College Acceptances/Rejections/Deferrals

congrats to the ppl that got in to where you wanted.. sorry for those of you that have to go to AtM.. (haha).. and maybe ill see some of you Longhorns on campus..congrats again

 

Engineering Rankings

1. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.8
2. Stanford University (CA) 4.7
University of California–Berkeley * 4.7
4. California Institute of Technology 4.6
5. Georgia Institute of Technology * 4.5
U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign * 4.5
7. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * 4.4
8. Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.3
9. Cornell University (NY) 4.2
Purdue Univ.–West Lafayette (IN)* 4.2
11. Princeton University (NJ) 4.1
University of Texas–Austin * 4.1
13. Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.0
Northwestern University (IL) 4.0
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison * 4.0
16. Pennsylvania State U.–University Park * 3.9
17. Texas A&M Univ.–College Station * 3.8
Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities * 3.8
Virginia Tech * 3.8
20. Duke University (NC) 3.7
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.7
Rice University (TX) 3.7
Univ. of California–Los Angeles * 3.7
University of Washington * 3.7
25. Ohio State University–Columbus * 3.6
Univ. of California–San Diego * 3.6
Univ. of Maryland–College Park * 3.6
University of Pennsylvania 3.6
29. Columbia University (NY) 3.5
Harvard University (MA) 3.5
University of California–Davis * 3.5
University of Colorado–Boulder * 3.5
Univ. of Southern California 3.5
34. Iowa State University * 3.4
North Carolina State U.–Raleigh * 3.4
Univ. of California–Santa Barbara * 3.4
University of Florida * 3.4
38. Arizona State University * 3.3
Brown University (RI) 3.3
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.3
Lehigh University (PA) 3.3
Michigan State University * 3.3
University of Arizona * 3.3
University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.3
University of Virginia * 3.3
Vanderbilt University (TN) 3.3
Washington University in St. Louis 3.3
Yale University (CT) 3.3
49. Dartmouth College (NH) 3.2
University of Delaware * 3.2
51. Colorado School of Mines * 3.1
Drexel University (PA) 3.1
Rutgers–New Brunswick (NJ)* 3.1
University of California–Irvine * 3.1
Univ. of Massachusetts–Amherst * 3.1
University of Missouri–Rolla * 3.1
University of Pittsburgh * 3.1
Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (MA) 3.1
59. Auburn University (AL)* 3.0
Clemson University (SC)* 3.0
Colorado State University * 3.0
Illinois Institute of Technology 3.0
SUNY–University at Buffalo * 3.0
Tufts University (MA) 3.0
University of Illinois–Chicago * 3.0
University of Iowa * 3.0
67. Boston University 2.9
Kansas State University * 2.9
Michigan Technological University * 2.9
Northeastern University (MA) 2.9
SUNY–Stony Brook * 2.9
Syracuse University (NY) 2.9
University of Kansas * 2.9
University of Tennessee * 2.9
University of Utah * 2.9
Washington State University * 2.9
77. Oregon State University * 2.8
Polytechnic University (NY) 2.8
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 2.8
Tulane University (LA) 2.8
University of Cincinnati * 2.8
U. of North Carolina–Charlotte * 2.8
University of Rochester (NY) 2.8
84. Brigham Young Univ.–Provo (UT) 2.7
Clarkson University (NY) 2.7
Louisiana State U.–Baton Rouge * 2.7
New Jersey Inst. of Technology * 2.7
Oklahoma State University * 2.7
Stevens Institute of Technology (NJ) 2.7
Texas Tech University * 2.7
University of Alabama * 2.7
University of Connecticut * 2.7
University of Houston * 2.7
University of Kentucky * 2.7
Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln * 2.7
University of New Mexico * 2.7
University of Oklahoma * 2.7
98. George Washington University (DC) 2.6
Southern Methodist University (TX) 2.6
Univ. of Missouri–Columbia * 2.6
University of Rhode Island * 2.6
University of Texas–Arlington * 2.6
West Virginia University * 2.6
104. Marquette University (WI) 2.5
Mississippi State University * 2.5
Ohio University * 2.5
San Diego State University * 2.5
University of Alabama–Huntsville * 2.5
Univ. of California–Riverside * 2.5
Univ. of California–Santa Cruz * 2.5
Univ. of Massachusetts–Dartmouth * 2.5
University of New Hampshire * 2.5
Univ. of Wisconsin–Milwaukee * 2.5
Utah State University * 2.5
Wayne State University (MI)* 2.5

 

Woo! Just found out that I got accepted to one of the two universities I applied for.

Still haven't heard from the other one yet, but Lakehead (the one that accepted me) was my first choice.

 

Congrats on getting into those schools guys.

I'm a Trinity University grad and am doing an Executive MBA through Tulane in Houston. I will finish the EMBA in April of next year and then will probably apply to Harvard for an additional MBA and go if i'm accepted. I run my own Investment Company, so I can leave and still have it running and paying the bills.

BigTexxx,

When are you going to find out if you get into HBS?? I have some friends that started last year at McCombs and they love it and one of our Tulane EMBA professors used to be at Kellogg, but now works at Mellon Capital and came to teach us a module. He was amazing. I'm doing a week long Investment Management workshop at Harvard in conjunction with AIMR to beef up my resume as well and learn something in July at HBS. Hopefully that and the success of my company will get me in there, otherwise the Tulane MBA is enough. I just figured thats the only school worth me giving up two years full time for.

 

...man, there sure are a lot of nerds on this site...

 

what? what's to decide?

HAWAII!

 

Nobody applied to Dartmouth? C'mon! Its cold, but as much fun as you could have at a northeastern school.

 

And today they gave another scholarship to some kid that has a 2.9 GPA,, ,full ride coz he is a good programmer, WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

21...thats where it is everyone but indian reservations in the US

 

What about that? I'm one of those kids you are talking about, I will never get into A&M and UTD base on my GPA and SAT. So what I'm not good with English and Social Study? I'm good at computer and progrmming, and that what some school are looking for. We also contribute to society with our skills, so why we can't go to a good college?

Standardize This!!

 

sad thing is that I came in 3rd place in the programming contest held by that college and the student that got the scholarship placed second.

Its not wrong for him to get into that school,but it is wrong when others who accomplish much more(not just at school) and are much more well rounded, dont get the scholarship based on the outcome of some program... I wouldnt be as mad if say some big company hired him for his expertise or whatever, but aren't you required to take all those O SO nasty classes in college too.

 

Think of it this way, adeelsiddiqui, you probably are able/get more scholarships than him anyway. Yeah, it's a full ride for him, but it's probably harder for him to get as many scholarships as you.

 

It is true, but I just did some additions, and all the scholarships I can get right now do not add up to the value of a full ride...


O well...

 

For those of you who are curious about the US News overall undergrad rankings (instead of some absurd engineering-only ranking which puts state schools at the top for size reasons...), I will share the US News rankings from 2004:

1. Harvard University (MA)
2. Princeton University (NJ)
3. Yale University (CT)
4. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
5. California Institute of Technology
Duke University (NC)
Stanford University (CA)
University of Pennsylvania
9. Dartmouth College (NH)
Washington University in St. Louis
11. Columbia University (NY)
Northwestern University (IL)
13. University of Chicago
14. Cornell University (NY)
Johns Hopkins University (MD)
16. Rice University (TX)
17. Brown University (RI)
18. Emory University (GA)
19. University of Notre Dame (IN)
Vanderbilt University (TN)
21. University of California – Berkeley *
University of Virginia *
23. Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Georgetown University (DC)
25. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor *
26. Univ. of California – Los Angeles *
27. Tufts University (MA)
28. Wake Forest University (NC)
29. U. of North Carolina – Chapel Hill *
30. Univ. of Southern California


Oh yeah, University of Texas at Austin comes in as the 53rd best school in the country (tied with Maryland-College Park), and A&M comes in at 67th best.

 

I never worried about college... just kind of wandered into my undergrad degree. Grad school was another story... Thankfully, I ended up going 5 for 8 on applications and the first one I got back was an acceptance... that was a good weekend.

 

bigtexx.. I like those rankings much better.. We are moving up which makes me happy. The trend seems to show it's only a matter of time before you have a couple ivy leagues fall out of the top 20.. as people realize there are good schools that aren't ivy league.. Brown specifically doesn't seem to be moving the right direction in the rankings..

 

If you're trying to prove Rice's educational superiority(I'd say it's a better school, but certainly not 37 spots worth), please use something other than the USNews rankings. People in the know(Counselors, professors, teachers) scoff at these rankings. They give you an idea of a school's prestige, but using it to compare schools one on one is ridiculous.

They are also very unfair to state schools, as they have a prestige factor that most state schools will never get. They also use things like median SAT scores and average high school GPA's to determine the strength of the students. This hurts huge schools like A&M and UT, because they're forced to take many underqualified students just because they were able to sneak into the top 10% of their class.

Every counselor, teacher, or professor I've ever spoken to on the subject(In Aggieland, AKA East Texas) has said that The University of Texas at Austin is every bit as good a school as any of the other publics on that list, which is why Texan kids seem to stay at home more than other students around the country.

I think I could like going to Rice(I'd give up a kidney to get into the Rice - Baylor program), but the stories about the lack of good - looking women and proximity to home(Way too close) scare me.

 

I think prestige factor is a perfectly good thing to add into the mix. Certainly doesn't hurt for employers to think of your school as prestigous, and you certainly attract higher calibar professors with that factor... there is nothing wrong with Ut's ranking right outside the top 50, but which schools do you think it should be ahead of? You suggested it is as good as every state school.. so you think it should be the 21st best school in america along with Berkley and Virginia?

 

What is this I keep hearing about Rice women being so awful looking?

Of course, it depends exactly what you want in a woman. (Also the fact that I could not let this thread go by without saying something. )