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/sci/ im so fucking frustrated...i cant decide what school to go to.
fucking help!
i have good grades but went to a community college so i feel like that killed my chances.

tl;dr- lets talk about colleges

>> No.1260815

bump because /sci/ seems busy

>> No.1260820

nothing...nothing at all?
im a bio major...any other bio majors?

>> No.1260823

Go to DeVry University. Many successful people have gone there. They appear in the commercials.

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>> No.1260836

>implying the college you go to matters

>> No.1260845

>>1260836
>implying it doesnt matter

>> No.1260850

>implying science taught in college A is somehow different to the science taught in college B

>> No.1260851

>>1260845
it doesnt you dumbass. its grad school that matters

>> No.1260858

>implying every great scientist didnt go to a great school

>> No.1260870

>>1260858
>implying albert einstein went to a great school

>> No.1260871

Well how much money can you afford/willing to loan a year for school?

>> No.1260876

>>1260850
It is.

>> No.1260881

>>1260870
Times have changed, and I don't think this guy expects himself to be the next Einstein.

>> No.1260888

>>1260871
not a lot....im kinda hoping for scholarships.
i think up to 30,000 is my limit..

i could always go to a state school and get in cheap...im getting my associates at this comm. college, then going for bachelors

>> No.1260889

>>1260870
>implying hawking and dawkins among others were not at oxbridge

>> No.1260897

>>1260850
That's a good point. It really falls upon the professor, and you have a better chance of getting a good one at a good college. Lower-level colleges will either be people who don't know jack shit and are teaching from books or people who really love what they do.

But that would only matter if college was actually for KNOWLEDGE and not having a nice name and a high number to put on your resume.

>> No.1260904

all popular science figures went to great schools. dawkins, sagan, gould, tyson, Feynman, etc

>> No.1260917

>>1260888
What state? Some states have really good schools for peanuts like VA
UVA, VTech, William and Larry, all 15k a year with room and board?

>> No.1260922

>>1260870
>implying someone like Einstein comes more often than once in human history

>> No.1260937
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>>1260917
>William and Larry

>> No.1260941

>>1260917
im in Massachusetts...UMass is shit tier...shitty campus, unhappy students, etc

>> No.1260959

how is PSU for a state college, chem major?

>> No.1260968

>>1260959
great if you don't mind going to college in the middle of the woods

>> No.1260970

>>1260968
Pitt > PSU?

>> No.1260973

>>1260941
Olin? MIT? UMass?

In state's always cheaper

>> No.1260974

Bard College here. Great if you want to get laid. Physics, not so much,

>> No.1260976

>>1260970
i think so.

Fun Fact: U Pitt has the tallest college building in the US and the second largest in the world behind a building at University of Moscow

>> No.1260992

>>1260973
olin-im a bio major and thats an engineering school
MIT- i feel like i could never get in
UMas-shit tier school.

>> No.1261001

anyone here go to an ivy league school?

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>>1261001
>/sci/
>Ivy league

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>>1261001
>ivy league
>on 4chan

>> No.1261015

>>1261013
>>1261008
hivemind

>> No.1261017

>>1261001
No, but I do go to the best engineering school in Canada.

>> No.1261021

>>1260922
>Implying we don't have several physicists who are better than einstien was

>> No.1261023

>>1261017
Waterloo? Anybody with a 90% average can get in there.

>> No.1261025

>>1261017
and that is...?

I've had my eye on McGill.

>> No.1261030

Scrubs think choice of school doesn't matter? My CS degree from UIUC will fare a lot better than a degree from, say, University of Georgia. But forget that it will look better on resume... I will learn a lot more. It's the knowledge that counts.

But I understand, scrubs who fail academically think school doesn't matter, to make themselves feel better. Keep at it.

>> No.1261032

>>1261030
>He can't learn without someone holding his hand

>> No.1261041

>>1261032
OK, don't go to college. Don't get a degree. See where you get work.

>> No.1261052

>>1261025
>>1261023
Yes, it's Waterloo.

One of my Profs when to McGill but she graduated in 1987 so not much help there. TBH Waterloo must have fucking CASH because they've built about 6 major buildings in the last 2 years and opened a satellite campus in Dubai. Some facilities though are just average but the reputation is like an instant hire. I also have NO school debt thanks to co-op, and have worked 2 full years in engineering already. Oh, and I'm in 3rd year.

>> No.1261059

>>1261030
>scrubs who aren't good at what they do think the school to which they went matter, to make them feel better

>> No.1261061

>>1261041
>Underwater welder
>!00k salary
>Work 6 months a year
>Investments in wine
>27
>Millionaire

>> No.1261078

>>1261032

That's how you look at it? Enjoy your shit-tier school, worthless academic failure.

>> No.1261081

>>1260795
Unless you went to a clown college, doing well at CC would help your chances rather than hurt them.

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>>1261078

>> No.1261093

WOAH that's so weird. I just graduated from the school in OPs pic and it was weird to just see it randomly like that.

However I'm not a scientist and was just browsing through so I have nothing constructive to say.

>> No.1261097

>>1260823
HAHAHAHA have fun with your shit education.

>> No.1261110

>>1261081
Community College is a strategic decision. The first two years of college aren't too different anywhere. You can save the money you would be spending and work to save up for a different college.

>> No.1261111

>>1261081
ya but i feel like schools discriminate against transfer students. its harder to get in

>> No.1261137

>>1261111

You think it's harder to get in as a transfer, because schools discriminate? I'm amused.

>> No.1261143

>>1261093
u went to cornell?

>> No.1261147

>>1260992
switch major, goto olin

>> No.1261149

>>1260792
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>> No.1261157

>>1261137
ok discriminate is a bad word...less likely to consider transfer students. hows that

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Let's talk about collages.

>> No.1261223

Anyways op
you should prolly look up a list of school with good bio programs and compare that to how much the schools cost. When you have a bunch of decent schools, within your price range, see which ones your qualifications (lol grades) will let you get into, apply to about 4 schools you'll definately get into, and 3 above/below what you think you'll get into. That'll give you a good range of schools you should get into, ones you should get scholarshits at, and ones you hope to get into, but prolly wont.