School: Georgia tech
What got you in (sat scores count) changed to redneck school senior year
Reason for attending Cheap.
Major Faggots (engy)
Favorite course: none
Enjoying? No
Misc fact: tons of kids get mugged outside my dorm.

School:University of South Alabama
What got you in (sat scores count):Was old enough to not need SAT/ACT, and was eligible for financial aid.
Reason for attending: I already live here, so it's convenient.
Major: Geology
Favorite course: Differential Equations (so far)
Enjoying?: Meh
Misc fact: This school apparently used to have standards, back in the 70's.

>School:
ucla
>What got you in (sat scores count):
high gre physics score + a shitload of actually meaningful undergrad research
>Reason for attending:
decent graduate program
>Major:
physics
>Favorite course:
advanced solid-state theory
>Enjoying?:
graduate-level research
>Misc fact:
there isn't a single women in any of my classes

School: Indiana University
What got you in (sat scores count): top 10% in H.S.... state school
Reason for attending: Biology program? scholarships
Major: Biology B.S.
Favorite course: Molecular Genetics
Enjoying?: Kind of
Misc fact: I want to be an Aerospace Engineer.. but I'm a Junior already. fuck

School: Saint Louis University
What got you in (sat scores count): 3.01 community college GPA
Reason for attending: Biomedical Engineering, low GPA requirements (2.7), urban school
Major: undecided life/health sciences
Favorite course: Spanish (no joke)
Enjoying?: It's okay. Nothing amazing has really happened for me yet.
Misc fact: It's like 65% female. So far, the only male dominated class that I've been in has been differential equations.

>Accidentally registered for woman studies class
>Attend first session to sort things out with prog
>Class is 60% male
mfw

school:University of Delaware
what got you in: high grades and okay SAT
reason for attending: scholarship and best/only school in my state
major:neuroscience thinking about either switching to computer science
favorite course:none yet, first semester
enjoying: indifferent; i know it would be the same as any other school i would have gone to
misc. fact: the chemistry department of my school is based around the desires of IFF(the company that produces flavoring for everything from McDonald's french fries to the scent of SpeedStick)

School: University of Toronto
What got you in (sat scores count): 94% average
Reason for attending: Best school in town, name carries a lot of weight
Major: Math
Favorite course: Calculus I
Enjoying?: Yes
Misc fact: Dorm is made up of a bunch of asocial asians who are all aspies and do nothing but study

>School:
California Community College
>What got you in (sat scores count):
Registering
>Reason for attending:
Complete lower division coursework to transfer to UC
Learn cool shit
>Major:
Engineering. Toss-up between Biomedical and Electrical
>Favorite course:
Anatomy
>Enjoying?:
Yeah, classes are neat, teachers are usually fun, but I wish I could get the fuck out to a University already.
>Misc fact:
I play Magic and Yugioh in the cafeteria in between study sessions.

>>4061671

>biology

>School
University of Virginia
>What got you in (sat scores count):
grades from last school (transfered)
>Reason for attending:
in state, know people there, top 25 school
>Major:
political science
>Favorite course:
nothing so far, just boring bullshit
>Enjoying?:
yes quite a bit
>Misc fact:
no, sorry

School: UBC
What got you in: 4.0 from a local university
Reason for attending: I thought it was a good school
Major: EE
Favourite Course: Signal Processing
Enjoying: Kinda, one more assignment then I'm for HW this semester
Misc Fact: My perception of university is completely different than reality

School: Cambridge
What got you in (sat scores count): severe amounts of luck and fairly decent grades
Reason for attending: make money, hopefully enjoy it
Major: Maths
Favourite course: Differential Equations
Enjoying?: no, too much work
Misc fact: I've been up for almost 24 hours and have to have some work on Groups handed in fairly soon, it's going to be shit

>>4061702
>>4061702

>political science
>/sci/

>>4061703
>My perception of university is completely different than reality
How so?

>>4061711
you gonna make me leave, tough guy?
go back to your equations and maybe i'll consider not cutting your funding

>>4061717

get a load of this guy

>School:
Simon Fraser University (BC)
>What got you in:
3.8 GPA from a college
>Reason for attending:
Seemed like a quaint campus/ lots of family in the area
>Major:
Math
>Favorite course:
Calc 3 i guess
>Enjoying?:
Yeah, thoroughly
>Misc fact:
There are almost no asians in my honours physics class XD

>>4061711
so what? last time i checked this board was for people interested in science and math, not for "people currently studying science or math". people can have multiple interests bro.

>>4061726
lol sfu

>>4061717
>>4061717

>implying you're going anywhere with that degree
>implying you're fraternity isn't lying to you about your future job opportunities
>implying you won't be a visiting /r9k/ following your graduation
>implying politicians majoring in political science isn't like authors majoring in English
>implying your best job won't be answering phones for your local school board

>>4061650
tech guy here as well. what year

>>4061711
Someone's never been to /pol/

Seriously though, it's just a soft science.

>>4061736
haters gonna hate

>>4061650
forgot to mention. as proof: i know about the rape and the car crash

>>4061735
>>4061735

>implying i don't use Kantian ideology in separating humans from rational beings
>implying all humans are rational beings
>implying a rational being would go to school for a degree in
>................
>political science

>>4061744
lol i aint hating. i truly dont even care about baby tier universities

>>4061739
Sophomore. I seriously hate the guts of everyone here. cheaters, cheaters everywhere and no one makes any actual innovations. Im seriously considering transfering to emory for a liberal artsier experience... But what the hell, might as well just stick with the pain.

>>4061738
why do you care so much about what he majors in, where he gets a job etc? worry about your own shit instead of anonymous people on the internet.

>School:
University of Florida
>What got you in (sat scores count):
Above average SAT (1440) and 4.3 weighted GPA. Also 4s and 5s on a lot of APs. UF isn't really a tough school to get into though.
>Reason for attending:
In state and cheap, far enough away from home that I can use distance as an excuse to not visit often.
>Major:
Physics and Psychology
>Favorite course:
Existentialism
>Enjoying?:
It's alright I guess
>Misc fact:
I go to classes I'm not enrolled in because I'm not very social and love learning.

>>4061751
cheating?

I don't stay on campus, so I wouldn't know much.

>School:
Harvey Mudd
>What got you in (sat scores count):
not sure exactly what but high sat scores, high gpa, two research internships, chemistry olympiad
>Reason for attending:
amazing engineering program
>Major:
engineering
>Favorite course:
compressible flow. shit's off the chain.
>Enjoying?:
oh yes. absurd amounts of work, but very enjoyable.
>Misc fact:
a group of drunken, overworked, engineering students can design some crazy stuff

School:
>Caltech
What got you in (sat scores count):
>2350 sat, not a fucktard
Reason for attending:
>Fuck bitches --> get money
Major:
>Chem/Cheme
Favorite course:
>Ma1a
Enjoying?:
>Ya, the administration totally isnt fucking the school up at all
Misc fact:
>I like black penises, but there arent many here :(

>>4061612
Oregon State University
In state, good engineering school
Mechanical engineering
Advanced fluid mechanics
Hell yes
I'm going to grad school for aerospace engineering in a year

>>4061753
>>4061753

>implying I'm worrying about what he's majoring in
>implying I don't already take care of myself and put in the extra effort to get the best out of my education
>implying I'm the one majoring in political science

>>4061761
>MIT
>2400, Physics Bowl, Robotics, Physics Olympiad, Science olympiad
>Free ride
>Physics and CS
>Linear Algebra
>Environment is amazing
>crappy campus, amazing pranks

>>4061769
>Implying you don't care when you've posted several times already

>School:
Georgia Southern University, will transfer to Georgia Tech in Fall 2013
>What got you in (sat scores count):
Decent grades (4.0 weighted :/), 1980 SAT, 31 or 32 ACT, strong essays
>Reason for attending:
RETP program allows me to transfer to Georgia Tech
>Major:
Aerospace Engineering
>Favorite course:
Just a freshman, so I haven't taken any classes related to my major yet. Anyways, my Calc teacher is hilarious, so Calc I through Diff Eq, probably
>Enjoying?:
Yeah
Misc fact:
Uhm... Don't know any trivia off the top of my head. :/

School: UQ
What got you in (sat scores count): 5.5 gpa at small local uni.
Reason for attending: Biomedical Science course with range of classes
Major: No specific major but focusing on Neuroscience.
Favorite course: So far, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Enjoying?: Yes

>>4061755
its bad.

>>4061777
Georgia Southern? What the fuck is wrong with you. With scores like that, you deserve better.

>>4061775
>>4061775

>implying my implications haven't just been derailed

>>4061784
That's what everyone tells me. GT lead me on for the longest time. >_< RETP requirements are easy enough to meet, school is fairly cheap, and the campus/dorms are nice, so I figured I might as well.

>>4061788
Since when are the campus and dorms nice?
Are you fucking stupid? What kind of place did you live before?

>>4061790
I have no idea what you think makes it bad...

>>4061792
the constant muggings.bad streets. the rapes. the surrounding area. ugly buildings. sirens of police. it is pretty fucking bad. I used to go there for distance learning when I was a senior in high school. Glad I go to Caltech now.

>>4061793
Fair enough. I haven't really had an issue with any of that since I rarely go off campus and I'm usually in my room (Centennial Place, it's a pretty nice set of buildings, IMO) before dark, but I wouldn't be surprised by any of that.

>>4061769
I'm not implying you care, I'm stating it outright. You probably lash out on people that major in subjects that you feel are below what you major in, to make yourself feel better since something in your own life is probably not going all that great. Nothing to feel bad about bro.

School: University of Wisconsin - Madison
What got you in (sat scores count): Decent high school grades, took a couple years off, backpacked, wrote a great (but bullshit) personal statement.
Reason for attending: Great veterinary school, wanted to retain WI residency because it gives you a bump in admissions.
Major: Biochemistry
Favorite course: Organic chemistry, ornithology (due to awesome prof.)
Enjoying?: Working with macaques and marmosets in a primatology lab, drinking.
Misc fact: Madison could drink your school under the damn table.

School:Rutgers Newark
Sat score: I shit you not 1330 high school GPA 3.8
Reason for attending: Poor as fuck so I picked the best college within a reasonable distance
Major: bio
Favorite Course: psychology b/c it's three tests with questions from the book
Enjoying it: eh it's ok
Misc fact: I spend all my time watching breaking bad and think back to a high school physics teacher, who has a PH.D. in some type of physics. I wonder if he is like Walter Walter white

>>4061814
I want to go to Madison. What was your GPA/SAT? What do you think contributed most to you getting in?

>>4061819
NB master race reporting in. What's it like over at Newark?

>>4061839
believe it or not it's not awful as long as you remain on campus. Leave campus and Niggers, Niggers everywhere.

But I mean it's nice and for some degrees, I believe, it's better to go to Newark if I'm not mistaken. Like law, pre-med b/c UMDNJ, and business.

>>4061839
And I always thought "master race" was used in a positive context ;-)

>>4061832
Haha, piss poor: 26 & 1680. 3.9(ish) highschool gpa. Honestly I bullshitted my way in. Took two years off, backpacked, did a shit ton of hallucinogens and partied hard as fuck. Then rewrote it as a journey of redemption and self discovery - leaving out all the bad/illegal stuff, obv - in my statement. Awesome school though, are you a WI resident?

>>4061851
Yeah, man, I live up in Door County. So far Madison has been on the top of my list, and if I can't get in with grades or GPA, I think my background (I'm white/grew up in China/speak the language) can get me in. At least, that's what I tell myself.

>>4061845
I figured as much. Are you going to stay there or transfer?
>>4061850
Lol, oh you!

>>4061865
(Just for the record, I like how you stopped being a complete dick. And yes, I'm serious.)

Word. I think my case was pretty extreme, you probably want significantly better test scores than mine, haha. But you're a resident and if you can spin a good yarn as far as your background/personal statements goes you'll probably get in. Be warned though, fucking obnoxious bros and coasties everywhere. It'll take you a while to figure out where the good bars/hangs are at.

>>4061865
I would love to transfer, but seeing as I can't dorm and the commute would A. be too expensive and B. be too long, I'm probably just gonna stay at newark.

>>4061872
Hmmm, thanks for the tips. I'm sure it'll all work out.

School: UC San Diego
What got you in (sat scores count): not needed
Reason for attending: rejected by UCLA and CAL
Major: Structural Engineering
Favorite course: Fluid Mechanics
Enjoying?: Hated UCSD
Misc fact: UCSD is filled with people that could not get into UCLA/CAL. But they like to pretend they are better than say UC Irvine or Cal State Northridge students.

San Diego sucked balls, boring nothing to do. The entire place is infested with rube/hick/redneck military losers. Do not be a sheep and let USN&WR pick your school for you.

School: University of Auckland (NZ citizen)
What got you in (sat scores count): 2100, ACT 33, SAT II English 790
Reason for attending: Cheap, good school, don't like USA
Major: Econ/International Business
Favorite course: macroecon (forex focus)
Enjoying?: The degree? Sort of, I suppose, but it's impossible to find a job/internship without a qualification
Misc fact: I might apply for med school if I turn out not to be able to get a job. Basically free education if I get decent grades as I'll be applying as a post-grad

>>4061890
can you go into detail in how the campus is like,people that go there ,women?i plan on applying there once im done with cc

School: Louisiana State University

What got you in (sat scores count): 3.5 GPA

Reason for attending: Engineers need degrees to do engineering work.

Major: Computer Engineer, but I might as well be EE since I've taken Solid State Devices.

Favorite course: Microprocessor Based Courses

Enjoying?: It's hard work, but it's all worth it. Quite gratifying to have an understanding of so much.

Misc fact: Almost every other major besides engineering is a complete joke. People complain about how they're in debt and have degrees, but what they fail to mention is which degree they got. Baffles me how many retards are in college.

>>4061903

The campus is horrid, it seems more like a strip mall than a college. Also it is on a hill, so you cannot walk to go do thing , but they do have a nice shuttle system.

Students are mostly ugly Asians, especially the girls. The FOB Asian girls are the worst, fucking ugly.

It is kind of a commuter school, everyone from within 2.5 hours of here leaves on the weekend, so it feels like a ghost town. I went back to LA every weekend. Keep in mind that most people come here because they did not get into UCLA, CAL, or Stanford.

If you just want an education then it is ok, but if you want the whole college experience then you will need to look elsewhere. I will never donate any money to this school.

Here are some class photos of SE students:
http://structures.ucsd.edu/class_photos

School: university of central Florida
What got you in (sat scores count): highschool marching band leadership
Reason for attending: rejected by UF
Major: chemistry
Favorite course: organic chemistry (only a sophomore)
Enjoying?: hellz yeah
Misc fact: I have trouble concentrating in general education classes. They just aren't stimulating enough.

>>4061778
School:
What got you in (sat scores count): OP 4, don't know how to convert, takes a while. It's alright though.
Reason for attending: Best university in Queensland, don't want to travel interstate, where there's none better for mech engineering anyway, or overseas
Major: BE, Mech & Aero dual major
Favorite course: Multivariate Calculus and ODE's (only just finished first year though)
Enjoying?: Yeah, it's great
Misc fact: Got new laptop, time that was once for studying is now for skyrim

>4061993
school was UQ also

School: RIT
What got you in: 1330 SAT, 3.2 GPA, 5 AP's senior year
Reason for attending: I live 20 mins away and technology is my thing
Major: New Media Interactive Development
Favorite course: Intro to Programming for New Media
Enjoying?: More than I could have imagined.
Misc fact: I basically get to do everything involved in making video games, 3D modelling, image editing, video editing, programming, web design etc.

School: NJIT
What got you in (sat scores count): 1240/1600
Reason for attending: cheap
Major: electrical eng
Favorite course: physics of solid states and wave propagation
Enjoying?: yes minus the shitty civil eng courses that are part of graduation requirement
Misc fact: njit landed me a job at bell labs

>School:
University of St Andrews (UK)

>What got you in (sat scores count):
3.8GPA, 1950SAT, lived in asia for half of high school

>Reason for attending:
thought it would be badass and its a great Uni
>Major:
Physics
>Favorite course:
Physics (we only take physics and maths + one elective but it must be a science)
>Enjoying?:
Best time of my life.
>Misc fact:
There are too many Americans here (and thats coming from an American)

>>4061890

Fellow UCLA reject from the 818. Also hated UCSD. I still smell like a fucking Gook.

mfw i was an undergrad years ago and none of this matters to me

>School:
Riverside City College
>What got you in (sat scores count):
Having a pulse.
>Reason for attending:
Cheap/free, very close, and is actually pretty good for a community college
>Major:
Music, will probably do a double major Music/CompSci when I transfer.
>Favorite course:
I'm taking this Law and Politics class right now that's really fun. It's all about the Supreme Court, constitutionality of laws, etc.
>Enjoying?:
Yes.
>Misc fact:
My cat ate a hole in my turkey when I wasn't looking.

School: Michigan Tech
What got you in: decent high school GPA / ACT score, not that hard to get in anyway
Reason for attending: Lots of things to do outdoors, wanted to stay in state, lower cost than U of M of MSU, not in the gheeto like Kettering
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Favorite course: Heat Transfer
Enjoying?: Yes, for the most part; expect to spend lots of time studying
Misc fact: 200 inches of snow each winter

>School:
CU Boulder
>What got you in (sat scores count):
4.5 weighted gpa, 33rd out of 849 highschool faggots,33 ACT, 2120 SAT, 56 credit hours coming in
>Reason for attending:
Better than Colorado School of Mines and still cheap for in-state
>Major:
Chemical Engineering and Applied Math (sophomore)
>Favorite course:
Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems
>Enjoying?:
Yes
>Misc fact:
Bitches in the engineering honors program won't let me in. How many engineering honors students do I need to tutor before they realize how much better I am than them. Apparently my 4.0 college gpa at the time of applying a second time wasn't good enough. Fuck you.

>>4061772
>>4061710
MIT and Cambridge

Do you really go there?
How'd you get in?

>School:
Vanderbilt University
>What got you in (sat scores count):
2330 SAT, 35 ACT, pretty good high school GPA, lots of BS extracurriculars.
>Reason for attending:
Seemed like a very good, really well-rounded school.
>Major:
Computer science, possible double major or minor in math or neuroscience.
>Favorite course:
Data structures or multivariable calculus
>Enjoying?:
It has its ups and downs, I suppose. It can be really suffocating at times (academically and socially speaking).
>Misc fact:
I live in the philosophy/stereotypically "artsy" dorm. By choice. And it's actually cooler than it sounds.

>School:
San Jose State University
>What got you in (sat scores count):
1200
>Reason for attending:
it's the closest college to my hometown where all of my friends live, and has a lot of cool professors.
>Major:
English with a Concentration in Career Writing
>Favorite course:
Intro to Career Writing
>Enjoying?:
Yes
>Misc fact:
The surrounding restaurants and downtown area are pretty bitchin; they actually have a pretty large annual ice rink set up right now.

>>4064819
fuck, typed SAT too quick. 2000

School:
>Houston Baptist University (I know, I know.)
What got you in (sat scores count):
>Being able to breathe?
Reason for attending:
>Scholarships, medical reasons
Major:
>Journalism, Mass Communication
Favorite course:
>Math for Critical Thinking (I love to gamble), Abnormal Psychology, Physics of Sound
Enjoying?:
>No. Honestly, I cannot say that my experience here, surrounded by confused prepubescent home-schoolers has been pleasant.
Misc fact:
>I've never seen so many black people in one place, being passed (even if not in athletics) and not giving a shit about learning anymore.

>>4064830
>free passes
Well shit, I'd love that so I can focus more on work and research.

>>4063626
>>4063626
you slack jawed engineering faggots are killing this school. killing it!

University of Western Ontario
94% avg in high school (no SAT's in Canada)
Reason: was originally planning to go to med school, and this is one of the top choices.
Major: Physics
Fav course: Complex Analysis
Enjoying? Definitely. Wish I did a double major in Physics and Math though. Math is really interesting.
Misc fact: Physicists aren't stereotypical nerds (at least at this university). The math kids though are all sorts of crazy an socially awkward though...

>School:
community college

>What got you in (sat scores count):
I had a school that decided that it wanted to "help" kids with ADD. They did this by putting us in special classes with the retards, and preventing us from taking any hard AP classes. So I spent most of my high school career depressed, and unmotivated, and I got pretty crappy grades. Which is why I didn't go to a regular college.
I got good SAT scores though, math was 750, and I managed to get a 99%+ score in a physics class, which I managed to take by going behind my counselors back and changing my schedule.

Reason for attending:
Stated above I guess.

Major:
Still not sure. Either physics or computer science.

Favorite course:
Calculus.

Enjoying?:
It's ok.

Misc fact:

>in after everyone posts, no one reads

School: Uni of western australia
What got you in (sat scores count): 97.85 TER
Reason for attending: All my friends were
Major: Civil engineering + Finance
Favorite course: Random processes & diffusions in finance
Enjoying?: eh, as much as you can enjoy study
Misc fact: turtles can't swim backwards

School: Purdue
What got you in: Not sure. gpa 3.6 with an act of 31. really its meh
Reason for Attending: Parents pay 100%, they want me to do it, need degree + college gpa for first job, want to kill time
Major: Computer Science
Favorite Course: Going next year
Enjoying?: Going next year
Misc Fact: I'm a lazy fuck and need to get my ass in gear or i'll be screwed

School: University of Saskatchewan

What got you in (sat scores count): After taking a year off, I applied and my 90's in maths got me an acceptance.

Reason for attending: Music career wasn't working out and I had grown up over my year off enough to realize that no one is gonna hire someone who is unskilled. That and they have a pretty sweet business program that I was debating on, so I signed up once I heard that there's a entrepreneurship option in engineering.

Major: Electrical Engineering

Favorite course: Microelectronic circuits, I'd be enjoying my magnetics class a lot better if I didn't suck shit at half the stuff.
Enjoying?: Hell yes, though it's a lot of work, but I enjoy the work. Except for math. I FUCKING HATE MATH.

Misc fact: I had a 60 is grade ten math.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2060--610 math, 710 writing, 740 reading
Hydrogeologist mom recommended it, wanted an engineering school
Aeronautical as of right now
Physics
Its a hard school. food could be more interesting. male:female ratio sucks. costs a lot.
I fap to beast porn.

>>4064881
>electrical engineering
>hate math

oh shit son what are you doing

School: university of florida

What got you in (sat scores count): 720 math 700 reading. also had good extracurriculars, won a state medal in track.

Reason for attending: cheap and decently ranked

Major:chemical engineering

Favorite course:chemistry i guess

Enjoying?:ya pretty decent

Misc fact:got 5s on ap chem and calc and just retaking to boost my grades lol. have a perfect grade in both right now. but actually realized my hs didnt teach me a lot of stuff anyways and it probably wouldnt have been a good idea to jump into chem and calc 2 anyways.

>>4064901
Can't help but begin to develop a dislike for a class where it seems they try to purposefully flunk everybody. The first midterm this semester had a 50% average, and the second will probably be lower.

I actually enjoy the subject, just hate how it is presented.

University of Chicago
I dunno, lol
Seemed different from most other big unis... but now that I'm here I realize it really isn't
Math
Analysis in Rn
Yes but sometimes the workload and the fact that I have almost no meaningful friendships makes me want to kill myself (I've tried once already, lol)
The Reg is the coolest college library ever. fact.

School: James Madison University
What got you in (sat scores count): Probably over-qualification. This was my safety school.
Reason for attending: Safety school, also very cheap (state college)
Major: Computer Science and History dual major
Favorite course: None, really (Freshman, so taking all GenEd classes). Maybe SPAN 232.
Enjoying?: it's alright
Misc fact: 40:60 Male-Female ratio

School: UGA
What got you in (sat scores count): ACT scores mostly (got a 35/36), SAT scores also kind of. AP classes, maybe. GPA.
Reason for attending: Cheap as shit, easy, fun, lots of women.
Major: Economics with a focus in international business; political science.
Favorite course: Intro to Symbolic Logic
Enjoying?: I really don't like class very much, but outside of class I love it. Do lots of drugs, drink way too much. Good life.
Misc fact:

>>4061761
>Ya, the administration totally isnt fucking the school up at all

I hope that is sarcasm. And no one here would get that sarcasm unless they actually attend caltech.

>>4064849
>>4064852
Sup Londonbro.

>>4064989
They can't be any worse than David Baltimore

>School:
Iberoamerican University (Mexico City)
>What got you in (sat scores count):
high school GPA 96%
>Reason for attending:
Prestigious university
>Major:
Physics Engineering
>Favorite course:
Nuclear physics
>Enjoying?:
Si
>Misc fact:
I don't have a social life (more like I can't)

>>4065039
>Mexico
>Prestigious

>>4065043
Prestigious in Mexico

Seattle University
What got you in (sat scores count): SAT, ACT scores, 3.9 GPA in my last years of HS, Eagle Scout
Reason for attending: Wanted to become a GP
Major: Chemistry BS and a math degree, a BA, BSM or BSM with a specialization in Applied Math.
Favorite course: OChem is awesome, but Linear Algebra is more awesome.
Enjoying?: Oh fuck yes.
Misc fact: I spent 45 hours in the library the other week. I stopped counting after that.

Also I got my first paycheck yesterday.

School: Harvard
What got you in (sat scores count): 35 on the ACT, decent high school grades, IDK what else
Reason for attending: I want a job in academics
Major: Math/Physics, Statistics Minor
Favorite course: Classical Mechanics
Enjoying?: Meh. I'm probably the dumbest person in my school, which doesn't help my enjoyment much.
Misc fact: I'm doing a double major and one minor because I'm retarded.

School: university of florida
What got you in (sat scores count): good gpa, good sat, good extracurriculars, several jobs, letter of rec
Reason for attending: had full instate scholarship, best school in state
Major: computer engineering
Favorite course: digital design
Enjoying?: yeah its awesome, starting grad school next semester
Misc fact: i am watching crocodile hunter right now

School: Charles University, Prague
What got you in (sat scores count): successful entrance exams (physics, chemistry, biology, critical thinking)
Reason for attending: money
Major: pharmacy
Favorite course: imunology
Enjoying?: Fuck no.
Misc fact: 6:1 female:male ratio

School: Don't wanna tell
What got you in (sat scores count): No idea
Reason for attending: money
Major: EE
Favorite course: computer class/math
Enjoying?: nop, because shitty school
Misc fact: gonna drop out and next year gonna do CS/Software engineering

UC Davis
Had good high school crap (4.0+ GPA, 2010 SAT)
It was one of two options because I was too much of a dumbass to apply to more schools.
Biomedical Engineering
BIM 001, getting me pumped for nanotech
Enjoying? It's okay, I fucking hate DC food and am not allowed to have asian rice cooker.
Misc Fact: At night it smells like cow pie, radiating about 2 miles from the actual cows.

School: Unversity of Lincoln
What got you in: Excellent A-Levels & Reccomendations
Reason for attending: One of only 4 Universities accredited by the Forensic Science Service for my course.
Major: Forensic Sciences BSc.
Favorite course: Forensic Anthropology
Enjoying?: Very much so.
Misc fact: There are two other people from my high school on my course, and we all arrived without having any idea that the others would be here too.

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>School
University of Western Australia

>What got you in?
TER, General Exhibition etc. etc.

>Reason for attending?
Interesting goings-on in science

>Major
Mechanical Engineering and Physics.
Possibly going to do Electrical, but I'd only be in it for the computer electronics part and it'd cost me an extra year, and considering that our Engineering Department is going full retard at the moment (EE especially), I think I'll just stick with ME and do some EE electives.

>Favorite Course
Spectroscopy (chemistry option for science component)
Quantum Physics

>Enjoying
Science (chemistry and physics) is really cool, especially seeing all of the stuff that's going on in WA (they like to advertise their radio observatories). Engineering is meh, a lot of the courses are shit and you get marks just for showing up to labs. I had one unit where you got FIFTEEN FUCKING PERCENT of the total course mark just for showing up to labs, with no reports or any work whatsoever. And the final average for the course was about low fifty. Makes me feel ashamed to be doing Eng, but then I remember that I got 92% for that unit so it's not my goddamn problem.

>Misc fact:
I don't really have any misc. facts.

NC State University
Who knows. I was in the top 1% of my highschool class, but my SAT scores were lacking (as in I took it once and never really cared)
I can commute to school, fuck dorms
Mathematics, Minor is Physics
Only a freshman, favorite class is Calc III
Yes

School: Small college near PSU
What got you in (sat scores count): Average scores
Reason for attending: Close to home but far enough away
Major: Computer Science, maybe a minor in math
Favorite course: Nothing now, maybe next semester
Enjoying?: Small-town atmosphere, lots of friends that are girls
Misc fact: There's been a suicide approximately every two years here

Senior this year, my sat score is a 1980 but I have literally not done any extracurriculars. My town is shit. Crossing my fingers for a good college


Also, I'm white

Graduated two years ago, but I'll play along.

School: Rochester Institute of Technology
What got you in: No idea. Probably 93 average throughout highschool and SAT scores.
Reason for attending:
Major: Economics, dual minor of Finance and Psychology
Favorite course: Economic Forecasting (love statistics, professor was a total bro)
Enjoying?: It was good while it lasted. No finance work in this city, though, so it hasn't done much good yet.
Misc fact: Was in Comp Sci, but coding is far, far too boring.

>>4066169

How is RIT? Prospective engineering undergrad here. I'm wondering how large classes are, and also how liberal they are in awarding credit for AP classes.

Since this is a college thread, I'm gonna ask a college question:

/sci/, what should I fucking major in?

I have it narrowed down to CS/Math dual major, or just a straight up Math major.

Background about me:
Fucking love math. Love the shit out of it. Calc is great, very easy (currently in calc 3, miss all lectures and got 100 on the last exam, i learn from the book). Formal proofs throw me for a loop sometimes, since they're a bit counter-intuitive (have experience with limit definitions in two and three dimensions, not much else). Vector calculus is pretty damn awesome as well. Haven't taken linear algebra yet. Discrete math is a little tedious sometimes. Programming, from what I can gather, is pretty fun, but I don't know much about computers (yet).

Now, based on the information above, should I just go with the math major, or should I get a dual major instead? The only reason I'm asking is that I'm afraid that adding a CS major on the math major will make the math major a little less...fleshed out.

Help pl0z

>>4066221
RIT is fucking awesome. You'll love it here.

>School
RIT
>What got me in
SAT scores, independent projects, self-titled website to host said projects
>Reason for attending:
Great SE program, fun place to be, professional friends tell me it has a really good rep
>Major
Software Engineering
>Favorite Course
Discrete Mathematics
>Enjoying?
A whole fucking lot
>Misc fact:
~8% of students are deaf or hard of hearing (NTID is one of RIT's college's), and deaf culture is pretty awesome. Everyone here learns sign language. Plus, at deaf parties they pump up the bass to ridiculous levels.

>>4066247
CS/Math dual major is very reasonable; you take a ton of math courses as a CS major anyway and the extra credits won't be hard to come by (especially if you get some early classes out of the way with AP credits or with summer courses at a community college). Pure math major isn't quite as reasonable if you're looking for a job after 4/5 years, you'd have to get at least a master's.

School: Harvard
What got you in (sat scores count):2400 SAT, some national science competition wins, state debate wins
Reason for attending: Free
Major: Econ & Physics
Favorite course: Experimental physics
Enjoying?: Absolutely
Misc fact: Harvard is cheaper for me then my local community college would have been.

>>4066270
Yeah, I'm not worried about the credits that much...Have 24 credits walkin in, so really I've got 4 years to get 100 credits (can't speed it up, prerequisites force 4 year duration). I'm just worried because the dual major at Purdue really strips down the degrees to the bare bones (CS loses the specialization at the end, math loses idk what). I probably need more information, but thx for the help.