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Re: @People who got into college

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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
Joined: 06 Jul 2008
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28 Sep 2016 09:40 PM
how do I get into:

Stanford
University of Washington
MIT
Caltech
literally anything with a very very very good CS program

with a 3.1 GPA, and not many notable extracurriculars, just a fairly large github profile and lotsssss of code.




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6S5S is not online. 6S5S
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28 Sep 2016 09:40 PM
SAT or ACT scores?
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Arkitek is online. Arkitek
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28 Sep 2016 09:41 PM
with a 3.1 gpa u aint getting into any of those


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KarmaEagle is not online. KarmaEagle
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28 Sep 2016 09:41 PM
have a good ### SAT score
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SteveoDash is not online. SteveoDash
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28 Sep 2016 09:47 PM
3.1 bro you better get that up to about a 3.8 and get into every school club you got or consider those options gone
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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
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28 Sep 2016 09:57 PM
old sat, equates to about like 1430 on the new SAT

taking it again in the fall


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Theta0 is not online. Theta0
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28 Sep 2016 09:59 PM
rip gpa


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Matthais5 is not online. Matthais5
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28 Sep 2016 09:59 PM
Unless you have some really awesome Silicon-valley level coding I don't think it's possible with that GPA.
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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
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28 Sep 2016 10:00 PM
how do I do it anyway


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SteveoDash is not online. SteveoDash
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28 Sep 2016 10:02 PM
rip
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Matthais5 is not online. Matthais5
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28 Sep 2016 10:03 PM
Write a really awesome essay that explains why you have a 3.1 GPA, and make a strong case that because of your coding skills you will contribute to the community and be able to keep up with classes.

Honestly seeing that you're at like a 1430/1600 I don't think it's possible, especially if you're white.
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Savagee_Cabbage is not online. Savagee_Cabbage
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28 Sep 2016 10:04 PM
Even if you do not initially get accepted into any of those colleges, go to a good Community College with the most transferable credits as possible, with a good program that you want to go into.


That way, if you didn't do so well in High School, you can make up for it at a Community College, as you won't only be saving money, you can transfer and colleges will look more closely at your progress since High School to College.


It also helps that if you do well in college, they'd be more open to accepting you as well.



Good luck.
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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
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28 Sep 2016 10:06 PM
I'd rather try to avoid wasting a couple years on an AA...


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Synoan is not online. Synoan
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28 Sep 2016 10:06 PM
have a killer essay that justifies ur GPA lol
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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
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28 Sep 2016 10:07 PM
Especially when the CS program at both of the community colleges here is... well,... you know.

"This is a class. This is a pointer. This is a program. This is RAM!"

ugh



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Matthais5 is not online. Matthais5
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28 Sep 2016 10:07 PM
It's only 2 years. You can go to a strong local or state college for 2 years then transfer.
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Father_Satan is not online. Father_Satan
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28 Sep 2016 10:08 PM
You cant get into any ivy-league school with a 3.1. Have you looked into state-schools? Its not hard to find good CS programs...


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nowihaveyou is not online. nowihaveyou
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28 Sep 2016 10:08 PM
community college and get a 4.0 or 3.9

and have the best teachers in the cc that you go to be willing to write a letter for you

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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
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28 Sep 2016 10:09 PM
I don't think I can endure 2 years of mind numbing boredom.... that's about as hard as asking me to come up with a complete, industry-grade C++ compiler in 2 weeks. Not going to happen.

Maybe in 2 years I can do that. 2 weeks? No way.


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HighSparrows is online. HighSparrows
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28 Sep 2016 10:12 PM
harvard>>
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nowihaveyou is not online. nowihaveyou
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28 Sep 2016 10:12 PM
look for a polytechnic school



or really even if the classes at the cc are mediocre thats your chance to study and go beyond what the classes are teaching and do projects while at home

if you start building up knowledge+projects now you'll look a lot better to not only the schools you listed, but employers later on


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Astrochemistry is online. Astrochemistry
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28 Sep 2016 10:15 PM
"I don't think I can endure 2 years of mind numbing boredom.... that's about as hard as asking me to come up with a complete, industry-grade C++ compiler in 2 weeks. Not going to happen."

Doing community right now, I spend max an hour and 20 minutes at my college (Monday-Thursday). It's made my schedule a lot more flexible, but then again I'm doing split online and campus. However, putting all three of my online classes work together only takes an hour.


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Harbynger is not online. Harbynger
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28 Sep 2016 10:17 PM
"You cant get into any ivy-league school with a 3.1. Have you looked into state-schools? Its not hard to find good CS programs...

"

I have WSU and U Dub.
Everything else... no way I have any chance.

Latter is well... no way I'm getting in without knocking the application out of the park.
WSU... I'm worried about connections if I end up going there. MSFT doesn't want me and everyone else doesn't want me,

If I went to WSU, and if it goes *exactly* as I've been warned - I'd just end up on the exact same position I am now anyway - refusing to cooperate with anyone - it doesn't matter if it's Linus or if it's Wozniak, or if it's some guy I know personally. I am not working with you, and I will open source (open source, not "free" or "liberate".) my software. No.

I guess there's always constantly knocking on Google's door. Eh........



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Artavios is not online. Artavios
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28 Sep 2016 10:17 PM
skype
ill suggest some good colleges


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AtomicRXN is not online. AtomicRXN
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28 Sep 2016 10:17 PM
unless you can bring up your SAT/ACT and write a killer essay and some really good extra curricular, you have no chance.

Go to a local state uni/comm college if you want to save money, build yourself a nice portfolio with projects you've done, and transfer.
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