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post #1 of 78
1/23/09 at 3:41pm
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There is a way for almost anyone to get a quality education and get into the top-tier universities. Post some ideas for getting into the back door, without the buttsecks.
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post #2 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:16pm
Have your daddy give the school an endowment worth 10x the cost of your education.
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post #3 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:18pm
Be the son/daughter of a powerful politician.
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post #4 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by DarkNWorn View Post
Have your daddy give the school an endowment worth 10x the cost of your education.

One of my friends got into indiana university with like an 80 average. His daddy now has a plaque on the wall for donating like 100,000. Thats the key to getting into schools with a lower average. $$$.

Other way is to go to a community school which is know for kids who plan on transfering. And then transfer after the first or second year. In NY i know alot of kids who go to Suffolk who are planning to transfer after the second year. In the radio advertisements they dont even advertise their four year program. They advertise choosing their 2 year transfe program.

So the two ways to get into school
1) Daddys money
2) Community school for the first year or two.
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Oh, and 3rd

3) Daddy is an alumni
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post #5 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:21pm
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I was thinking more along the lines of applying for a less desirable program to worm your way into a dual-degree of something more desirable. ie: Harvard Film School.
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post #6 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:24pm
buttsecks. seriously. your butt: let them sex it. Years from now, when you tell people you graduated from Yale and they are amazed to hear you have no loans to pay, you'll smile and laugh to yourself, thinking back on those four blissful years of youthful indiscretions, and that'll be that. If you want to get to the top, you have to start as a bottom.
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post #7 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:50pm
Cornell is thought of as a private, Ivy-League school, but receives part of its funding from the state of NY. I heard rumors that it was easier to get into state-funded programs like the ag school and then change your major. Since I was at Cornell for grad school, I can't personally verify the truth of this.
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post #8 of 78
1/23/09 at 4:54pm
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Cornell is thought of as a private, Ivy-League school, but receives part of its funding from the state of NY. I heard rumors that it was easier to get into state-funded programs like the ag school and then change your major. Since I was at Cornell for grad school, I can't personally verify the truth of this.

In the same vein, I heard that Oxford's Theocracy programs were pretty easy to get into and then transfer from. This has been pissing off the folks at Oxford Proper for years. I wonder if they closed the loophole by now.
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post #9 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:02pm
I don't think the changing major's loop hole works anymore. I went to a par state school, and you applied for your major when you first applied. If you did not get accepted to that college they simply put you in general studies.
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post #10 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:05pm
It is an open secret that many top schools accept more transfers than you would think. My law school 1L class had around 180 students. My graduating class had over 200. The law school wanted a small first-year class for USNWR purposes, but took transfers after first year for $$$$.
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post #11 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:08pm
The way to get into Cal, if you couldn't get into L&S was to apply to the College of Natural Resources, which had lower standards, and then transfer to L&S after your first semester. Of course, if your transfer was denied, then you had better enjoy studying forestry.
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post #12 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:09pm
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The way to get into Cal, if you couldn't get into L&S was to apply to the College of Natural Resources, which had lower standards, and then transfer to L&S after your first semester. Of course, if your transfer was denied, then you had better enjoy studying forestry.

What is L&S?
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post #13 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:18pm
really, transferring is the easiest way. I went to a top 5 uni and more than half the transfers were from community colleges. It's pretty amazing. Of course, you have to get straight As at the community college.
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post #14 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:22pm
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What is L&S?
Letters & Sciences I assume.
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post #15 of 78
1/23/09 at 5:32pm
Of course, it isn't that hard to get into Cal's undergraduate to begin with. ...provided you are a California resident.

Boalt, on the other hand, ugh...I don't know anyone who got into Boalt, and this includes a Berkeley undergraduate with a perfect IP background and an Ivy URM with decent grades. And myself.
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