<p>Birds of a feather I guess.</p>
<p>Strive to do your best, apply to super reach schools (as in, it is <em>almost</em> impossible to get into Harvard as a transfer, so that’s a super reach) reach schools, and other schools that you would be happy at but have reasonable transfer rates. But do try to make the best of your year(s) there, if for no other reason that it will be blatantly obvious to the professors whom you ask to write you letters of recommendation that you’re very unhappy and maybe ungrateful.</p>
<p>I don’t really understand why so many people are so very angry with you…maybe tone down the ‘I’m better than the student body here’ attitude when you get to Northeastern. If you’re uncomfortable with your school, however, I don’t see anything horrible about venting on an online forum.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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This was sarcasm by the way. </p>
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I’d choose Tulane. It’s better ranked, better weather, and Mardi Gras even post-Katrina is still better than anything Boston has to offer.</p>
<p>dude’s disappointed with his current options I can respect that</p>
<p>Good line, tomofboston.
Like fallenchemist, I am puzzled by your belief that you can still go to Tulane for the reasons he explained. Unless you sent in your deposit by the deadline and told them you were coming, there is no room at the inn for you. They are way over-enrolled this year. An with your attitude, you wouldn’t fit in there anyway. The students are much more laid back and humble than you seem to be. Go to NEastern, if they’ll have you.</p>
<p>If you’re not going to offer constructive advice…then don’t answer or even look at this post any further for that matter. You don’t have to accept what he says but atleast try to understand his point of view. He acknowledges that Northeastern isn’t a terrible school and even says that he is happy to attend! If he believes he can do better its probably just him realizing that he’s spent too much time ignoring his studies and that he actually can do better…thats fine. As for the OP, you definitely shouldn’t assume that just because a school is ranked lower that it would be easier. Too much goes into rank that has nothing to do with the actual quality of the teaching, the workload, or the difficulties in the varying programs at a university. You should also give Northeastern a try, they haven an amazing Co-op program that would definitely stand out on any resume. You should take other factors into account, such as the strength of the program you plan to pursue. For example, American University is ranked 88 which I’m guessing you would consider a slack school but it boasts one of the best journalism/ir/political science programs. Also, consider the feel of the school. Would you want to spend four years of your life at this particular university? etc. Transferring to many of the Ivies might be just that…a dream. You shouldn’t solely focus on these schools and should open up to other possibilities. Split your list between reaches and targets, with more targets. You mentioned your class rank but that doesn’t necessarily indicate your GPA or whether your high school was incredibly competitive. These details could allow for a more accurate assesment at your chances. Also, don’t think that you got rejected from these colleges solely because of your grades. Top colleges want to see passion, out of the box thinking, self motivation, etc. I have a friend who has raised millions of dollars for the American Cancer Society, she has been dedicated to the Relay for Life since she was a kid because her father died of cancer, she was a national merit scholar finalist, a cambridge scholar (an international program), had won many awards, had sat scores in the 2300’s, had a 3.8 unweighted gpa in this intense program, newspaper editor for 4 years, student government for 2 years, was in theatre, a silver knight nominee, went to karate since middle school, she has been part of protests to improve education in Florida and has given speeches to the superintendent of schools which has helped passed legislations, her essays were stellar, her recs were glowing (they all testified that she was the best student they had in their entire teaching career, this was said by teachers who had won teacher of the year in the region) and she didn’t get in to Harvard or Yale and those are just the stats I can remember. We all like to think we can get into these amazing schools but sometimes we have to be realistic. Moreover, if you’re so concerned with rank…why aren’t you going to Tulane over Northeastern?</p>
<p>ReAdvocate - Even if people were a little hard on the OP, he came across badly. For someone asking for advice and help after they self-admittedly screwed up to also use judgemental language (2nd tier school, underachievers, calling himself a smart overachiever) is a bad way to proceed. How smart of an overachiever can he be if he has botched the process this badly? It just plays all wrong on a forum like this. And you asked the right question at the end. If he has all these values he professes, why did he not accept Tulane’s offer in the first place?</p>
<p>Which is another factor in the responses. For a smart overachiever, he seems rather clueless to the process in thinking that he can ignore the deadlines for accepting an offer of admission and just think he can still go. It comes across like “Well, I am so wonderful that surely they will want me anyway”. Add it all up you can see why it isn’t a very good plea for help.</p>
<p>Wow, readvocate-- 4 whole posts on cc and you are an expert on everything? :rolleyes: Posters are free to respond to the OP or other posters. No one other than the mods police what posters say or whether or not they should read or post in a thread. No need to lecture the posters who gave, IMO, appropriate feedback to the OP, whose post was cocky and insulting to many. </p>
<p>One quick suggestion (constructive advice) for you-- break long posts up into paragraphs. One big congealed block of words is hard to read, and typically gets skipped, by many readers.</p>
<p>OP-- did you say you are happy to attend Northeastern (as Readvocate claims)? I cant seem to find that.</p>
<p>Yeah, he did say that, followed up by a few equivocations. Second sentence of his original post.</p>
<p>“…widely considered the “Harvard” of that particular section of Boston.”</p>
<p>I lol’d.</p>
<p>That was a great line, electronica! Kudos, Kingjustinian.</p>
<p>And thanks for pointing out that line, fallenchemist. That line about being “happy” to go to Northeastern isn’t too convincing.</p>
<p>jym626 I wasn’t aware that a correlation existed between the amount of post on cc and the knowledge one has about college admissions nor did I ever claim to be an expert. I was only suggesting that posters don’t have to spend their time bashing someone who wasnt even attacking them–unless you all go to NEU then by all means–when they can probably be off helping someone or doing something practical with their time. And yeah, I tend to get carried away with my paragraphs when I am concentrated ^_^</p>
<p>Fallenchemist I understand where you are coming from completely, Northeastern is a great school and the OP shouldn’t have said what he said about NEU or assumed it wouldnt satisfy his needs/that it would be a walk in the park just because its not a top 50 without giving it a chance. A good friend of mine is going to Northeastern and she was one of the top students in my class; top 4%, very bright, passionate about her school work and self motivated in all aspects of life. You are right to say that he posed his plea for help in a condescending manner and his comments about New Orleans were rather unnecessary, but I can relate to him, I know I didnt do my best in school and while I got into great schools I knew I could do much better had I only applied myself more. Though he did say it offensively I can understand what he was trying to say.</p>
<p>To explain about my comment re: the OP not being a fit for Northeastern: If someone attends a school with the intention of transferring up to a “better” school, he is not going to bond with the school and its programs. Also, if he tells other students that he deserves better, then it will likely limit the number of friends he makes. Also, specific to NU, virtually all students there are interested in the coop program or other forms of experiential learning. While it is possible to avoid coop in the first two years if he intends to transfer out, the OP will likely complain that half the students he knew as a freshman are off campus on coop during his sophomore year. That’s the nature of the coop program.</p>
<p>readvocate,
I came down hard on you because your very first sentence,
was, IMO, condescending, and set a bad tone. If your post had started with the second sentence,
omitting the very first dictatorial opening line (and it hadn’t been 6:30 in the morning when I read your post) perhaps my reaction would have been different.</p>
<p>Fallenchemist and I both took the OP’s insults personally because we have kids at Tulane. FWIW, our kids stats trump the OP’s, yet they chose Tulane over other schools (because they were both awarded full tuition scholarships and national merit scholarships). Regardless, even if they thought they were settling, they wouldnt have the discourtesy to put the school down or to suggest that it was not good enough for them.</p>
<p>jym626 I meant it more as “if you have nothing nice to say then don’t say anything at all” I think its silly when posters gang up on the OP, even if the OP was being ridiculous, but I see now how that first line could’ve been misconstrued. A lot of people are obsessed with rank and the idea of going to an ivy league that they often ignore so many other schools that could be a much better fit, both Tulane and NEU are great schools anyone should feel honored to be accepted. Congrats to both your kids for receiving national merit scholarships, that is an honor!</p>
<p>Thanks for clarifying, ReAdvocate. But truth be told, if posters posted only posts of agreement, cc would be a quiet, boring place :)</p>
<p>And thanks for the congrats on the NMS. But truth be told, the full tuition scholarship is the big deal. This year alone it means a savings of $38,300! NMS is an additional $2k. Not in the least bit meaning to poo-poo the NMS, but in comparison…</p>