Indian Thread

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<p>Merc, i remember reading on one of the MIT admissions blogs about how they assess ‘Demonstrated intersest’ I think it was Ben who answered to a query on the abolition of ED and said demonstrated interest was judged by continuous hard work and good grades thoroughout High school. </p>

<p>And im sure there is someone with straight As in high school who also took the A-levels and the APs</p>

<p>Oh yeah, i just remembered- i think you can take the APs in India. Some company that starts with a P - (dont remember the name) :p</p>

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<p>Again, shashank, Ivy/MIT/Stanford admissions are also tough. They do accept intl’s, dont they?</p>

<p>That’s why I said, put a cap on the number of intls students they’ll take.</p>

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<p>Well, I explained fully well on the application my attitude towards school studies. And whatever, don’t you think that it’s only a step to strengthen myself as an applicant? Or are you implying that once rejected, I stand no chance whatever I do? (Check the MIT forum, there’s a dead thread by me on this same topic).</p>

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<p>theres a slight difference in the toughness you talk about. 2% is not a good selectivity. Also, the ivies and MIT are private universities in a country which has loads of great schools. The IITs are state run, are definitely not cash cows, and are probably the only good engineering schools in the country - perhaps maybe even the only good places for science (except maybe DU, but im not very sure)</p>

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<p>Im not saying you have no chance whatsoever. But you have to admit that after getting rejected twice, your chances are little lower than a first time applicant. Bad boards donthelp, neither do repeated screw ups at the SAT. The point is, whatever they may claim, they simply cannot look at an application in the ‘whole’ way as they claim. With the volume of applications they get, they need to eliminate atleast some of it. And i think that initial elimination boils down to bad scores - maybe not isolated instances but a chronic low average does not help, and noone may even read any explanation you may provide</p>

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<p>I dont want to be discouraging or anything, but i think its time all of us wake up and smell the roses(or is it the coffee?)</p>

<p>There is definitely someone out there who is as dedicated as we are and has better grades. Period.</p>

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<p>errr…whats going on? :o</p>

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<p>AP, AP, AP. I’m sure there are many centers around India, one in Delhi for sure (AES) but I am not sure how you go about taking the actual test.</p>

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:confused: Twice? I only applied once.</p>

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Well let’s put it this way - I have to go to MIT, so I will try everything I can. Adcoms will not come to castrate me if I don’t make it in.</p>

<p>hummer - I’m not sure the AES allows outsiders to take tests there? And in any case, APs are in May :frowning: Too little time.</p>

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<p>i guess shashank thought you applied for 04 too :stuck_out_tongue: nopes shashank…</p>

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coffee mmmm</p>

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<p>Um no actually I didn’t apply anywhere last year… just IIT, AIEEE and that JIIT… Got in at JIIT. :D</p>

<p>Coffee… mmmm yeah I’m an addict too… esp in winters (obviously).</p>

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<p>coffee?? yuck…(cant stand the bitter taste :o )
the only one i enjoy is the one with extra cream and oreo and cookeis n cream ice cream inside…but i doubt it remains a coffee anymore…:p</p>

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<p>^ Yikes</p>

<p>I love cofee, the trick is to have lots of milk and sugar ! </p>

<p>hmm I am reduced to posting useless posts now :frowning: dam school1!!</p>

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<p>useless posts?? dude…thts what we all about…</p>

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<p>adi- my idea of a vacation is v diff, my sister wanted to visit all the colleges that she plans to apply to and i’m just tagging along. :)</p>

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<p>neha - hehe that reminds me of something that happened after school- one of my friends hijacked another friends cup of coffee- insisted it needed more sugar- dumped about 8 spoons into it- the coffee even changed colour …then she took one sip and her face turned green- it was hilarious :smiley:
Coffee- ahhh I go into severe withdrawal without it :(</p>

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<p>the only time i absolutely needed it was while crammin for the darned As…ahh, it was a life saviour, though a bitter one :p</p>

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<p>someone enlighten me weighted and unweighted gpa?? i think nomad wud be in the best position? :p</p>

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<p>and tt is a pretty gd site merc…</p>