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[cheeseball341]

aa got a perfect atar.

Which means he was in the top 0.05% of school kids in australia.

Which means he was in the top percentage of rattata.

srslie though, would that get him in princeton/harvard/whatever other schools america has?

 

[asianaussie]

its always been my dream to be in the top percentage of rattata

 

[SuPeRbOoM]

joey would be proud

 

[KeroKeroppi]

What's rattata?


Uhmm... This might be a dumb question.. But are the SATs an American thing or..

 

[ballin4life]

What's rattata?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rattata

Uhmm... This might be a dumb question.. But are the SATs an American thing or..

SATs are primarily American though many international students who plan to go to an American university take the SAT.

 

[KeroKeroppi]

Rattata: Pokemon number 19. Evolves into Raticate at level 20. His Razer sharp teeth allow it to damage the opposing pokemon with powerful moves like "hyper fang". The only starter pokemon for "pokemon rumble".

No results that have anything to do with the convo above:/
Maybes I didnt look hard enough.

Question: how come when ness regenerates an arwins laser, some times the laser will just break through the regenerator and zap his ***.

 

[clubbadubba]

You're right kero, sometimes a one word google search just doesn't cut it, ballin just doesn't know any better. I too was unaware of what they were talking about, and brushed it off as some crazy australian thing that boom was somehow in on. But I did some intense research, and figured it out! The key is to type the phrase "top percentage of rattata" into google (you don't need the quotes when you type it into google). It was tough, so let me save you some time:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youngster-joey-top-percentage

 

[Pachinkosam]

joey would be proud

you got this!!
AM YEAHXD

 

[Battlecow]

aa got a perfect atar.

Which means he was in the top 0.05% of school kids in australia.

Which means he was in the top percentage of rattata.

srslie though, would that get him in princeton/harvard/whatever other schools america has?

That (assuming "marks" is grades)+ perfect test scores + 9 incredible extracurriculars + phenomenal essays + parents who had gone to princeton would give him a fighting chance

****'s hard.

 

[KeroKeroppi]

Ahahahaha at first glance i thought the samething. Thank you for taking the time to do that for me. That was verry kind of you
#Where are the face options! i dont like to be bound only to the frown smiley or wink face.

 

[KeroKeroppi]

This girl in my spanish class got into Harvard.
Perfect SAT scores. First in class.

oh.. and she took the SAT when she was in 8th grade.. -whatthe****- face

 

[kys]

This girl in my spanish class got into Harvard.
Perfect SAT scores. First in class.

oh.. and she took the SAT when she was in 8th grade.. -whatthe****- face

I took the ACT in 7th grade and scored a 22. It was part of some bright futures program (or something like that) held by Duke.

 

[asianaussie]

i wrote a thesis on a topic maybe 15 people in the world can actually discuss

referencing was stupid easy

also is ness' shield the same sort of thing as fox's (as in it can break)?

hey it's surri

hi surri

 

[KeroKeroppi]

Sup Surr-Dog.
Strait out of Comptain.

 

[The Star King]

While we have an excuse to throw out brags, I took the PSAT freshman year and got a 208, which was apparently in the 99 percentile for juniors. Yeah.

i wrote a thesis on a topic maybe 15 people in the world can actually discuss

referencing was stupid easy

also is ness' shield the same sort of thing as fox's (as in it can break)?

hey it's surri

hi surri

I don't understand the shield question.

What was the thesis? How to troll Battlecow? The art of being terrible at Smash? The pains of being both asian and Australian?

 

[asianaussie]

kero said something about it earlier

it was on social networking media, its place in modern adolescent society and its general and psychological effects on adolescent sociability (by 4 definitions)

surprisingly little written work has been done on any combination of these subjects.

a comprehensive essay on being terrible at smash can be done in four words: approach and don't concentrate

 

[KeroKeroppi]

What was the thesis? How to troll Battlecow? The art of being terrible at Smash? The pains of being both asian and Australian?

Have never laughed out loud so hard from a swf post.

 

[The Star King]

Hm, sounds interesting.

IDK all I do is approach and don't concentrate lol, you just gotta teach your autopilot to be able to adapt well (picking up people's habits subconsciously).

 

[asianaussie]

far less interesting than it sounds

i saw you adapt once in the one match we played, but my ness is bad to begin with

 

[KeroKeroppi]

wtf? howd you guys play?
recently because your visiting the states?

AA, i know you were in new york.
by any chance did you visit the woodbury common premium outlets? huge tourist spot.

 

[asianaussie]

i played him on west wonderland back when i still had not-****ty internet and a passable laptop

i did not visit such a place, and im not big on shopping anyway

 

[KeroKeroppi]

ohh allright.
because we get hundreds of Australians AND Asians everrryday. i work there.

 

[asianaussie]

aren't premium outlets a mishmash of about 30 mid-range brand name stores?

i probably wouldn't have seen you even if i had gone

 

[KeroKeroppi]

So much more than thirtyy. But yeah.
And i know. even if you did, you wouldent recognize me lol. im just the face of a stranger to you.
Thats why i would of told you to walk into levis and say,
"Wheres my homeboy Kero at *****es".

 

[asianaussie]

i went to levis at jackson premium outlets as part of my 'go into every shop to kill two hours' plan

left because i don't actually wear jeans

 

[KeroKeroppi]

Wordd. I forgot that nudity makes your stonger on this planet! -Raditz voice
You must have packed your fair share of Kangaroo Furr Sweat Pants huh?

 

[kys]

kero said something about it earlier

it was on social networking media, its place in modern adolescent society and its general and psychological effects on adolescent sociability (by 4 definitions)

surprisingly little written work has been done on any combination of these subjects.

a comprehensive essay on being terrible at smash can be done in four words: approach and don't concentrate

That sounds really interesting and a ton of work. Did you compare the most recent generation without social networking to the current generation to get your content? Stuff like this fascinates me.

 

[asianaussie]

actually, i usually wear trackies or 3/4 pants

Spoiler

the focus was on social networking media, so a cross-gen comparison was inevitable, given the technological gap - this was a supporting point though, since the other main focus was adolescents

social networking is a very diverse field and exceedingly hard to quantify, so most studies used a subjective satisfaction scale - the only literature i quoted had to do with social theories and sociability studies, as well as usage stats

started with traditional social network theories and interconnectivity fundamentals

discussed the plausibility of social network media recreating social networks as they stand, as well as the more likely probability of social networking media merely being strong bridging tools, all using established sociological (lol) and social psych theories - this went on for much longer than it should've

introduced the concept of sociability in a number of definitions and the suitability of adolescents for a study regarding social media and sociability

primary data presentation, basically the results of a short survey using facebook (i did this because i was then able to crap out a paragraph on sampling bias in my evaluative section, as well as emphasising the suitability of adolescents as an age group for study)

comparison of data from other relevant sociability studies (this is the reason i introduced definitions - this way i could actually use literature evidence, because sociability is a broad term that is only tested one aspect at a time anyway, barring extensive surveying)

run-of-the-mill evaluation and conclusion

i got a decent mark for it (was part of my highschool diploma program) and my supervisor said he wanted to present it to focus groups and attempt to integrate it into psych counselling, which amused me to no end, given a great deal of it was speculative bull****

i wrote way more than i wanted to

i wanna play smash :|

oh yeah, the data-derived conclusion was that social networking media in no way detract from sociability in the provided definitions, and bolstered sociability in adolescents less likely to socialise to begin with (ie nerds like us)

 

[KeroKeroppi]

ON THAT NOTE:

anyone have any good college essay topics/suggestions in mind for me?

 

[The Star King]

We only played like a game and a half, I was unsatisfied by this.

I might unrust my keyboard skills JUST FOR MR. ALFRED YANG

 

[Pachinkosam]

anybody going to apex 2012?!?

 

[asianaussie]

write ten thousand words on the effect pokemon the franchise has had on each relevant generation

wait, why are you going keyboard just for me?

 

[Pachinkosam]

i guess not.

 

[ballin4life]

ON THAT NOTE:

anyone have any good college essay topics/suggestions in mind for me?

look at a list of the faculty, pick one in a field you're interested in and name drop them in your essay ("I want to go to X because I was captivated by Y by professor Z")

100% guaranteed.

 

[TANK64]

i guess not.

Did you not see the Apex thread? It's like 4th after the stickies or something.

Edit:

Forums have been dead as **** recently. Even the social thread isn't hype.
Blahblah Finals Blah! whatever Lame..

 

[Sempiternity]

look at a list of the faculty, pick one in a field you're interested in and name drop them in your essay ("I want to go to X because I was captivated by Y by professor Z")

100% guaranteed.

Obviously not if this is how you applied to Princeton.

 

[Battlecow]

ZING!

Shots fired.

Nah Kero everyone and their dog has a different trick for what to write about

Honestly I feel like you're probably better off writing something genuine

But what do I know

 

[KeroKeroppi]

Forums have been dead as **** recently. Even the social thread isn't hype.
Blahblah Finals Blah! whatever Lame..

Agreeeed. i miss the summer

Obviously not if this is how you applied to Princeton.

lol sick burn:fdm:

look at all this ****^^ who would have known. im really pumped i found these!


@ Ballin: I feel like it would be soo hard to write a paper focusing on some guy that i havent met or am even really intresed in at all.
And i dont have alot of time.. i waited way to long to start this ****.


EDIT @ BC's POST:

ZING. Shots fired at the extersian i was jerking with.

 

[ciaza]

Forums have been dead as **** recently. Even the social thread isn't hype.
Blahblah Finals Blah! whatever Lame..

don't worry, i'll be sure to have an msn convo with aa here sometime soon then =)

on the note of unis i think i'm going to try and transfer to aa's uni, or another arguably equally presitgious one nearby possibly after my bachelor. i am currently in the hole known as canberra in a backwater uni. i could go to the ANU (ranked 1st in australia) but it's 99% occupied by asians with not a trace of a hot girl in sight. as opposed to my uni which has all the ditzy, dumb, yet hot girls.

 

[asianaussie]

monash is fun

and that ranking is barely applicable to most undergrad courses anyway