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06-06-2005, 11:28 PM
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#181 | | Senior Member
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C. Do PR with college admission office, admission counsellors, current students, alumni, etc. That is the most under-rated tactic of the whole admission process
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06-07-2005, 01:04 AM
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06-07-2005, 02:19 AM
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06-07-2005, 06:26 AM
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#184 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: princeton
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| to class of 2010 (add to this list)
A. Apply to as many schools as you possibly can. 15-20-25, just apply coz they cant offer you admission, if you dont apply
B. Dont apply for financial aid unless you need it or more than you need it
C. Do PR with college admission office, admission counsellors, current students, alumni, etc. That is the most under-rated tactic of the whole admission process.
D. Start your essays the summer of senior year becse you are not goign to get time to do them properly after it.
E. Even if you apply to 10-15 colleges ( ideal number i would say ) be sure to apply to some good safeties as well no matter how good your stats are not everyone gets into hymps. You are sure to get a quality education as well as lots of scholarships
F. If you have the finances be sure to apply Ea/ Ed to your favorite schools.
G. visit the Indian thread from time to time ! Somewhere in those pages you will find awesome information !
Last edited by adides; 06-07-2005 at 06:38 AM.
Reason: to indicate that maybe we should mk this a rolling list
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06-07-2005, 06:27 AM
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#185 | | Senior Member
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| btw guys - i passed  what a relief... | |
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06-07-2005, 06:41 AM
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#186 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by neha1 Quote: |
Do PR with college admission office, admission counsellors, current students, alumni, etc. That is the most under-rated tactic of the whole admission process.
| wats that??? | PR = public relations. like making sure that the adcoms have heard about you and know you before they sit down to review your file. it could be through genuine emails with questions, phone calls for acknowledgement of certain thing, thank you notes, etc. etc. | |
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06-07-2005, 09:07 AM
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#187 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: singapore
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| did u all engage in PR?? wat kinda stuff did u all tallk abt?? i am collectin info for juniors....... duh...........  | |
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06-07-2005, 04:36 PM
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#188 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: India
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| hey ppl..
hehe..well..ya i wud be mailign int he admissions lady quit eoften..but i ditn have to make up excuses..i always had soem query...and if nothign else i always sent a thank you mail for any help given...so that way i talked with the admission aldy very often...
as for my suggestion..well they semt o be up most of them..i can think of...except one wich i shall put up now..n may beput u more later if i can think of ne more... | |
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06-07-2005, 04:39 PM
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#189 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: India
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| to class of 2010 (add to this list)
A. Apply to as many schools as you possibly can. 15-20-25, just apply coz they cant offer you admission, if you dont apply
B. Dont apply for financial aid unless you need it or more than you need it
C. Do PR with college admission office, admission counsellors, current students, alumni, etc. That is the most under-rated tactic of the whole admission process.
D. Start your essays the summer of senior year becse you are not goign to get time to do them properly after it.
E. Even if you apply to 10-15 colleges ( ideal number i would say ) be sure to apply to some good safeties as well no matter how good your stats are not everyone gets into hymps. You are sure to get a quality education as well as lots of scholarships
F. If you have the finances be sure to apply Ea/ Ed to your favorite schools.
G. visit the Indian thread from time to time ! Somewhere in those pages you will find awesome information !
H. ALWAYS BE OPTIMISTIC!!!!This is more for during the processing and when results are going to be declared but still..an important tip i think....NEVER LOSE HOPE!!!!!!!! | |
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06-08-2005, 01:37 AM
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#190 | | Junior Member
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| I passed!!!i passed!!! not only did i pass...i freakin kickedass on the f u c k a l l HSC exam!!!wooooooooooohoooooooooooo (well kickedass relative to the amount of effort i put in that is...haha)
*applause dies down*
victory speech- "i would like to thank my countless tuition teachers, and their wonderful coaching classes- 3 out of 4 which i walked out off, becuase they were so crappy, and i would like to thank the Education ministry of maharashtra for not cancelling the exam altogether, like their counterparts in Tamil Nadu, and last and the least i'd like to thank the wonderful book worms in my college who slogged their asses for 2 years and got AN AMZING INCREDIBLE MIND BOGGLING absolutely worthless (because this exam doesnt count for any admissions) 10% more than me
im ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah ahahahah
and yes to the class of 2010-
dont apply to Wharton unless your very well connected.
essays are the key.
STAY IN TOUCH WITH ADMISSIONS OFFICERS!!! CONSTANTLY EMAIL THEM!!!i sent 200 emails to 18 admissions officers over a span of 5 months...
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06-08-2005, 10:59 AM
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#191 | | Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Connecticut
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| thanks for the tips for the class of 2010.
and apply to 15-20-25 colleges? 25? isn't 25 too much?
hey and can you guyz tell us what part of your application do you think made you irresistible to the AOs? (the more specific the better  ) | |
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06-08-2005, 11:29 AM
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#192 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: India
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| ahem...can someone tell me..whose i'llbeback ....*embarassed*...i have been away for a while n dotn seem to place him... | |
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06-08-2005, 11:32 AM
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#193 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: India
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| btw such...
wen u comign bak...coz i plan to have a gathering kinda thign n will only hav it once u come bak...
n aaron..good question...iw ould love to hear these specific answers myself  | |
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06-08-2005, 11:37 AM
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#194 | | Senior Member
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can someone tell me..whose i'llbeback
| flamethrower depends...i applied to 25 and plan to attend the uni. which was the 25th that i heard back from. if i were to do it all over again, i'd still apply to 25 Quote: |
what part of your application do you think made you irresistible
| my photo j/k i think it was consistency of depicting myself. my essays, ecs, etc. reinforced what my teachers wrote in the recos Quote: |
i freakin kickedass on the f u c k a l l HSC exam!!!
| congrats buddy. same here..ranked for PCM  ...my dad wont let me come back home coz he thinks tht i am a fckin 'kalank' on the family for getting such high scores | |
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06-08-2005, 11:44 AM
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#195 | | Member
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: India
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| thanx adi...
but watever happened to flamethrowers own id...??....
aaron i too think tht my recoz played a major role in my admission...it really matters wat ur teachers got to say about u... | |
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