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Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

Applied:
Penn State
Georgia Tech
MIT
Purdue
Illinois (Urbana Champaign)
Michigan

Accepted:
Georgia Tech
Purdue
Illinois

Deferred:
Michigan
MIT

Waiting:
Penn State

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I've applied to a lot of schools personally, because I'm honestly not sure about how likely I'd be to be accepted into them.

Accepted:

University of Missouri-Columbia (MU)
Rolla (Missouri S and T)
Iowa State
UMKC (University of Kansas City-Missouri)
Kansas University (KU)

Waiting:

Cornell
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia
Stanford
Northwestern
University of Chicago
Purdue
Yale
Brown
Vanderbilt
Vassar

Goodluck to everyone on their college acceptances! I guess we'll all find out before the end of April for sure. -waits in anticipation-

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Applied and accepted to Georgia Tech! Ready to be a helluva engineer :)

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Hi guys!! Class of 2014!

Applied/Accepted:
Bradley University
University of Illinois in Chicago
University of Alabama

Applied/Waiting:
Northwestern

Seriously though guys the wait is KILLING ME. Any comments about any of these schools? :) Good luck to everyone with their super awesome future plans!!

Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

I got an invitation to Franklin W. Olin's College of Engineering "Candidates Weekend" - any other potential Oliners here?

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There are some pretty impressive lists here! Mine:
Applied: Purdue, Texas A&M, Embry Riddle Daytona Beach
Accepted: All:
going to Embry Riddle for Aerospace Engineering, 90% full ride! waiting on FIRST Scholarship for that last bit.

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Originally Posted by ksafin (Post 1338782)

I got an invitation to Franklin W. Olin's College of Engineering "Candidates Weekend" - any other potential Oliners here?

Ja, man!

Which weekend are you going? I'm the last one, 28th to the 1st.

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Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Re: FIRST Class of 2014, Where are we going?

I've applied to:
University of Toledo (Accepted)
Indiana Institute of Technology [Indiana Tech] (Accepted)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Decision pending)
Kettering University (Decision pending)

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Applying to Electrical/Communications Engineering at:

University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Carleton University
York University
Western University

Just an update:

I'e accepted an offer from Carleton University (Ottawa, ON) for Communications Engineering

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Originally Posted by Kimmeh (Post 1314935)

I've found Kettering to be far more affordable that I expected when I started. On the day of move in, the first thing I did was sit down with financial aid, explained my situation (my dad had been injured my senior year) and frankly asked if financially it made sense for me to attend. Fast forward a bit and I start my 8th term in January. (YIKES! When did this happen!?) I'll be honest, I've had a few terms where I haven't been able to register for classes until the day of class because I've needed money from work term to pay off my previous term. But as it stands now, I've paid less than $7,000 out of pocket, and have no private loans, only federal.

There's something nice to be said about only being in class for 22 weeks and watching your friends complain about finals when you finished yours weeks and weeks ago. (If you're on A-section that is.) What did I do last night? Went swing dancing. What's everyone else doing? Finishing finals. I'm pretty sure I had more fun. =D

I am a Kettering grad, and have to say I was extremely satisfied with my experience there. This was especially true of the co-op program, which I genuinely believe to be one of the best in the world.

I was fortunate enough to receive substantial FIRST and academic scholarships, and had to pay only a minimal amount out of pocket for tuition. With co-op earnings, I actually made money during my 4 years at the school. More than enough to buy a car, start up my own company, and begin my life as an adult. All this while earning a degree and gaining real engineering experience at some of the world's best companies. At the end of the 4 years, I had a job all but guaranteed at my co-op, at better than a starting salary because of the existing co-op experience.

Kettering isn't for everyone. The first year attrition rate is pretty indicative of that. A lot of students can't handle the accelerated/compressed academic term, and long co-op hours. You don't have to be a genius, but you'd better learn how to consistently work hard. But if it's the right place for you, you can get an incredible experience there that few, if any, schools can match.

BTW, few young people know that Kettering University used to be GMI, which was General Motors' Engineering and Management Institute. It has a long and storied history as one of the world's best engineering institutions, with alumni who've done some incredible things.

Not bad for a school that probably has fewer students on campus than your high school. I think there were only 1200 in my section during my time there. In fact I still keep in touch with some of my professors!

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Applied to:
Embry- Riddle Daytona, Florida Institute of Technology, Kettering, Rose Hulman, George Mason, Baylor, Howard, WIT, RIT, WPI, UMaine, UMF

Accepted: Embry- Riddle Daytona, Florida Institute of Technology, Kettering, George Mason, Baylor, WIT, UMaine, UMF.

Waiting on: RIT, Howard

Going for Mechanical Engineering, focusing in Automotive. Hoping to go to Embry- Riddle Daytona, but waiting to see where I get the best financial aid from.

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Heading to Georgia Tech next year!

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Is anyone else going to UCF in the fall? I feel like out of the roughly 3,638 (last year's number) incoming freshmen, odds are that there are a few FIRST participants, but between here and the Facebook group, I think that I have maybe found one other person.

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Any other Stanford kids out there?