Applying To Colleges

[Kaine for Senate '18]

btw, which ivies did you apply to? I know you said Harvard was one of them.

I applied to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and Penn.

Also, I got in to William and Mary.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Got in to Emory!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Waitlisted by Vanderbilt and Georgetown.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Rejected by Penn, waitlisted by Columbia, waiting on the others

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No dice on Princeton.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I'll take Columbia and Georgetown, yes.  Also rejected by Yale, accepted by Hopkins, and haven't heard from Harvard.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

And I was waitlisted at Harvard.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Wait-listed at Harvard and Columbia is awesome! I hope you get to go to Harvard

Thanks!  I doubt it'll happen, and I expect to go to UVA (which I'm excited for), but twice in three years a Jewish debater from my school has gotten off the waitlist at Harvard, so I'm optimistic.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I know I've poked fun at Xahar before but he's obviously about ten times smarter than Ben.

Really?  I disagree.

I don't have many positive things to say about these two but it does seem like Xahar also has much more personality.

I'd say I have quite a personality; it just happens to be one that you don't like.

It really, really, really doesn't, as I've been trying to yell at the Ben et als who are so excited to get themselves shoulder-deep in debt.

I'm probably going to UVA, Verin   And I wouldn't go into debt at Harvard or Columbia - my parents have kindly agreed to that.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Go wahoos.

Indeed   It's all very exciting.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Put down the UVA deposit

[Kaine for Senate '18]

A-Bob, you should definitely look at UVA.  If you visit let me know; I'll happily show you around.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I've heard UCLA.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Deepest condolences, Tmth.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Don't cut UVA!  It has one of the best Politics Departments in the country; definitely better than William and Mary or American!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Well I'm still debating between applying to Michigan and UVa. Though I might/probably drop Stanford and I have dropped Hamilton.

Choose UVA!  Two days on Grounds has convinced me even more that I made the right choice; at least come and visit.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I did visit, it just wasn't that great of an impression. I'd be fine there...but it's not my favorite (not bad in any sense though like how I felt with Columbia). I even took a class, awesome professor, but the entire class had no idea about anything related to politics and there was some annoying kid in the back trying to prove himself to be a genius every 5 seconds when really he would die against any forumie match-up. It was campaign finance, basic stuff, the beginning of the summer schedule...but still...I felt underwhelmed.

But that was the summer semester!  You need to visit during the Fall, to get a sense of the school at its best!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

I didn't want to go to a small school, so LACs didn't really appeal to me.  I felt more at home with big research schools.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

DON'T CUT UVA!!!  EVERYBODY APPLY TO UVA!!!!!

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No, just UVA

[Kaine for Senate '18]

My UVA classes have 20, 80, 120, 120, and 180 people.  In none of them am I adversely effected, especially because Discussion sections put you in a group of around 20.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

One thing about a larger school that I don't like as much as when I was at a smaller school is that at a smaller school you will know a decent fraction of the people you walk by going to and from places whereas at a huge school, you probably won't know nearly as high a fraction.

To contradict you: I've seen people I know on 95% of my walks to class.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

You can also go East and get a cheap, solid education.  The University of Maryland springs to mind

Or the University of Virginia

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Come to UVA, Speed.  We've got an exceptional Classics Department.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Come to UVA, Speed.  We've got an exceptional Classics Department.

I am applying to UVA's PhD, and if I don't get into one of the ivies, it's probably next on my list.

Excellent!  What part of the Classics are you focused on?