I already applied to Georgia Tech and UW, Seattle, so…waiting to hear from them.
considering UVA…
Does Cornell have special preference towards people in India? I’ve seen quite a few Indian applicants getting accepted, and if your an Indian applicant who either got accepted or deferred, hats off to you guys. You guys must be the best of the best in India, as I know schools there are really difficult. Also, how do you get involved and do the things that you do? Aren’t there very limited resources and stuff? Or do you live in a well off area?
I’m an Indian applicant who grew up in America, and I’ve been to India several times. I also did some community service work there, so I just thought it was pretty cool seeing quite a few Indians getting accepted or even deferred. I got deferred from Human Ecology 
@RUHTRA999 I was about to apply to Notre Dame and had amazing supplements (even better than for Cornell) but then I saw the student work and it was incredibly traditional for me. It wasn’t the type of architecture I would want to study.
@vcq7890 Indian students are trained for competitive exams from a very young age. So you’ll find that most of the Indian applicants have good grades and high standardized testing scores. We can tackle college-level courses with ease while in school. But where we fall behind are in ECs.
In the US, when students reach the 9th grade, they go crazy taking part in as many activities as possible to bolster their college app. But in India, students drop everything and concentrate only on their academics when they reach 9th. EC activities are strongly discouraged. In my 11th and 12th grades, I was in a school which didn’t even have windows! I used to slog for 10 hours everyday in my classroom without knowing if it was sunny or raining outside! The ones who have good ECs are the ones who disobey their parents and teachers and pursue their hobbies, or who aim for US colleges very early.
Of course there are exceptions, but this is the general trend here.
@sargamprakash Aren’t there really good colleges in India? Have you applied to IIT in New Delhi? I heard its really god
@vcq7890 The best colleges in India are owned by the government which makes them really affordable. There are 23 IITs in India and all are great but are extremely difficult to get into (that’s why we have window-less classrooms :P). Also, they are for engineering only; not the place an aspiring architect wants to be 
ah I see. So Im assuming Cornell is one of the best architect schools in the world. How do people like you get into special subjects like these?
@vcq7890 India is filled with doctors and engineers. Any other profession is ‘the road not taken’. Architecture isn’t a popular profession here. Many of the architecture students here are engineering college rejects. But of course, there are some like me who actually like drawing and planning and want to get into the depths of it.
I was hoping that I would stand out in a small pool of Indian architects applying to Cornell. But unfortunately that didn’t happen 
@sargamprakash @RUHTRA999 @jionrubia I’m also applying to Rice, USC, CMU, RPI, Michigan…and maybe couple other ivies with an architecture major. It seems like AAP deferred all non-accepted applicants, so I guess the regular pool will be super competitive.
@vcq7890 I literally burst out laughing when I read your comment about applying to IIT Delhi.
Lemme break it down: in India, especially for engineering, you need to appear for entrance exams like the JEE. The exam is so hard people start coaching/preparing for it 2-3 years in advance. I’m also prepping for it since the past 3 years.
1,300,000 kids sit for the JEE and only 10,000 get into IITs. And even if you do manage to make it, you don’t choose your major, your marks in the entrance decide which ones are up for grabs for you. To ensure you get the branch of your choice at the IIT of your choice, you need to be among the top 1000 or so.
JEE prep includes studying from books meant for first year undergraduate students, by authors like HC Verma, IE Irodov and TMH.
I study atleast 8-10 hours a day (which is less because I’m expected to study 12-14) and even though I made it into an Ivy, I don’t think I’ll be able to get into any IIT.
15 year old kids study about 4-6 hours a day, 11th graders about 7-8. Hundreds of kids commit suicide every year because their unable to cope with all the pressure and stress (and at one point, I really thought I’d be one of them) (Google suicides at Kota)
There’s no concept of holistic admission and such in India. Just Google ‘hardest exams in the world’ and you’ll definitely find JEE advanced in the list. And if anyone is feeling too adventurous, look at one of the past year question papers.
^^Indians work their butt off since a very young age. While kids in other countries have a normal childhood, we work ourselves to the ground every single day. That’s why we’re so successful.
did anyone apply to human ecology w/ major of global and public health sciences
@jionrubia @RUHTRA999 I was also looking at Notre Dame, but I took it off my list after the tour. I had a tour of the architecture school with a professor. He was really nice, but I knew that school wasn’t for me. They study, mostly, very traditional architecture (like what you will find in Italy, Greece, Egypt, etc.) in a very traditional approach. They pretty much paint everything with watercolor, especially in the first or four years. There isn’t really technology or digital fabrications. AND they don’t make models!! that was shocking for me. (I’m a very hand-son kinda guy).
@raraora @jionrubia @RUHTRA999 It’s nice that you guys know for sure what kind of an education you want and what style of learning suits you. B-)
GBHS Major anyone? PM me
^a thread for accepted people looking to connect with others with the same major
@shirazi1234 Did you get in? I applied to Human Ecology but I got deferred.
This was a decision day for someone. Wonder if it is someone on this thread. My first reaction was he couldn’t be getting his result with all of those people standing behind him. It is on facebook in case the link didn’t show up. Brendan Gauthier on FB and it is public.
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Interesting, but youtube seem to be ok.
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