Recent content by schmittno

Thank you anyone who took the time to offer me some advice. I ended up choosing RPI. Although the accelerated PhD was mentioned a lot, I don't have much of an interest in it. I mainly chose RPI for both the atmosphere and cost (I was able to get it down to about 1/3 of Cornell). In addition, if...

Thank you for the meaningful response. It would leave me in a lot of debt, which I don't think would be the best for my future. Would it be sensible to hold off on Cornell for undergrad and aim for Cornell (or a similarly ranked program) for a PhD? (I know that I will have to work hard wherever...

I just got accepted to Cornell yesterday! Would you say that there is a significant advantage to going there over the other schools I listed? I say this because Cornell would end up costing me 2x as much as the others.

I got about half off from merit scholarships

Yes to both, but I am waiting on Cornell

I have applied to Cornell, but haven't received a decision yet. I'd say that I have a decent shot of getting in (1540 SAT, 8 AP, 3 Sports, President of NHS, 3rd in my class), but even if I do the cost may be too much for my family (and I won't receive any financial aid).

Hello, my goal is eventually to go to grad school for physics. I am not yet sure what sub-field I find most interesting because all of them are very interesting to me. Of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Stony Brook University, and University of Rochester, what college will provide me with...

My test score did improve to a 1540

Thank you. That is what I've been trying to say.

Clarkson is mainly there because my dad went there and we think I can get a lot of money from them. My family also wants me to do engineering instead of physics or with physics, hence schools like WPI and RIT. My high-school also gave me $78,000 across 4 years at RIT and that is mainly why it's...

I didn't intend to brag, just wanted to give you a sense of myself and the colleges that will fit these stats. I am well aware of the lacking SAT score. Math came easy, but I have been working hard on English which has always been my worse subject. I have put the work in and the score will...

I am a senior living in New York state getting ready to submit my college applications. Colleges I Have Looked At: RPI, UoR, RIT, Clarkson, WPI, Stony Brook, and Binghamton My stats: 3/309 in my class 99% unweighted gpa 1440 SAT (790 Math, 650 Reading) (This score is likely to improve (I...