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dhruv17590 · 03-28-2008, 09:31 PM

Accepted

Stats:

SAT: 2030 (You better believe it! SATs aren't everything)
SAT II: Math IIc: 800 Physics: 800
GPA: 92.6% (Indian System, Not sure what that'd translate to)
Rank: Top 3

Subjective

Essays: Different I guess. About "blurring the lines" between art science and engineering
Teacher Recs: One was very positive. Other one was patchy.
Counselor Rec: Pretty fantastic I think
Supplementary Material: Reccomendations from my advisor professors in Math and Physics (From the Indian Instiute of Technology) which basically said I knew Math and Physics 2 years ahead of my time
Interview: I live in India for god's sake!! hehe
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I guess the supplementary materials said what my test scores couldnt.

Personal

Location: Madras India
High School Type: Private, Tiny and Rubbish
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male

Other

Extracurriculars: Indian/Western Classical Violinst, Vocalist, Part time programmer/computer maintainence, Tennis, Sprinting, Photography, Network administration for a company and VoIP systems consulting
Awards: Nationally ranked well up on a few occasions in Math/Physics/Science olympiads, Couple of National Quiz wins, Multiple track and field gold medalist, A couple of computer projects for a couple of companies, Some other stuff that I put there too lazy to remember
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:

If the SAT scores were everything there's not a chance in hell I would have gotten in. I'm pretty sure I will have the lowest SAT score of any admitted student this year (there is a weird reason as to why its so low but thats for later)

If you didnt get in, it means nothing. The applicant pool is so self selecting for this place that most likely you will get into a place that is absolutely fantastic. And honestly I think that when you're into the top institutions, you make the difference not the college.

03-28-2008, 09:31 PM	#24
dhruv17590 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 77	Accepted Stats: SAT: 2030 (You better believe it! SATs aren't everything) SAT II: Math IIc: 800 Physics: 800 GPA: 92.6% (Indian System, Not sure what that'd translate to) Rank: Top 3 Subjective Essays: Different I guess. About "blurring the lines" between art science and engineering Teacher Recs: One was very positive. Other one was patchy. Counselor Rec: Pretty fantastic I think Supplementary Material: Reccomendations from my advisor professors in Math and Physics (From the Indian Instiute of Technology) which basically said I knew Math and Physics 2 years ahead of my time Interview: I live in India for god's sake!! hehe Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I guess the supplementary materials said what my test scores couldnt. Personal Location: Madras India High School Type: Private, Tiny and Rubbish Ethnicity: Indian Gender: Male Other Extracurriculars: Indian/Western Classical Violinst, Vocalist, Part time programmer/computer maintainence, Tennis, Sprinting, Photography, Network administration for a company and VoIP systems consulting Awards: Nationally ranked well up on a few occasions in Math/Physics/Science olympiads, Couple of National Quiz wins, Multiple track and field gold medalist, A couple of computer projects for a couple of companies, Some other stuff that I put there too lazy to remember Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: If the SAT scores were everything there's not a chance in hell I would have gotten in. I'm pretty sure I will have the lowest SAT score of any admitted student this year (there is a weird reason as to why its so low but thats for later) If you didnt get in, it means nothing. The applicant pool is so self selecting for this place that most likely you will get into a place that is absolutely fantastic. And honestly I think that when you're into the top institutions, you make the difference not the college.