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Vanadium 50
Staff Emeritus
Science Advisor
Education Advisor
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James, I don't think we are getting through to you. You think your odds are 30%, when in fact they are closer to 19,000:1. Nineteen thousand! That's a 99.995% chance that you won't get in.
You don't want to put the effort into getting the best possible marks in every class? OK - but I assure you that someone else in this pool of 19,000 did. You like to code? So do the other 19,000. You code well? Fine - but do you do so better than all 19,000?
You can't plan your future on a 1/19,000 chance. You can't even plan it on a 1/3 chance. You need to work our butt off just to have a chance at these schools and you still need to apply elsewhere - like Australia.
You don't want to put the effort into getting the best possible marks in every class? OK - but I assure you that someone else in this pool of 19,000 did. You like to code? So do the other 19,000. You code well? Fine - but do you do so better than all 19,000?
You can't plan your future on a 1/19,000 chance. You can't even plan it on a 1/3 chance. You need to work our butt off just to have a chance at these schools and you still need to apply elsewhere - like Australia.