Class of 2017 (From Nepal) - Official Discussion Thread. . . - Page 5

hamronepla · 10-07-2012, 11:48 AM

hlw guys, anyone applying to trinity college in ed?

macmurderharder · 10-09-2012, 10:40 AM

not me!

Sombre · 10-11-2012, 12:15 PM

I just went through the threads for "ED I" and "ED II and RD" for the Nepal Class of 2016.

I really don't think I've seen anything as depressing as that, as far as college admissions go. :-( :-(

Last year, Trinity rejected or waitlisted a lot of applicants from Nepal, some of which had straight As/A*s!

After reading those threads, I am most definitely changing my college list. Completely.

The next few months are going to be insane.

NepEduForum · 10-12-2012, 12:29 AM

@hamronepla @Sombre

You should not be discouraged to apply to colleges just based on what happened last year. There are many factors colleges consider besides the SAT and the GPA. Your PERSONAL PART (Essays and how you put your profile together) could often play a bigger role than your GPA and the SATs.

We have counselors who graduated from Trinity College, and if you want to personally meet them I would recommend you to come to the following event.

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They can give you more information about applying to colleges in the United States.

If you haven't already heard about Nepal Education Forum, I would encourage you to send us an email at Nepal.educationforum@gmail(dot)com. Both the counselors who will be giving the above talk are a part of Nepal Education Forum.

Best.
Nepal Education Forum

hamronepla · 10-13-2012, 05:40 AM

I am by no means going to change my decision of applying to TRINITY COLLEGE. I feel I have a good chance even though my grades are not satisfactory. I think "character" matters more than grades and SAT scores.

Sombre · 10-13-2012, 07:05 AM

Thanks for the support NEF. :-)

Hamronepla, what kind of grades do you have? Good luck!

hangover2012 · 10-13-2012, 09:14 AM

Guys I guess it would help a lot if we discuss about ED/EA in the ED/EA thread.
Any of you guys are from Opportunity Funding program? Guys, if you are then please share your plans too. I have heard that most of you are going to apply in ED/ EA. SO it would be a lot of help for each other.
Thanks.

hamronepla · 10-13-2012, 11:13 PM

I do not have grades of B or lower ! Having said that, I feel that discussion on CC about College application seems like null compared to last years discussion. Where are you guys! Common this way, no one is going to make it.

Sombre · 10-17-2012, 11:06 AM

Er, if you "do not have grades of B or lower" (that implies straight As!), then how can your grades not be "satisfactory", as you previously claimed?

Well, I think the discussion picked up when decisions started coming out. That said, I think you're correct when you say that there is much less activity. In fact, I think it has decreased over the years. Now, I haven't been a CC member for long, but just looking at the older posts and the dates/times on which they were posted is enough for one to think so.

Another thing I've noticed with people from my country (not from Nepal, but my country doesn't have a sub-forum, and I think you guys are pretty cool...) is that the few that I personally know, are quite secretive with the whole thing. No one talks about SAT prep - only that "so and so is hard." No one talks about which colleges they're applying to. I suppose that's all due to the competitive nature of the app process.

Anyway...

Does anyone know what kind of aid policies Wabash and Earlham have? That is, do you know of anyone who received substantial aid from them?

Wabash says that they provide no "full scholarships." However, they *do* offer financial aid as well. So, could one end up getting ~90% of the cost paid for (through the fin aid package/scholarships) anyway?

Same question for Earlham. Apparently they can only offer aid that covers up to one half of tuition. Now, an international applicant in the class of '16 (on CC), had an outside scholarship of 10k USD. If I recall correctly, the COA he/she quoted was 47k, and Earlham offered him/her 37k, which covered the rest tuition, room, and board. That's awesome, but it doesn't reflect what was said on the website, which is what deterred me from reading any further about Earlham.

I will probably apply ED to a certain liberal arts college in Oregon...(

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hamronepla · 10-17-2012, 11:25 AM

@ sombre, let me not sound gaudy, but I had expected better results than Straight A's, and I do have * as well, but not compulsorily a straight one. I said "though my results are not satisfactory" in circumstances that most Students getting in Trinity from Nepal had better result than mine academically, I emphasize most. I hope my claim is justified. And I certainly accept the fact that getting in US college for someone from our part of the old , where we need substantial amount of aid is really hard, let alone getting into Trinity college.

That having been said, I think Applying to Earlham is not a better option unless you are UWC student.

sixstringsrocker · 10-17-2012, 01:07 PM

I'm not exactly sure about the activity in the sub-forum. I don't necessarily think there has been less activity. I think now that we have a sub-forum, it seems like there is less activity. I started reading CC during the class of 2013. I think up until my class, 2014, we only had a single thread titled "class of 20xx from Nepal" and all the questions were concentrated on one thread, thereby making the thread appear more active that the current sub-forum.

Sombre · 10-17-2012, 01:53 PM

Hamron, from what I gather, there isn't much distinction between As and A*s. So, in that regard, you should be fine. You don't sound gaudy, but when I read that post where you said you were still gonna apply in spite of "unsatisfactory" grades, I really was not expecting As. Even if you had no A*s, I'm pretty sure just As on a transcript would be excellent. For what it's worth, if you don't get into Trinity, I highly doubt it will be because of your grades! Don't worry about 'em, they're great! Write a killer essay!

Sixstring, that makes sense. I didn't realize that there was just the one thread. Even then, there were more posters. Off the top of my head, I can only think of ~4 active ones on this sub-forum, and that's including me. I'm not even from Nepal.

I made a thread on this forum a while back. Sixstring posted, but I'm not entirely convinced I can look into top 50 LACs. There are Cs and Ds all over the place (even one F and ~5 Es), but consistently great marks and rank in certain subjects - like math and languages, and I'm taking subject tests in the classes I did poorly in.

You guys think I could look into Rhodes, Clark, Colgate, Kalamazoo, St. Olaf and Skidmore? I know, it's not as cut and dry as that, but I haven't been able to find stats of previously accepted applicants.

The next few months are looking grim at best.

Sidenote: Girls have significantly more choices, when it comes to US college admission
s, with colleges like Barnard, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Agnes Scott, who are quite generous when it comes to aid and international applicants. :-) :-)

Another cool thing with Wellesley is the ability to cross-register for courses at MIT.

sixstringsrocker · 10-17-2012, 10:45 PM

It could also be that people do not need to depend that much on the online forum and they know people who can provide answers outside of the forum. We also had meet-ups in USEF.

@sombre
just out of curiosity, where're you from?
Also, I don't remember your previous question or the answer.
imo, you need to provide a rock solid answer to why your grades were so low, what is different now as compared to when you had low grades, why should they trust you to have better grades and be strong academically in the future. you are currently a super high risk investment if you don't have any strong/satisfactory answers to these questions. Grades matter because they provide a sort of confidence factor to check if you will succeed academically in college or not. If your grades don't provide that confidence to them, you need to give them something else to show that you will be successful academically in college. Think about it.

hangover2012 · 10-17-2012, 10:53 PM

Guys your point of discussion is valid and I believe that no matter how much good grades or even bad (not very bad) you have, you can't really say that any college in top 50 is going to be a meet college for you. Since the number of applicants is increasing every year and the COA rising as speedily as ever, you should also look for safety colleges. Even I, had a steller academics and pretty good SAT scores last year. And here I am. So, guys look out for the safeties too. You don't want to end up with no acceptances at last!

Sombre · 10-18-2012, 12:57 AM

@Sixstring, that's the only reasonable thing I could think of doing.

I suppose my post was just fueled by anxiety. "What if I overlooked something? What if I'm doing something wrong? What if I'm way in over my head?" "What if...bla bla bla!"

All I can do is send the applications in, and we'll see how they turn out. :]