Awesome!! Just got word back from my top choice college!

[DanL]

...I finally heard back from one of my two early schools... the envelope was bigger than normal, so my hands were shaking as I opened it. Turns out I got in. I'm shocked. I can guarentee all of you that there's no chance in hell I would have gotten in if it wasn't for robotics and FIRST, so thanks FIRST.

Now the question is are there any teams in or around Pasadena, California?

[Ian W.]

Monday, I heard from one of my top choices, WPI. I got accepted, and I know Mel (yearbook50) and Gui (I forgot his CD username) both also got accepted. Any other FIRSTers get accepted to WPI early?

[Madison]

Originally Posted by Ian W.

Gui (I forgot his CD username)

Gui Cavalcanti. I know...it's sooooooooooo hard

Congratulations everyone

[Kevin Watson]

Originally Posted by SuperDanman

Now the question is are there any teams in or around Pasadena, California?

Yeah, there's quite a few around (I'm not too sure about Pasadena, though). The team I work with is located very close to Pasadena.

-Kevin

[srjjs]

Originally Posted by SuperDanman

Now the question is are there any teams in or around Pasadena, California?

CalTech?

And I still haven't heard. Maybe they send out the rejection letters later than the acceptance ones.

[DanL]

Originally Posted by srjjs

CalTech?

And I still haven't heard. Maybe they send out the rejection letters later than the acceptance ones.

Aye... Caltech.

Like I said, though, if it wasn't for robotics, there's no way I could have gotten in. Half of my application was essentially what I did for robotics.

What school are you waiting for?

[srjjs]

Congratulations. I'm still waiting to hear from MIT. All the deferral letters got sent out already...

[Gui Cavalcanti]

Yep, I got into WPI.

Soo many FIRSTers are already there... woo!

[Meredith Rice]

I am so anxious to hear from MIT, not for me, lol, but for my friend Jackee. I have called her house ever day since Monday wanting to find out. I am sure you would post as soon as they heard, but have you gotten MIT letters yet?

Personally i didnt apply early anything, but i did take advantage of rolling admissions at Penn State UPark. I got accepted in mid-Oct. But my first choice is UDelaware and I am anxiously waiting for the letter.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by SuperDanman

Now the question is are there any teams in or around Pasadena, California?

980 would be the closest I believe. 589 and 696 are not far away (20 mins). Will you be attending CalTech or it's just one of your options?

I got accepted to Cal Poly Pomona on admissions day. I was the only person from my school who got in. It'll still be a while until I hear from the rest I applied to.

[DanL]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Will you be attending CalTech or it's just one of your options?

I haven't decided yet. I guess I'm still a little uneasy about leaving the east coast... on the one hand, I love the school, on the other, casually going back home or meeting up with high school friends is going to be near-impossible. Have any of you college FIRST-people have had a similar expierience - going to the other side of the country for college, I mean. How did you handle it?

[Madison]

Moving across the country takes some time to adjust to, but it's not really all that terrible. It's just important that you develop a network of friends and support that's local so that, if you do get lonely or homesick, you've got people around to make you feel better.

Of course, I think you'd be fine, Dan, and will do well whereever you decide to attend.

[sanddrag]

SuperDanman: If you care to share - what was your class rank, gpa, AP classes, etc, etc that helped you get in?

[DanL]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

SuperDanman: If you care to share - what was your class rank, gpa, AP classes, etc, etc that helped you get in?

I don't really want to post my whole personal life online, but if you can't live without knowing, PM me or e-mail me or something. What I will tell you, though, is that I wasn't the top-top person gradewise in my school. There are people in my class with higher GPA's, and there are people who did better on AP tests. Yeah, my SATs were good, but nothing phenominal like a 14 or 1600. Point is, I don't think you should obsess yourself with being the kid with the highest GPA. It's a cliche that has been overused to death, but be yourself. I think what helped me most were my activities and essays. By activities, I don't mean sign up for every single after-school club available - rather, pick one or three and become really active or dedicated to them. I wrote all of my essays about my expieriences in robotics... they weren't written to show off how much knowledge I had learned, though. Rather, they were more about how robotics has helped me realize that engineering is what I want to do.

[WernerNYK]

Yea WPI!! Haha... this is my second year, I can't believe colleges send out notice so soon, heh, I guess I just dont remember.

But yea, I love it here.