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Re: “He'll listen to what UCSD has to say, but I don't think it will make the kind of offer it would take to swing him to their school. If it even makes him an offer. It very well may not. Acceptances at that level are very hard to come by.”
Joey just had his interview with UC San Diego and . . . they want him! He doesn't yet know what their offer will be. In fact, until he receives a letter from them tomorrow, San Diego is officially only a "maybe."

Joey's roommate, the math genius who Joey says is the best at UVA, received a "yes" as well - from Arizona. I have no details on that.
The roommate applied to seventeen schools and, last I heard, had been turned down by seven.








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Re: Big news!
By: Decomposed
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Thu, 11 Feb 21 11:14 PM
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Zimbler0:

Re: “Congratulations. Now, I would personally advise against going to californica for any reason.”
Thanks. And we're from California - so, believe me, I know. I agree with you but I'll stop short of saying "for any reason." If UCSD makes an incredible offer it could affect the decision. As I said earlier, Wisconsin and CMU are his top choices because they have strong Logic programs. UCSD? Not so much. UCSD is very good in Hardware Architecture - the field taught by the professor now requesting a talk and, probably, what Joey's actual concentration will be at Wisconsin.

He'll listen to what UCSD has to say, but I don't think it will make the kind of offer it would take to swing him to their school. If it even makes him an offer. It very well may not. Acceptances at that level are very hard to come by.

That said, San Diego used to be a wonderful place but isn't so hot anymore. For one thing, the demographics are 58% minority. Maybe I'm wrong, but I equate that with "dangerous." The other, of course, is that it's in California. A kid could get drawn to the climate and beaches and lose sight of the long-term drawbacks.






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