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| Author: | ElTipo [ Sat Dec 09, 2006 6:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | I got deferred... |
From MIT. . . . . . . . . Woe is me. |
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| Author: | hellraiser_xes [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:38 pm ] |
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Why man? What happened? |
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| Author: | Seinfeld26 [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 5:44 pm ] |
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Where else did you apply? |
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| Author: | ElTipo [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 6:05 pm ] |
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I also applied to CalTech, UF, Stanford, and GeorgiaTech. Depending on whether or not I am accepted into CalTech I'll finish applying to Princeton, University of Texas - Austin, Cornell, and University of Michigan. I believe I have a good chance of being accepted into MIT come the Regular Decisions. I'm just upset I wasn't accepted as one of the top students early. |
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| Author: | heatseeker [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:28 pm ] |
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You've got pretty high aspirations, man--I hope all goes well. |
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| Author: | Azrael [ Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:59 pm ] |
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that's great ElTipo. i also tried to apply to MIT (Sloan) but they demanded those goddamn SAT subject tests. i can't be arsed to do that. jerks. |
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| Author: | hellraiser_xes [ Mon Dec 11, 2006 4:02 pm ] |
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All the best, man. Good luck. Keep us posted. |
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| Author: | ElTipo [ Tue Dec 12, 2006 5:12 am ] |
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Well, I just got my acceptance letter from Georgia Tech today. I'm not sure whether or not they've considered me for the Scholarship, but I'll find out by the end of the week. |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Tue Dec 12, 2006 7:56 pm ] |
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you know the california caltech has an awesome event called Ditch Day? |
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| Author: | ElTipo [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 7:03 am ] |
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Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I GOT INTO CALTECH! |
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| Author: | Cú Chulainn [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 8:00 pm ] |
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Awesome! I wonder if wikipedia has an article on ditch day... hang on... Ah yes: "Annual events Every Halloween, Dabney House conducts the infamous "Millikan pumpkin-drop experiment" from the top of Millikan Library, the highest point on campus. According to tradition, a claim was once made that the shattering of a pumpkin frozen in liquid nitrogen and dropped from a sufficient height would produce a triboluminescent spark. This yearly event involves a crowd of observers, who try to spot the elusive spark. The title of the event is an oblique reference to the famous Millikan oil-drop experiment which measured e, the elemental unit of electrical charge. On Ditch Day the seniors ditch school, leaving behind elaborately designed tasks and traps at the doors of their rooms to prevent underclassmen from entering. Over the years this has evolved to the point where many seniors spend months designing mechanical, electrical, and software obstacles to confound the underclassmen. Each group of seniors designs a "stack" to be solved by a handful of underclassmen. The faculty have been drawn into the event as well, and cancel all classes on Ditch Day so the underclassmen can participate in what has become a highlight of the academic year. Another long-standing tradition is the playing of Wagner's ominous Ride of the Valkyries at 7:00 each morning during finals week with the largest, loudest speakers available. The playing of that piece is not allowed at any other time (except if one happens to be listening to the entire four hours of Die Walküre), and any offender is dragged into the showers to be drenched in cold water fully dressed. The playing of the Ride is such a strong tradition that the music was used during Apollo 17 to awaken Astronaut Harrison Schmitt, a Caltech alumnus. (Unfortunately, the tradition arose at different times in different Houses, so Schmitt did not react as expected. Instead, he just became confused.)" |
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