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I told off this girl and somehow by the end of the conversation she managed to make herself sound like the one wronged. Weak weak weak on my part.

wow prom was actually so fucking shitty. i was drinking until 6am and i'm still fucking hammered but fuck, that was definitely the most awkward night of my life.

i guess these guys have been really hyped or something but i hadn't heard much about them before checking them out. I really like it

haha that steak throwing scene is one of my favorites ever from that series

who's that first broad

looks like the detective in law and order. imdb says mariska hargitay.

been waiting for this for a long time

a little late on this, but it really depends on what do you plan to do and where?

If you plan to work in a demanding but high paying job (banking or consulting), then $40k is definitely manageable (i finished uni with a little under $40K and paid it off with my first bonus). But if you plan on having a life and doing something else, then you'll soon realize that even if you make $50-$70K a year after graduation, after taxes and living expenses, there isn't that much left and it will take years to pay it back.

Also, i would say it really depend where you are planning to work after graduation. if you plan on coming back to work in Canada, keep in mind that you'll be taxed at canadian rate and you won't really have any advantage over students from Queen's, Ivey and McGill (if anything, you'll have a disadvantage as most companies won't come to Wharton for recruiting so they'll have to fly you over, which is expensive). And there's also a certain stigma about grade inflation at Ivy's so you'll need top grade (at least GPA > 3.7-3.8 if you want to get banking interviews). I am quite involved with recruiting at my firm and we actually interviewed a Wharton undergrad last fall, and the guy actually flew on his own dime to meet us as he said otherwise most canadian banks wouldn't bother flying him over (the guy had an outstanding resume, 3.95 GPA, spoke 6 languages, had a summer intern with a BB in NYC, etc) so i would keep that in mind when making your choice (of course the class of 2009 probably had the worst recruiting season ever, but still).

Anyway, long post, but my main point is that Wharton name, strong alumni, etc will go a long way if you decide to pursue a career in the states, but if you think you'll likely end up in Canada, i would carefully think about it.

For the record, nobody is making 200K straight out of undergrad

I'm not that interested in coming back to Canada. I love Montreal and Vancouver, but all the big finance/business stuff is in Toronto and I'm not a fan. I hear visas are a bitch to get, but the thought of working in Hong Kong or something is actually pretty cool.

By the looks of it, the cost is pretty manageable and my parents are saying that I won't have to take out much in loans if at all, but they want to take them out anyway and invest them since it's four years interest free :|

Definitely not per year. I'm talking maybe 40k over the entire undergrad program.

My financial aid package is pretty good. Parent contribution is $19k a year, but my dad is saying that the most he can pay is $12k, which makes no sense given our income (well off, in theory at least). I'm willing to take loans, and I know Wharton is Wharton, but realistically at what point do loans become too big of a burden to be worth it?

Is $30k, even $40k a manageable figure?

edit: I know that's almost a stupid question, and I'm still shitting my pants at having this opportunity, but at what point is undergrad debt too much?

I'm doing the IB diploma. Predicted 43/45 with Math, Chem and Physics HL.

2150 SAT's (740 CR, 700M, 710W)

Math II 760

Physics 720

French 680

but I got a 34 on the ACT

haha I know, but my choices were pretty limited as an international needing aid.

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did you forget to apply to cornell and brown?

Their aid is the worst for internationals, and as a a Canadian there's no point in applying to American schools unless they're at the top.

Waitlisted at Columbia. Got into a Ben Franklin scholars program at Penn for the top 100 incoming freshmen. Psyched.

still waiting on columbia

in at wharton

rejected from dartmouth/harvard/yale/princeton

Got into the local university, and got a millennium scholarship for 20k at any school in Canada, which'll cover pretty much tuition for all four years if I stay.

Still waiting on McGill/UBC/Queen's and then on Tuesday a whole slew of ivies.

I saw it in theaters without expecting much. It was actually pretty funny.

UPenn '11

SAE Theta Chapter

How big is the frat scene at Penn?

I have a friend who used to work in the WashU admissions office. According to her, if you give them a call and say that you're really interested and blah blah blah, chances are they'll bump you off it. They waitlist a TON of kids, and part of it is because they want to protect their yield.

New Grizzly Bear, shitty quality but I couldn't bear to wait.

bro school? seriously? From everything I've heard it's super intellectual.

Rewatching

One of my favourites.

I'm watching Skins. Cassie is totally batshit insane, but I gotta admit, she's fine.

Someone posted this on another board I go to. I don't skate, but I like watching vids every now and then.

Alien Workshops presents Mindfield (Megaupload link)

sorry, small pic

Both Club Monaco, on sale and 20% student discount. Came to $90 ($115 Canadian)

I don't think interviews matter that much. From what I've heard, they're mostly a way to keep alumni involved with the university.

I took the ACT because Canadian students supposedly do better on it than the SAT. I got a 34, 12 on writing.

I'm listening to that too. I'm liking it, but nothing is standing out like For Reverend Green/Fireworks yet. I love Panda Bear, but it almost feels like one of his albums.