The GAT Thread

Waucod Meesman · Post by **Waucod Meesman** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:42 am

oh yeah baseball... Go Redsox?

Post by **Lexx Yovel** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:46 pm

Aw... I missed the 200th page :cry:

Waucod Meesman · Post by **Waucod Meesman** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:35 pm

cry me a river... It was all me and Kurke anyways... oh and I think Drag had one post on it

Kurke_Aumea · Post by **Kurke_Aumea** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:34 pm

Cleveland rocks, Boston sucks!!! lol

Btw, if any of you are in or are considering a career in the IT or CIS fields, be sure to explain to your family that you are not "free computer support" for their P.O.S. computers...

Waucod Meesman · Post by **Waucod Meesman** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:36 pm

haha nice...

Apium · Post by **Apium** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:56 pm

Senior year sucks. I've never had so much homework, and I have all this college stuff on top of it. I've spent like 500 dollars on school related things this year too, and kurke can tell me if I'm wrong but I'm sure the books and shit in college are a lot more expensive.

Santos · Post by **Santos** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:45 pm

est. room/board costs alone cost around 10 grand, books cost 1 grand, so if you're planning on applying to a more upscale college, it'll set you back around 50,000. I'm applying to U Penn, Carnegie Melon, BU, Drexel, and RIT as some of my first choices. Tufts and Carnegie will be my longshots, I have 5 generations at Penn so it won't be impossibly hard to get into, but it'll be close.

Kurke_Aumea · Post by **Kurke_Aumea** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:06 am

Well, if you end up around Pittsburgh, you wouldn't be too far from me.

As far as books go, for 4 or 5 classes I usually spend about $300 to $500 on books that I never read... Figure a good $100 per hardback book and maybe $75 for paperback books or lab books. Those might be a little high and those are for new books. When in doubt, buy used off of Amazon and you might save a few bucks.

Apium · Post by **Apium** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:39 am

telemchus wrote:est. room/board costs alone cost around 10 grand, books cost 1 grand, so if you're planning on applying to a more upscale college, it'll set you back around 50,000. I'm applying to U Penn, Carnegie Melon, BU, Drexel, and RIT as some of my first choices. Tufts and Carnegie will be my longshots, I have 5 generations at Penn so it won't be impossibly hard to get into, but it'll be close.

Yea it really can be advantage. I've seen people at our school with average grades get full scholarships because of their parents' alumni status. The best I can say is I have two generations at Ohio State University and I'm not applying there.

Santos · Post by **Santos** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:01 pm

Is there a guitar hero/dumbbell curl scholarship? If so, i'm set for life.

Kurke_Aumea · Post by **Kurke_Aumea** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:06 pm

telemchus wrote:Is there a guitar hero/dumbbell curl scholarship? If so, i'm set for life.

If only you could win scholarships for playing video games...

Waucod Meesman · Post by **Waucod Meesman** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:38 pm

haha freaks... I've got 2 scholarships

Santos · Post by **Santos** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:05 pm

Waucod Meesman wrote:haha freaks... I've got 2 scholarships

.....at age 13? Doubtful, but good luck with those.

Waucod Meesman · Post by **Waucod Meesman** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:11 pm

I'm 14 hehe, and I am counting my chickens before they hatch, but all I have to do for one is mantain a GPA over a 2.5 and that isn't hard. The other one isn't as for sure but its the Bright Futures and thats if I can stand 4 years in the IB program. I really haven't looked that much into these though so I'm not sure what they'll be worth

Santos · Post by **Santos** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:14 pm

Waucod Meesman wrote:I'm 14 hehe, and I am counting my chickens before they hatch, but all I have to do for one is mantain a GPA over a 2.5 and that isn't hard. The other one isn't as for sure but its the Bright Futures and thats if I can stand 4 years in the IB program. I really haven't looked that much into these though so I'm not sure what they'll be worth

Where the hell does a GPA of 2.5 earn you a scholarship? I'm at 3.8 right now, but U Penn is my first choice, so I don't get a scholarship.