<p>is it worth buying? can ask my mom to but from delhi or so…</p>
<p>i dun normally buy books unless very gd, juz go bookstores and read…
but then again, it may not be available in singapore…</p>
<p>meh…not worth buying IMHO- it just goes round and round in circles</p>
<p>man, are all the threads dead??
been 2 hrs here now…
okay, i shall juz blabber on :D</p>
<p>"Mike Hayes of Rochelle, Illinois, long ago proved he was one of the more clever types. Back in 1987, while a chemistry freshman at the University of Illinois, he came up with a novel idea to solve his tuition and college expenses problem. Figuring that just about anyone could spare a penny, he brazenly asked everyone to do it. </p>
<p>He wrote to Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene, asking him to request each of his readers send Hayes a penny. The notion tickled the veteran columnist’s fancy enough that he was willing to go along with it. From Bob Greene’s column: </p>
<p>No one likes being used, but in this case I’m willing. It sounds like fun. </p>
<p>Mike Hayes, 18, is a freshman science major at the University of Illinois in Champaign. He is looking for a way to finance his college education, and he decided that my column is the answer. </p>
<p>“How many people read your column?” he asked me. </p>
<p>I told him I didn’t know. </p>
<p>“Millions, right?” he said. “All over the country, right?” </p>
<p>I said I supposed that was true. </p>
<p>“Well, here’s my idea,” he said, and proceeded to explain. </p>
<p>I’ll break it down simply: Mike Hayes wants every person who is reading this column right this minute to send him a penny. </p>
<p>“Just one penny,” Hayes said. “A penny doesn’t mean anything to anyone. If everyone who is reading your column looks around the room right now, there will be a penny under the couch cushion, or on the corner of the desk, or on the floor. That’s all I’m asking. A penny from each of your readers.”
You wouldn’t think a scheme like that would be wildly successful. But it was. </p>
<p>In less than a month, the “Many Pennies for Mike” fund was up to the equivalent of 2.3 million pennies. Not everyone was content to send merely a penny (hence the “equivalent” statement above) many sent nickels, dimes, quarters and even more. There’s something lovable about a kid who asks you for a penny. Ask Debra Sue Maffett, Miss America 1983. Not only did she send a cheque for $25, but her donation was accompanied by a letter saying she admired him. “She even signed the letter ‘Love,’” Mike said. </p>
<p>Donations were received from every state in the United States, plus Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas. Yes, he ended up with the $28,000 he’d set out to get. </p>
<p>But 1987 was a long time ago, you say. Whatever happened to this lad? </p>
<p>He went on to earn his degree in food science from the University of Illinois. As for why this scheme worked: ‘‘I didn’t ask for a lot of money,’’ Hayes said. ‘‘I just asked for money from a lot of people – 2.8 million people [of Chicago].’’ </p>
<p>Perhaps the last word is best left to the lad’s father, Bill Hayes: “When Mike first told me about his idea, I just laughed and said that I thought it was dumb. Which shows you that he’s smarter than I am.” </p>
<p>now if we cud get our college money this way… :)</p>
<p>i dont need pennies…
the very kind and generous ppl in the FinAid departments have given me full aid everywhere iv gotten in (:</p>
<p>show me the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!</p>
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I didn’t take TOEFL…</p>
<p>If you have SAT II Writing score of 600+, you can use that for English proficiency. Or you can use SAT I 600+ with 6 years of schooling in English. I prefer SAT II Writing score… And yeah they are a bit paranoid, I wrote to them asking for a waiver too (wanted to send ACT scores only) but they said NO! :D</p>
<p>tt’s grtt!
so where all have u gotten in and where else are u waiting to hear from…
u went gylc last yr rite? noe any sonia alwani from singapore??</p>
<p>Just send your SAT scores, that’s all. You have 670 on writing and their requirement is 600+.</p>
<p>hey ppl…im leaving for the US tonite… to check out the univs and colleges iv gotten into and hope to get into…
WUSTL, Grinnell, maybe princeton and Swat (their both close to where ill be living, havent gotten in yet): ill definately be checkin out…
if you guys want pics/movies of these campus’s… anything in particular you’d want me/ think i should check out lemme know… im definately stayin a night in a dorm at WUSTL… </p>
<p><a href="mailto:flamet@gmail.com">flamet@gmail.com</a></p>
<p>best of luck with your admissions/ entrance tests what not</p>
<p>Just got the MIT Letter :(</p>
<p>Now, we shall all observe 10min silence :D</p>
<p>ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm</p>
<p>cooldudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee</p>
<p>cmuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu</p>
<p>the pining finally seems to have driven you round the bend :p</p>
<p>how many guys here wanna major in American politics?</p>
<p>is it a good subject to major in for an indian?</p>
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Why would I want to major in American politics? George Bush certainly isnt the kind of person i’d like to work for.</p>
<p>And i took the toefl. My intemtion was to mitigate the effects of that pathetic SATII Writing. I got a 297, and finished in less than half the time 
The only problem with the TOEFL is that it is ridicuously expensive</p>
<p>shah_rao, what do you want to major in?</p>
<p>Physics. Not sure if ill do some sort of engineering (in whiich case ill have to specialize) or just do science - that depends on where i get in</p>
<p>is EVERYONE here into science and law?</p>
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<p>Not really sure about that, although i guess many are, esp the ones from S India</p>
<p>shash_rao, where r u from? i am from bangladesh.</p>