Class of 2017 (From Nepal) - Official Discussion Thread. . . - Page 2

Pookieee · 06-10-2012, 07:28 AM

any people interested in civil engineering?

Viveckh · 06-13-2012, 02:41 AM

Not Meh!!anyone else?

zedleppelin · 06-13-2012, 09:14 AM

Not a lot of us here this year huh? Hopefully things pick up as we get closer to application time.

JacobsWannaBe · 07-04-2012, 07:05 AM

Hello Everybody. I have taken a gap year too. My first post will show that I applied to a University in Germany, namely Jacobs University Bremen, this year. I started pretty later after trying for IOE, pulchowk.
I got rejected by Jacobs and now thinking of applying to other US colleges for the class of 2017. Right now, I am in India working as a salesman. ( Menial, isn't it? Please, don't judge me)...

mrsiddhartha · 07-05-2012, 11:07 AM

hello guys,
Its nice to see applicants for class of 2017, in this thread.
we will keep in touch..

Paudel9 · 07-09-2012, 12:08 AM

@pookiee: Yeah, Me Interested in Civil Eng..

...Where are u plannin to apply?

Paudel9 · 07-09-2012, 12:14 AM

My A levels Score: Maths(A)- A, Physics(AS)-c, Chemistry(A)-C, Biology(A)-D, GP(AS)-c..Now, my grades are not good enough...So, my aim is to get into average universities. And, anyone any tips for scoring better in Critical Reading? I have 750Maths, and 480CR..therefore, I'll retake SAT and trying to increase my CR score as well as Perfect score in Maths(hopefully). No volunteering done yet. But, hopefully, i'll do some. Anyone thinking of applying to Lehigh University. It is my first choice.

Paudel9 · 07-09-2012, 10:16 AM

hey guys, Can someone kindly explain about the financial proof that we have to send along with the application. Can't we just send it after we got admitted into the college and show the same amount that we are going to pay after we got scholarship? rather than just showing unnecessary 1 yr tuition fee+ room and board.
Suppose, the tuition fee+room and board= $50,000. Now, if the university offers me $40000 and $10,000 is the only amount i have to pay, why do we have to show $50,000? (I hope everyone understands what i want to say)

But, again I asked a person, and he said, "Suppose you only can pay $10K when the total fee is $30k, you just can send the bank statement showing $10k. Now, If i get scholarship of $20k, that will be all right. Otherwise, If u got less amount i.e less than $20k, you either make the bank statement showing the amount you have to pay, or u don't go there. You also can bargain with the university." How far is this true?

Onaryc · 07-09-2012, 11:05 AM

If the college offers you 40K aid, then technically you'll only have to show 10K in your bank statement.

The second one is fairly correct. For your application to be "complete", among other things, you need to fill and send the financial aid forms(ISFAA or CSS- depending on the college). You don't need to send bank statement during the application process- only after being accepted are you requested to send it.

Paudel9 · 07-10-2012, 03:48 AM

I know what ISFAA means, What is CSS? and, do u have that form?

Paudel9 · 07-10-2012, 04:23 AM

I see people talking on the thread "Class of 2016 from Nepal" about ED. International Students can apply Early as well? lol..i didn't know that.

Paudel9 · 07-10-2012, 04:43 AM

For SAT I, my aim is to get 550-600 in CR(I think i can't do much than this) and 800 in Maths..

For SAT II, I'm planning to take Physics(700+), Chemistry(700+) and maths II(750-800)

So, Help me, which books?

Onaryc · 07-10-2012, 07:16 AM

CSS is collegeboard's online financial aid profile. It's costly ($25 for the application and initial school report and $16 for each additional school report.) so getting waiver codes from colleges is essential.

Yes int'l students can apply early. There's ED, EA, single-choice EA, etc. Look them up.

Since your 1st choice college is Lehigh, simply getting 550-600 on CR won't cut it. Aim for 700+ on the CR. I'll pm you some resources that might help you.

For the subject tests, you can even go with Barron's books. Or better, go to USEF, and pick book(s) you're most comfortable with. Collegeboard's official practise tests are invaluable, so try saving those tests till you're done with all the theoretical portion. I'd advise using Barrons, Princeton, etc's tests before starting with CB's.

Paudel9 · 07-10-2012, 11:28 AM

Alright.. I will try my best to get 700+ on CR. And, will buy barron's book.

Viveckh · 07-10-2012, 10:42 PM

@Paudel9 --If I've not mistaken, u mentioned that Ur intendin to go to average universities..So, in average ones, generally they ask for bank statements earlier when u apply for admission...In general, the provision of sending bank statements after gettin admitted is most often limited to only those colleges that offer "Need -Based Financial aid" to international students, which are generally the colleges wid admission rates below 40%.If ur intendin to apply to colleges that offer only merit based scholarships to internationals then, hopefully u needa be prepared to send them the bank statementsn earlier wid a[[lication..At lehigh,...The Competition is already very fierce, n if ur applyin fo need based aid then again its mo stiff..furthermore, again if it is fo nearbout full aid, then ur application really needa be exceptionally strong...:-) As per the statistics, though the no of international students is increasin at lehigh every year but those gettin nearbout full aids are decreasin sharply..besta luck...