University/College Thread

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University/College Thread Anonymous Fri May 8 22:31:50 2015 No.6514521 [DELETED]

Where does /lit/ attend school?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:32:58 2015 No.6514525 >>6514521 Not literature related. Reported.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:43:00 2015 No.6514569 File: 134 KB, 615x800, image:17.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw it's a great school >tfw the SJWs ruin it >tfw hatred against whitey is openly espoused and condoned, if not encouraged >tfw can't take two more years of this

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:43:55 2015 No.6514573 File: 641 KB, 1200x766, Purdue University.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Purdue University

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:46:02 2015 No.6514577 >>6514569 I know a lot of people there!

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:50:47 2015 No.6514589 File: 161 KB, 324x393, UniversitySeal1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i study mathematics

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:51:11 2015 No.6514590 >>6514525 announcing a report is against the rules. I'm afraid you know what I have to do now.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 22:53:15 2015 No.6514594 File: 9 KB, 162x161, tmp_24753-images1586756887.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Studying philosophy and English. Might triple major in math

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:02:24 2015 No.6514625 Rutgers (NB).

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:02:54 2015 No.6514627 >>6514590 Sorry buddy, you know how it goes

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:04:02 2015 No.6514635 >>6514569 >mfw I'm praying for you to drop out and fail in life

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:05:56 2015 No.6514646 File: 159 KB, 305x287, sex_walurs.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514594

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:09:51 2015 No.6514656 File: 56 KB, 525x343, 45465464563.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >meh

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:12:23 2015 No.6514661 >>6514590 >>6514627 Please be gentle

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:13:41 2015 No.6514666 File: 30 KB, 350x350, tufts.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514521 Tufts. Anyone else excited for senior week?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:14:03 2015 No.6514668 >>6514635 In that case, anon, I'm staying :^)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:14:34 2015 No.6514671 File: 166 KB, 1000x1000, UofT.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I know you're out there.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:17:04 2015 No.6514681 >>6514671 Me?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:17:37 2015 No.6514686 File: 169 KB, 1566x831, oxford-and-cambridge_color.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I am currently a graduate and pursuing my PhD in Space Quantum Calculus Mechanics for constructing an artificial virtual reality loop hole.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:18:35 2015 No.6514688 >>6514686 You're a pretty good fabulist, m8.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:21:03 2015 No.6514699 >>6514688 _Thank you_.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:35:16 2015 No.6514759 File: 300 KB, 500x500, quid_ego_feci.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514671 >>6514681 Yes.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:36:23 2015 No.6514766 File: 1.07 MB, 3072x2048, Bartlett.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514759

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:40:38 2015 No.6514781 >>6514671 >>6514759 Greetings from Ryerson.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:41:24 2015 No.6514785 >>6514521 The streets are my school yo. Wardine be cry.

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>>	Anonymous Fri May 8 23:45:54 2015 No.6514812 >>6514573 IUPUI, the poor man's Purdue.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 00:15:41 2015 No.6514987 >>6514569 Bard kek >shitty LAC filled with yuppies

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 00:21:44 2015 No.6515017 File: 728 KB, 2000x2000, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Comp. lit.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 00:41:13 2015 No.6515110 File: 50 KB, 400x367, yale.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514521 Feels good to be patrician, although I'm in grad school, and my undergrad was mediocre.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 00:46:30 2015 No.6515135 File: 45 KB, 480x480, Rollins_College_220181.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >now at a business school for my masters >hate the program >miss muh liberal arts and muh classical tradition

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 00:54:15 2015 No.6515173 File: 22 KB, 194x194, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515110 Nice mate. PhD program?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:02:08 2015 No.6515196 >>6515173 Nope, law

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:04:37 2015 No.6515204 >>6515196 Damn. How'd you get into Yale, ace the LSAT?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:10:53 2015 No.6515225 >>6515204 Yeah, and I had a good gpa with a double major. Strong recs probably helped. It's all a crapshoot past a certain point though, unless you're like a Rhodes scholar / astronaut / Olympian / Medal of Honor recipient.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:13:59 2015 No.6515234 File: 150 KB, 708x471, arizona state university.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] t-the Barrett Honors College is ranked #1 honors college in the country...

Anonymous Sat May 9 01:15:36 2015 No.6515240

>>6515225
It's probably a good thing I'm studying law at some regional school. If I got into Yale I'd be arrogant as fuck about it. Would you say there is a super high quality w/r/t the student population? Does that worry you? Or do people who go to Yale just not care where they rank in with their classmates?

I sort of wanted to go to school that has a bunch of dummies, so I'd shine and be in the top 5%. Do Yale students worry about that kind of thing?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:16:41 2015 No.6515243 >>6515234 Isn't this school on-line?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:17:56 2015 No.6515248 File: 273 KB, 1073x1339, seal.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who /jesuit/ here?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:18:07 2015 No.6515249 >>6515234 but the ladies though

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:19:04 2015 No.6515253 File: 11 KB, 192x74, umass_logo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw no one at my school reads books

Anonymous Sat May 9 01:20:13 2015 No.6515258

I'm a poorfag who ended up doing shitty in high school due to going through a series of depression. Got a pretty average ACT score (27). I took a year off to recuperate and "find myself" essentially. For about the last year, I've done nothing but study and read. Although I feel like I've clearly changed since high school, I feel like I'm carrying a burden by my pretty bad high school career. How can I improve my chances of getting into a college I want?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:21:02 2015 No.6515261 >>6515258 go to a community college and get a 4.0 for two years then transfer. and don't drop out of CC for some bullshit reason like most people do

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:21:30 2015 No.6515263 >>6515258 Go to community college for two years then transfer.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:24:19 2015 No.6515271 >>6515261 This is good advice. Community College really is for 'tards, so just about anyone could get a 4.0.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:25:33 2015 No.6515275 >>6515261 >>6515263 Can't recommend this enough. Worked for me and its cheap as hell too.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:25:35 2015 No.6515276 >>6514671 Tfw only chinks go to this school >>6514781 Disgusting pleb

Anonymous Sat May 9 01:31:05 2015 No.6515308

>>6515240

Yeah I definitely think the class is pretty sharp. There really aren't any legacy morons like in the college, though I'm sure connections help at the margin.

A lot of people are definitely hyper competitive here, or just extremely driven to the point of compulsiveness. And if you want an elite clerkship or something, you have to be. But the great thing is that you don't really have to be like that - everyone here ends up with good job. That's the path I've taken. As they say, even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

Although I will say that there are definitely moments where it feels weird to realize that, for the first time, I'm not at the top of my class. But at the same time, I don't feel outclassed, and at some point it's just impossible to compare people.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:46:32 2015 No.6515359 >>6515261 >>6515263 Thanks. Quick question. If I were to release a novel, would that affect my chances of getting into a better college? What about if I have an online portfolio of art I've done? Do these things matter much to colleges?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:50:27 2015 No.6515371 File: 4 KB, 200x200, School_logo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514521 Fucking try and tell me anyone goes here >You fucking can't

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 01:53:32 2015 No.6515378 >>6514521 OXFORD UNDERGRAD REPORTING IN OUT OF MY WAY AMERISHITS

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 02:00:56 2015 No.6515396 >>6515378 lol sounds like a farm

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 02:09:38 2015 No.6515424 My brother goes to Columbia University and I'm here shitposting and going to community college. Just fuck my shit up.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 02:12:01 2015 No.6515428 >>6514521 >No Australians on this board?? University of Melbourne STEM-lord

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 02:13:56 2015 No.6515431 >>6514521 I'm transferring to W&M in a little less than a year

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 02:41:00 2015 No.6515507 >>6514789 >Radford >/lit/standingincorneratparty.jpg

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 02:58:14 2015 No.6515571 CC then UIC in the fall, where the IL fags at

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 03:15:07 2015 No.6515617 >>6514625 Your opinion on expos?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 03:31:40 2015 No.6515652 File: 14 KB, 290x174, ucsd.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] anyone? starting this fall

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 03:35:43 2015 No.6515661 >>6515428 USyd here >"Melbourne is more cultured" it's really not

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 03:37:27 2015 No.6515663 File: 47 KB, 500x300, attachment.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514521

>>	New Mexico Sat May 9 03:51:00 2015 No.6515675 File: 229 KB, 1274x848, SpokenForUNM1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 03:59:45 2015 No.6515689 >>6515243 That's university of pheonix.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 04:16:11 2015 No.6515731 File: 89 KB, 1157x1158, EGE_HEC_logo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Soon going to graduate and join the corporate world. Feels sad man.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 04:19:14 2015 No.6515740 File: 228 KB, 912x1023, San_Diego_State_University_seal.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515652 Nope! I'm gonna be at STDSU for the fall. Should be funnnnnn!

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 04:24:34 2015 No.6515759 File: 30 KB, 300x225, 23240549_BG1.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] top pleb

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 04:29:10 2015 No.6515772 File: 33 KB, 200x200, UPS.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Pretty good. There aren't many SJW-types here, and the philosophy teachers are amazing.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:24:59 2015 No.6515926 >>6515661 Usyd too. Any good /lit/ societies? Even a book club would be good. I'm not in arts and people in my course wont read anything that's not on a screen.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:28:07 2015 No.6515933 File: 276 KB, 1000x1000, .png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] grad

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:31:21 2015 No.6515942 File: 9 KB, 206x245, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Economic History graduate at Oxford University. I feel guilty for not studying a STEM related subject, because this degree costs 12k £. Pic related, Linacre college representing.

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Anonymous Sat May 9 10:40:29 2015 No.6515961
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Studying boring shit and i live at home for uni, so I definitely didn't "find myself" / "expand my horizons" / "learn anything at all ever". I'm happy that I'll soon finish.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:47:02 2015 No.6515982 File: 178 KB, 750x749, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Grad school

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:47:05 2015 No.6515983 File: 31 KB, 528x332, university-of-michigan_logo_0.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Feels pretty good, man.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:47:32 2015 No.6515984 File: 38 KB, 1280x1245, cornell.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Who /classof2019/ here? Gonna double major in math and Phil or English lit. Was considering CS but certain aspects are way too autistic for me.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:53:56 2015 No.6516003 >>6514656 It could be worst (another year, another strike)

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:55:39 2015 No.6516011 File: 9 KB, 645x773, feel.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Community college.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 10:58:28 2015 No.6516018 >>6515359 Portfolio would matter if you're applying for an art major. Writing a novel is essentially worthless unless people actually buy it. You should compete in writing competitions instead.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:07:33 2015 No.6516042 Why do we always have this stupid thread? It's always the same autistic faggots posting the same shit.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:12:24 2015 No.6516056 >>6515983 brett?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:16:11 2015 No.6516067 File: 13 KB, 250x189, UGOT_Logo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:18:52 2015 No.6516074 File: 64 KB, 395x578, 1430873401380.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I go to books

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:19:13 2015 No.6516075 I'm actually surprised how many anons go to elite schools.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:24:59 2015 No.6516083 File: 55 KB, 500x500, shittestarchitecture.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515661 >>6515428 Can I join you guys? C-can I be in the cool guys club for cool guys?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:26:13 2015 No.6516085 File: 133 KB, 2653x1199, Vanderbilt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515173 also here

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:35:32 2015 No.6516105 File: 115 KB, 325x325, image.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:37:51 2015 No.6516109 File: 714 KB, 1751x1764, UOM-Pos_S_CMYK_new.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:43:38 2015 No.6516114 >>6516075 I know right. Its a fact that /lit/ are very intelligent and go to ivy league schools.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:43:50 2015 No.6516116 File: 700 KB, 1584x1581, University_of_California_Irvine_logo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I'm at Queen Mary University of London but about to do an exchange year at Irvine, anyone else done an international exchange?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 11:47:09 2015 No.6516125 File: 75 KB, 400x399, Rochester_Institute_of_Technology_seal.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw STEM faggot

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:03:23 2015 No.6516170 >>6516056 nah. adrian.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:05:21 2015 No.6516176 >>6516075 Yeah I too believe everything I read on anonymous image boards.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:08:34 2015 No.6516183 File: 3 KB, 210x114, Cgcclogo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Full plebeian.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:14:23 2015 No.6516200 File: 404 KB, 904x596, 1408093302035.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515424 how's he enjoying the mattress administration? >mfw my university doesn't offer art of any sort

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:17:10 2015 No.6516206 File: 331 KB, 1024x1024, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515984 Alright man! /classof2019/! it's gonna be fun. I'm headed to pic related for environmental science tho

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:21:03 2015 No.6516222 us universities almost all have such pretty crests compared to the uk where everywhere usually has shitty logos

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:22:22 2015 No.6516230 University of Ottawa, second year honours English

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:22:45 2015 No.6516232 >>6516105 Went there for undergrad m80! At syracuse now.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:25:23 2015 No.6516236 >>6516067 >dkn mina klasskamrater på sin höjd läser divergent eller twilight.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:27:19 2015 No.6516239 File: 138 KB, 249x335, arms.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6516222 i don't like that opinion

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:27:35 2015 No.6516241 >>6516222 shush m80, they need to pretend that they have culture and tradition >"Vini veritas post hoc ergo helicopter let's get a mcdonalds!"

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:30:50 2015 No.6516249 >>6516241 >>>/int/ >>>/pol/

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:32:27 2015 No.6516254 >>6516249 >>>/therealworld/

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:40:55 2015 No.6516282 >>6515253 How's Worcester?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:42:07 2015 No.6516286 >>6515371 sup, alum here. Sucks about AD, huh? What are you people doing to my glorious alma mater?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:47:35 2015 No.6516303 >>6514521 OH SHIT i work right down the street near the outlets.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:48:36 2015 No.6516307 I don't need an university, I can learn everything I want trough my books :^)

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:49:35 2015 No.6516312 >>6515983 >>6516056 cc student transferring there this fall!

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 12:49:42 2015 No.6516313 >>6515663 I used to go here and it was awful. "What's your PGP, anon?"

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:06:14 2015 No.6516377 >>6516313 Googled it but it's pretty vague, whats the deal with it? I'm interested.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:07:36 2015 No.6516384 >>6516377 A wannabe NYU for dumb rich kids that couldn't get into NYU

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:07:51 2015 No.6516385 >>6516377 Not the guy who posted that, but basically the New School has a reputation for being a bastion of overly pc nonsense. It is way overpriced and not a good school either, but whatevs.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:08:52 2015 No.6516388 >>6516307 #justplebthings

Anonymous Sat May 9 13:10:25 2015 No.6516392

>>6514569
Lol I'm a senior about to graduate, and every year the place gets less intellectual and more SJW oriented. That, and the influx of sports seems to be killing the vibes. Feitler is dead, there are more psych majors than lit majors, and we seem to be spending all our money "recruiting" for fucking D3 athletics. I can't wait to leave this shithole.

Anonymous Sat May 9 13:11:45 2015 No.6516397

>>6516388
>I need to get facefucked by my professors every day and digest their sperm of knowledge because I'm incapable of learning on my own
Literally you and anyone else that think they need to go to Uni to study the humanities, which is appropriate for people like you because you're retarded

Anonymous Sat May 9 13:12:09 2015 No.6516398

>>6516377
The New School is a network of smaller schools: Parsons The New School For Design (this is the only one that's very acclaimed), Eugene Lang College For Liberal Arts, then others for jazz and performing arts, etc etc.

Sounds great, right? No. The people there are generally self righteous mega SJW's who–and this is what's bad–still drink four loko.

If you're anything resembling normal you'll be a pariah at Parsons, if you're not 100% emasculated and spineless you'll be evaded at Lang.

This was all experience anyways, but bear in mind I'm very much a country boy and hated the city in it's entirety.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:12:48 2015 No.6516404 >>6515248 I'm going to Fordham in the fall

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:13:30 2015 No.6516406 >>6516398 This was about 4 years ago, too. I can only imagine what tumblr has done to the place.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:13:53 2015 No.6516407 >>6515663 Isn't that a fashion school

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:17:03 2015 No.6516419 >>6516407 There's more than fashion, but fashion is the only thing The New School is good for.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:19:08 2015 No.6516423 File: 92 KB, 459x455, UNISA.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Pleb coming through. Finance major, doing CFA whilst studying. >tfw no highly regarded pedagogy

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:25:26 2015 No.6516440 UCLA Communications major

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:25:47 2015 No.6516443 >>6514569 I'm in a similar boat, but I'm a junior and a math major. I'm ever thankful my program almost entirely evades the PC fog. >>6516392 It's a shame. I hope Brad can see the error of its ways.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:26:12 2015 No.6516444 >>6516423 Thinking of transferring to UCT any thoughts anons? It'd mean adding on two years but it's the top uni in my shithole continent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cape_Town /adv/ ?

Anonymous Sat May 9 13:26:44 2015 No.6516445

>>6516397
Enjoy pretending you understand things and impressing other plebs with 3 syllable words.

I imagine you as similar to a gorilla who has stolen a shiny watch from a real human. You can impress other gorillas with it, but you yourself have no idea how it works or what it does. and were a real human to see you with it, he would just laugh.

>"That monkey took someone's watch!!!"

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:28:26 2015 No.6516448 >>6516445 >with 3 syllable words your entire post is embarrassing, m8.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:28:34 2015 No.6516449 >>6516384 >NYU >not itself a rich kid safety school I mean it's decent but nothing spectacular compared to most state schools

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:32:44 2015 No.6516464 >>6516448 >"Aye nigga my boy anon is real smart nigga, he reads books from da library nigga, fo sho." Dilettantes are cancer.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:35:49 2015 No.6516469 File: 24 KB, 234x140, nu.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] anyone? integrated science major

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:40:20 2015 No.6516482 >>6516464 >now, anon, as a tenured professor I get to shove my cock in your ass because you're a faggot suffering from Nietzsche's notion of the herd and can't think for himself and will self-fellate after class when he posts on 4chan

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:41:56 2015 No.6516490 >>6516469 >>6514594 >>6515110 >>6515371 Got rejected here :^)

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:43:13 2015 No.6516495 >>6516469 Visited the campus in February when I was looking into law schools. It's a cool place. I could see myself there.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:45:18 2015 No.6516501 >>6516495 >law school Topkek

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:47:15 2015 No.6516506 >>6516482 >I've never been to university but I imagine it's all rape and orgies. >Nietzsche You're embarrassing yourself m8

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:47:39 2015 No.6516510 >>6516490 NU kiddo here I got rejected by yale and dartmouth as well, places where my friends also got in. It's a pretty shitty feeling

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:47:48 2015 No.6516512 File: 28 KB, 197x198, Louisiana_State_University_(seal).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6514521 Anyone else?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:48:49 2015 No.6516516 File: 10 KB, 224x225, starcucks.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6516501 yeah, imagine wanting to get a job after graduating, what a joke.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:51:18 2015 No.6516527 >>6515675 I go to UNM also. I want to get the fuck out of here.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:52:09 2015 No.6516532 >>6516506 You're genuinely retarded and devoid of reading comprehension. Kill yourself my man

Anonymous Sat May 9 13:53:54 2015 No.6516540

>>6516501
>STEM major from elite school making $45/hr while in school
>Going to top tier law school after passing patent exam
>Able to read books and go to art museums on my own time instead of paying thousands of dollars for it
>TFW not a poorfag like all the humanities majors

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:54:22 2015 No.6516542 >>6516516 >going to law school >getting a job

Anonymous Sat May 9 13:57:29 2015 No.6516552

>>6516532
>Y-you're retarded
A university would disagree with you, but I guess drawing conclusions contrary to what everyone in academia knows about something is second nature for you now.

Keep up the learning hobby. I'm sure you'll be just like your hero Matt Damon and show up the university students in the bar one day.

faggot.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 13:59:57 2015 No.6516559 >>6516542 NU Law has over 80% FTBPR employment with the median starting salary at $160,000. Half of the remaining 20% are not unemployed they are just not lawyers (mostly JD/MBA students).

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:01:39 2015 No.6516566 >>6516559 ENJOY BIGLAW if you're lucky enough to land it lol

Anonymous Sat May 9 14:03:11 2015 No.6516570

>>6516510
It's OK lad. NU is a great school, and literally everyone knows the college process (for undergrads anyway) is absolute bullshit. A lot of exceptionally bright kids end up at state schools or second tier unis because they don't look good enough on paper to succeed.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:07:24 2015 No.6516588 >>6516552 >mfw when I'm in my 4th year of phd >mfw impressionable second years rally to the bureaucracy's side >mfw retarded undergrads actually defend the Bureaucratic institution Have fun in your 3rd year of undergrad, faggot

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:08:07 2015 No.6516589 >>6516570 cheers m8, I needed that today have a good day

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:08:42 2015 No.6516597 >>6514635 Nigger Cuck

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:09:04 2015 No.6516600 >>6514573 BOIL;ER UP

Anonymous Sat May 9 14:09:50 2015 No.6516604

>>6516482
But Nietzsche was a tenured professor, and I don't think Nietzsche would discourage someone from going to school. Nietzsche's philosophy is all about moving towards the sun and raising yourself up over yourself and others, and getting a degree is really the only practical way to cast more of a shadow than a part-time grocery store employee or an HVAC technician.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:12:29 2015 No.6516611 I bet you haven't even ever heard about this shithole

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:12:40 2015 No.6516613 >>6516588 What shitschool do you go to you edgy rebel?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:20:22 2015 No.6516643 File: 24 KB, 716x463, az.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just a shittier party school

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:21:14 2015 No.6516647 >>6516643 ASU?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:29:50 2015 No.6516699 File: 3 KB, 300x200, logo_sofia.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Sat May 9 14:59:14 2015 No.6516848

>>6516464
>Not knowing enough educated professionals to be able to gauge your own intelligence

I usually learn as much from going to dinner parties with professors as from sitting in their classes. Just because you're a pleb who needs entire institution to validate your intelligence doesn't mean everyone is.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 14:59:24 2015 No.6516851 File: 51 KB, 314x400, 90_wesAnderson02.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6516490 Where are you going?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:03:29 2015 No.6516869 >>6516589 :')

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:04:29 2015 No.6516873 >>6516851 see >>6515984

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:10:51 2015 No.6516893 File: 325 KB, 800x800, 1701x.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6516647 no

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:20:49 2015 No.6516922 >>6516232 Did you like it here, m8te?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 15:54:56 2015 No.6517066 File: 108 KB, 640x630, 1431199242431.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >liberal arts

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 17:11:56 2015 No.6517357 Florida Atlantic University. Not undergrad but the new medical school there.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 17:43:01 2015 No.6517495 >>6515982 OH FUCK I GO HERE what are you studying?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 18:23:58 2015 No.6517645 >>6516922 Yes, I did. Lived at the superblock freshman year, then dinkytown, then uptown. Met my future wife there as well. S'all good.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 18:34:55 2015 No.6517682 >all these class of 2019fags Fuck all of you for being in high school and coming here.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 18:35:24 2015 No.6517685 >>6517495 I'm another LawFag.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 18:37:09 2015 No.6517690 MA in history from Oxford University.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 19:12:30 2015 No.6517821 >>6517685 I'm gonna stalk the law building and see if I find anyone browsing /lit/ on their phone.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:14:31 2015 No.6518091 >>6514521 I go to Mary Washington yo

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:17:23 2015 No.6518098 >>6515607 Do you know William Johns?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:20:22 2015 No.6518109 File: 26 KB, 185x250, The_University_of_Tennessee_221139.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] go vlols

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:38:14 2015 No.6518161 File: 4 KB, 450x112, lyon2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Bof bof

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:46:21 2015 No.6518181 >>6516105 Me too. Graduating in like six days though.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:51:29 2015 No.6518200 File: 11 KB, 200x186, MSU.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw I'm planning to transfer in a year or two.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:52:29 2015 No.6518205 University of Maryland Medicine in Baltimore ayyy I see a lot of other to-be-MDs here too.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:53:58 2015 No.6518212 >>6518205 did your classes get canceled too? My friend at JHU had hers canceled a few days because of the riots

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:55:48 2015 No.6518218 >>6515984 have fun in the middle of nowhere at the easiest Ivy. And with the quality of the girls

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 20:55:59 2015 No.6518219 >>6516282 Home is where the heart is, friend.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:02:05 2015 No.6518238 >>6516566 It's not fun, but it pays, and you can switch to something else after 2 years. There are far worse paths to take.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:13:29 2015 No.6518270 File: 37 KB, 720x288, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >tfw graduating with no debt and trust fund intact Being a dumb hillbilly has its perks

Anonymous Sat May 9 21:18:00 2015 No.6518279

>>6516542
>>6516501

NU is a great law school. Regional law schools are also fine if you don't leave with too much debt, and as long as you're ok with staying local.

If you're not in the top portion of your class at a regional school, or if you're at a low tier school, you're fucked, though.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:18:21 2015 No.6518283 >>6518205 keeping that short white coat clean tho ...

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:21:25 2015 No.6518293 >>6515248 Went to a Jesuit undergrad. AMDG brother.

Anonymous Sat May 9 21:26:18 2015 No.6518308

>>6516075

Some people are probably posting works of fiction and falsehood.

On the other hand people that go to elite schools are more likely to bother entering this thread and anonymously bragging. I did it myself. It's ok, don't say anything, I already hate myself.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:29:35 2015 No.6518321 File: 142 KB, 2000x1940, 2000px-West_Virginia_Flying_WV_logo.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] anyone else in morgantown

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:33:13 2015 No.6518335 File: 18 KB, 220x254, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6518308 True.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:37:02 2015 No.6518349 >>6518321 No but I have a friend that goes there. He sells great weed.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:38:21 2015 No.6518357 >>6514521 >>>/soc/

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:38:24 2015 No.6518358 >>6515652 Dude. Yeah. CS major at Muir.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:44:04 2015 No.6518377 >>6518349 not surprised at all. you from jersey or new york?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:44:38 2015 No.6518380 Going to UC Davis for English, trying to decide between concentrating in Critical or Creative.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:45:47 2015 No.6518384 >>6518380 Never major in creative writing.

Anonymous Sat May 9 21:50:13 2015 No.6518393

>>6515926
idk, i've stayed away from all the societies/clubs because of how awful the crowds seemed at orientation day
the memory of this one dude talking to me about the anime club and how "kawaii" it was made me want to swear off human contact forever

i regret not signing up for student radio though, i definitely will next term

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:51:23 2015 No.6518399 File: 214 KB, 1110x1024, FSU_Seminoles.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any Noles here?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:55:49 2015 No.6518405 >>6514521 Tuning in from Ho House

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 21:58:04 2015 No.6518413 >>6518384 Well, it wouldn't be a creative writing degree, but an English one focusing on that. Mainly would affect my courses in the honors program.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:16:18 2015 No.6518475 >>6515983 Starting here in the fall. Do people read? Can I escape the football pleb orgy?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:17:42 2015 No.6518481 >>6518399 Gators > Noles GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE

Anonymous Sat May 9 22:19:42 2015 No.6518491

>>6518238

I enjoyed this condescending response. My friend, I've been in BIGLAW for two years. T6 law school after Ivy undergrad.

It is the only path in law that pays the bills, but my God, is it terrible. I wish I still had the time to spend on the philosophy and literature I cared about in college. I had the chance in law school to read more and I squandered it. Don't let them take your soul, young man.

BON COURAGE

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:21:09 2015 No.6518494 >>6518481 FSU student you're replying to here, Gainesville isn't half bad a place but I wouldn't want to live there. Hope you're enjoying it though.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:23:26 2015 No.6518508 >>6518494 I'm actually from Ft Lauderdale and lived in Ocala. I don't even like Gainesville tbh

Anonymous Sat May 9 22:32:50 2015 No.6518556
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>>6515571
I went to UIC. Double majored in Polish Studies and Spanish Economics with a Minor in Lithuanian Studies. I just chose the most eclectic departments possible I think.

I used to know the dean and lobbied her for a long time to switch the LAS requirements to a core curriculum focusing on the classics, she told me that the shit like the cultural diversity requirements were the only thing propping up and fulfilling the enrollment quotas for shit departments like gender and womens studies and native american studies.

It's can be a really fantastic school if you take advantage of it. There are some very fantastic and well-known professors there, especially in LAS.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:33:56 2015 No.6518564 >>6515663 i'm sorry for your parents

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:44:39 2015 No.6518613 who /classof2012/ here? you faggots make me feel so old

Anonymous Sat May 9 22:50:31 2015 No.6518643
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>>6518270
How do you like losing to us all the time?
You're right about the hillbilly part though, I got to go to school at a hugely discounted rate simply for suffering through 12 years of education in Alabama

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:52:50 2015 No.6518652 File: 253 KB, 1280x976, 1280px-UAB_Blazers_Logo.svg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6518643 sup, lol. where did you go to high school? i regret going here, but tuscaloosa is a shit hole and auburn is a farm.

Anonymous Sat May 9 22:57:04 2015 No.6518671

>>6518643
>>6518652
>Going to school in 'Bama
Alabama escapee happily attending an elite New England college reporting in. Not to be a dick but I sometimes lie awake freaking out about how different I would be if I hadn't clawed my way out of state to this school.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:58:09 2015 No.6518675 >>6515173 >>6516085 Vanderbilt '17 english major here. Nice to see the representation on this shitty board.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 22:58:43 2015 No.6518680 File: 162 KB, 1163x1024, columbia.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6515984 >>6516206 /class of 2019/ Honestly, what's New York/Columbia actually like? I live in New Zealand.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:03:14 2015 No.6518699 >>6514521 Is that the school of Steely Dan?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:04:33 2015 No.6518708 >>6518643 >alabama >education pick1

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:05:25 2015 No.6518714

>>6518671
i don't necessarily regret my decision to stay here (in birmingham). college was not my priority at the time of graduating high school. to be honest, i went because what else would i do? an attitude i look back on now as naive and a result of pressure.

with that said, i highly encourage you to spend some time in birmingham next time you're in town. uab might abhor the arts and humanities, but the city as a whole really is progressing forward. the new indie-rock venue, saturn, is in and of itself a work of art that highlights how far birmingham has come.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:07:12 2015 No.6518719 >>6518699 lol yeah

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:09:30 2015 No.6518730

>>6518680
fuck you i got rejected early there :^(.

anyways, NYC is pretty gross but also large and diverse. Parts of it can be gorgeous, and i'm sure you'll enjoy the campus. never lived there, but i've seen all kinds of people there. the cliches about it being cosmopolitan are accurate.

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:09:34 2015 No.6518731

>>6518714
>the city as a whole really is progressing forward. the new indie-rock venue, saturn, is in and of itself a work of art that highlights how far birmingham has come
dude indie rock died like in 2005
but i guess you guys used to be stuck in the 1950s, so you have come along way

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:11:08 2015 No.6518736 >>6518699 >>6518719 Not so. Fagen and Becker met at Bard College in Annandale. You may be thinking of the lyrics to "My Old School," about a police raid at Bard, which contains the lyrics "Oh no / William and Mary won't do"

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:12:31 2015 No.6518747 >>6518731 lol, i used the term generally, pleb.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:13:42 2015 No.6518755 >>6518218 >easiest Ivy brown and dartmouth are worse tbh

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:14:06 2015 No.6518757 File: 7 KB, 180x180, WESLEYAN_squarelogo-01.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Shoutout to my fellow nescac-bros

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:14:33 2015 No.6518763 >>6515607 I raided the dumpsters here by the first year dorms today. Entitled little shits throw away so many perfectly good things. No books sadly.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:15:21 2015 No.6518767 File: 127 KB, 445x280, uchicago.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] university of chicago people here have a really annoying superiority complex

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:16:27 2015 No.6518774 >>6518747 well rock music is dead like it literally died, nothing new has come in "rock" for years (decades) you're the pleb here

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:16:34 2015 No.6518775 >>6518755 is penn really not the easiest?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:17:27 2015 No.6518784 >>6518767 On the waitlist there :( but I've put it in the back of my mind since I know the chances of getting off are slim to none

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:17:38 2015 No.6518787 >>6518767 >those ebin supplementary essays magnet for self-deluded CC normies

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:24:52 2015 No.6518811 >>6518784 good luck, hope you get in. it's a great school. but sometimes the student body drives me nuts. i moved off campus after my first year and it was the best decision i ever made

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:25:38 2015 No.6518815 >>6518787 literally this. >>6518775 that too, if you're not a whartonfag

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:27:12 2015 No.6518825 File: 12 KB, 300x365, 1431035825540.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6518774 kek that the guy going to uab called you pleb

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:27:20 2015 No.6518827 >>6516570 Would you mind elaborating here? I'm genuinely curious (don't live in the U.S).

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:27:38 2015 No.6518829
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>>6518787
>>6518784
>>6518767
>>6518556

I applied to UIC and U of C. I got accept to UIC and rejected by U of C after they waitlisted me. I went with pic related in the end. I think I dodged a bullet by not going to a university in the city,

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:36:54 2015 No.6518871

>>6518827
not that guy, but what do you want to know?

lots of idiots end up going to top universities
a lot of it depends on where you went to high school. like i went to a really shitty private high school and was the valedictorian but didn't get into any of the top schools i applied for

if only i was a gook from some high ranked suburban public hs i would have done better

just ended up going to the state school

but yes, university admissions is pretty fucked up

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:40:15 2015 No.6518886 File: 16 KB, 400x300, corneliusvanderbilt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6516085 >>6518675 feels good to be southern patrician, doesn't it mangs?

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:40:37 2015 No.6518887

>>6518829
I only applied to U of I, U of C, and UIC. U of C denied me, and I ended up choosing UIC. My girlfriend goes to U of I, and I don't regret not going there. It's literally in the middle of corn fields, I drive down there at least once a month just for the sex.

But there's nothing wring with UIC. I've sat in classes at U of C (and SAIC) by just asking the professors. U of I just felt so isolated when I visited it. I much prefer going to school in the city.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:42:07 2015 No.6518894 >>6518886 >tfw rejected at davidson

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:46:14 2015 No.6518909 File: 52 KB, 650x620, gainsbo2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6518894 I didn't even apply there.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:46:47 2015 No.6518910 File: 107 KB, 480x480, images.duckduckgo.com.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] kill me end it

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:46:52 2015 No.6518911

>>6518714
What are you studying/planning to do?

I love the state of Alabama like my own mother and am always glad to see it grow, but as a senior graduating in a week, until you've seen what motivated people on the coasts do you just don't understand who runs the world. It's a different mindset and network. Mind you, that mindset is way too high strung to be healthy, but that's their problem. One day I'll come back home, but I would have so much less to contribute if I'd never left.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:47:56 2015 No.6518919 >>6518910 Tuftsbro here. What's so bad about it? Emory was my other choice.

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:49:19 2015 No.6518927

>>6518774
you can't seem to understand that i was using the term as a loose conversational abstraction. obviously not every artist who performs there will fall under the indie-rock genre.

with that said, i somewhat agree that rock music is dead, though i think you're off base in that it's been dead for decades.

also, indie-rock is still around. it's just bland.

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:53:55 2015 No.6518947

>>6518491
I'm in biglaw right now after going to a T6 too, so, you know, I guess your condescending response balances out mine. If you're at a decent firm then now that you've been there 2 years you should be viable to move on to something with better hours. The part of your post about it being the only path that pays the bills is bullshit though, every T6 school has a good LRAP program nowadays.

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:55:36 2015 No.6518954

>>6518919
unless you're in a frat or a clique there's 0 social life. obviously i can't really compare it to another experience. but my poetry professor summed it up best: "most students seem like they are just trying to get ahead." the people are awful. 60% indian/international pre-meds, 30% frat guy business majors. even in the humanities they're all cutthroat, pretentious strivers with no souls. i went to a presentation of english/creative writing honors theses and they were worse than most of the stuff posted here in the critique threads.

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:56:19 2015 No.6518957
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>>6514521
POMONA COLLEGE NIGGA. DOUBLE MAJOR IN MATH AND ENGLISH NIGGA. BEST LAC IN THE WORLD NIGGA. SPORTIN ALL DAY WITH THE AMARYLLIS(PC SO-CAL BITCHES IN TOW) IN THE SHADE NIGGA. POW!

Anonymous Sat May 9 23:57:02 2015 No.6518960

>>6518827
sure. this is probably gonna sound more like a butthurt anecdote than an objective account, but:

>process itself
besides the obvious shit like submitting grades, test scores, and recommendations from advisors/teachers, there's a supplementary application you need to fill out. This app requires you to:
>list personal info (date of birth, family status, other basic shit)
>list off "activities". here, an applicant gets to rattle off on whatever extracurricular shit he did thoughout HS.
>essay. the topics are vague and lend themselves to anecdotal writing.
>top unis often have supplemental essays, which range from more anecdotal bullshit to QUIRKY anecdotal bullshit to "jack off our school spirit as much as possible".

>my impressions?
tons of bullshit. first, colleges have this certain "ideal candidate"--basically a chad who is good at everything within high school. Notice how i said "everything", not "one thing": amerifat unis are drawn to this idea of generalization. Additionally, certain extracurriculars factor in more than others. Unis love sports (I know two guys who got into Harvard for football and sailing), yet they're nearly indifferent to music or creative writing. And even then, you have tons of cucks who fake extracurriculars because there's no way to verify what you have and haven't done.

And don't even get me started on the essays. according to a college counselor i know, there's this conventional formula you've got to follow: something along the lines of:
>be me
>do something
>face an obstacle
>introspect a bit
>overcome the obstacle
>realize some banal platitude about life in general

and, supposedly, it's most strategic to hone this essay in on another one of your extracurriculars (I wrote about an IT internship, for example). Now, there are outliers (know a Brown admit who wrote about doing literally nothing over the summer), but few students are bold enough to actually execute it, and even fewer have the writing ability to do it well. Most kids stick to formula, and use it as yet another opportunity to show off. And, while competition between applicants is certainly the best way to measure them against each other, it is literally impossible to quantify the profundity of a life experience or the "goodness" of an extracurricular. And even then, if you're a phenomenal prose writer, you cannot show off out of fear that admissions may not consider your essay legit; there's fairly big money in essay-forging services, given how goddamn lazy most highschoolers are and how certain parents will literally pay for anything.

[cont.]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:57:33 2015 No.6518961 >>6518957 /thread

>>	Anonymous Sat May 9 23:57:59 2015 No.6518965 >>6518767 I went there. Yes they do, and it's entirely unearned. That being said, I still liked it.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:00:12 2015 No.6518972 >>6518957 >commiefornia

Anonymous Sun May 10 00:01:46 2015 No.6518978

>>6518205

I was going to make fun of you for Baltimore Campus but their medical is College-Park Quality

UMCP here Computer Science and English

tfw only reader of books in the entire library these days, I literally have 100 books checked out right now, many of them the only copy of that book available (The Recognitions, some Wallace Stevens, etc.) and there is nobody even waitlisting on them so I can keep renewing for like a year at this rate

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:02:06 2015 No.6518980 >>6518957 impressive/10

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:03:06 2015 No.6518986 >>6518957 aaaa-lloooot of PC shit here though. #blacklivesmatter

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:05:27 2015 No.6518997 >>6518887 It is interesting how you feel isolated at a party school. Personally, I don't feel the same way, as there seems to be plenty of different people on campus. Then again, I'm more interested in the gigantic library than them.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:05:28 2015 No.6518998 >>6516125 I got buddies going there do the names 'Eric M, Will C, Dakota P, Tyler D, Ankha K' ring any bells for any reason?

Anonymous Sun May 10 00:10:43 2015 No.6519015

>>6518960
The biggest piece of BS, though, is affirmative action. If you're white or asian, you're being cucked by admissions officers in favor of Tyrone or Pedro. They want to create these categories (on something as arbitrary as race, no less) that sacrifice the value of merit in favor of political correctness. pure fucking ideology :^(. I understand income-based categorizing, but race-based shit accomplishes nothing; not only does it draw in less-qualified students, but it also produces more mediocre graduates. Seriously, ridiculous stuff.

And one last thing: the whole push towards generalization cucks over more students then one might think. Say you're a complete Math autist: prodigy-tier, USAMO finalist, and incredibly passionate about the whole thing. Colleges will typically ignore you in favor of the more "well rounded" student, even if you would, in all likelyhood, make the superior graduate. I know a kid like this; he's matriculating to a state school because he got cucked by MIT and the ivies. Now, if you're undecided with respect to major, generalization should be fine, but it shouldn't be bad enough where it removes qualified, single-minded students from the admit pool.

so, to recap:
>essays are bull
>extracurriculars are favored arbitrarily
>generalization is (often) cancerous
>political correctness tarnishes the meritocracy

there you go. ask me anything.

t. butthurt Yale reject

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:10:59 2015 No.6519017 File: 22 KB, 200x200, ucla.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:12:14 2015 No.6519025 File: 276 KB, 803x688, dfw had enough.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6518957 dfw will never teach you fictions

>>	Anonymous Sun May 10 00:14:37 2015 No.6519036 >>6519025 jonathan lethem ain't too bad though

Anonymous Sun May 10 00:17:41 2015 No.6519043

>>6518767
>>6518965
u of c alumni whatup

no, yeah, people do have a weirdo complex about the place, which is based on a reputation which is becoming less and less true every year, but it's still a good school and i had a fantastic time there and miss it terribly

ah well what can you do

also, lol @ the dude who (rightly) used "people who still drink 4loko" as an insult, that was great

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