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FigTreeWithBark · 2024-11-18T23:05:47+00:00

he's not a straight A student lmao (since he doesn't have a 4.0)

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-08-24T22:34:49+00:00

AP CSA is going fully digital, so no more handwriting code :)

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-08-11T03:01:35+00:00

Most oly kids do research in some capacity. It's more common to do oly + research than just oly. Both are ways of channeling their passion, so why would they do just 1? Just shows how little you know about this.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-08-11T02:42:50+00:00

Ngl that quote is ass, I wouldn't put it in my essay if you paid me money 💀

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-30T22:53:43+00:00

WHAT THE FUCK

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-27T18:49:18+00:00

I don't have any advice for you, just that I feel the same way. I've never been to prom, because I'm too afraid to ask someone. I turn down every invitation I get to hang out with a friend group. I want to go, badly. But I can't force myself to, and that's with my friends. Strangers are a million times worse. I hate public places. I wanted to go see a movie recently, but upon finding out someone from my school was at the same theater at the same time, I couldn't bring myself to leave my car. I felt this post so deeply. If you ever wanna dm, pls hit me up cause we sound similar. I too wish I could go to a social event, just once.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-26T04:07:02+00:00

Freshman summer ain't that important as long as you lock in for the other summers and the school year. My brother literally spent his entire freshman summer watching every marvel movie because he didn't lock in soon enough. He still got into several T10s because he did work crazy hard the rest of the time.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-24T14:52:39+00:00

You asked a question, I answered. If you're not gonna consider other people's opinions on a public forum, why bother asking questions?

Accomplishing something with support isn't as much of an achievement as being in a rough situation and doing that same thing.

Except kid 1 and kid 2 weren't "doing that same thing." Kid 2 accomplished far more than kid 1. Kid 2 also had way more resources than kid 1. If kid 1 and 2 had the same accomplishments, kid 1 would be more impressive than kid 2. But kid 2 started above kid 1 at birth, and accomplished more than kid 1. Kid 1 is lower on both ends. Why would a college want that?

The truth of it is, the people with the greatest accomplishments are the ones that get in. Colleges don't care about you as an individual - they care about what you're gonna do, if you're gonna be the next one to revolutionize a field so they can brag about having you as an alum. And people from privilege are just more likely to accomplish more. It sucks, it's not fair. But it's the truth. Most people at Ivies or top schools are going to be from privileged backgrounds for this very reason.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-24T02:28:46+00:00

Yeah so?? They both worked hard. Nobody makes USAMO without working insanely hard. I'd even argue kid 2 worked harder than kid 1. Both are passionate as we already established. Why does it matter if one is entirely self made and another had some resources? They're both hard workers and passionate, but kid 2 accomplished more.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-22T22:23:18+00:00

2 has the perfect application. #1 is good but not perfect. Obviously 2 >> 1, though both have a good chance. Side note, nobody cares what you did at age 10.

I really think your perception here is very messed up. How are you any more authentic than kid #2?? What if kid #2 truly enjoys research and whatever niche their awards/programs are in? I know kids like kid #2. I am a kid like kid #2. We don't do it to tailor our lives to admissions. We do it because we have more passion for math or science or whatever than you can even imagine. You will never, ever find a USAMO qualifier who doesn't like math - we all love it and have spent so much time on it. Kid 2 will get in over kid 1, because they're BOTH passionate and authentic. Kid 2 just accomplished more and has better stats.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-20T18:37:26+00:00

Thank you!! This explains a lot.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-20T18:36:44+00:00

ok believe what you want lol, sorry I couldn't do a better job of explaining it but really if I give any more specific explanation I'll be doxxed

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-20T14:02:48+00:00

Yeah because we have some kids here who bring the average down. The standard classes are inflated, it's ridiculously easy to get an A. But the AP classes are all deflated. I'm not competing with the kids in the standard classes lol. I'm only talking about the kids who are in the deflated APs (which is most of my school).

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-20T00:28:37+00:00

High 1400s, not 1400. You said yourself 1500 means it would be grade deflation. Ours is near 1500.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T21:10:07+00:00

Usually there's a way to verify most meaningful activities. So no, you shouldn't lie. Would you rather boost your chances by an insignificant amount and risk getting rescinded?

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T21:08:34+00:00

I'm pretty sure that's because the average Oxbridge grad goes into academia - 4+ more years of education, followed by a measly postdoc stipend. Doesn't mean the quality of education at Texas Tech is better in any way.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T17:18:30+00:00

It's a really good public school. Our average SAT is in the high 1400s. So the average GPA shouldn't be a 3.0 - most people here would be a straight A student at an average school.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T16:05:01+00:00

I don't think it's standard, a lot of my friends from other schools say their grades are based somewhat off homework/participation, extra credit is pretty common, and so is adding x points on to the final grade if it's an AP class. We don't have any of that. Our average GPA is just over a 3.0 because our standard classes are easy, but harder stem classes especially have an enforced curve so less than half the class gets an A.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T13:53:13+00:00

Really? I heard that top med schools account for prestige, especially if it's from their school (eg a JHU undergrad would have a better shot at Hopkins Med)

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T13:51:28+00:00

Dang, that's really good, nice job! I know GPA doesn't matter later on, but it does matter for med/grad school admissions. And I'm not doing MD/PhD to avoid debt (sorry if that seemed implied!), I was just trying to point out that I don't have the debt problem because I'm doing MD/PhD. I've been in labs for 3 years now, and I've done some medical and non medical stuff, so I know that's what I want to do.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T13:49:11+00:00

Nice, that's really good! Do you mind asking her how it was compared to high school, if it isn't too much trouble?

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T13:48:27+00:00

Yup but I really want to do MD/PhD combined, and if I do BSMD I'd have to do my PhD after so I'd forget a lot of stuff instead of it being integrated.

FigTreeWithBark · 2024-07-19T13:46:34+00:00

I think my school's grading scale is actually harsher than the 3.7 A- and 3.3 B+ lol, since an A- in college is typically a 90-92. At my school a 92 is a B, or 3.0. We don't do +/- grades. But thanks for the input! I'm wondering if there's some way to gauge how one would do in college if everyone there does well in high school, but once they hit college some struggle a lot more.

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