digbaji

Any international students from Bangladesh?

issacnewton

Well, NBZ is one..havnt seen him for a while though...(I m Indian btw...)
Anyways..Hi digbaji..welcome to CC...

aranya

hey digbaji(!)...im from bangladesh...wich places r u applying to?

NBZ

I'm from Bangladesh too, as isaac pointed out.

Since we have a fair number of people from Bangladesh here, why not make this the Bangladeshi thread?

I'm especially interested to know if there is anyone applying abroad after studying under the SSC/HSC curriculum. (Everyone I know seems to have done A'Levels.)

digbaji

I've applied to NC State, UNC Chapel Hill and East carolina. I am also applying to Duke and Wakeforest.
NBZ and Aranya, what r u guyz doing? R u in college or applying?
I did my Olevels in Bangladesh. And then 11th and 12th Grade in USA. Now waiting to graduate from 12th grade. Im gonna start college from August 2007.
Yes, NBZ lets make it a Bangladeshi thread!

AboutTime

Me from bgd too. Living in the middle east. All b.deshis here lurking around--let yourself known!

NBZ

We have got quite a few people here, so it's about time we got a discussion rolling. (no pun intended )

To start with, we can all post our college lists. If you want to you can post your stats too, but I for one am too lazy to do that.

So here's my college list as of now:
USA: Amherst, Harvard, Kenyon, Yale
Singapore: NUS
Hong Kong: HKUST

aranya

aaah i have the biggest college list!! here goes: brown, bates, colby, carleton, columbia, mit, harvard, princeton, northwestern, trinity college, bryn mawr, brandeis, lafayette, williams, wesleyan, middlebury, duke, grinnell and.....Vassar.

stats:

sat I: 2190
sat II: 2160; math IIC: 750, phy: 710, chem:700
toefl CBT: 287
A's in AS level Physics and Chemistry
A in A Level Mathematics
ranking: 14/190
EC's:
Classical Dancing---finished 8 year course, performed at national celebrations etc and continue dancing for school shows. several solos including lead role in a school produced dance drama and many group performances.
Community Service---part of the school club, volunteer at a school for street children
Writing---contributor to local magazines
Job---teaching english at a test preparation center for IELTS examinees
6 months of learning basic French
Have taken Art and Music lessons for 2-3 years.

And yes, i need full financial aid.
will i ever get into college???

aranya

ow, sat I breakdown: CR--760, math--710, W-720

digbaji

Great Stats Aranya.
DOnt worry about financial aids.I have a friend who got in Richmond University with full scholarship.She graduated from Scholatica. Have u already applied to harvard?
Aranya, how did u prepare for the SAT?Did ur O and Alevels helped or u read the SAT book?
NBZ and ABOUTIME did u get accepted anywhere?I know a Bangladeshi who goes to Singapore NUS.He made 10As in Olevels and 5 As in Alevels!
And Aranya,I think if u want full scholarship,apply to some public colleges.Private colleges r way too expensive!

NBZ

<I know a Bangladeshi who goes to Singapore NUS.He made 10As in Olevels and 5 As in Alevels!>

Yeah I know him as well as his twin brother who has equally amazing results and who also studies at NUS.

<And Aranya,I think if u want full scholarship,apply to some public colleges.Private colleges r way too expensive!>

Unfortunately public colleges have almost no financial aid for internationals, and the scholarships they do have are ultra-competitive. Private colleges, on the other hand, might cost more on paper but are generally more lenient when it comes to financial aid.

mangoluverin

hey, I am from bangladesh too! hi everybody!

digbaji

Well, NBZ u know what, private colleges do offer dazzling scholarships.But once u get accepted and start college, they charge u like crazy.Well, I dont know about internationals, but even the citizens of America do not prefer private colleges.

digbaji

NBZ, the one I know doesn't have a twin brother.May be u r talking of smbdy else.

aranya

digbaji, about the SAT prep, O and A levels don't really help much with SAT I because we've never learnt english during O Levels the way its tested on the SAT. Best prep strategy wud be to solve collegeboard/kaplan practice tests, mark out the words you dont know, find meanings and revise them periodically. and as for math, only 3-4 mistakes can bring down the score by 100 or so points...my problem was i did it too fast and made stupid mistakes...aaah.
As for SAT II subject tests, for physics and chemistry it did help a little to be doing A levels, but I suppose just studying barrons or princeton and solving their questions is enough. and Math IIC, i prolly skipped 10 q's and ended up with a 750--good score curve.
i dint apply to any public colleges because of the same reasons NBZ mentioned.
anyway, hope we're all heading to college in the fall!
ps. I did apply to harvard. NBZ did u give the interview? I requested for one and they said no alumni reps available. but then again, some ppl doing ED from bd (lol) gave interviews n stuff...