Re: College
- From: blmblm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 12 Jan 2006 18:57:39 GMT
In article <1137036615.863281.309020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
<nikkiOwen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>Ok, this gives me a lot to think about. What I'm getting out of all of
>this is that I should go to a good local school (i.e. UW Madison) to
>get my undergrad CS degree, then goto a douchebag, whitey, republican
>school like MIT, Caltech, Stanford, etc. to get my graduate degree. UW
>Madison is actually looking pretty good for me. I took my PSAT and
>meet the average entry scores pretty accurately, and I'm already taking
>a crapload of AP courses. I have heard that it is supposedly the top
>school in the state, which is cool, but I'm still keeping an open mind.
> I don't think I'm going to need a TA due to my good grades, and I'm
>not all that poor. I just can't afford to goto a really good school
>right away.
To the group: I have the vague idea that many well-ranked schools
try very hard to make it financially possible for any student they're
really interested in to attend, via some combination of scholarships
and work-study programs and loans. If so, that might broaden the
OP's range of choices. Anyone have current information on whether
this is true or a pleasant delusion? and whether, if true, it mostly
means that poor students attending top schools graduate with massive
student-loan debt?
(I have no idea why you think the top schools are Republican, by the
way. It could be that the administrators are politically conservative,
but it's my impression that the majority of faculty types at most US
colleges and universities are more left-leaning. <shrug> )
>I can probably afford any in-state public school. Oh yea,
>I forgot to mention in my first post that Wisconsin has a reciprocity
>deal with Minnesota, so I can goto any public school there for
>Minnesota in-state tuition. Man, I'm really kicking myself right now,
>because I had the chance to get a full scholarship to UW Madison
>because I'm a minority (50% Mexican homie), but I didn't want to do it
>because you had to go there for almost the entirety of the summer for
>every year of high school. I guess it's better this way, because
>instead of hanging out with a bunch of losers at Madison, I can do more
>programming, which is what really counts...right?
>
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