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calccrypto 1244763019|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
i know this is probably out of place, but i would expect a good number of the members here to be highschool students. i would like to ask: where do you get info about colleges other than the grades needed for getting into them?
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simplethinker 1244767489|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Try the college's website. They usually have a section called "prospective students" or "general information".
calccrypto 1244767650|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
i would but:
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simplethinker 1244767925|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Is there any specific information you're looking for? If you're thinking of a specific field/subject, you could look at that department's site (which is usually much smaller and more manageable to look through).
Another thing you can do is talk to your councilor about colleges. They usually know something (at least about local or major colleges).
calccrypto 1244769361|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
well, im hoping to become a cryptographer/"information security person", but most schools dont seem to have anything of the sort. they all have computer science departments, but they are all about data storage, like systems management and stuff like that. cryptography just isnt like med or law, where you can get a nice big book about schools.
also, since math is deeply intertwined with math, it could also be in the math department, but no school has crypto in math either.
i have talked about this with my guidance counselor, but she's basically useless for strange ideas. sure, she does her job and is nice to everyone, but i didnt really get any useful information from her. she gave me 3 pages of schools to look at, but all of them have higher expectations than i can provide
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thornahawk 1244773697|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
What you should probably be doing instead is to look for professors who deal with cryptography (e.g. Rivest at MIT) and ask them for recommendations, while expressing your interest in getting into the field of cryptography.
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calccrypto 1244775583|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
thanks. i might just do that
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