ITT: Post your undergrad uni

[Anonymous No.9695539]

>What university you went to for undergrad
>What major
>Other offers you got
>How you did in high school

[Anonymous No.9695567]

>>9695539
You have to be 18+ to post in this forum.

[Anonymous No.9695573]

>>9695539
>>9695567
>it took him to age 18 to graduate university

Poor bait, but at least you're not being super unreasonable by suggesting someone in their 20s would still be in university. haha, now that would be pathetic.

[Anonymous No.9695645]

>>9695539
>UofT
>mathematics
>uOttawa honors math and physics, Western math
>poorly

[Anonymous No.9696909]

>>9695645
Why not Waterloo? That one's in the area

[Anonymous No.9696986]

>What university you went to for undergrad
Pic related
>What major
Electrical engineering
>Other offers you got
Only applied to this and then Stanford and Northwestern but a teacher forgot to upload LoR, don't think I had a chance anyways.
>How you did in high school
I was the smart but lazy meme through high school and it was not a good idea. Spent most class periods just texting/playing shitty phone games. Turned in homework in a few weeks late at best, but just aced tests and essays/projects or whatever the big points in the class were. Took most APs offered (11/14), because they were weighted as 5.0 for GPA instead of 4.0 and were still easy to sleep through. Did not take the english AP senior year as english was always my worse class due to being absolutely shit at public speaking and basically taking a C, D, or F on every speech/presentation. Also it was the AP Lit class and I have read maybe two chapter books to this day and felt I might actually have to read books to get a good grade. I did alright for myself still, but always regret those years to this day as I believe I could have done much more and get full ride scholarships instead of just full tuition to places if I spent my time better. Only main extracurricular was varsity football from sophomore year through senior year, but my shitty work ethic permeated throughout my entire life at the time and I spent little time in offseason training and wasn't really motivated to play in college and was content just being starter for the three years in HS.. Took only 3 actual AP tests as I didn't want to be assed to do them, 1 SAT and 2 ACT attempts "crammed" the night before. My stats were:
GPA: 4.4/4.0 (max, but no valedictorian)
ACT: 36 reading, 30 math (lol), 35 science, 33 english, second attempt got lower score for science but higher for math so evened out.
SAT: 2000? had a migraine and tried my best
CSAP: 3, WHAP: 5, USAP: 5, studied for CSAP and it did not help so did not bother for the other tests.

[Anonymous No.9696996]

>>9696986
Don't do what I did kid lurkers and try your best, but also know that if you don't there are plenty of ways to climb out of your situation. My undergrad university isn't that bad, but is definitely not a top tier university (at least in EE undergrad). I focused more for undergrad and got into plenty of good (2 top 5, 3 top 20 out of 10 applications) grad schools with PhD stipend and tuition waivers. Don't worry about being in a small pond, focus on being the big fish of that pond and do whatever you can to reach your goal, legally and without cheating or whatever, and you will be fine. Don't let your short years in high school define or dictate the rest of your life.

[Anonymous No.9696999]

>>9695539
a) Penn State
b) Mathematics (BS) and Economics (BS)
c) Only applied here
d) Poorly. Graduated w/ a 3.86 ~30/200 in class, ACT was 32/36 and SAT was 1460/1600

[Anonymous No.9697013]

>MIT
>Math/CS
>Berkeley
>top 10 in class

[Anonymous No.9697022]

>>9697013
What's your IQ?

[Anonymous No.9697041]

>Cornell
>Physics
>Brown, UMich
>1st in class, 4.000 GPA, 36 ACT

Got that sweet, sweet rejection from Caltech

[Anonymous No.9697050]

>What university you went to for undergrad
McGill
>What major
Started out biochem, now in phys/compsci.
>Other offers you got
Waitlisted at Caltech and accepted to Boston with a Presidential scholarship
>How you did in high school
about a 95% average, 42/45 IB score, 2310 SAT, 800s on both SAT level 2s (math and chem)

[I Go !2HARVARdHk No.9697067]

Pic related. I'm a math philosopher.

[I Go !2HARVARdHk No.9697070]

>>9697013
Wanna meet up?

[Anonymous No.9697105]

>What university you went to for undergrad
Caltech

>What major
Physics

>Other offers you got
UChicago (got in EA)

UWashington, CU Boulder, UMinnesota.

Deferred -> rejected by MIT.

>How you did in high school
3.95 GPA, 2340 SAT, 800 math II, 800 chemistry.

~10 AP classes and 5's on all the tests.

Lots of awards including national ones mainly from SciOly.

Did a nuclear physics research internship summer after junior year.

Even after all that I was still really lucky to get in.

[Anonymous No.9697115]

>>9695539
>UCSC
>Comp eng
>Accepted at UCSB for math
>1460/1600 SAT, 800 on math level 2 SAT, 3.3 gpa

[Anonymous No.9697212]

>>9697050
canacuck here too. Mind sharing your gpa/pgre/research exp for how to be competitive when applying to grad school?

Also to all physics student applying or applied for grad school like >>9697105, same question, what are good requirements to be accepted into a top school in US

[Anonymous No.9697225]

>>9697013
>>9697041
>>9697067
>>9697105
what sorts of extracurriculars did you guys do in HS to get into those fuckin schools?

[Anonymous No.9697230]

>>9697212
Theory or experiment?

[18/6 !YdfFty3Ahw No.9697239]

>>9697022
135 or 139, can't remember.

>>9697070
Nice trip. I'm actually incoming prefrosh, but that doesn't stop me from flexing. I'll be probably be at New this fall. What year are you in?

>>9697225
My extracurriculars weren't as important as my achievements (which would identify me immediately if divulged) and essays imo

[Anonymous No.9697250]

>>9697239
This pleb actually fell for the IQ test meme

laughinggirls.tsv

[Anonymous No.9697251]

>>9695539
>Carleton
>Started in math switched to chem
>Trent and Brock University (also for math)
>awesome, highschool is a joke

[Anonymous No.9697264]

>>9697250
You can't join Mensa without taking the test, my friend

[Anonymous No.9697273]

>>9697230
Experimental condensed matter. but I would like to do computer simulations so it might count towards theoretical.

[Anonymous No.9697302]

>>9697225
Didn't do a whole lot, smart + poor.

>>9697239
Freshmen, you got IRC? There are several of us in this area who hang out that met on here lol

[Anonymous No.9697307]

>>9697212
I conveniently developed depression and an eating disorder during my time at uni, so my cGPA is sitting around a miserable 3.4. I've always been very active in lectures as well, and have gotten excellent paid research positions just by virtue of the fact that I made a good impression on my profs (asked/answered the right questions).

Sorry I'm not super helpful here lol

[Anonymous No.9697313]

>>9697302
Nice, what server? Freenode?

[Anonymous No.9697321]

>>9697313
#homescreen on Rizon :^)

[Anonymous No.9697469]

>>9697307
I was never active in lectures, and skipped a lot of them too. Guess that will bite me when I ask for lor...

I need to find a research position for the summer (long story short projects from professor I am working with are not interesting), do you think it's too late? I intend to read this other professor's research throughout before asking him if he has a position.

[Anonymous No.9697631]

>>9696909
I did poorly in HS, so I didn't get in.

UofT was my first choice anyway, since its math program is better than UW's.

[Anonymous No.9697903]

>>9697013
wanna suck my dick

[Anonymous No.9697948]

>>9697307
3.4 GPA for a physics major where I am is very respectable. Severe grade deflation here

[Anonymous No.9697953]

>>9695539
Michigan State on a full ride
Chemistry and Physics
I got rejected from MIT and Caltech
1580 SAT, 4.0 GPA, took linalg, diffeq, calc 3, and ochem in high school as well as a shitload of AP classes

[Anonymous No.9697955]

>>9697225

DESU I didn't really expect to get into any good schools. I was pretty much in a leadership role in every school club we had. Regularly set the precedent for years to come. Something like five/six different clubs with me as the lead. Also active in a few more where I wasn't. Active on a sports team. Perfect GPA, 1st in class, perfect ACT, etc etc.

My real downfall was that I'm from the middle of fucking nowhere. Even though I have written my own research papers, been as active as possible in the community etc, there just isnt ANYTHING to do here. No science olympiads, no nearby universities, nothing. I tried to get things implemented but there just was no take. Very conservative rural town. Not very many intelligent people. No one wanted any of that.

Pretty sure the only reason I got into Cornell is because I wrote an incredible essay pretty much describing all of that stuff. I wasn't too surprised to get rejected from Caltech, even though it hurt like a bitch. Spent four years working my ass off for that goal just for it to go nowhere. I didn't apply to MIT.

I'm happy though. Cornell has an incredibly rigorous UG physics program. I'd wager only Caltech beats it, and only a few more challenge it.

[Anonymous No.9698026]

>>9695539
>pic related
>math and physics
>ENS, Centrale
>very well

[Anonymous No.9698068]

>>9697631
That is a very hot take, given UW's math research about

[Anonymous No.9698134]

>>9698068
All I know is that UofT's math specialist program is better than UofT's pure math program

[Anonymous No.9698139]

>>9697251
>I failed MATH 1002, the post

>Carleton
>Physics (switching to Math/Phys next year)
>UoT, Mcgill, Waterloo, Queens
>Had stellar grades but took 7 years to finish HS cuz of mental health problems

ITT: A shitton of canacucks

[Anonymous No.9698140]

>>9698134
>UofT's pure math program
UW*

[Anonymous No.9698145]

>>9698134
UofT's math specialist program is their pure math program...

[Anonymous No.9698154]

>>9698145
I meant UW's pure math program, not UofT's. I know that (since I'm a math specialist)

[Anonymous No.9698190]

University of Washington in Seattle
Computer Science + Mathematics double
4.0 in a top highschool, 35 ACT

Really good computer science program (take all the theory classes), good mathematics program (one of the analysis series is co-taught with a graduate course), although the math program is less funded so the classes are small, and the CS program is extremely competitive to get into (like 15% acceptance rate)

[Anonymous No.9698196]

>>9697321
>>9697313

Seconding homescreen

>Boston College
>CS
>idk
>Bottom 40% of HS class, 3.1 UW, 14 APs all with above a 3 score, 35 ACT

[Anonymous No.9698213]

>>9698190
>Computer Science + Mathematics double
my guy

[Anonymous No.9698262]

>>9695539
>What university you went to for undergrad
*** State College
>What major
Math
>Other offers you got
Only applied to *** State College because they offered to pay my tuition, room, and board for four years.
>How you did in high school
Almost dropped out as a sophomore. Pulled myself together as a junior. Took all of the AP courses offered (there were four of them if I remember correctly). Graduated with a GPA of around 3.6.
>>9696986
>>9696996
Obsessed Lincoln poster. I've seen you in every uni thread for almost a year now. I attend one of the state colleges in Nebraska. I think we're the only Nebraskans on this board.

[Anonymous No.9698301]

>CSULA

>Industrial Technology

>Dominguez, Pomona

>790 Math/600 English SAT. 4.5 GPA

[Anonymous No.9698497]

>What university you went to for undergrad

University of Georgia

>What major

Statistics/Math Minor

>Other offers you got

Idk i have a data science and Actuarial Science certificate

>How you did in high school

Shit. I was a prick and didn’t do anything. Actually didn’t learn how to not be retarded until a few months ago.

[Anonymous No.9698528]

>>9698262
I haven't posted on here in a while, but maybe it was me the other time. I've seen some other UNL posters here as well. I usually browse /his/ now though. I assume you are out west a bit though? Plans after undergrad? I am leaving Nebraska for grad school soon, but might post as a UNL fag still just to find others.

[Anonymous No.9698605]

>>9698139
>got offers from UofT, McGill, uWaterloo and Queens
>chose Carleton instead
why?

[Anonymous No.9698632]

>>9698605
Pretty much only because I wanted to live with my parents to save money, and for support if needed with aforementioned mental health problems. No joke though, 80% of my first year "honours" physics class will be done by end of second year, legit downers.

[Anonymous No.9698638]

>>9695539
>Community College then UCLA
>Mathematics
>UCSB, SD, Irvine
Nearly failed out of high school, graduated maybe 200th place out of 300 students. Can't wait to graduate

[Anonymous No.9698675]

>>9697953
I'm jelly, I will have 260k in loans from MIT ;_;

[Anonymous No.9698713]

>>9698528
I attend one of the two state colleges west of Lincoln. I almost transferred to UNL as a freshman, actually. Lincoln is pretty fucking great compared to my almost alma mater.
I fell in love with southern California after my REU in Los Angeles last summer. I want to go back. I plan on applying to almost every math PhD program in the UC system when I graduate. If I can't secure funding at any of those, I will fall back on UNL or UC Boulder.
Have you accepted any graduate school offers yet? Which top 5 programs did you get into (if you don't mind sharing)?

[Acbn !7CUUUUUUUU No.9698725]

>>9698675

Wait what, how?

I'd you can't afford it talk to financial aid department and tell them your situation

[Anonymous No.9698762]

>>9698713
The rankings differ based on sites of course, and my field (Optics, lasers, photonics) isn't exactly ranked well as it can be done through EE or physics typically, but I just applied for EE programs or optics program. Top 5 schools are UIUC and Stanford, also got into Boulder (top 5-20ish?), Rochester (top 10-20ish?), and Princeton (top 10-20ish) all for PhD. Also got into UNL for backup, as well as EPFL and ETH Zurich, great Swiss unis, for MS. Honestly did not expect to get into any universities for a PhD and was prepared to do an MS first due to not much research experience, but I guess my letters of rec must have been pretty good. Initially planned on ETH or EPFL, but did not get any funding and didn't want to use loans or anything. Settled on Rochester as there are many interesting professors to research with and the program is completely Optics, rather than being a subset of EE or Physics, so there is plenty to choose from honestly and the professors have a great reputation and connections throughout industry so getting a job in a govt or industry lab shouldn't be too difficult (don't want to be a professor right away, maybe later in life though). I also like that is smaller enrollment wise than something like UNL or UIUC and it is also close to Canada and traveling over there could be neat. How was your experience through the REU? If it went well and the main professor(s) liked you I think you should be able to get into a UC program. I had a semester and a half of research at the time of applying, all at UNL, and just put in plenty of work on SoP stuff, got strong letters of rec, and had good gpa/gre. My field is different though so maybe it won't be as easy for math PhD admissions? Good luck on your applications

[Anonymous No.9698881]

>>9698675
That's ridiculous. I probably would've gone to Caltech even if it cost that much, so I understand how you're looking at it. Still, that is a LOT of money.

[Anonymous No.9698887]

>>9697321
>>9698196
is #homescreen the /sci/ IRC channel?