<p>You only play one instument?</p>
<p>Ever think about Georgia Tech? It's pretty good... Maybe you can make that your safety school or something.</p>
<p>Yeah, that too. Bump.</p>
<p>How much does it hurt that my average is not that great this year?</p>
<p>Freshman year I had 97.2, sophomore year I had 97.8, and this year I have had 96.5 the first two quarters, almost entirely because of English. I can expect a similar average for this quarter, and for the whole year I can expect to have around 97.0 because of easy final exams. I don't think it'll severely impact my class rank, but downward trends are supposed to be bad, right? And I think I'll have a hard time blaming it on course load because I'm not taking that many more APs than last year.</p>
<p>I'm thinking about some easier schools to get into, like CMU, Illinois, and, as thesyst3m said, Georgia Tech, in case I don't get into MIT, Stanford, or Caltech.</p>
<p>97.2 ~ 97.8 ~ 97.0 is not a downward trend. man! don't worry abt it...you're grades are awesome.</p>
<p>Try UChicago. Great in math/science with 40% acceptance rate. Its rank in US News is pulled down because it's not that selective, despite it's top-notch faculty.</p>
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<p>Only!? The object of music is not to play in an exceedingly proliferate fashion. I think it's better to develop a passion for one instrument and play it well...rather than try your hand at everything and not be a standout in anything.</p>
<p>Did you get into RSI?</p>
<p>No RSI for me :(. And they spelled my name "Frnak" on the letter! Oh well, I really didn't expect to get in. Nobody does. This afternoon I have an interview at a lab. I think I have a good chance of getting in.</p>
<p>As for the University of Chicago, my mother seems to like that place and wants me to apply there. And they send somewhat higher quality college mail than other schools.</p>
<p>aisan males. man, it will be hard i tell you. i wish you goog luck.</p>
<p>stanford for you is a reach. Caltech is a match (ironic in a sense) and MIT is probably a pretty good chance. my first choice is also MIT... ugh im so screwed since i never won any science/math comp.s your app better not be right in front of mine ;p</p>
<p>hey frank what school do u go to, webster schroeder by any chance?</p>
<p>Yes, I go to webster schroeder.l</p>
<p>yeah it is definitely 3.14159265358979323846264883827950...somethin like that</p>
<p>Try to focus on one thing and excel at it. I just glanced at your stats so I might have missed something, if so, my bad</p>
<p>My friend got into caltech. He had a 3.9 GPA out of 4.0, and took the classes that most people take (advanced). He didnt play a sport, got a good SAT score (nothing great, def. below 1500) but he concentrated on computers and did really well on software engineering for BPA (3rd or so in the nation) and C++ programming (3rd or so in the nation). He also got an internship at a local computer sciences business.</p>
<p>I hate it when those math dilentanttes try to pass themselves off as smarter than they really are by reciting pi's digits....and getting it wrong!!
for the record, it is::::
3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
(approximately)</p>
<p>usually not such a MATH Nazi....dont know what came over me...::checks heaqrt rate in mild but growing concern::....hmmm, oh well, at least the general public is a little better off now...ah well</p>
<p>Are you referring to Ivy<em>League</em>14? I believe those digits are correct. You added a bunch to them, and yours are correct too, I believe. I think I'll add 5820974944 to the end of your string.</p>
<p>ahh dang, and i thought I KNEW "a lot of pi" 3.141592653589793238462643383. :|</p>
<p>u guys are weak... i have a friend who can do a rubiks cube in 30 secs... and has pi to approx 250 digits... i bet him 300 and he had it for a week... never paid him tho lol</p>
<p>3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701975665933446128475</p>
<p>i could recite it to the one thousandth, but wouldn't help me getting into MIT</p>
<p>or... some, not all of you could be reciting off a webpage...</p>