so barry's daughter must be as gifted if not more gifted than Eva Smerekanych
lol...zero chance of that.
here's your real competition getting into the top 10 schools
lol @ 19 AP's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRBv6sIf-II
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so barry's daughter must be as gifted if not more gifted than Eva Smerekanych
lol...zero chance of that.
here's your real competition getting into the top 10 schools
lol @ 19 AP's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRBv6sIf-II
unless you are trying to save money to graduate early or get a double major there is literally zero reason to post AP scores...
you're better off taking the classes in college, getting those locked up As and partying your ass off until the shit you learned in the AP courses finally catches up to you...
and jesus what kinda high school did she go to that had 19 fucking AP courses...
Had to be a private school.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
Yes, I went to high school in the 80s, but my public school was one of the top ranked in California and had a ton of really really smart kids, and we definitely didn't have 19 AP courses. I took 4 - History, Chemistry, Calculus, and Computer Science, and the Comp Sci one I had to do off campus at another school in the district.
I also think I agree with you that you're better off just re-taking the course in college, scoring the easy A, and having extra time to relax.
I taught at an Ivy League school as a visiting prof for a few years right out of PhD school, and while there had a student who was very goal oriented, wanted to attend a certain top notch grad school that specialized in a highly demanding field, and was working on completing a double major, with a foreign language minor thrown in for kicks, in only 3 years and one summer, as she already had a conditional acceptance at that grad school to start in the fall if she good all of her undergrad coursework done by the summer. The only way she was able to graduate so early with two majors was to because she had gotten credit for a number of intro/common core courses by taking them as AP courses in high school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan DruffHad to be a private school.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
Yes, I went to high school in the 80s, but my public school was one of the top ranked in California and had a ton of really really smart kids, and we definitely didn't have 19 AP courses. I took 4 - History, Chemistry, Calculus, and Computer Science, and the Comp Sci one I had to do off campus at another school in the district.
I also think I agree with you that you're better off just re-taking the course in college, scoring the easy A, and having extra time to relax.
Which prompts me to say: To each his own. If you want to chill and enjoy more of the social aspects of the college experience, then follow Druff’s “chillax” advice. But if you are innately driven to try to “own” the world by the time you are 30, go for it! And for inspiration, listen to the very excellent podcast called “How I Built This” hosted by Guy Raz.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
This is blatantly false. Colleges look at it, and it affects your weighted GPA a lot. If your GPA is below a 4.0, you're basically an idiot and not getting into a good school.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
yeah they look at if you took AP courses and how you did and your actual grade in those classes matter to your weighted GPA, but the actual AP exam for placing out of courses means zero...Quote:
Originally Posted by SPIT thisThis is blatantly false. Colleges look at it, and it affects your weighted GPA a lot. If your GPA is below a 4.0, you're basically an idiot and not getting into a good school.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
I think I took 6 APs, took one exam so I could get outta taking the actual final exam in high school but I wasn't about to send in any scores and miss out on those free As in college...
Fuck all dat shit about APs and how to do it right fellas...
Just do a three minute video and all this could be yours!:
The Science Ambassador Scholarship is a full-ride scholarship for undergraduate women studying science, technology, engineering, or math, funded by Cards Against Humanity. To apply, applicants must submit a three minute video explaining a scientific topic they're passionate about. Applications are now open!
...and 2019's winner, of the Cards Against Humanity full-ride, women-only, scholarship is........Ms. Eva Smerekanych!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E2xiTe9ZlI
If my kid can hack a half to a year off college with AP credits....more power to him.
At $25k per year, it’s worth it.
He can party on his own dime.
What state university is he going to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Texter
Tough but fair...in Texas. However, most private schools around here will give you moolah to match the public’sQuote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadlyWhat state university is he going to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Texter
And some privates in town are total shit....
don't know about those other schools, but I would have told her pick Cal Tech...
she could get a date there, maybe a even boyfriend for a little while
Surprised my kid actually outdid that girl on some AP tests....although she crushed him on the math ones
maybe we should start listening to you more. these peeps only know you for your awfulness and don't know you're secretly the amazing mumblesQuote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadlyI taught at an Ivy League school as a visiting prof for a few years right out of PhD school, and while there had a student who was very goal oriented, wanted to attend a certain top notch grad school that specialized in a highly demanding field, and was working on completing a double major, with a foreign language minor thrown in for kicks, in only 3 years and one summer, as she already had a conditional acceptance at that grad school to start in the fall if she good all of her undergrad coursework done by the summer. The only way she was able to graduate so early with two majors was to because she had gotten credit for a number of intro/common core courses by taking them as AP courses in high school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Which prompts me to say: To each his own. If you want to chill and enjoy more of the social aspects of the college experience, then follow Druff’s “chillax” advice. But if you are innately driven to try to “own” the world by the time you are 30, go for it! And for inspiration, listen to the very excellent podcast called “How I Built This” hosted by Guy Raz.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
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ill say this as far as who paid for those "free" As...I probably wouldn't have graduated any earlier if I decided to pass out of the classes I could have (and who knows if i woulda even gotten 4s on the AP exams...i mean fuck my calc teacher gave me a mercy C in high school...got to college and breezed through 4 semesters of math with straight As...i thanked that woman everyday for just beating our asses in high school...)...I might have been able to get a minor, which means absolutely nothing...however those "free" As allowed me to boost my GPA so I was able to graduate magna...
did that mean anything at the end of the day? got me...can't go back and see if I woulda gotten my first job without it or been accepted into grad school without it...but it sure the fuck didn't hurt my case in all of those things...
Dr Mumbles.
My high school in El Paso was a total shit show...half my teachers only taught when it was review day....other than that it was read the text book and answer the questions at the end of the chapter.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
I don’t even recall there being AP classes, between the race riots and rampant drug use it’s a miracle I got the hell out of there.
My team did win district in basketball though, football too....I kept the bench extra warm.
I too graduated magna and went on to grad school...did clep out of 9 hours of English which was nice...
Listened just long enough to hear she was swim team.
Tell me more.
Public school kid lives in my neck of the woods got a half ride for 4 years at Harvard cause he could pitch. Finished this summer. Once you’re in you are a lock to graduate.
Another local Prep School kid made it Harvard Freshman year but might have been cut or hurt. Lost track
World is full of smart kids.
that fucking blows, especially if you actually are trying to get something outta HS...I got lucky that I went to a good public school where the teachers gave a shit...Quote:
Originally Posted by TexterMy high school in El Paso was a total shit show...half my teachers only taught when it was review day....other than that it was read the text book and answer the questions at the end of the chapter.Quote:
Originally Posted by GambleBotsChafedPenis
I don’t even recall there being AP classes, between the race riots and rampant drug use it’s a miracle I got the hell out of there.
My team did win district in basketball though, football too....I kept the bench extra warm.
I too graduated magna and went on to grad school...did clep out of 9 hours of English which was nice...
my calc teacher was an older lady, wasn't an overt ball buster but she wanted to make sure she got us prepared for being freshman in college the next year...never forget walking into my first college calc class and shitting a brick that I was gonna get fucking creamed...Aced the first test and never looked back...really regret not making a trip back to my high school and thanking her for having mercy on my soul and passing me with a C and for preparing me so well...
props on passing outta English...I shoulda done that one...who wants to waste all that time reading and writing fucking papers...
you mean the other smart kids that take ap physics a, b, and cQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
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Originally Posted by gauchojake
i think it might stick...we needs a new dr since pockles isn't around.
lulz...did any students try and bring box cutters to school as weapons?....that's why families move to other neighborhoods unless they want to pay 25k for day school or 50k for boarding schoolQuote:
Originally Posted by Texter
Back when I was in college 30 years ago, public colleges were cheap. Money wasn't really an issue as long as your family was middle class or higher.
Went up rapidly in the 90s and beyond because the schools realized they could milk the state and the parents for more $. That's why I laugh at these free college proposals. What we need is cheaper college -- not giving schools a blank check signed by da gubbmint.
I graduated college in 3 years. Unlike most kids there, who wanted to stay young and irresponsible, I was in a hurry to grow up. I shouldn't have been.
100% I would change that if I did it all over again.
A friend’s wife recently took a job at a somewhat well-regraded private university. It’s not an IVY, but it’s a $55k a year private that when I graduated high school, I probably couldn’t have gotten into. I had the test scores. I didn’t attend school enough to have the impeccable GPA.Quote:
Originally Posted by TexterTough but fair...in Texas. However, most private schools around here will give you moolah to match the public’sQuote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadly
And some privates in town are total shit....
She has this geographical area she’s in charge of where she filters applications. She approves them, rejects them, or kicks them to a committee if they’re borderline. I was shocked at how low the requirements were to get in. Outside the Ivy League, she said this is the trend. It’s far trickier to get into Ohio State than her school, which blew my mind.
It was the exact opposite when I graduated. I had friends with a 2.6 and 17 ACT accepted with me. Now you better have a 3.8 and 27 minimum to be on the border at a state school. She’s accepting 3.6 and 24 if they write a good essay and said it’s the norm at a lot of these private schools. I guess people wised up to the notion of spending $225k on an undergrad degree and are saving their bullets for grad school.
While true, this is not the overwhelming reason why tuition has soared. In the late 90s the government began to make a big push on getting very involved in the student loan market, offering fully guaranteed loans for 100% of student's costs. They also offered interest rates way below the market value since they after all set the interest rate. All of a sudden people that would have never considered college went because it was effectively "free" not taking into consideration they would one day have to actually pay it back. Stats estimate 40% of people who took out loans in the early 2000s will default in the next 5-10 years. The market was flooded with cash, and Universities saw an opportunity to raise prices dramatically with no push back, since the government would loan the 19 year old student the money either way. The 19 year old student was too dumb to realize anything, just increase the size of the loan and worry about it later. It was a bonanza for Professors and Athletic Departments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
The whole thing is a joke. I have two relatives that took advantage of this Sallie Mae program. One went back to school at age 23 and got a degree in Marketing to the tune of $100K. She was a bartender before college, during college and now at the age of 31, still a bartender. She now owes $100K and recently got divorced because her husband did not want to be saddled with her debt. I saw her a couple months ago at a gathering and she was constantly making fun in a sad way of her financial situation. She was still talking up her degree though saying she is just waiting for the right opportunity.
The other relative is even in worse shape. Always wanted to be a lawyer. Works during the day going to school at night to get his bachelor's degree, than it's another $100K for law school. At the pace he is going he will be in his late 30s if and when he gets his law degree.
What a fucking scheme this is.
It’s often observed that unchecked lending abnormally drives up asset prices. So, it’s reasonable to apply that logic to the intangible asset of a “college degree” if the suppliers aren’t materially constrained in setting their offering prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgullWhile true, this is not the overwhelming reason why tuition has soared. In the late 90s the government began to make a big push on getting very involved in the student loan market, offering fully guaranteed loans for 100% of student's costs. They also offered interest rates way below the market value since they after all set the interest rate. All of a sudden people that would have never considered college went because it was effectively "free" not taking into consideration they would one day have to actually pay it back. Stats estimate 40% of people who took out loans in the early 2000s will default in the next 5-10 years. The market was flooded with cash, and Universities saw an opportunity to raise prices dramatically with no push back, since the government would loan the 19 year old student the money either way. The 19 year old student was too dumb to realize anything, just increase the size of the loan and worry about it later. It was a bonanza for Professors and Athletic Departments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
The whole thing is a joke. I have two relatives that took advantage of this Sallie Mae program. One went back to school at age 23 and got a degree in Marketing to the tune of $100K. She was a bartender before college, during college and now at the age of 31, still a bartender. She now owes $100K and recently got divorced because her husband did not want to be saddled with her debt. I saw her a couple months ago at a gathering and she was constantly making fun in a sad way of her financial situation. She was still talking up her degree though saying she is just waiting for the right opportunity.
The other relative is even in worse shape. Always wanted to be a lawyer. Works during the day going to school at night to get his bachelor's degree, than it's another $100K for law school. At the pace he is going he will be in his late 30s if and when he gets his law degree.
What a fucking scheme this is.
Zero chance the orange tinted dictator's son in law deserved it more than Barack Obama's daughter.
Of all the people that got into Harvard, his daughter (who is a legacy) is the only one that didn't deserve to get it in?
Seriously, why even post shit like this?
You can't even act like you aren't a racist prick,
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Originally Posted by mulva
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Originally Posted by tgullWhile true, this is not the overwhelming reason why tuition has soared. In the late 90s the government began to make a big push on getting very involved in the student loan market, offering fully guaranteed loans for 100% of student's costs. They also offered interest rates way below the market value since they after all set the interest rate. All of a sudden people that would have never considered college went because it was effectively "free" not taking into consideration they would one day have to actually pay it back. Stats estimate 40% of people who took out loans in the early 2000s will default in the next 5-10 years. The market was flooded with cash, and Universities saw an opportunity to raise prices dramatically with no push back, since the government would loan the 19 year old student the money either way. The 19 year old student was too dumb to realize anything, just increase the size of the loan and worry about it later. It was a bonanza for Professors and Athletic Departments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
The whole thing is a joke. I have two relatives that took advantage of this Sallie Mae program. One went back to school at age 23 and got a degree in Marketing to the tune of $100K. She was a bartender before college, during college and now at the age of 31, still a bartender. She now owes $100K and recently got divorced because her husband did not want to be saddled with her debt. I saw her a couple months ago at a gathering and she was constantly making fun in a sad way of her financial situation. She was still talking up her degree though saying she is just waiting for the right opportunity.
The other relative is even in worse shape. Always wanted to be a lawyer. Works during the day going to school at night to get his bachelor's degree, than it's another $100K for law school. At the pace he is going he will be in his late 30s if and when he gets his law degree.
What a fucking scheme this is.
Have you ever seen how much money it costs to go to the University of Phoenix???? It's insane.
obv not williams or bowdoinQuote:
Originally Posted by BCRA friend’s wife recently took a job at a somewhat well-regraded private university. It’s not an IVY, but it’s a $55k a year private that when I graduated high school, I probably couldn’t have gotten into. I had the test scores. I didn’t attend school enough to have the impeccable GPA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Texter
She has this geographical area she’s in charge of where she filters applications. She approves them, rejects them, or kicks them to a committee if they’re borderline. I was shocked at how low the requirements were to get in. Outside the Ivy League, she said this is the trend. It’s far trickier to get into Ohio State than her school, which blew my mind.
It was the exact opposite when I graduated. I had friends with a 2.6 and 17 ACT accepted with me. Now you better have a 3.8 and 27 minimum to be on the border at a state school. She’s accepting 3.6 and 24 if they write a good essay and said it’s the norm at a lot of these private schools. I guess people wised up to the notion of spending $225k on an undergrad degree and are saving their bullets for grad school.
any college could become a "good" school or elite. all admissions has to do is stop admitting as much. then all these pretentious 18yr olds would want to go there. ..lol @ usc and northeastern being top schools now
oh jimmy. i was just illustrating the unfairness of it all. sure kush kush, and offspring of all prominent politicians participate. and why wouldn't they.Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyG_415Zero chance the orange tinted dictator's son in law deserved it more than Barack Obama's daughter.
Of all the people that got into Harvard, his daughter (who is a legacy) is the only one that didn't deserve to get it in?
Seriously, why even post shit like this?
You can't even act like you aren't a racist prick,
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Originally Posted by mulva
even BU has a legacy thing. and legacy is just another problem with yale and others as well.
wondering if this might be another house of cards like the housing crisis. can't be completely ruled out. but right now the competition is high for many colleges and there was a baby making boom after y2k for a few years. so the money grab is in high swing now. in 5-10 years, maybe not so muchQuote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadlyIt’s often observed that unchecked lending abnormally drives up asset prices. So, it’s reasonable to apply that logic to the intangible asset of a “college degree” if the suppliers aren’t materially constrained in setting their offering prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by tgull
Couldn’t make it through the entire video. Got super annoyed by her incessant vocal fry.Quote:
Originally Posted by mulva
https://youtu.be/R8mcBdBL-t0
You did it right. I didn’t get adulting right until I was almost 30. I don’t think the memories of fun outweigh the productive time lost. Thankful my kid took your path and not mine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
lets take affirmative action even further.
the reverse racism in getting into medical school.
i mean lol. if you're hispanic or black and have the same subset of grades you have a 3 and 4 times likely hood of getting into medical school than being white or asian.
lol........wut kind of nonsense is this. this is seriously some backwards ass paddle faster i hear banjos type of thing.
if i'm going under the knife no hispanic or african american is going to be cutting me open unless they're an all star.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDNe6RiV1Tk
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Originally Posted by mulva
My brother is a surgeon. While in med school he walked in on a group of black students with a professor having an after hours class to go back over what had already been taught. No white students. Make of that what you will.
so not right. our whole education plan needs to be revamped somehow.Quote:
Originally Posted by TellafriendQuote:
Originally Posted by mulva
My brother is a surgeon. While in med school he walked in on a group of black students with a professor having an after hours class to go back over what had already been taught. No white students. Make of that what you will.
i have no idea how it would happen but it needs a big fix.
it's sad and very unfair on just about every level.
congress should not be going after lori loughlin and the others so hard to make an example. they should be going after the schools.