<p>@2fast4you lol.</p>
<p>I like SD but i didn’t get into my college of choice and it seems like some classes won’t transfer over…</p>
<p>Im actually going to be turnin down SD for either LA or Irvine… i guess i dont really belong on this thread then. adios!</p>
<p>PhD in TAKING OVER THE WORLD.</p>
<p>(via structural biology and biophysics - at a snobby little Ivy in NYC)</p>
<p>PhD IN HISTORICAL ENGINEERING. I MAKE HISTORY</p>
<p>…by using mathematics and game theory to model consumer behavior and firm/management strategy in the marketplace. Starting next fall at an elite Chicago school, turning down a couple Ivys along the way :)</p>
<p>Oyama,</p>
<p>This sounds really interesting. What’s your undergrad major(s)?</p>
<p>2fast4you is such a ■■■■■… Lol. And he/she is drawing so many people in too.</p>
<p>Anyways, I turned down: Cal, Davis, Riverside, Irvine, SB, Drexel, Brown, and a bunch of small schools that I applied to for their specialized medical programs</p>
<p>Stonebridge, I double majored in Joint Math/Econ and Psychology (Behavioral Neuro); double minored in Spanish and Biology.</p>
<p>Thats really cool (I’m guessing the schools are UIUC and Columbia?), I’m thinking about going to grad school myself (M.S not PhD), did you guys have strong GPA’s and stuff, what would be a good GPA for someone looking to get a Masters in Computer Science</p>
<p>Thanks Oyama.
gswhoops, my guess is the one in Chicago is The University of Chicago :)</p>
<p>Ya I thought that at first but then I remembered him saying something about UIUC, I’m not sure but lets just wait for Oyama to tell us :)</p>
<p>If y’all checked my post history on CC, you’d have noticed it was Northwestern :P</p>
<p>And I’m typing this on my iPad so I’ll have to be brief until I get on a real computer</p>
<p>For CS I’d shoot for 3.6 in your major courses to have a shot at elites (stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, etc) though you’ll need some other things to guarantee admission (gre, research, work experience, etc) and a lot of the above to get an funding.</p>
<p>My gpa was fairly low compared to medians at the programs I got accepted into. My cumulative gpa was 3.69, last 2 years gpa was 3.94, psychology gpa was 4.0, and math/Econ gpa was 3.76 (and graduate gpa was 4.0 with 2 Econ doctoral courses and 4 psyc doctoral courses). I did poorly my first 4 quarters (2.7 gpa) from being distracted and involved with my frat a bit excessively. </p>
<p>Main factor for me getting into phd programs, though, was research, which is why you see me advocating for many on this forum to pursue it at least to try it. For a phd in ANY field, research (and the letters you get from professors for conducting high quality research) are the most important factors for admission. In three years, I had worked in 7 labs (including at 3 schools outside UCSD) and had two NSF REUs, some conference proceedings, and a myriad of talks and posters in a variety of fields. I was able to reconcile my interests in my current field of study and this was looked upon favorably by a lot of programs.</p>
<p>Where did Slorg end up, anyhow? Did grad school swallow him alive?</p>
<p>My grad life today: Drove 60 miles to Long Island for 4 hours of scheduled equipment time at Brookhaven National Lab. Bad weather = malfunctioning machines. Ate cookies and watched Glee. Had dinner, drove back. All this, in the name of science!</p>
<p>Bioscience PhD at Berkeley–never bothered asking what his research is on, but he pops up on cc every once in a while. </p>
<p>And and and should I be catching up on Glee? I think a new episode will be coming on when I’ll be in NY in a few weeks haha</p>
<p>Dude, see my fb status from yesterday! If you had your fancy lens we could totally go stalking when they’re filming at NYU tomorrow …</p>
<p>Oyama… that was a brief post? Lol</p>
<p>Ffffuuuuu !!! I wish! :(:(:(:(</p>
<p>I’m debating how much gear to bring on my next trip. I’ve now been several times and I’m over the whole tourist thing! This next trip is all about food food food! Did I tell you I’m eating at le bernardin that Friday? Sooo excited since I’m s huge fan of Eric Ripert and I’m a huge slut for seafood lathered in rich butter sauces! Also let’s figure out where I’m taking you out for housing me!</p>
<p>And Avib0y I’ve literally written multi-post replies about how to succeed in research (at least in the behavioral and economic sciences) before. If you do an exhaustive search in my post history, you’ll eventually find it haha :)</p>
<p>Oh haha looks like stonebridge and I were both wrong, thanks for all the help Oyama, so I should pretty much make sure I have some research and job experience along with maybe some tutoring at OASIS and a 3.7 GPA? I’m actually considering double majoring in math/ compsci, would this look better to graduate schools? Once again thanks for all the advice, I really need it :P</p>
<p>^^ Was at Le Bernardin a few weeks ago, was absolutely amazing. Next up (when I graduate): Per Se!</p>
<p>Math would definitely help for CS/CE graduate school</p>
<p>And awesome 
not exactly excited about dropping a few hundred on dinner and wine, but I guess I made a good amount working this year and let’s go once you defend your dissertation!</p>
<p>case western, uiuc, uci, tulane, usc, umich</p>