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Thinking about College (Vanity)
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Posted on 12/19/2004 9:50:31 PM PST by AVNevis
OK, normally I would never post this thread. But things are slow tonight and I am bored so I will.
I would like to see if anyone has suggestions for college. I am a high school freshman with a 3.8 GPA (And that's before you factor in the advanced classes) and who consistantly ranks among the top 10% of California students on standardized tests. I live in Sacramento and would like to stay in California if possible. I would also like to go to a public school unless I could get a scholership. I am looking at a major in political science.
A few that I am thinking about right now are UC Berkely, UCLA, UC Davis, and Sacramento State, but am open to others.
Obviously I still have a few years to think about this, but as I said earlier, I found tonight an opportunity to start exploring.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:50:31 PM PST
by
AVNevis
To: AVNevis
Comments?UCLA sucks!
GO SOUTHERN CAL!!!!!!
To: AVNevis
Have you taken the PSAT yet?
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:54:16 PM PST
by
Paleo Conservative
(Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
To: Paleo Conservative
Not yet, but next year I will start worrying about the SAT.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:55:24 PM PST
by
AVNevis
(You're never to young to stand up for America.)
To: AVNevis
Make sure you nail the SATs or ACTs.
Start looking at what the schools you want to go to want in a student (GPA, extra cirriculars, etc) and what they want in terms of classes taken in high school already.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:55:29 PM PST
by
MikefromOhio
(21 days until I can leave Iraq and stop selling hotdogs in Baghdad....and boycotting boycotts)
To: AVNevis
Check out Pepperdine University, a private college in Pepperdine, and UCLA. Both have websites; plus, if you check them out in person, you can have informal cafeteria chats with current students at each.
To: AVNevis
UCSB has it's own beach...
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:56:04 PM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: AVNevis
Oh, I almost forgot, I am in debate and intend to be through High School.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:56:23 PM PST
by
AVNevis
(You're never to young to stand up for America.)
To: hole_n_one
What objections do you have to UCLA?
To: AVNevis
Doesn't Berkeley have very specific statewide requirements, so that you would know well ahead of time if you make the cutoff? That's how it was at Univ of Wisconsin where I grew up.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:57:08 PM PST
by
PianoMan
(and now back to practicing)
To: Giant Conservative
yeah pepperdine... however it has become incredibly competitive to get into now.
To: AVNevis
I've heard the nursing is still a pretty hot field. As for particular schools, sorry, can't help much. However, metrology(science of precise measurement) is also a hot field and the best school for it is Butler County Community College in PA. I know it's hard to believe that a community college wold have a best anything, but they do.
Don't know if that helps.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:57:26 PM PST
by
superskunk
(Quinn's Law: Liberalism always produces the exact opposite of it's stated intent.)
To: AVNevis
check out point loma also nice school smallish but good.
To: Giant Conservative; GVgirl; glock rocks
Who wouldn't want to go to college in Malibu?
Plus, ya get to attend a Ben Stein lecture.
How friggin' cool is that?
-good times, G.J.P.(Jr.)
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:58:26 PM PST
by
Do not dub me shapka broham
(Why did it take me so long to come up with a new tag-line, huh?! What's up with that?)
To: PianoMan
All UCs and State schools have the same admission requirements. I have a list and will post them if you want, but it would take up a lot of space.
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posted on
12/19/2004 9:59:00 PM PST
by
AVNevis
(You're never to young to stand up for America.)
To: AVNevis
Go to Berkley. It's a great campus, great educational programs and their College Republican group is tough as nails... you have to be if you're going to profess your Republicanism at Berkley.
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posted on
12/19/2004 10:00:05 PM PST
by
Roots
(I would be open to liberal ideas, but I why would I want to listen to losers?)
To: AVNevis
Stanford is good.
Rice University is good, but in Texas..
I spent most of my post college life in San Diego. University of San Diego is a good Catholic school. SDSU is a deathtrap, you will never get out of there within five years. UCSD ain't bad.
That being said, it might depend on what you want to study. Though THAT changes a number of times. Oh, for Marine Biology..
Remember, college is an EDUCATION, not a vocation. What you learn in college is really MORE important than where you attend.
Otherwise no one but Harvard Grads would rule the world. Or so they would have you believe.
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posted on
12/19/2004 10:00:45 PM PST
by
Experiment 6-2-6
(Meega, Nala Kweesta! It appears that SABERTOOTH got himself suspended. Again. ????)
To: Giant Conservative
What objections do you have to UCLA?There isn't enough bandwidth on the 'net to cover it all.
To: Giant Conservative
I've heard more than a few people suggest Peperdine, however I don't know what they offer or how hard it is to get into. But I understand they are pretty conservative, so that's a plus.
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posted on
12/19/2004 10:01:29 PM PST
by
AVNevis
(You're never to young to stand up for America.)
To: AVNevis
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posted on
12/19/2004 10:01:34 PM PST
by
Angry Republican
(Did anybody actually vote FOR John Kerry?)
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