So I applied for readmission to school..

[peam]

Hoping that a four year gap and my sorry ass performance last time I was there isn't too much and my old university lets me back in.

I had to write an explanation as to why I should be readmitted.. submitted the basic grown up.. have matured.. seeking fulfillment... etc. thing.

Any you guys have experience going back to college after an extended absence? Any knowledge as to how lenient readmission boards are?

[Stanley Burrell]

I've transferred twice (I had a really good GPA the second time though):

Show up at the bureaucracy's offices every single fucking day and talk to the person who is the closest to submitting papers, or if you're really lucky, somebody who actually reviews admission (appeals?)

Are you doing an appeal or a general admission submission?

[peam]

I've transferred twice (I had a really good GPA the second time though):

Show up at the bureaucracy's offices every single fucking day and talk to the person who is the closest to submitting papers, or if you're really lucky, somebody who actually reviews admission (appeals?)

Are you doing an appeal or a general admission submission?

General admission. I wasn't kicked out or anything. Just did really shitty my three semesters there. First semester was put on academic probation.. second semester I got off of probation... third semester I withdrew from all classes. Never went back.

[diethx]

Might want to apply for a fresh start if you aren't worried about any credits you might have gotten and you're serious about doing well this time.

[Skeeter]

they want your money. you shouldn't have a problem.

[Stanley Burrell]

General admission. I wasn't kicked out or anything. Just did really shitty my three semesters there. First semester was put on academic probation.. second semester I got off of probation... third semester I withdrew from all classes. Never went back.

Yeah, just become best friends with the head honcho fuck-o at the registrar's office. Do stuff like academic advising in the meantime to show that you mean business.

Wear the choo-choo hat.

[The Ponzzz]

Might want to apply for a fresh start if you aren't worried about any credits you might have gotten and you're serious about doing well this time.

What Stef said. I'm 27 and I'm still not finished. I did 2 years when I was 19-21 and then had a 5 year break. I didn't leave on bad terms, I just got a great job offer and life happened. But having to go through re-admissions I hear is a lot of work. If your GPA was shit, better off starting all over.

[NocturnalRob]

No. I graduated in 4 years like a normal person.

n00b. lrn2college.

[RichardCranium]

I was going to mention the hat but B beat me to it. So I don't have anything else to add. Except for good luck.

[4a6c1]

Hoping that a four year gap and my sorry ass performance last time I was there isn't too much and my old university lets me back in.

I had to write an explanation as to why I should be readmitted.. submitted the basic grown up.. have matured.. seeking fulfillment... etc. thing.

Any you guys have experience going back to college after an extended absence? Any knowledge as to how lenient readmission boards are?

I have done this. As recently as last September. I tried to get back into Rice U after a five year absence. My record is a little more fucked than yours. Several warnings, 2 probabtions, and a withdraw/IP of 12 credit hours.

Rice is an ivy school, so I didnt hold much hope for getting back into it but I needed to be evaulated by the board so that my transfer to U of H would be squared away. They like to see closure with the school you ditched. I dont know why.

U of H took me back (I did some field work courses there) and even allowed me to transfer some of my Rice credits. Unfortunately I'm needing to take over all the coarses I either failed or withdrew from at Rice to clean up my transcript. Some of the specializing stuff doesnt apply. So check your school to make sure they still have the same programs, ie. (archaeology!). Also, U of H wanted me to take a personality test to determine my aptitudes. Then there was an interview and I also had to write an essay. The whole board process sort of made me feel like I was applying for a corporate officer job, lol, but it was well worth it. I dont know if they allow you to take courses outside where the aptitude test puts you. I tested into the masters i wanted.

[NocturnalRob]

Rice is an ivy school
no. no, it isn't.

no wonder they didn't want you back.

[Daniel]

Rice is an ivy school, .

Wtf??

[Renian]

Correction: Rice is a "New Ivy", as in, the education you get is the equivalent to the Ivy League.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University

[Daniel]

Uhhh..Okay.

[4a6c1]

!!

The education you get is equivalent to ivy IF YOU FINISH TEH CLASSES

!!

[NocturnalRob]

There are 8 Ivy schools. Rice is not one of them. Whatever they're being called now to justify their existence is irrelevant.

[4a6c1]

My cock is bigger.

[NocturnalRob]

I don't have to have a big cock. I graduated from college and make more money than you.

If you'd gone to an Ivy, you'd know that.

[4a6c1]

And I can pee farther.

[NocturnalRob]

Now that is simply untrue. I pride myself on the velocity and range of my urine stream, good sir.

[4a6c1]

Ok so theres this thing. It looks like a jock strap with a long tube attached. It is for women in combat. Mine still has red sharpie and sand all over it. Fun times.

point being....I SPRAYETH YOU WITH MY PISSER MACHINE

[Renian]

There are 8 Ivy schools. Rice is not one of them. Whatever they're being called now to justify their existence is irrelevant.

It helps that it's Newsweek calling them that and not themselves.

But yeah, you still have to finish the classes, lol.

[NocturnalRob]

It helps that it's Newsweek calling them that and not themselves
Did you actually read that article? Did you see the other schools they cited?

Macalester, Kenyon, Colby, Reed, University of Rochester, and Skidmore to name a few. I wouldn't put too much credence on the weight of that article.

Also, it's fucking Newsweek.

[Skeeter]

Is this like those Michigan fucks trying to claim they're the harvard of the midwest?

[NocturnalRob]

Is this like those Michigan fucks trying to claim they're the harvard of the midwest?

i think michigan is mentioned in the article too.

[Renian]

Did you actually read that article? Did you see the other schools they cited?

Macalester, Kenyon, Colby, Reed, University of Rochester, and Skidmore to name a few. I wouldn't put too much credence on the weight of that article.

Also, it's fucking Newsweek.

And RPI, which I go to. I work at the University of Rochester. Don't shrink my Academic Peen (hereafter referred to as a-peen).

[4a6c1]

I'm calling it Fake Ivy for now on. Not to be confused with the dust covered lumps of silk on top of my great uncle's refrigerator.

[diethx]

Unfortunately I'm needing to take over all the coarses I either failed or withdrew from at Rice to clean up my transcript.

Huh? You'd have to do that anywhere. You don't get credit for classes you failed or withdrew from. Maybe I misunderstood your dismay over this?

[NocturnalRob]

If they taught you to spell "course" like "coarse," you should probably ask for a refund...

[4a6c1]

Huh? You'd have to do that anywhere. You don't get credit for classes you failed or withdrew from. Maybe I misunderstood your dismay over this?

I just want to clean up the transcript. I dont care about those credits.

[Stretch]

If it wasn't for the fact that employers require that piece of paper (and for three years of drunken awesomeness), I probably wouldn't have even gone to college.

I'm pretty sure I was more book-smart in high school than at any point in time in college. Nor did I learn anything that would have taken longer than two days to learn on my own that I use at my job.

Nevertheless, good for you for trying to go back. Are you still in the armpit of the mid-Atlantic?

[diethx]

I just want to clean up the transcript. I dont care about those credits.

Unless you're going back for a fresh start, which I don't believe you described, you do know those F's and W's (or WF's) will still be on your transcript, right? Whether or not you can retake those classes once for the new grades to replace the old ones (F's or WF's) in your GPA is up to your school's policy I believe, but i'm like 99% sure the previous attempts aren't removed from your transcript.

[4a6c1]

Yeah. No. That does not apply to me. Obviously. Since I am all powerful. F's and W's shall tremble in my wake. And the earth shall rejoice. And I will spare you and put you in my harem because your cat is my favorite suicide bomber.

[diethx]

Hahaha okayy.

[Gan]

I have done this. As recently as last September. I tried to get back into Rice U after a five year absence. My record is a little more fucked than yours. Several warnings, 2 probabtions, and a withdraw/IP of 12 credit hours.
Damn


Rice is an ivy school, so I didnt hold much hope for getting back into it but I needed to be evaulated by the board so that my transfer to U of H would be squared away. They like to see closure with the school you ditched. I dont know why.

U of H took me back (I did some field work courses there) and even allowed me to transfer some of my Rice credits. Unfortunately I'm needing to take over all the coarses I either failed or withdrew from at Rice to clean up my transcript. Some of the specializing stuff doesnt apply. So check your school to make sure they still have the same programs, ie. (archaeology!). Also, U of H wanted me to take a personality test to determine my aptitudes. Then there was an interview and I also had to write an essay. The whole board process sort of made me feel like I was applying for a corporate officer job, lol, but it was well worth it. I dont know if they allow you to take courses outside where the aptitude test puts you. I tested into the masters i wanted.

Shit, they made you jump through some hoops. When I transferred my credits from TAMU, I did not have to go anywhere near the hassle. I even picked up a few credits at HCC while waiting for the transfer to finalize, which were also picked up by UH.

[Gan]

No. I graduated in 4 years like a normal person.

n00b. lrn2college.

Its great when Daddy foots the bill eh?

[peam]

Nevertheless, good for you for trying to go back. Are you still in the armpit of the mid-Atlantic?

I'm in Roanoke, sir. The lovely star city of the south.

[4a6c1]

Damn


Shit, they made you jump through some hoops. When I transferred my credits from TAMU, I did not have to go anywhere near the hassle. I even picked up a few credits at HCC while waiting for the transfer to finalize, which were also picked up by UH.

:(

Damn. Good record, bad record? Was it a masters program transfer?

[NocturnalRob]

Its great when Daddy foots the bill eh?
1) what does tuition have to do with finishing college in 4 years?
2) I footed the bill.
3) I paid off said bill by holding down 3 jobs while I went to school. I also played 3 sports and graduated with a double major. So you were saying?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again--Fuck off, you annoying sack of shit.

[DoctorUnne]

There are 8 Ivy schools. Rice is not one of them. Whatever they're being called now to justify their existence is irrelevant.

More like 7 Ivies + Cornell, the safety school for everyone else.

[Euler]

I have always loved Rice. It was the only game that we could bank as a for sure W in Football at UCLA.

[Atlanteax]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy

Michigan is listed as a *public* Ivy.

Rice = not an Ivy

[Xaerve]

More like 7 Ivies + Cornell, the safety school for everyone else.

LOL @ trying to say Cornell is worse than Brown.

Cornell is actually academically sound (I didn't go there)... but Brown is a god damn joke.

I have NEVER met a single person from Brown that has impressed me.

My alma mater, of course, will always be #1. ;) - Where did you go?

[TheEschaton]

The smartest person I ever knew went to Dartmouth, and since he's the only person I ever met from there, I have an irrationally high opinion of it.

I went to Boston College, which is supposedly one of these new Ivies, but considering how many stupid A&F prep assholes went there, I wouldn't believe it.

[AnticorRifling]

The smartest man I ever met was a GySgt in the Marine Corps. He was from the streets of Chicago.

[Bobmuhthol]

There is no such thing as a [modification] Ivy. There are just the Ivies. The name was never a measurement of academic quality. Some guy wrote a book and called Michigan a "public Ivy" so that holds more merit than some woman on this forum calling Rice an Ivy? The discussion is retarded.

PS. I go to a Private New England Business Ivy, so I know what I'm saying.

[DoctorUnne]

Where did you go?

Dartmouth


The smartest person I ever knew went to Dartmouth, and since he's the only person I ever met from there, I have an irrationally high opinion of it.

Word.

[Lucos]

Hoping that a four year gap and my sorry ass performance last time I was there isn't too much and my old university lets me back in.

I had to write an explanation as to why I should be readmitted.. submitted the basic grown up.. have matured.. seeking fulfillment... etc. thing.

Any you guys have experience going back to college after an extended absence? Any knowledge as to how lenient readmission boards are?

Give them a large sweaty pile of cash and they will let you in. It is a business after all and $$$ is the bottom line.

[NocturnalRob]

Dartmouth
pwnt

[Euler]

The smartest man I ever met was a GaySgt in the Marine Corps. He was from the streets of Chicago.

I thought they weren't allowed into the marines?

[Xaerve]

pwnt

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[Gan]

1) what does tuition have to do with finishing college in 4 years?
2) I footed the bill.
3) I paid off said bill by holding down 3 jobs while I went to school. I also played 3 sports and graduated with a double major. So you were saying?

I've said it before, and I'll say it again--Fuck off, you annoying sack of shit.

1. Has a lot to do with regards to finishing college full time in a 4 year window with regards to working full time while going to school full time.
2. Of course you did.
3. Of course you did.

I bet you also made the deans list all 4 years, won the heisman trophy, and was a Rhodes Scholar too. Oh, made mad loot, banged lots of hoes and had a pimp ride.

Mmmmm, I love it when you talk dirty.

:lol:

PS. Sorry I hit a nerve. Looks like you're used to defending against that claim. I wonder why...

[radamanthys]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy

Michigan is listed as a *public* Ivy.

Rice = not an Ivy

mi skcool is on their!

[Gan]

:(

Damn. Good record, bad record? Was it a masters program transfer?

Undergrad.

I had a good record, mostly generic - I did lose a few hours for nontransferrable stuff due to switching majors. I also petitioned hard to have the questionable ones accepted, and of course I kept all syllabi from previous courses taken to back up the petitions.

[AestheticDeath]

Ok so theres this thing. It looks like a jock strap with a long tube attached. It is for women in combat. Mine still has red sharpie and sand all over it. Fun times.

point being....I SPRAYETH YOU WITH MY PISSER MACHINE

Your joking right? Pics please, and you don't necessarily have to be wearing it. I just find this very funny.

[Nieninque]

Of course she's joking. It's Jihna

[Belnia]

I did a year at Saint Johns, then someone explained to me the concept of taking a year off from studies. Our high school councilor had never even mentioned the idea of deferred acceptance and taking a year off. She was more concerned with shuffling kids off to college to maintain the school's 100% acceptance and admission rate.

So I took a year off, did some classes back home that I liked and ended up ditching Liberal Arts, the classics and learning Greek for TIG welding, soldering and lost wax casting. I think my credits back at Saint Johns are good for 8 years, if I wanted to go back and finish up. Perhaps after I get this degree.

[Daniel]

1. Has a lot to do with regards to finishing college full time in a 4 year window with regards to working full time while going to school full time.
2. Of course you did.
3. Of course you did.

I bet you also made the deans list all 4 years, won the heisman trophy, and was a Rhodes Scholar too. Oh, made mad loot, banged lots of hoes and had a pimp ride.

Mmmmm, I love it when you talk dirty.

:lol:

PS. Sorry I hit a nerve. Looks like you're used to defending against that claim. I wonder why...



Ahhh, the old "insult someone then claim they are bragging when they make you look like a tool" technique.

Glad to see you keep it consistent.

[Tsa`ah]

There is no such thing as a [modification] Ivy. There are just the Ivies. The name was never a measurement of academic quality. Some guy wrote a book and called Michigan a "public Ivy" so that holds more merit than some woman on this forum calling Rice an Ivy? The discussion is retarded.

PS. I go to a Private New England Business Ivy, so I know what I'm saying.

Actually Bob ... someone wrote a book in 2000 called "the hidden ivies" that compared the 30 listed schools to the Ivy schools they were patterned after.

A better moniker would be "Ivy like", but I'd argue that certain degrees from Rice will probably trump similar degrees from CheeseWizU.

[Gan]

Ahhh, the old "insult someone then claim they are bragging when they make you look like a tool" technique.

Glad to see you keep it consistent.

Glad to see your'e consistent as well. ;)

[Gan]

Rice's undergraduate program was ranked 17th among "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report (http://forum.gsplayers.com/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report) (USNWR) in its 2009 edition and 41st nationally by Forbes Magazine (http://forum.gsplayers.com/wiki/Forbes_Magazine) in 2008.[30] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-29)[31] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-30) USNWR also ranked the Jones Graduate School of Management 40th and the Brown School of Engineering 35th.[32] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-31)[33] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-32) The Princeton Review (http://forum.gsplayers.com/wiki/Princeton_Review) ranked Rice 2nd for "Best Quality of Life", 2nd for "Lots of Race/Class Interaction", 15th for "Happiest Students", and 4th for "Best Value" in its 2009 edition.[34] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-33) Rice was ranked 26th among national universities by The Washington Monthly (http://forum.gsplayers.com/wiki/The_Washington_Monthly) in 2006,[35] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-34) 78th internationally by The Times Higher Education Supplement (http://forum.gsplayers.com/wiki/The_Times_Higher_Education_Supplement) in 2008,[36] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-35) 97th internationally (54th nationally) by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (http://forum.gsplayers.com/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities) in 2008,[37] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-36) 41st among research universities by the Center for Measuring University Performance in 2007.[38] (http://forum.gsplayers.com/#cite_note-37)

Rice is a good University, especially if you dont want to put up with the east coast academic snobbery.

[4a6c1]

Of course she's joking. It's Jihna

I do not joke about my portable pisser machine. Portable pissing is serious business.


http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/rojodisco/resize.jpg

[Geshron]

Being illiterate sucks, I can't afford to pay someone to read through all this.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

I do not joke about my portable pisser machine. Portable pissing is serious business.


http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/vv183/rojodisco/resize.jpg

The Shenis is so much better.