HS and college seniors: where are you going next year? [Archive]

Ryan Foley

28-03-2004, 22:46

To all you highschool seniors/ college seniors out there:

Well I'm guessing most of you have your college/ grad school applications already sent in, and probably have heard back from a few. So where are you going next year, and for what major?

I'm going to UMAINE (Orono) for mechanical engineering

PS: If anyone else is going to UMAINE Orono please email me at FOLEYMAN327@aol.com

ranma_saotome20

29-03-2004, 09:17

Well I'm off to join the navy. You'd be supprised at how many people are against it though... But they can all eat my shorts for all I care.:P

pryoplasm

29-03-2004, 09:28

joining the US Air Force sometime in the fall. something about going to lackland in texas in the summer for basic that just doesnt appeal to me. i will get some college credits there, and after i get out, or during it, depending upon the situation, i will go for my college degree, probably computer engineering or electrical engineering, and i might get one and work for the other later in life.

only regret about the USAF is that i might not be able to come back as analumni for my team, they are a sorry bunch of people, but they grow on you and i know i will miss it...

you know, i never realized what first did for me till i am about to lose it. hopefully i can rejoin later, but first years, rookies, make sure you make the most of your time, because you think its so far away now, but it goes quickly. cherish what you have and you should never have to look back in shame....

Cory

29-03-2004, 09:56

So far I've been accepted by UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, WPI, and Clarkson.

Rejected by UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Davis, and Cal Poly.

Waiting to hear from Stanford, University of the Pacific, Santa Clara University, and UC Berkeley.

Cory

Katie Reynolds

29-03-2004, 10:41

I'll be at Michigan Technological University (MTU) up nort' in Houghton, MI next year!! Majoring in scientific and technical communications with a concentration in english, and possibly with a minor in journalism.

Anyone else going to Tech (especially a gal looking for a roommate!) PM me and let me know! :)

Steve Horn

29-03-2004, 15:35

I'm going up to WPI next year. Majoring in mechanical engineering.

Melissa Nute

29-03-2004, 16:43

I'm going up to WPI next year. Majoring in mechanical engineering.Awesome! So am I.

Liz*599

30-03-2004, 14:56

I have been accepted to Cal poly San luis Obispo, San jose State University, San diego State University, Long Beach state University, and Cal State Northridge....all for mechanical engineering.....but luckily there are first teams near all those schools, so even if i leave the robodox i'll still b involved with first.

Cory

30-03-2004, 21:07

So, heard back from everywhere but Berkeley (which posts online tonight)

accepted to University of the Pacific, rejected by Stanford, waitlisted by Santa Clara.

Anyone actually know where theyre going? Most of us just have lists of where we've been accepted/rejected.

Cory

srjjs

30-03-2004, 23:45

I'm going to UC Berkeley!
Hooray!

Pierson

31-03-2004, 00:31

Accepted by UW (Univ. of Wash.), USC, USD, UC Davis, Santa Clara.
Waiting on: Stanford

Leaning towards (right now) USC or Santa Clara.

Possible Double Major: Business & Engineering

<edit> Waitlisted at Stanford </edit>

Ian W.

31-03-2004, 08:34

WernerNYK

03-04-2004, 11:10

Accepted to WPI, RPI, and BU, with merit scholarships at WPI and BU.

Seeing as I've been, well, hunted down at two regionals by current WPI students, I'm not sure if I have any say in where I go anymore :-p.

Regardless of where I go, probably majoring in some sort of Computer/Electrical Engineering.

Yeaaaaaa Iannnn!! That's hilarious. My buddies got back from Philly and were like, 'yea so we talked to this guy with a WPI hat on at Philly, and he said he had already been confronted by others at LI.' We are everywhereee, hence the slogan "WPI was there..." (see 12 most notable developments to come out of WPI.. traffic engineering and suspension bridges and airbags and stainless steel anyone?)

And you better get used to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), not the other way around if you are gonna be at WPI. (Learn those acronyms early! We've prolly got at least 200 of em!)

Ian W.

04-04-2004, 00:47

Yeaaaaaa Iannnn!! That's hilarious. My buddies got back from Philly and were like, 'yea so we talked to this guy with a WPI hat on at Philly, and he said he had already been confronted by others at LI.' We are everywhereee, hence the slogan "WPI was there..." (see 12 most notable developments to come out of WPI.. traffic engineering and suspension bridges and airbags and stainless steel anyone?)

And you better get used to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), not the other way around if you are gonna be at WPI. (Learn those acronyms early! We've prolly got at least 200 of em!)

Ahhh!!!! They're still after me!!!

:-p

Yeah, at Philly it was kind of random, cause I didn't see them till they came up to me, at least at SBPLI I saw you guys wandering around all day so I wasn't surprised when you hunted me down. As for acronyms, well, English isn't my thing, so names don't mean much to me, as long as I learn what I want to learn ;-).

Hailfire

12-04-2004, 20:35

I'll be going to either one of five schools Oakland University, EMU, Ryerson, or UDM for Architecture. Lawrence Tech for Architectural Imaging. I'd prefer to go to Lawrence Tech though.

Jay Lundy

12-04-2004, 21:32

I'm going to UC Berkeley for EECS (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science).

Eugenia Gabrielov

12-04-2004, 22:28

I'm interested in knowing if anyone is going to Purdue or has friends that are. It'd be neat to meet a few potential advisors for next year.

Meredith Rice

12-04-2004, 23:11

I'm going to the University of Delaware for Chemical Engineering. Feels good to have finally made the decision!

Pierson

13-04-2004, 03:13

I'm going to USC (The University of Southern California) to study ISE (Industrial and Systems Engineering)

Any other current or future USC students out there in CD land? PM me...

Adam Y.

13-04-2004, 17:30

Im going to Northeastern. I will probably go for electrical engineering or computer engineering. If you hear on the local news that half the power is out in Boston then most likely it was me.

MikeyP

13-04-2004, 19:43

I am going to Purdue West Lafayette for Aerospace Engineering.

Oh yes, I alone am holding up the Purdue contingent! :D (Only for now I hope)

LittleGirlGreen

21-04-2004, 20:25

Tigertron222

22-04-2004, 11:02

I plan to go to Bloomsberg University to major in Early childhood education and elementary education. I also plan to come back and help out my team mates.

RogerR

22-04-2004, 13:00

I have about a week left to decide, and I'm still not sure of where I'm gonna end up... UFlorida, UMiami, Tulane, Georgia Tech, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins and Olin.

Advice anyone? I need to postmark everything on May 1st... EEP!i didn't see an option for 'other' in there, but....
::cough::USF::cough::
we need all the help we can get, not many people here have experience in FIRST...
in addition, our college of engineering is second only to UF

aaronbr28040

22-04-2004, 14:16

Accepted to NCSU (North Carolina State), University of South Carolina, and Tulane. I was planning on going to NC State since I receive a tuition waiver for graduating but I applied to some other schools just for the heck of it. Being accepted to college since November is a bad thing though (especially when its your first choice school). So I'll be @ NC State next year majoring in Mechanical Engineering. If anyone else is going to be at State next year drop me an email at bradshawaa@ncssm.edu . You are welcome to come mentor on my team (Team 900) which is only a short drive away.
-Aaron

Breanne M

22-04-2004, 14:24

Matt Leese

22-04-2004, 15:15

I think i'll probably end up at San Fracisco State university. I've never been there, but i hear it's really nice and there's lots of stuff to do in the city. Still waitin to hear from a few other colleges.
I'm not sure if you're planning on entering an engineering program but there was a recent rumor that San Francisco State University may be cutting it's engineering college.

Matt

Cory

22-04-2004, 20:50

Matt Leese

23-04-2004, 11:06

There is more than just a rumor. My college and career counselor at school said that in one year they will eliminate the engineering program. Two days ago they cut quite a few other programs just to keep engineering for another year.

Advice to anyone wanting to go to school in CA:

Avoid state schools if at all possible. UC's arent as bad as state schools, but the budget situation is only going to get worse.

I've pretty much narrowed my choices to University of the Pacific and WPI. If it weren't for all the budget problems, I might look a lot more favorably upon San Jose State University.

Cory
From what I had heard, it seemed like a stunt by the college president to get more money out of the state legislature (give us more money or we'll cut engineering!). However, it doesn't seem as if the state legislature is willing to be threatened like that. It'll be interesting if it stays around (it'll also be telling if they cut engineering and leave in some more, shall we say, esoteric majors).

Matt

Gui Cavalcanti

24-04-2004, 21:33

I have about a week left to decide, and I'm still not sure of where I'm gonna end up... UFlorida, UMiami, Tulane, Georgia Tech, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins and Olin.

Advice anyone? I need to postmark everything on May 1st... EEP!

OLIN! OLIN! OLIN! OLIN! ::cheer::

I'll be headed off to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering come fall. I really encourage any rising senior to check it out - if you like build season and think that's how you'd like your classes to work, Olin's for you. (www.olin.edu)

Ashley Weed

24-04-2004, 22:01

I have about a week left to decide, and I'm still not sure of where I'm gonna end up... UFlorida, UMiami, Tulane, Georgia Tech, Rice, Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins and Olin.

Advice anyone? I need to postmark everything on May 1st... EEP!

:ahh: You were accepted to Olin, and you are unsure of where you want to go!?!?! Oh, my! Without a doubt..... Olin! The experience within itself would be more than amazing, and if they don't have something that you specifically want to study, take it up in graduate school.

Seriously.... it would be a wonderful opportunity, I missed a chance at going just slightly. Best wishes to you, wherever you choose.

Kevin Karan

24-04-2004, 22:53

OCC for CET, may switch to EE or ME if I dont like it

Cory

24-04-2004, 23:10

I heard somewhere that Olin is not an accredited university.

Other than that, it sounds great!

Who can turn down full tuition :D

Cory

Gui Cavalcanti

24-04-2004, 23:23

I heard somewhere that Olin is not an accredited university.

Other than that, it sounds great!

Who can turn down full tuition :D

Cory

No, Olin's not yet accredited. Right now Olin only has a sophomore and freshman class (it's THAT new), and a school can only be accredited once it graduates its first senior class. Therefore, everybody that goes to Olin takes a risk; it's a low risk, as Olin was built on the suggestions for engineering schools and future engineering education from ABET (the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology). If risk-taking and trailblazing aren't your thing, though, Olin's not for you.

Jessica Boucher

24-04-2004, 23:47

And if you go to Olin, you get to use Babson's campus a ton (since Olin's in our backyard)...and I personally think it's pretty nice.

Furthermore, it'd be nice to see some CD-ers around :)

EvanG

25-04-2004, 20:55

Well i'm down to 5 days to chose between Lehigh University and WPI. Both are excellent schools and each has pros and cons in different areas. It's a tough choice.

I'm probably going to go for Biomedical engineering, but potentially may switch to ECE with either a minor or a dual major in business/economics.

wasabi824

26-04-2004, 04:20

yeah... i would be a high school senior right now, but the university of washington gave me a two-year early entrance. so right now i'm a college sophomore, and next year.... I'll still be at the UW. HUSKIES RULE.

DanL

27-04-2004, 16:02

just sent my admissions reply yesterday to some school around boston...

Anyone know of any teams in the Cambridge/MIT area that will be in need of an EE undergrad next year?

D.J. Fluck

27-04-2004, 16:42

Well i'm down to 5 days to chose between Lehigh University and WPI. Both are excellent schools and each has pros and cons in different areas. It's a tough choice.

I tell you what...my family is split.

My mom actually graduated from a nursing school, but took a lot of classes at Lehigh and my dad actually graduated about 20 miles down the road at Lafayette... If you are looking for a good wrestling program or like good college wrestling, Lehigh is for you :p

mtrawls

27-04-2004, 18:32

University of Virginia, computer science major (plus math plus spanish).

sanddrag

27-04-2004, 18:35

Cal Poly Pomona, Mechanical Engineering

OneAngryDaisy

27-04-2004, 20:31

I'll be driving a long six hours north to RIT (Rochester Inst. of Technology).. probably in some branch of engineering, or criminal justice if my roommate is able to brainwash me..

Randy

27-04-2004, 21:39

Wow, RIT, My cousin is going there now and paying $40k/year in-state.

As for me, I'm one of the weird people that is involved in FIRST, but not going to an engineering school. I'll be going to Georgia State majoring in Accounting (possible a dual-diploma @ GA Tech in Management), then going for my PhD in law at Georgia State.

Elyse Holguin

27-04-2004, 21:47

Purdue University West Lafayette, I *think* a Management major but I eventually want to double with German. I do plan on mentoring 461.

Combat Chuck

27-04-2004, 22:01

I'm going to Georgia Tech for mechanical engineering.

T967

27-04-2004, 22:44

Iowa State University- I want into that Aerospace Field dang it! DLavery here I come, well maybe in like 3-4 years. [oh, thanks FIRST for the scholarship, $5000 cuts into that chunk of cash that I don't have. :-) ]

Avarik

27-04-2004, 23:41

just sent my admissions reply yesterday to some school around boston...

Anyone know of any teams in the Cambridge/MIT area that will be in need of an EE undergrad next year?

I believe MIT mentors a team.

srjjs

27-04-2004, 23:54

Word is in from most of the rest of my team:
MIT: 1
CalTech: 1
UC Berkeley: 2 (including me)
Stanford: 1
UC Davis: 1
UC Irvine: 1
UC Santa Cruz: 1
San Francisco State: 1

With two still undecided.

Matt Leese

28-04-2004, 11:13

Wow, RIT, My cousin is going there now and paying $40k/year in-state.

No they aren't. From someone who actually pays to go to RIT, with tuition, room, and board, the total cost is somewhere around $30,000 per year (from looking at RIT's website it's $30,549). Now, most of the people I know are on some form of scholarship or other as well as financial aid. That said, RIT's also a private institution so there's no such thing as "in-state" tuition. RIT happens to be one of the cheaper private schools out there. About 6 years ago, when I was looking at colleges (was it really that long ago?), RIT was listed as one of the best values in the northeast.

Matt

EvanG

28-04-2004, 22:22

I tell you what...my family is split.

My mom actually graduated from a nursing school, but took a lot of classes at Lehigh and my dad actually graduated about 20 miles down the road at Lafayette... If you are looking for a good wrestling program or like good college wrestling, Lehigh is for you :p

Well thanks for the info. It's been difficult. And I got to say, I really enjoyed the rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette because I like colleges sports. However, i've come to the decision that I will start at WPI because it will be easier to transfer out of should it not be what i'm looking for. The loss is... engineers playing sports. ;D

Adam Y.

29-04-2004, 08:13

Anyone know of any teams in the Cambridge/MIT area that will be in need of an EE undergrad next year?
The Neutrons are in Boston though I forget where they are in the city. All I remember is that you take the Northeaster University train stop.
yeah... i would be a high school senior right now, but the university of washington gave me a two-year early entrance. so right now i'm a college sophomore, and next year.... I'll still be at the UW. HUSKIES RULE.
What is it with colleges and dogs?? Northeastern has the Huskies. Your college has the huskies and right down the street BU has the Terriers.
Iowa State University- I want into that Aerospace Field dang it! DLavery here I come, well maybe in like 3-4 years. [oh, thanks FIRST for the scholarship, $5000 cuts into that chunk of cash that I don't have. :-) ]
Umm isn't DLaavery involved with robotics??? If that is the case aren't you getting the wrong degree.

Cory

29-04-2004, 10:46

Dave Lavery is the Program Director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA (I think that's his official title :)) It just so happens he does FIRST too :P

Cory

Adam Y.

29-04-2004, 11:07

Dave Lavery is the Program Director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA (I think that's his official title ) It just so happens he does FIRST too :P
Errr... I thought he did work with robotics. Sorry. I remember talking to another NASA scientist and he said Dave was his boss. I assumed then he must work with the robots since this scientist did.

BFreund

29-04-2004, 13:10

"When in doubt, go to Stout!" I'll be making my journey to UW Stout for technology education! Thanks Mr. Schuff for being a great role model, and my inspiration to become a teacher. Hope to mentor a team someday.

Brandon

Cory

29-04-2004, 13:28

Dave does work with robots. You might have heard of his "toys" Spirit and Opportunity.

I think they might be on Mars or something :yikes:

Cory

Adam Y.

29-04-2004, 15:07

Dave does work with robots. You might have heard of his "toys" Spirit and Opportunity.
Wouldn't working with robots entail computer science.:)

pludodog

30-04-2004, 21:18

SEAS of Columbia University here. The two other seniors from Team 30 are going to RPI and Olin, respectively...

Jessica Boucher

30-04-2004, 22:05

To all you to-be Olinites...

Feel free to stop by the Sigma Kappa tower next year over on Babson campus (it's not like you won't be over here a lot anyway ;) )...I'd love to meet all of you :)