College Connection
It’s SIR season, so let’s continue last year’s discussion…
Where were you accepted?
Where are you going?
What about your teammates?
Anyone planning to continue debate in college?
Anyone planning to come back to high school parli to judge, coach, etc.?
P.S. Council of Forensic Organizations
a list of all college debate programs in the United States
list of debate leagues
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Anyone still in high school next year? Jealous much?
1) I’m into UCSD, UCLA and Cal. I’m waiting on Whitman (and their Presidential Scholarship…fingers crossed) and Pomona (top choice by a country mile).
2) If I get into Pomona, I’ll go.
3) Kevin Amirdjanian, our president, is thinking USC. He got into Claremont McKenna, too. Nick (not a teammate, but a soul mate), is into Gettysburg and is waiting on Georgetown.
4) I sure am.
5) Definitely. I’d like to work as an Impromptu coach.
all of the ucs.
deferred from brown
deferred from pomona
waitlisted by uchicago
waitlisted by northwestern
waitlisted by amherst (surprise!)
got into NYU
got into BU
waiting on rice and duke
Claremont (A),Tufts (wl), Bardley (r), Loyola Marymount(A), Pomona(A), UCLA (A)
Tell me how college parli is guys. I wish you all the best of luck.
Thanks!
In at
Cal
UCLA
Reed
NYU
Wesleyan
Waitlisted at
Johns Hopkins
WashU
Cornell
Dartmouth
Brown – Accepted
Cornell – Accepted
UPenn – Accepted
Carnegie Mellon – Accepted
MIT – Waitlisted
Caltech – Waitlisted
Harvard – Rejected
Princeton – Rejected
Yale – Rejected
Stanford – Rejected
UC Berkeley – Accepted
UC Los Angeles – Accepted
UC San Diego – Accepted
UC Davis – Accepted
Time to visit campuses and/or just SIR to Berkeley and pray for MIT.
Accepted:
Yale, Dartmouth, UChicago University Scholar, NYU, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB
Waitlisted at Harvard
Accepted: CSU Pomona
From what I heard, Jason, Iain and Carey are all going to UCLA, while Niraj is going to Berkeley.
UCSD decisions are out early, so I’ll tour SD in a couple weeks and transfer there next year in case I like it (probably not).
My partner, Brian Qiu, is also going to Berkeley.
How about Logan, Annie, and Kate?
I think Logan’s a junior
Good luck to all of you in college. I’ll be sticking around one more year
logan is a senior and annie is already at havard
^the above comments are from 2010, I just bumped up the thread
Kevin Daley will be attending Vanderbilt. Peter Counts is heading to Stanford.
Accepted Dartmouth ED
Becky Vastola is still deciding between Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and UCLA.
I’ll be going to Cal or UCLA. Still deciding.
Where were you accepted? UCLA, Vanderbilt, Alabama
Where are you going? Vanderbilt
What about your teammates? meh
Anyone planning to continue debate in college? Fuck no.
Anyone planning to come back to high school parli to judge, coach, etc.? fuck yes.
I’m still deciding between Cal and Columbia
Vikram seems to be leaning toward the Naval Academy, but I’m not sure whether he’s decided already.
Aditya, definitely go to Columbia. It will pay off in the long run. youll get access to so much resources and jobs. Cal might be ranked batter academically in whatever subject you choose to pursue, but the prestige of columbia (2nd most selective school after Harvard) can’t be beat. There will be companies waiting to hire you and grad schools lining up to accept you. The academic experience is amazing and you’ll get plenty of individualized attention that you wouldnt get at Cal, being on of tens of thousands of students in a weak and run down public school system. It’s a hefty investment, you wont regret it. I know many who similarly chose ivies over Cal regent’s/ ucla, and they never regretted it. Btw, cal regetns isnt a reason to turn down columbia
^ For the record, I have no idea who the above person is.
I do find it a little odd that they know I have regents at Cal…
Anyway, whoever it is, I’d definitely appreciate any more thoughts you have on the matter, but I’d prefer FB message, or if you’re someone I know, gtalk/aim…
Definitely thanks for your advice though! There are a lot of factors I’m considering, and you’re spot on about many of Columbia’s advantages.
Becky Vastola will be attending UCLA.
I too will be attending UCLA.
do debate at la!
I’ll be attending Washington University in St Louis. I believe theyre NPDA, but probably not doing debate there, I would like to judge tho if i come back at convenient times
so where did everyone decide? Im especially curious about Logan, Aditya, Rebbecca, and Vikram
I decided on Columbia, and Vikram will be at the Naval Academy.
To “definitely not benjamin morris”:
Considering how many people on here have chosen to attend public schools in california or elsewhere, I would really appreciate it if you kept your negative, and frankly insulting, comments to yourself. Our “weak and run down public school system” is an offensive distortion of reality. Our public universities are awesome, have fantastic programs, and do provide a great education. As someone who was choosing between a “prestigious”, as you say, private school and a public university, they both have unique strengths and different things to offer. it’s about figuring out what will be most beneficial
It should be noted that UC Berkeley is still a top tier institution and depending on one’s department, one will not be very affected by tuition increases. The fact is, even with tuition increases, it will still be a better deal than most other schools comparably ranked. Most of the departments in the sciences receive large amounts of Federal funding, and are being minimally affected by budget cuts.
Gary will be on scholarship at BYU!
I’ll be joining Counts at Stanford.
I’m going to Dartmouth College next year.
Damon and Rylan will be joining me at UCD
Brian Castelloe is at Pomona.
Keizra Mecklai: Early Decision to Duke!
Congratulations to Ms. Mecklai.