<p>and alonzo..you're prbly lying to me....just to make a point...why should i believe you anyways....</p>
<p>not to interject, but for the same line of reasoning, why should anyone believe that YOUR parents are making more than 2 million a year? or that you got into all the schools you claim to have gotten into? or anything on the internet really?</p>
<p>well first off...i know what my parents make...its kinda obvious...and for the colleges...you want my list of acceptance...here we go:</p>
<p>1) harvard
2) tufts
3) johns hopkins
4) wash u (and full tuition scholarship there-danforth scholarship)
5) duke
6) unc chapel hill (carolina scholar)
7) tulane (dean scholar)
8) princeton</p>
<p>so....believe me i know what i am talking about...</p>
<p>and secondly...who ever you are..ikotree...i think ur some druggie who has no idea what college is about and is going to some crappy community college....so beat off...</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
I almost peed my pants reading that last post. that made my day. okay, sorry, i'm done.</p>
<p>why was my last post funny?....and you pee in ur pants at this age?</p>
<p>it was funny because of the futility of saying "i know what my parents make" and telling us what your college acceptance list was. </p>
<p>and yeah, i pee my pants every now and then</p>
<p>Assuming that list is true (and count me among the skeptical), it just goes to show that admission committees are not perfect.</p>
<p>how amazing. because i questioned whether your statements are true (after you questioned someone else's, mind you) all of a sudden i'm going to community college! and I don't even know what college is! and a druggie on top of that!! well, at least i can now fund my college education with my new "career shift"</p>
<p>also...i...hope...this...is the way you...write...and not...the way you...talk...because...so many pauses...would have...put someone...to sleep by.......now!!</p>
<p>DevilKnight, I'm having a hard time reconciling what you post. You claim a household income of 2 million dollars, list all your great acceptances, but then turn around a say you gave up Harvard and Tufts (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/527592-college-hardest-you-give-up.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/527592-college-hardest-you-give-up.html</a>) because they didn't come through with aid, and Princeton, because it is too "rich." Duke aid beat out Harvard aid for a family with a 2 million dollar income? What kind of aid do you need, exactly?</p>
<p>coolguy: I don't wanna be a useless money taking son to my parents. I want to earn scholarships/grants so that I can academically earn my way through college. I hope that's okay for you.</p>
<p>and to the rest of you, thank for making fun of my disability..you people don't understand what i go through having dyslexia...i can't help it that this is the way i type....you all should be ashamed of yourself..</p>
<p>and doubting my abiities...i deserve to go to any of those schools more than any one of you guys...so beat it!</p>
<p>and duke in fact did beat out harvard aid...my family is a yalie family...big donors to yale in fact...but i like harvard...but duke gave me an unbeatable grant...so i had to choose duke...plus duke has everything that suits me...</p>
<p>No, I think that's noble, but I'm still confused as to how you were able to file for aid independently from your parents. I tried this, but from Harvard's financial aid site: </p>
<p>Can I apply for Harvard's financial aid independently of my parents?</p>
<p>No, in 99% of the cases. We feel strongly that your parents have an obligation to help finance your college education. Our aid is available only to students whose families would not otherwise be able to send them to Harvard</p>
<p>And this was the case at Hopkins and many other schools. I'm just a little confused here--unless of course you were a 1% case.</p>
<p>um, that's nice that your parents make more money than me devilknight, seriously though, don't hate just because next spring i'll be working at goldman sachs while you're taking intro chem...</p>
<p>alonzo...nice job...dude i was pulling ur strings...and intro to chem sounds much better than being in the work field...my parents always say that college life is better than career life....so...i win the argument...again....</p>
<p>and coolguy....yeah i applied independently...my parent's finance manager told me to...(but he did have to go through things to get that to happen)...so i guess u can say that i beat the system...not that i am proud of that...</p>
<p>Another reason not to believe you - if you really didn't want to have your parents pay, you would have accepted the Danforth. (Seriously. Name one bad thing about St. Louis).</p>
<p>Ok The Risks Of St. Louis: Floods, Floods, Floods, Tornados, Midwest Mentality....floods,floods, Possible Tornado, Floods, Floods, Floods...get The Point!</p>
<p>And Duke Gave Me A Full Ride Anyway...so...i Am Right! I Picked The Best Offer!</p>
<p>yay Duke! yay Johns Hopkins! who cares.. you guys like where you are at so what's the point of convincing each other to like the other school? lol</p>
<p>^ Exactly.
I don't see the point of bashing JHU on the JHU board, or any other school for that matter without an actual reason.</p>
<p>well its the fun of arguing that you guys are missing!</p>
<p>not trying to argue or anything but....why didn't you just say duke gave you a full ride in the beginning?
you kept saying you got a better grant. Typically grants go out for financial aid. I thought that a full ride would just be free tuition!?!</p>