lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Obviously. (This would be less funny--or more funny?--if Florida hadn't done that to their CS department for football money...) Who needs CS anyway?
cupofnimbus Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Who needs CS anyway? They were the ones who were going to build Skynet, anyway!
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 They were the ones who were going to build Skynet, anyway! Florida's allocation process is weird to start with. They give waaaaayyy too much power to their super Greek controlled Student Government. But I digress.
cupofnimbus Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Florida's allocation process is weird to start with. They give waaaaayyy too much power to their super Greek controlled Student Government. But I digress. I don't really have a horse in that race, but I'm very, very familiar with that particular aspect of UF and even I find it not good.
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 I don't really have a horse in that race, but I'm very, very familiar with that particular aspect of UF and even I find it not good. I met some of them at a conference last year and the more they told me about the way they do some things made my jaw drop.
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 I met some of them at a conference last year and the more they told me about the way they do some things made my jaw drop. Story time! Please? This is news to me.
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Story time! Please? This is news to me. They spend like $10k on a student body president campaign and control an ungodly amount of university funds. Between them and the University of Tennessee, it sounds like student body campaigns are like a two week tailgate
cupofnimbus Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 They spend like $10k on a student body president campaign and control an ungodly amount of university funds. Between them and the University of Tennessee, it sounds like student body campaigns are like a two week tailgate More than that. I've been getting notifications about their elections since January.
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 More than that. I've been getting notifications about their elections since January. They run in parties- I want to say they told me an SBP candidate was expected to contribute $10k to the campaign. It was like a year ago, so I don't fully recall all the details.
TakeMyCoffeeBlack Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 They run in parties- I want to say they told me an SBP candidate was expected to contribute $10k to the campaign. It was like a year ago, so I don't fully recall all the details. Isn't this true of most large public schools? I remember reading about this in the daily at SUNY Buffalo. I went to a LAC, so our student government elections were basically who made the prettiest posters and has the most friends (like high school).
cupofnimbus Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Isn't this true of most large public schools? I remember reading about this in the daily at SUNY Buffalo. I went to a LAC, so our student government elections were basically who made the prettiest posters and has the most friends (like high school). I never gave much thought to how student governments really functioned. The Student Government at my undergrad fell apart after the outgoing members forgot to put together the election for a new government. You might guess how effective they were by that alone!
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Isn't this true of most large public schools? I remember reading about this in the daily at SUNY Buffalo. I went to a LAC, so our student government elections were basically who made the prettiest posters and has the most friends (like high school). In a nutshell, yes. A lot of schools (mine included) don't run in parties. My univ has a significantly lower limit on funds (Less than $2k for an SBP campaign). That being said, I know people who sold off part of their livestock to run for SBP, so there's that. But I'm at a major R1 too. Varies by the culture of the school.
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 As a more relevant aside, a friend of mine just got into UNC. So now I get to re-panic. Great.
cupofnimbus Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 As a more relevant aside, a friend of mine just got into UNC. So now I get to re-panic. Great. Breathe! It's all going to be great
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Breathe! It's all going to be great They're being weird about admits. I don't like it. I don't like it one bit.
Nords Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 They're being weird about admits. I don't like it. I don't like it one bit. Nor do I. Been waiting to hear from them for weeks :|
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Nor do I. Been waiting to hear from them for weeks :| Me too. I was thinking I'd hear from them like 2 weeks ago.
Nords Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Me too. I was thinking I'd hear from them like 2 weeks ago. Now I've pretty much been expecting a rejection, though, since there are already quite a few admits and I can't imagine many of them will be declined :/ Though I would be really happy to be wrong!
lonestarflag Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Now I've pretty much been expecting a rejection, though, since there are already quite a few admits and I can't imagine many of them will be declined :/ Though I would be really happy to be wrong! I feel the same way. I'm hoping maybe they're going by subfield and they just haven't gotten to mine yet. But I feel like that's likely a stretch.
packrat Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Got a call from Stanford!!! They were trying to sell me basketball tickets. No joke. All I can say right now is, the man on the other end of the phone has seen happier customers.... jeudepaume, veritaserum and IR IR IR PhD 3
Orlien Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Nor do I. Been waiting to hear from them for weeks :| They're weird - they seem to be sending out their acceptances over the course of the whole admissions period. I just got an acceptance from them. Now I'm just waiting on Harvard and Stanford.
Orlien Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 Got a call from Stanford!!! They were trying to sell me basketball tickets. No joke. All I can say right now is, the man on the other end of the phone has seen happier customers.... That is hilarious. Hopefully you get the call you were waiting for soon
Nords Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 They're weird - they seem to be sending out their acceptances over the course of the whole admissions period. I just got an acceptance from them. Now I'm just waiting on Harvard and Stanford. So it seems! 10 acceptances already! You're killin' it! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get accepted already?
Orlien Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 On 2/19/2014 at 5:15 PM, Nords said: So it seems! 10 acceptances already! You're killin' it! If you don't mind me asking, where did you get accepted already? Duke, WashU, Rochester, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Princeton, Michigan, Columbia, UNC-Chapel Hill I cast a very broad net when applying ...Please don't hate me xD veritaserum, steedyue, AHL and 1 other 4
Nords Posted February 19, 2014 Posted February 19, 2014 On 2/19/2014 at 5:18 PM, Orlien said: Duke, WashU, Rochester, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, Princeton, Michigan, Columbia, UNC-Chapel Hill I cast a very broad net when applying ...Please don't hate me xD Damn haha. That's a pretty intense list! Well done!
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