So I've applied to universities, got offers, I've two more interviews this month and one next, and it's all going reasonably well.
Note: The best university I've applied to that I'm actually honestly considering (i.e. the one that isn't one of my two "ah, I have two spaces left in my application form, let's put in the best nearby ones even if I cannot afford studying in this part of England and their programmes are irrelevant to my interests) is #84 ARWU, and their programme is far from ideal for what I want to do, as well. So not that great.
Now, my grades... have taken on a life of their own. I've got a good enough average to get into any university and any course (as long as they don't require physics at A2 level) with ease if I do decently at the interview, which I didn't anticipate when I first applied - I received these grade predictions and thought I would never make them and my teachers were crazy. So I applied to mediocre universities.
Now this is awful because I have a couple of lovely friends who are going to start their postgraduate studies at the same time as me. There's talk of applying to MIT or Oxford together, and they are scolding me for not applying to Top 50 universities. I'm basically stuck going to Nottingham if I want to study at either of those postgrad. Nottingham is lovely and all, but I want to take computer science modules (I want to do comp sci for my Master's) and Nottingham is known to be awful for that.
...Actually, I've just looked into it and they offer video online lectures on functional programming, so I'll check those out. I've got an interview with them on Thursday, anyway.
Also, I've sent e-mails to two better universities today, one of them has declined already, I'll see about the other one.
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Rj lets youout of the kitchen think for yourself apply to unis?
AHAHAHHAHAHAHA, jk.
POAST MOAR n'stuff!!
Is this masters level?...or.....?
REALLY, I'M NO HELP HERE. JUST ONE MORE POST CLOSER TOO DOOM.
ALSO: I miss seeing you post (frequently).
Edited, Feb 5th 2011 6:18pm by Bijou
Rj lets you
AHAHAHHAHAHAHA, jk.
POAST MOAR n'stuff!!
Is this masters level?...or.....?
REALLY, I'M NO HELP HERE. JUST ONE MORE POST CLOSER TOO DOOM.
ALSO: I miss seeing you post (frequently).
Edited, Feb 5th 2011 6:18pm by Bijou
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Friar Bijou wrote:
Is this masters level?...or.....?
I think it's some weird british level. Their school system sucks though; I hear they have an entire grade level just to learn the letter "a."
If she's still doing Chemistry it'll be a Bachelor's of Science degree. Knowing Kali there'll be a Master's year tacked on. The only issue I can see if she's studying in England is that her tuition will be between £6-9k, whereas mine is only just over £3k.
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LordFaramir wrote:
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Allegory wrote:
Friar Bijou wrote:
Is this masters level?...or.....?
I think it's some weird british level. Their school system sucks though; I hear they have an entire grade level just to learn the letter "a."
Nilatai wrote:
If she's still doing Chemistry it'll be a Bachelor's of Science degree. Knowing Kali there'll be a Master's year tacked on. The only issue I can see if she's studying in England is that her tuition will be between £6-9k, whereas mine is only just over £3k.
Why would I pay more? Fees for 2011 entry are <4k everywhere. The 6k+ are if I decide to reapply for Oxbridge next year, which I won't, I'm olde enough as it is.
And besides, the universities I _might_ reapply to are St Andrews and Edinburgh, in which case I am paying no tuition fees because the Scottish only hate the English enough to make 'em pay.
This is Bachelor's level, btw. I want to do my Master's at MIT really badly and having found people who encourage me in that endeavour has made it a so much more pressing concern. As most of the unis I've applied to just barely make it into World top 300 or so. I'd have been better of applying to pu.edu.pk...
Kalivha wrote:
Nilatai wrote:
If she's still doing Chemistry it'll be a Bachelor's of Science degree. Knowing Kali there'll be a Master's year tacked on. The only issue I can see if she's studying in England is that her tuition will be between £6-9k, whereas mine is only just over £3k.
Why would I pay more? Fees for 2011 entry are <4k everywhere. The 6k+ are if I decide to reapply for Oxbridge next year, which I won't, I'm olde enough as it is.
And besides, the universities I _might_ reapply to are St Andrews and Edinburgh, in which case I am paying no tuition fees because the Scottish only hate the English enough to make 'em pay.
This is Bachelor's level, btw. I want to do my Master's at MIT really badly and having found people who encourage me in that endeavour has made it a so much more pressing concern. As most of the unis I've applied to just barely make it into World top 300 or so. I'd have been better of applying to pu.edu.pk...
Grad MIT is way better than UG. Good luck.
Just as Planned.
I only get funding for one year at MIT, so I cannot even do UG without relying on scholarships. Never mind the deadline that was oh, two months ago?
Kalivha wrote:
I only get funding for one year at MIT, so I cannot even do UG without relying on scholarships. Never mind the deadline that was oh, two months ago?
Right. Besides the name recognition, not being able to do UG there isn't such a huge loss.
Just as Planned.
Timelordwho wrote:
Kalivha wrote:
I only get funding for one year at MIT, so I cannot even do UG without relying on scholarships. Never mind the deadline that was oh, two months ago?
Right. Besides the name recognition, not being able to do UG there isn't such a huge loss.
Timelord, stop being so positive about things.
You are making me feel ill.
Kavekk wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
Kalivha wrote:
I only get funding for one year at MIT, so I cannot even do UG without relying on scholarships. Never mind the deadline that was oh, two months ago?
Right. Besides the name recognition, not being able to do UG there isn't such a huge loss.
Timelord, stop being so positive about things.
You are making me feel ill.
Sorry. It's tough for me to feign pessimism right now.
Just as Planned.
Timelordwho wrote:
Kavekk wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
Kalivha wrote:
I only get funding for one year at MIT, so I cannot even do UG without relying on scholarships. Never mind the deadline that was oh, two months ago?
Right. Besides the name recognition, not being able to do UG there isn't such a huge loss.
Timelord, stop being so positive about things.
You are making me feel ill.
Sorry. It's tough for me to feign pessimism right now.
Well, if you're dead-set on good cheer, you might as well tell us about it. Properly, that is - an anecdote of not inconsiderable length with a satisfying beginning and end.
K, go.
Kavekk wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
Kavekk wrote:
Timelordwho wrote:
Kalivha wrote:
I only get funding for one year at MIT, so I cannot even do UG without relying on scholarships. Never mind the deadline that was oh, two months ago?
Right. Besides the name recognition, not being able to do UG there isn't such a huge loss.
Timelord, stop being so positive about things.
You are making me feel ill.
Sorry. It's tough for me to feign pessimism right now.
Well, if you're dead-set on good cheer, you might as well tell us about it. Properly, that is - an anecdote of not inconsiderable length with a satisfying beginning and end.
K, go.
Acquired an exciting relationship, generating solid surplus funds, got invited to a conference thingy, and just generally having everything I touch turn into gold, etc.
...I'm not very good at telling stories, it's more a list of things that happened.
Maybe that's why I like this so much.
Just as Planned.
Youtube's all up in your cheerios, blocking that video in my country.
Kavekk wrote:
Youtube's all up in your cheerios, blocking that video in my country.
Try this one, Vevo is never a source of reliable music videos.
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Youtube's all up in your cheerios, blocking that video in my country.
Donate. One day it could be your family.
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Kavekk wrote:
Youtube's all up in your cheerios, blocking that video in my country.
I can't be. I hate musicals.
Science has spoken.
Just as Planned.
Well, I'm convinced.
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I've got rejections from the two universities I tried to apply for late, not really surprising. One of them might have clearing, but they said it's unlikely.
I do have my Nottingham interview tomorrow, so yay! I am actually reading a book that was written by one of the profs here at the moment, so maybe that will help my case.
Also, RJ and me moved houses a few days ago. There is no Internet, and little actual food!
I do have my Nottingham interview tomorrow, so yay! I am actually reading a book that was written by one of the profs here at the moment, so maybe that will help my case.
Also, RJ and me moved houses a few days ago. There is no Internet, and little actual food!
Protip: Don't overly suck up to the guy in the interview. If it's a book chances are a lot of people have read it and will bring it up in interviews.
Strangely the converse is true for those who publish in journals and the like.
Strangely the converse is true for those who publish in journals and the like.
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LordFaramir wrote:
ODESNT MATTER CAUSE I HAVE ALCHOLOL IN MY VEINGS BETCH ;3
Nobody ever reads journals.
People who publish there alway come of as desperately lonely in person too.
People who publish there alway come of as desperately lonely in person too.
Just as Planned.
Oh, the guy is also an editor of the Journal of Functional Programming.
Also, he's in a different department. I want to convince them to let me take his lectures and maybe get a bit of a weird degree out of it, or something,
And you haven't seen me at interviews. I don't compliment, I demand. My last university interview was me laying out what I wanted from them, and they actually went and tried to make arrangements and failed.
Funny thing on reading papers: I do read them sometimes randomly (used to a lot more, especially when I had access to more than the abstracts). So the other day, when I first joined #haskell, the first conversation I caught on there was someone talking about his work, and someone else being like "Are you from $town?", and then telling him they'd read his PhD dissertation on recommendation of their prof. That made me a little scared of that channel.
Also, he's in a different department. I want to convince them to let me take his lectures and maybe get a bit of a weird degree out of it, or something,
And you haven't seen me at interviews. I don't compliment, I demand. My last university interview was me laying out what I wanted from them, and they actually went and tried to make arrangements and failed.
Funny thing on reading papers: I do read them sometimes randomly (used to a lot more, especially when I had access to more than the abstracts). So the other day, when I first joined #haskell, the first conversation I caught on there was someone talking about his work, and someone else being like "Are you from $town?", and then telling him they'd read his PhD dissertation on recommendation of their prof. That made me a little scared of that channel.
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