<p>^And one thing I didn't know about Stamp until orientation (last week) is that in the they have 8 lanes for bowling, like 8 pool tables, and a small arcade. It's so cool down there.</p>
<p>One thing I love about going to College Park is its proximity to DC because I love going to the Black Cat or 9:30 club (right on the green line!) to see those little shows--and in college I won't have those pesky parents asking why I keep going to see bands I've never heard of.</p>
<p>It's weird that there is a town called "College Park" in Maryland.... there is one in Metro-ATL, too (but, it's kind of "the ghetto").</p>
<p>ahhhhh, the Black Cat...good place right there. I'm seeing "We Are Scientists" there tonight. DC's venues are pretty good...930 is awesome too. My parents are the same way..."what? who's Ted Leo?! I dont think you should go" haha</p>
<p>haha, go a little north of College Park and you'll find a not-so-good neighborhood.</p>
<p>haha a bunch of ATL rappers mention college park in there tracks i.e. Yung Joc who is from college park</p>
<p>I go to High School, like I assume most of the active CCers, but I WILL go to an IVY or a highly prestigious college, </p>
<p>or rutgers (wow that would suck)</p>
<p>^Haha, at orientation, a girl from NJ said that a bunch of her friends opt to go Maryland because they don't want to go to Rutgers.</p>
<p>we are scientists....top shelf right there. I highly recommend their music. College Park was my #1 but they deferred me...like a bunch of us in-state people</p>
<p>This thread deserves to get bumped.</p>
<p>dude you turned down Stanford for Maryland due to money?</p>
<p>OUCH!</p>
<p>I wouldve taken out $160,000 in loans. ha.</p>
<p>well im going to a school that isnt all that prestigious.. DePauw University. Its a top 50 LAC but not many ppl outside of the indiana/illinois/ohio area know about it.</p>
<p>... and i turned down wisconsin b/c of money</p>
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<p>OUCH!</p>
<p>I wouldve taken out $160,000 in loans. ha.
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<p>and Villanova, and USC, and Santa Clara. The loans to attend any of those schools would have been equivalent to the first mortgage my parents ever had--I'd rather not take on that much debt on an entry-level salary...</p>
<p>Instead, I'm actually going to earn money going to school because on top of tuition, room and board, and a book stipend, my scholarship includes a check that covers "incidental/personal expenses," which according to Maryland will be about $2600.</p>
<p>I'm in the University Honors Program, which if you look at the stats in the "freshman profile" thread over at the College Park forum...is pretty top-notch. </p>
<p>So I try not to think of what could have been, and am thinking about what is. As it is, I like the hand I've been dealt.</p>
<p>haha yea not too shabby a deal. mustve been a tough call.</p>
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I took a couple of summer classes at KSU Stark, like right across the parking lot from you.</p>
<p>somebodynew- you're not in gemstone are you?</p>
<p>I turned it down...I'm lazy.</p>
<p>haha, holy **** man.....I know kids who turned down Harvard for Gemstone. But I feel ya on the lazy business...Gemstone's entrance math course is Multivariable Calculus, Linear Algebra & Differential Equations all smashed into one semester....which is freakin insane</p>
<p>My rationale was this:</p>
<p>Mechanical Engineering = ****ing hard.
Mech. Engineering + English minor or double major = damn near impossible
Mech. Engineering + English + Gemstone = kill me first.</p>
<p>EE + Physics = If you are not truly dedicated, you WILL FAIL!!</p>
<p>Anyway I go to college in australia (U of Melbourne), a nonamer in the United States. Just thought I'd pop in and say hi.</p>
<p>I haven't applied yet, going to be a senior next year, and I'm looking at a lot of very good schools, definitely not an Ivy though... but also some lower, but still perfectly good, schools... </p>
<p>As long as you're happy, doesn't matter.</p>
<p>Damn man...English too?</p>
<p>Im doing MechE + Math at GT
Yea a double major in those + Gemstone would kill anyone</p>