<<<Pic related>>>
Prove me wrong /sci/
>ICL.
/thread
>>7954093
Incoming shitstorm, but he's not wrong
fuck off with your dumb threads you absolute mongoloid
>>7954088
3 letters: MIT
Don't think so, pal.
>>7954111
/thread
>>7954088
lol fuck off faggot
>>7954111
Bingo
>>7954111
This enrages the anglo.
>>7954142
this, someone post the ridiculous highschool-tier analysis 'exam' they have at mit (with a daily reminder that students paid tens of hundreds of dollars for this bullshit)
>>7954164
>*thousands
fuck
>>7954164
>a university should be gauged on how difficult their undergraduate studies are
Keep forgetting I'm taking to retarded freshmen.
When it comes to research?
probably MIT, Cambridge and all that shit.
When it comes to quality of education?
How the fuck should we know, I have only attended one uni.
>People saying MIT
LOL K. Oxbridge probably
>>7954191
Good unis don't suck at undergrad. Good uni don't suck anywhere, that's why they are good unis.
>>7954196
Finally someone says it. For all we know some university in Kongo could have super motivated professors and a great learning atmosphere.
>>7954125
Are you serious mate?
>>7954210
>implying that you have to use your university resources to study literally anything in undergrad
Wanna know how I know you're literally a brainlet?
>He didn't go to clown college
lmao
>>7954233
People on /sci/ discuss about universities they couldn't even get in to all the time, so no.
>>7954088
Princeton is still the best in the world. Do your research dude.
>>7954372
Please explain this absurdity mate...
>>7954088
>>7954125
what can be better
>>7954233
>europoors who couldn't get into any of the unis posted in this thread, defending their yurounis
FOR
F R E E
R E E
E E
E
>>7954413
American education is utterly shit mate
>>7954413
ITT: ITT
ITT Tech
i think you meant this
>>7954093
>ICL
As a student at Imperial, I'd say it's Harvard or MIT, with Cambridge closely fighting for 1st or 2nd place
>>7954472
>Harvard
>Yale
>Colombia
>MIT
How's that socialized education treating you, plebeian?
>>7955754
>Cambridge
>Oxford
>ENS
>ETH
Quite good, thank you.
>>7955817
>quite good thank you
>the best unis on his list aren't socialised.
Top kek. Also, the other anon left out Berkeley, UCLA, UChicago, UPenn, and Cornell, all of which are either better than some or all (Berkeley) of the unis you posted for MOST subjects. Berkeley is better than the unis you posted for physics and chemistry; chicago is better for economics (except Cambridge) and for physics as well; and UCLA is better for medicine (except for Oxford and Cambridge, both private unis).
>>7955946
Oh and I forgot Princeton.
>>7954088
I literally can't express how much better my life has been since I attended Oxford. I went to a state school and gradually became the stereotypical moody, withdrawn sensitive type who both despises the quality of his immediate culture and feels a weird pride for having been raised in a sort of anti-intellectual and brutal environment. I was all set to take my Russell Group humanities BA and spend my life working as an anonymous, insecure wageslave forever thankful of being offered a job and forever too insecure to pursue my creative ambitions. The chip on my shoulder had become something of a wedge, and I felt too out of place regardless of my environment, too resentful and bitter to even attempt to make it in the artistic world. Then I finally applied for Oxford and got in to study an English MA, with reassurance that should I work hard enough a career in academia or within one of Oxford's affiliated companies would be almost guaranteed. I turned up as apprehensive as usual, and the first few days were spent regretting my decision and desperately feigning a cultured personality. But then I realized that the people there were just interesting and that the snobbery and exclusivity I had anticipated was just a myth borne out of my working class upbringing. I've since graduated, having spend the year dining in grand halls with groups of interesting people, dating several girls (one of whom, a petite Russian whose family traces back to the aristocracy, is now my fiancee). I work four days a week at a publishing company and earn £38k a year. I regularly meet up with friends from my college and visit Oxford for nights out and for meetings with my professors.
>>7955956
>£38k
Nigga I didn't even go to a Russel group and I earn more than that.
>>7955959
It's a /lit/ pasta
>>7955946
No one else has mentioned it in this thread, but Duke University is higher ranked than Penn, Caltech, John Hopkins,Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Rice, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, UCLA etc.
>>7955965
Sad pepe cause we lost yesterday.
>TFW no elite 8
>>7955959
A job straight out of uni is worth more than money
To facilitate your dick measuring: http://metauniversityranking.com/
>>7954088
>going to a mildly ranked university
>taking some blow off history option class because degree requirement
>always google my professors to see how much of a autist they are
>mfw he got PHD from cambridge
i was mildly amused, academia is a small world
>>7954088
>tfw in my application year Cambridge fucked up their admission system
>tfw played it safe and went to oxford instead
>tfw will never be a cambridgebro
REEEEEEEEEEEE
>>7954111
/thread
deal with it
it is the greatest university in the world. It honestly pains me that I don't go to cambridge.
>>7955965
>ranked higher than Caltech, Berkeley, and Cornell
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Not according to QS, Shanghai academic rankings, and THE.
>>7956363
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/data
only rankings academics really care about
>Alumnus has a prize named after them
>>7957768
>swänska
>>7957639
>usnews
Nice meme
Best for buck with quality tier engineering school undergraduate: SLO, CP Pomona >> all
>>7957639
>Princeton
>43450 tuition
>paying per year
>paying nearly 200,000 for undergrad degree
Excuse me as I laugh my ass off at your stupidity.
>>7957639
>us news
>>7954111
This
>>7954088
These are dumb dickwaving threads but I'll bite.
I went to a Cambridge University open day once, world's most snooty place. Everyone had this weird posh as fuck accent and the entire tour was them showing off their multi-million pound Raphael paintings. I visited Oxford as well and even they were less douchey. As for academics, sure they are top of the line but it really doesn't matter for undergraduate. I go to a no-name ex-poly. My course is certified, there are industry links for sandwich placements and I am allowed to walk on the grass.
>>7954093
I got into there, Didn't go because I got this vibe of a very cold, autistic atmosphere. It's also in the most upmarket part of London so living costs are insane.
>>7958078
>t. Kingston University.
Why don't you just say you didn't achieve your target grades?
>>7954088
look at quality of teaching rankings. Cambridge will give you a pass to any job you want but will keep you depressed and suicidal with the volume of poorly taught content.
>>7958079
South Bank University ackchually.
>Why don't you just say you didn't achieve your target grades?
I got A*AA, A* in physics. Why would I lie on an anonymous imageboard? I have no reputation to maintain here. I didn't apply to Cambridge University because I didn't like the vibe, I liked Oxford University so I applied there but didn't get in (Not because of my grades, I must have failed the interview because they wanted AAA). I got rejected by Durham university, that was for grades, apparently my GCSEs weren't good enough. I got into Warwick, Imperial and UCL, I chose UCL because Imperial looked autistic and UCL was next on the prestige list, hated UCL, it was still autistic and snooty too, full of Asians, now I'm not racist but they did not talk to anyone who wasn't also Asian. I realized that pure science sucked anyway, labs were boring, no jobs and professors were aloof and unhelpful, only cared about their research and had weird-ass attendance rules (fuck being shouted at for missing a lecture at age 19). So I left that, and been self-employed in graphic design ever since. Business is on the brink so mum suggested a secure vocational qualification just in case which is why I signed up to South Bank U to do surveying. It was recommended to me by someone I know working for Arup. Chill atmosphere, good industry links and staff actually care about undergrads. Therefore I say that top universities aren't all they are cracked up to be, it's only worth putting up with that stresspot for graduate study. For undergrad nobody gives a fuck.
>>7958111
You got it wrong Anon, you're not meant to be happy. You're meant to go at a big name 'Target' University.
>>7957768
Correction, Alfred Nobel's father went to KTH, not himself.
Looks like we forgot the Greatest University in the world in the Greatest City in the world
>>7958086
>poorly taught
How
>>7958128
lol
>>7958202
Literally who?
That looks like a fictional rest for civ 5
>>7958229
Columbia
>>7958250
And you think this gives you power over me?
/thread
>>7958202
>greatest city
NYC is such a fucking meme city. So many people there are "lol I'm sorry quirky! Let's all be quirky together in this most quirky city on earth! This is totally not affected quirkiness!"
>>7958202
>tfw Brian Greene is a professor here
>>7958202
>tfw ranked higher than Oxford
>>7958202
My bro went there. The professors in mathematics don't help for shit. Basically they expect most of the students to already be John Nash who don't go to class because they "dull the mind."
Heavily autistic.
>>7958336
>don't go to class because they "dull the mind."
you'd realise that this is true if your mind wasn't already dulled by all the classes you attended, brainlet
>>7958376
lol shut up you cutie
>>7958336
Oh shit, really? I'm going there next year. What has his overall experience been with university? What did he like and dislike the most? What did he major in?
>>7958078
>and I am allowed to walk on the grass
this is quite funny tb-h
>>7958078
>and I am allowed to walk on the grass.
Motherfuck, I could just strangle some fucking architects.
First they put one of those stupid, green slopes directly in front of the door, as if the building is yelling "LOOK AT IT! LOOK AT MY LAWN!" Then when everyone cuts through it because they're in a hurry and don't have time for stupid labyrinth bullshit, they put up a barrier of stupid fucking signs, as if those people are all 2.
I guess it could be worse. I could be getting paid meager sums to make Picasso shapes with fucking concrete.
>Pic Related
>>7958744
>mfw they rejected me from their joint ETH UZH MS Finance programme....
>>7954088
Trump University lel
>>7958504
Same here, you thinking about majoring in math?
>>7954088
Brit fag identified
>>7954099
This
>>7954424
/thread
>>7954088
ITT butthurt britfags with horrible oral hygiene
>>7958882
I'm going for Physics, but may try to go for a double major with Math too. Nice to see a fellow memester here. Have you seen that Columbia has its own version of 4Chan?
>>7958970
Word? What's it called?
>>7959125
http://www.wikicu.com/Boredatcolumbia
It's called B@B
>>7959137
Damn, that's pretty dope
>>7954088
How would your life be different OP if you had a normal set of God tier American teeth anon?
These threads are for the most insecure of faggots.
Don't matter when you're undergrad
>>7954088
Can someone bring me to speed why UoC is so good, apart from its name?
>>7957768
t h i s
GaTech
>>7959304
I'm proudly a Trump lion
>>7958504
He majored in math. If you're already a genius in math, you're good. The professors treat each math student as if he's already ready for graduate work. Very independent university. Made for geniuses who don't give a fuck about working with professors and are wanting to do their own work.
The professors might get annoyed if you ask for help
>>7959304
Hahaha nice one. Trump supporters generally don't go to college or have degrees.
>>7954088
Are we including Undergraduate Programs. Not going to mention my school by name because that would zero me down to less than 15 people.
It's nice that I'm in an advanced program compared to most, and the total majors barely out number the amount of professors that we have in the subject while also getting experience in research starting in our first year.
By next year, I'll be shipped to a national lab to gain onsite experience. This summer I'll have near one on one training with the Professor that I'm doing research under.
>>7960001
Soooo close...
>idiots actually think any Uni is better than pic related
>>7960001
(You)
>>7959304
I'm Eurofag desu, but Trump all the way
>>7960043
>Smart chad school
>Most of the people there are modern day memesters
>I go to the same school as Steve jobs
That's why university of cambridge is so much better
>>7954093
yeah no
>>7960299
>Steve jobs
>harvard
Jesus Christ. Also
>cambridge
>I go to the same uni newton went to
Works both ways hon.
>>7960371
At least that's less cancerous than saying i go to Caltech
And people going BAZINGA
>>7960435
I actually laughed imagining this
>>7955956
I've seen this on /lit/... are you okay buddy?
Mizzou represent
I love this place and treat it like its my second home.
I'm pretty sure MIT students don't bathe.
>>7954088
Are the differences actually so great? I'm at another UK uni, I got A* in all my subjects, and I feel like shit because I'm not at Cambridge and feel like I'll never amount to anything because of that. I didn't apply to Cambridge but I still feel stupid for not being good enough for it (I did apply to Oxford but didn't get in)
>>7960241
Oh that's cool. Where in Europe are you from? I'm surprised to find another Trump supporter for kids entering Columbia. Everyone else seems to be shills for Bernie and "muh socialism"
>>7960803
Morocco XD
>>7960798
wew lad just do your PhD at Cam, I go to Manchester (physics) and I know plenty of people who are going to Cambridge to do PhDs and will be very successful.
I also know a few people on the physics natsci path and it isn't -that- great
>>7960837
What's so not great about it?
I'm at Durham
>>7960845
Don't get me wrong, it's a solid course. It just doesn't really feel like that much of a step up from what I'm doing at Manchester - with the exception that they seem to be able to delve into more specific options earlier on in the course which is probably due to the sheer size of the university.
>>7960803
How the fuck is anyone with a brain going to actually support Trump? I'm not another socialist going to Columbia, but I'm not a Trump fag either
>>7960845
Doing what?
>>7960893
I'm getting lessons on Syrian so that I can go to Europe and fug your woman!! :D
How's UChicago for maths and living healthy? I'd be leaving a very good Mediterranean climate in Spain, but I hope the maths there make up for it.
What do you think.
>tfw cuckbridge students will never know what it's like to #feelthegurn
>bristol's world class chemistry program extends to organzing an MDMA run at 4 AM
>>7961254
Physics and Chemistry, but I'm thinking of turning to pure physics
>>7963089
Maths at UChicago is very good, one of the best in the country/world. They also have pretty good facilities for staying healthy and good sports clubs/teams.
>>7963089
Excellent school.
>>7963089
Go to UChicago mate. Great city, great maths program, great reputation, great athletics.
>>7958260
College? Baker is best!
>>7960043
>>7963247
FIU is the best!! Representing Miami!!!!
>tfw 100+ ranked uni
>>7964927
I read that as "University of Nothing, ham". I'm sorry.
>US/british universities
>>7965022
>the filthy continentals are getting agitated
>>7965022
>laughing at literally the best universities
>>7965246
>"best" because of all the non murican/brit people there
>>7954088
I don't think there is a definitive answer as to which university is the best overall, different institutions specialize in different areas and subjects etc.
What I will say about Cambridge, in terms of the campus and its rich lore/traditions - it's unrivaled. Feels like I'm in a different world entirely when I don my gown for a formal, and don't get me started on the May balls.
>>7963144
>doing drugs in bristol when you could be doing drugs in madchester
>>7965263
Pretty much any old university has rich lore and traditions. And Oxford is cooler because of all the secret societies that are banned now at Cambridge.
>>7965263
Cambridge is fucking dumb, I went to a dinner at St John's whilst visiting a friend - you have to stand up when a master enters the room and you can only sit down when they bang the gong, you can't eat until 5 other people at your table are eating etc. Pretentious bullshit.
>>7965308
The Cambridge Apostles are still going, some professors have even admitted being members in the past. Apparently MI5 recruiters still use the society as a gateway to get students into the secret service
>>7954093
>tfw rejected by cambridge, but accepted to ICL and UCL
idk m8
>>7954233
>>I know MIT has uneven quality,
?
I hope you realize that you will never top gook hivemind schools.
Come to the UK for a better education MIT sucks ass mates!!
>>7965376
not every department in MIT is a god tier think factory.
>>7960038
New College?
Didnt apply to Cambridge and i rejected ICL, cant be asked with all the stuckup bullshit.
>>7966204
>>7954088
Public school master race reporting in
Public school tuition 9k a year (free with lottery funded zell miller scholarship)
Highly ranked well regarded engineering program
No problem finding co ops and interships
Graduating in one year without any student debt
>>7956171
same here, mid ranked university
my physics I prof went to princeton and cornell
>>7960837
If you're still here can you describe Manchester physics life?
Haha, you fags are pathetic. Everyone knows
>my university
is truly the best one!
Reasons:
>cherry-pick statistics about my department
>point out that one famous guy that went here
>historical tidbit
>oh yeah the location is SWEET too
>my dick is also big, guys, look at it!
>no homo
>zero replies means everyone agrees with me and my own uni is truly one of the best
>ego boost achieved
>>7954111
True, but it's a very little school.
Any students here have any experience in commercialization of their work? any success (or horror) stories would be appreciated.
>>7967045
For its students
>>7965327
Sure the Apostles are still going but you're not part of them and you will probably never be a member, so you don't really see the "lore" and "tradition" at least at Oxford being an Old Boy means you'll probably get into at least one society.
its pretty cool. theres different colleges to choose from and you learn the same thing at each one, just like in harry potter. =)
>>7954088
other public unis btfo
>>7968298
I went there and now I'm going to grad school at a private university that actually has money. It feels good to go somewhere that isn't on the verge of bankruptcy
>>7968332
I'm actually thinking of doing the 5 yr masters program for EECS there. Which uni are you going to now and would it be better than the 5 yr plan?
>>7966683
Bit late, but here I am. It's the opposite of pretentious - the department is friendly and full of incredible physicists (the guy who teaches Lagrangian was one of 3 shortlisted as director general of CERN a few years back, etc), there are enough "hard" courses for you to break your back over if you want to and if you decide you're not really interested in physics anymore, there are plenty of opportunities to use your skills elsewhere in the department.
One of my favourite anecdotes about Manchester actually involves a friend of mine, he did advanced QM in third year, decided he wanted to learn QFT, knocked on Jeff Forshaw's door and Jeff spent 3-4 hours teaching him the basics of QFT right there. That kind of stuff happens all of the time here.
>>7968625
Thanks. I'm planning on transferring in midyear. Hoping that my last year of homeschooling math and physics will pay off and I'll be able to boost my GPA enough in a community college to get accepted. A long shot but I'm hoping.
Thanks for your feedback.
>>7968332
One of the best Public Universities in the U.S.
>>7969809
So true kek
>mfw rejected from there
>most of my friends got in
>including some dumb people who not only memorised mark schemes and don't actually know a lot about their subject, but also don't give a shit about it
>one friend, who is simple-minded and also doesn't really know that much about her subject, got in, even with a much lower UMS, and it was me who encouraged her to apply
>mfw one of my interviews I was rated the best candidate
>mfw pooled
>mfw not accepted from pool
Anyone know this feel? It's bloody demoralising. I know your first reaction will be to say I'm not good enough or that I'm so self-obsessed I'm too blind to see my own flaws. I genuinly believe I did more work than some people and love and studied my subject more than they have. The fact that so many of my friends got in, like it was an easy walk through the door just makes it so much more hurtful.
Re-applying, fuck the world.
>>7964927
Everyone in nottingham is a binge drinker. Noone in there has any serious ambitions to life, they only went to uni for the nightlife.
>>7969816
It is.
>>7969851
exams are learning by route. in sixth form i spent sept-april learning what i want but then when full autistic revision for exam season. if there's ever a time to learn by route, its a2/as.
maybe apply to oxford next year, they have admissions tests before interviews which means that its far more based on intelligence. for example, the Mathematics Aptitude Test we had to take is /100 and 1 mark is equivalent to 1 GSCE A*. so even if you fucked your gcses like I did, you can still get in if your actually any good at maths. (likewise for the Physics/Science ones)
then the plan is phd in cam if you want.
whatdyu apply for
>>7969948
Physics. I like your system, and I used it too.
Yeah, maybe applying to Oxford would've been a better idea. Cambridge is going to do entrance exams next year too though, so I'll have to see.
what are you doing atm?
gap year?
and havent heard about the cambridge thing. is that pre interview or post interview?
>>7970007
Pre interview
Yeah, I (will) be doing a gap year, and hopefully will find some good internship that's related to science. Any recommendations for what to do in the gap year though?
>>7966661
Georgia Tech MasterRice
>>7960435
kek
>>7970016
Did you apply to anywhere else or is cambridge the only place you would consider going?
>>7954088
best in the world? No but still one of the very best.
What do you guys think of pic related
>>7972702
gud album
don't mind me just posting best university
>>7958111
what grades did you get in GCSEs?
>>7954111
I 've been to the ENS, it's overhyped.
What makes the difference with other unis is mostly due to the entrance exam which is one of the most difficult ones in France.
A few of the profs were great but others were just normal.
Basically the students make its reputation, and continue to do so once they get their PHDs.
>>7957811
is this true?
poorfag here
Where are those schools?
>mfw walking around math building and casually pass Terry Tao
>>7973078
California, California state school, Cal pol San Luis Obisbo or Cal Poly Pomona. If you're from California and poor it's free.
>>7954088
Got into Brown after a year of CC since I almost flunked high school. I wish I wasn't such a lazy shit all my life with no skills. Should have tried harder, but oh well at least I have a lot of raw intelligence.
>>7960845
Got an offer from Durham too lad. What course?
>Physics and Astronomy here desu
>>7973362
>le smart but lazy
Kys
>>7958272
What is your post even trying to say? Di you run into a hipster in NYC or something? NYC is objectively the best city in the world and can only be rivaled by London or Lyon. Just accept it.
>>7973904
To be fair, he did manage to get into Brown eventually.
>>7973362
Good to come across you again. I'm the guy that goes to Duke.
>>7972732
A*AAAABBBCD
Funny I got an interview at Oxford with that but Durham just said no.
>>7974094
Oh hey dude, whats up? Haven't seen you in a while
>>7958128
>you're not meant to be happy
>>7974156
I know good to see you again. Not bad. Studying to prep for my next class. What you study again?
>>7974127
D, b's and c in what
>>7954125
How do I get in here?
Seriously. Tell me everything I need to do to get accepted into post grad studies in STEM at MIT.
>>7974363
Nice, what are you majoring in? After a lot of thinking I decided to concentrate in applied math and computer science. Currently I'm on Spring break and I'm just studying some math.
>>7974381
Nice, similar to me. I studied pure math and now doing computer science. Currently learning a new language on my break.
>>7966487
>the unibomber
>>7974764
Cool, what language are you picking up?
What's not to understand, dumbass?
Y=m*X+b
>>7974379
...But you already know the answer. Stellar GPA/GRE/Letters of recommendation, meaningful publications, and demonstrable talent in your field.
>>7974895
Learned a bit of Python, now learning Java and wanting to do Haskell on the side. How about you?
>>7974939
Let's face it, all you really need is just connections
>>7975138
I picked up spivaks calculus and I've been going through it to gain a more theoretical understanding of the material. Been learning java and scala in class and I picked up functional programming last semester with racket and pyret (teaching language). Code anything interesting yet?
