Class of 2011 from Nepal...lets discuss here

shail619 · 11-04-2006, 05:55 AM

Put your stats and let's compare our chances!!!

Hey all Nepalese students applying this fall...anxious about college admissions?.. lets calm down the things by putting in all our stats so as to be asssured about our real chances as far as the competition from Nepal goes....similar to mine below....

Male , attended probably the best school in the whole of Nepal. Best in terms of competitiveness (find out which one)
SAT: 790 M, 600 CR, 670 W
SAT 2: Physics 770, Math 1 790, Math 2 800
TOEFL: 280/300
A LEVELS With 'A" in Physics, Chemistry, Moths, B in General Paper, C in Further Moths
Rank 14/91
Transcript description: MOSTLY all A's
Took the most difficult course available at school

EC: Tried hands at almost everything school had to offer;
Singing, dancing, drama on stage
Executive member of the Creativity Club
School Captain while at Class 10
House Captain while at class 10
Deputy House captain while at class 10
School prefect (member of student council) while in senior year
Played cricket, soccer
Known for public speaking commitments in the school
Participated in the national Mathematics Quiz
Won the Online Quiz held at the regional level
Plenty of public speaking contests victories while at school

Recommendations: impressive I guess, I seem to have good bond with teachers; don't know why
Essays: good one; have received quite a lot of good responses
Volunteered for 'Human resources Development Centre Nepal' which helps to bring changes in the society by uniting the efforts of youth
Job Experience of counseling to 'A" level students just after completing my A levels

Will be applying to 15 colleges:

1. Bates C (reach)
2. Brandeis U (match)
3. Connecticut C (match)
4. Dickinson C (match)
5. Gettysburg C (reach)
6. Haverford C (reach)
7. Lafayette C (reach)
8. Bowdoin C (match)
9. St Lawrence U (match)
10. Trinity C (CT) (reach)
11. Trinity U (match)
12. Vassar C (reach), (Early)
13. Wesleyan U (reach)
14. International University Bremen (match)
15. Occidental C (match)

I am thinking of some ivies as well…worth trying?

Need some advice as to where do I exactly lie in my application process..
Competitive, slight chance, no chance, strong points, weak points??

I am desperate to 'know myself' help me out...

Porkey · 11-04-2006, 06:55 AM

^^I wish u best of luck for Vassar

shail619 · 11-04-2006, 07:32 AM

Thanks yaar...

sailesh6126 · 11-04-2006, 07:42 AM

Stats:
SAT - 1st and only sitting (oct 06)-2300
CR - 770
Math - 800
Writing - 730

SAT II
Math II - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry -800

GPA: doesn't count gpa.. what can u expect from a school from third world.

Took Alevels
always got As in other subjects and B in GP in 11 and 12
all As in 9 and 10

Final Alevels:
Physics(A) , Chemistry(A) , Math(A) , Further math(A), General paper as level (c) ,Economics as level -independently self studied- (a), thinking skills as level -independently self studied -(a)..

APs:
didn't know that they exist until i saw a cliff book. tried to learn about it..a single school in my country offered it...so took it after self-studying for a month.
Calculus BC- 5 (5 ab subscore)
Physics C (e&m and m)- 5 and 5
Chemistry - 5
AP scholar with honor

Rank - 3/96
School - one of the Best school of my country

Essays: Very good, everyone loved how personal it was.
Rec Letters: should be great

ECs:
the usual stuff...vp of a club, member of another, house prefect, dozens of medals....

Work experience:

- taught as a 8th grade mathematics teacher
- taught 2 alevel students as private tutor.
- Volunteered in Child Nepal an Non governmental organization, which helps orphans

Awards:
Became 6th out of 300000 students from all over the country in the board exam which all grade ten students have to take...being in top tenth position is the highest achievement for high school students in Nepal
got about 10 awards for the same thing...

sailesh6126 · 11-04-2006, 07:45 AM

my college list - Princeton (ED), stanford, harvard, brown, mit, dartmouth, williams, middlebury, swarthmore,wesleyan U , brandeis, connecticut, trinity Coll, St. lawrence, and st. johns

sailesh6126 · 11-04-2006, 07:47 AM

Stats:
SAT - 1st and only sitting (oct 06)-2300
CR - 770
Math - 800
Writing - 730

SAT II
Math II - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry -800

GPA: doesn't count gpa.. what can u expect from a school from third world.

Took Alevels
always got As in other subjects and B in GP in 11 and 12
all As in 9 and 10

Final Alevels:
Physics(A) , Chemistry(A) , Math(A) , Further math(A), General paper as level (c) ,Economics as level -independently self studied- (a), thinking skills as level -independently self studied -(a)..

APs:
didn't know that they exist until i saw a cliff book. tried to learn about it..a single school in my country offered it...so took it after self-studying for a month.
Calculus BC- 5 (5 ab subscore)
Physics C (e&m and m)- 5 and 5
Chemistry - 5
AP scholar with honor

Rank - 3/96
School - one of the Best school of my country

Essays: Very good, everyone loved how personal it was.
Rec Letters: should be great

ECs:
the usual stuff...vp of a club, member of another, house prefect, dozens of medals....

Work experience:

- taught as a 8th grade mathematics teacher
- taught 2 alevel students as private tutor.
- Volunteered in Child Nepal an Non governmental organization, which helps orphans

Awards:
Became 6th out of 300000 students from all over the country in the board exam which all grade ten students have to take...being in top tenth position is the highest achievement for high school students in Nepal
got about 10 awards for the same thing...

shail619 · 11-04-2006, 07:48 AM

No international student can overcome you in terms of stats alone.. i can bet that

shail619 · 11-04-2006, 08:17 AM

Not many Nepalese applying this year or what?

Porkey · 11-04-2006, 08:37 AM

sailesh6126 I think ur the most strongest applicant fr0m Nepal fo this year, best of luck for Pton.

shail619 · 11-04-2006, 08:44 AM

even not many Americans will be able to beat those numbers for one simple reason, sailesh6126 has perfect scores in everything (2300 and 2400 are basically the same). The one who supposedly might beat him in numbers should have 100% perfect scores...can't see that happening...Princeton.. someone is coming from Nepal

comfy · 11-04-2006, 09:23 AM

Shailesh best of luck man, tara work on your essays.

genericgenius · 11-04-2006, 09:56 AM

Student:

User Name: genericgenius
Gender: M
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
College Class Year: 2011
High School: Private
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes

Academics:

GPA - Unweighted: 3.25
GPA - Weighted: 0.00
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 383

Scores:

SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 730
SAT II Physics: 750
SAT II Chemistry: 780

Extracurriculars:

Significant Extracurriculars: Quiz contest (2nd, 3rd)- Captain in class 9/10
Spelling champion class 9/10
1st prize for Project "Aerodynamics" featuring model plane and 3ds max graphics in class 10
Best article award two years consecutively for SET (science env and tech)
Leadership positions: leader in almost all the events in school
computer council- Jr. coordinator (jr yr) and president (sr. yr)
college newsletter- designer (jr. year) , president (sr. year)
college yearbook - designer (jr. yr.) coordinator (sr. yr)
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Football - average (called soccer in USA)
Basketball -average
Cricket -average
well enuff to at least participate
Volunteer/Service Work: Worked for a law forum for three months
working on a project on rainwater harvesting awareness...
advocating free/ open source software through FOSS Nepal
working as a developer (web and content) for an open course ware site
working as a web developer
Honors and Awards: 2nd in programming contest in school
2nd prize on essay competition by National Science foundation, Nepal (translated name)
2nd prize on essay competition by Nepal College on IT.
Best article (2yrs)
1st in science fair
spelling contest champ
quiz ch

Colleges of Interest:

College: Dartmouth College, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending

Desired College Characteristics:

Location type:
Size:

Area:
Importance of cost: Extremely important
( I pasted from the new feature, colleges, I'll add later, too bored)

Porkey · 11-04-2006, 10:10 AM

^^^^That ECs are givin me nightmare, I'm not applying to dartmouth.

comfy · 11-04-2006, 10:21 AM

GenericGenius your GPA is more than that. Your GPA must be around 3.4.

sailesh6126 · 11-04-2006, 11:08 AM

generic genius....reallly impressed by your ECs....mainly the aerodynamics thing...ani u haven't posted ur SAT I results...