Oh you Silly Clarkson Fans

[Drew]

[Q]Trotsky Wrote:

 [Q2]daredevilcu Wrote:

 OMGZ A CLARKSON FAN READS ELYNAH

Actually, we didn't have a choice as to where we could hang it.  All but one banner had to be hung on that wall, per our arena director's instructions.  Trust me, if we were allowed to hang it ourselves, we'd have put it over the opponents' section.  Obviously, we made the banner RPI's colors to signify exactly who we were talking about.[/Q]
We have other Clarkson readers.  It's actually quite cordial, in most cases.[/q]

I always try to be cordial when I visit eLynah.....I try to take my shoes off before I come in your house.

Come 1/21...... I may track a little mud. ;-)

[daredevilcu]

In all honestly, RPI really WAS a safety school for me.  I applied there and was accepted, but chose Clarkson and I know I am much happier for it.  As for not adding RPI to the "Safety School" banner, we want to be able to reuse it for other schools as well.  RIT, for example (my other safety school).  That's why the main color used was black -- very universal.

[ugarte]

[Q]daredevilcu Wrote:In all honestly, RPI really WAS a safety school for me.[/q] Just because it was your second choice, that doesn't make it a safety school. These aren't the most updated stats, but (after a whole nine seconds of research) it looks like - of these two safety schools in the ECACHL - RPI is the harder school to get into.

[marty]

[Q]ursaminor Wrote:

 

OTOH, Clarkson thinking that RPI is a safety school for them is humorous. However I do not agree with the second sentence of the next-to-the-last paragraph of this letter to the editor in the RPI student newspaper. [/q]

But this is not the second sentence? ::looking::

[q]You have earned the right to attend one of the highest quality colleges in the world.[/q]

Hey RPI, your Puckman just called, he said every cheer from your fans includes the word "sucks".  ::laugh::

[daredevilcu]

Actually, I think a second choice by nature is a safety school.  You only come up with other options in case your first choice doesn't pan out, therefore MAKING your second choice your safety school.  Keep in mind, safety does not necessarily mean grades, it can also mean money issues as well (wasn't the case for me but I know people who have had that problem).

[ursusminor]

[Q]marty Wrote:

 [Q2]ursaminor Wrote:

 

OTOH, Clarkson thinking that RPI is a safety school for them is humorous. However I do not agree with the second sentence of the next-to-the-last paragraph of this letter to the editor in the RPI student newspaper. [/Q]
But this is not the second sentence?

[Q2]You have earned the right to attend one of the highest quality colleges in the world.[/Q]
Hey RPI, your Puckman just called, he said every cheer from your fans includes the word "sucks".   [/q]

That's the third sentence by my count. :-D I have to say that I chuckled over that statement myself. Then again, perhaps RPI has improved in the last 30 years.

[Mission Accomplished]

[Q]daredevilcu Wrote:

 Actually, I think a second choice by nature is a safety school.[/q]

Nice try.  ::snore:: ;-)

Normally you have some reach schools, some top choices, and some safety schools.

Even if you only apply to two schools, that does not imply that the second school is a safety school.  It has been discussed here many times that chanting safety school to Harvard is tongue in cheek, even if Harvard was a second choice.

Consider this bulletin board for nervous college parents:

http://www.collegeconfidential.com/cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?70/39584

It's pretty clear that most people consider a safety school to be a school that is not a top choice and is one in which acceptance is "all but guaranteed."

It sounds like you were being very over confident when considering RPI to be a safety school--unless of course you are into theatre.

[Trotsky]

A safety school is one which the only reason you would go there is failing to get into your other choices, and you don't want to work at PetSmart for the rest of your life.

My safety school was Utica College.  I wasn't taking any chances.

[schoaff]

Let's make this easy. In Division I Hockey there's Cornell and 60 safety schools.
B-]

[daredevilcu]

Well, I had already received an award/scholarship to RPI, and had more than enough grades/extracurricular-wise to get into that school, so I don't feel it was overconfidence at all.  But I'm not going to argue it, I expected to get into RPI and RIT, I wasn't as sure about Clarkson, so they were my safety schools.  You don't have to agree or like it.

[DeltaOne81]

I guess in that particular case, DareDevil, it would be a unique case in which an RPI-like school could be a safety school. Heck, I got into Cornell without much difficulty, and I applied to RPI and did not consider it a safety school. UConn was my safety school, and as a Ct resident, wasn't a question. RPI isn't a safety school for anyone who's not overconfident - or doesn't have extenuating circumstances (i.e. previous contact, scholarship, parent on the faculty, etc). Then again, neither is Clarkson for the most part.

Alright, enough acting like a normal, nice, polite human being ;-) ...


[Q]schoaff Wrote:

 Let's make this easy. In Division I Hockey there's Cornell and 60 safety schools.[/q]

Funny, I can only think of 58.

[Tub(a)]

[Q]DeltaOne81 Wrote:


[Q2]schoaff Wrote:

 Let's make this easy. In Division I Hockey there's Cornell and 60 safety schools.[/Q]
Funny, I can only think of 58.[/q]

You forgot Darmouth and Brom.

[DeltaOne81]

[Q]Tub(a) Wrote:

 [Q2]DeltaOne81 Wrote:

[Q2]schoaff Wrote:

 Let's make this easy. In Division I Hockey there's Cornell and 60 safety schools.[/Q]
Funny, I can only think of 58.[/Q]
You forgot Darmouth and Brom.[/q]

LOL! Touche  ::nut::

[KeithK]

Actually, RPI was kind of a safety school for me  Admission seemed pretty guaranteed when I got a second application in the mail the day after the application deadline saying essentially "don't worry, you can still apply."  (I'm not joking here - this did actually happen.)

[Robb]

wait - people apply to more than one school?  Who knew?  :-P