Journal Omkar's Journal: College Musings 3
I've finally decided which colleges I'm applying to. Out of the twelve (twelve, and only a few take the Common Application), six are really competitive "elite" schools. Assuming I've got a 30% chance at any one of these, which is a reasonable estimate, the probability that I'll be rejected by all twelve is a scant 11.7%. Of course, this assumes random admissions (not that much of a jump :) ) and no correlation between admissions decisions.
The other schools also seem really nice, very down-to-earth in a way few Ivy League schools are. Let's not kid - I'd rather go to Harvard than Ohio State - but it wouldn't be bad to go to any of these places. Especially since oppotunities are wherever you care to look. There's always a way to get working on something cool.
The one thing that really irks me about these applications is the fees. I'm going to end up spending ~$500 just applying to these places. College is expensive.
In Socialist UK. (Score:1)
Filled in an online form and that it. They applied to all 6 universities I wanted to go to.
Re:In Socialist UK. (Score:2)
Here's my record. (Score:2)
Ten Indian exams (that is, things like that drastically competitive IIT entrance examinations, so the actual number of universities is higher), twelve American universities (like, proper 'university').... and, I get into none of these 22 streams.
I finally got into one where I 'accidentally' applied; didn't quite realise that the form on the webpage was for applications per se, and not quite an application for an application, like, say, this one [t-bird.edu] is.
Yes, we were all young once.
Ohio State... has a nice litt