-tech school no ones heard of”. But from what I know, yes, Caltech is a fine choice as well.
I am pretty glad I started this thread. It has helped quite a lot. I am moving Embry down the last with every other school I look at. Thanks for all the help.
[quote]Amiright wrote:
[quote]A Ninny Mouse wrote:
Though in all honesty, I highly doubt you’ll get into MIT. Not to dash your dreams of course, but being realistic. An acquaintance of mine got maybe a single B in his high school career, loaded up every AP possible in our HS (which, I believe is on the order of 26 in my HS), and got perfect scores on every SAT, with maybe a couple points shy of perfect on the regular SAT. He got on the waitlist.
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Sounds like your acquaintance didn’t do anything but school… def not helping your point by saying he maybe got a B. Takes more then school to get you into MIT, you have to be well rounded… extracurriculars etc… volunteer. Show you’re able to function with people and not stare at a book.
With that said I have a friend at MIT, he was head of the robotics club and never missed a lacrosse practice when we were in highschool… while making all A’s and taking every ap under the sun(our highschool was a magnet school as well)
Basically you should have a reach school… don’t be scared of applying to MIT… you never know whats going to happen… we also don’t know you’re entire academic record or what you’ve accomplished.
I however, would recommend Cal Tech over MIT(they basically go hand in hand)… I have 3 friends at Cal Tech and they absolutely love it compared to my friend at MIT who definitely enjoys it… but hes much less enthusiastic about it. [/quote]
I do two sports, so that might help out a somewhat. Honestly though, MIT is really that school that I am basically saying, “Ah hell, why not try.”
Georgia Tech looks pretty good as well.
Im a sophomore at the top uni in NZ and I’m thinking of applying for an American uni with a good graduate business program. What are some of the extracurricular you people are talking about.
Lets make lists people!
why not the Naval Academy? great Aero/Astro programs and tons of opprotunities to fly so long as you maintain decent grades. oh yeah its free too
It’s not clear whether you did or not, but apply to more than two schools. You want to make sure you absolutely can’t be in the worst-case scenario where you have no college to go to.
Engineering is terrific even if you don’t end up an engineer. What I see is that people have an easier time getting jobs in finance or consulting if they have a quantitative background of some kind.
People I know at MIT actually love it. Surprisingly, it’s actually a pretty frat-heavy school, but they’re more chill than the frats elsewhere. If you get in, it’s really not a bad place to be. And if you’re worried about girls, it’s 45% female.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
It’s not clear whether you did or not, but apply to more than two schools. You want to make sure you absolutely can’t be in the worst-case scenario where you have no college to go to.
Engineering is terrific even if you don’t end up an engineer. What I see is that people have an easier time getting jobs in finance or consulting if they have a quantitative background of some kind.
People I know at MIT actually love it. Surprisingly, it’s actually a pretty frat-heavy school, but they’re more chill than the frats elsewhere. If you get in, it’s really not a bad place to be. And if you’re worried about girls, it’s 45% female. [/quote]
I am going to apply to more than two schools. However, as I haven’t taken the SAT or ACT yet, I have not yet applied. I will apply to pretty much all the schools I am thinking of going to.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Im a sophomore at the top uni in NZ and I’m thinking of applying for an American uni with a good graduate business program. What are some of the extracurricular you people are talking about.
Lets make lists people![/quote]
Sports, clubs, volunteering are all extracurriculars.
My vision isn’t good enough to fly. You have to be about 20/50 or better to fly. I was thinking about the academies, but I am still hesitant on them for a few reasons that are probably really stupid.
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
I was thinking about the academies, but I am still hesitant on them for a few reasons that are probably really stupid.[/quote]
fuckin USMA brah! sick ass engineering programs.
you’ll be a g’damn ring knocker, but you can still hang out with holymac when u graduate.
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
My vision isn’t good enough to fly. You have to be about 20/50 or better to fly. I was thinking about the academies, but I am still hesitant on them for a few reasons that are probably really stupid.[/quote]
man they fix your eyes once you get there. its not a big deal
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
I was thinking about the academies, but I am still hesitant on them for a few reasons that are probably really stupid.[/quote]
fuckin USMA brah! sick ass engineering programs.
you’ll be a g’damn ring knocker, but you can still hang out with holymac when u graduate. [/quote]
And I will finally learn how to pick up hot teachers of the past…
On another note, do you know how good the ROTC engineering programs are?
[quote]Pigeon wrote:
I went to MIT for Aerospace, and it’s hard to say what it’ll take to get in. They reject kids with perfect SAT scores and I knew some kids that really didn’t have any business being there. Of course, I was applying back in 1999. Now they seem to be going a bit more for that well-rounded Ivy-type student rather than the hardcore math prodigies. If you play sports, it’ll help. You’ll have a lot more AP pedigree than I had, assuming you ace the tests.
If you want to work with high-speed fluids/CFD, jet/rocket propulsion, or aerodynamics, Aerospace Eng. is the only field you’ll get much exposure to that. Otherwise, I’d recommend going Mechanical. Every major aerospace company has as many or more mechanical engineers than aerospace engineers. Aerospace is basically dabbling in a bunch of other disciplines like structures, software, controls, fluids, human factors, and systems.
I don’t know much about Embry, but a friend lived in Prescott for a little while and hated it. It’s basically a retirement town, and at any technical school, it’ll be about 80:20 guys to girls. So unless you want to pick up some cougars or hot widows, I’d recommend the Daytona campus.[/quote]
How was your experience at MIT? Is it convenient to lift there? Are there many serious lifters? Thanks!
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
Georgia Tech looks pretty good as well.[/quote]
I hear nothing but good things about Ga Tech plus it’s in the ATL so you’ll have plenty to do. I’m considering going there myself.