<p>Hmm… I’m a bit concerned about there being 85 kids on the last EDII CW. If they do indeed keep their incoming class size capped at 150, then it seems like they’re raising the hopes of a bunch of kids, like myself, by showing them such an incredible university and then dashing them as soon as they reject them. It’s a bit unsettling. I hope that’s what the big “secret” is about.</p>
<p>Courier package?? That definitely never gets sent. Everything is online.</p>
<p>@Dzhannet - it’s not exactly a nickname, it has my name in it (Matt) and then the other letters spell “Brown”, which up until NYU Abu Dhabi came, was my first choice university 
what does yours stand for?</p>
<p>@wesleystuben – The surprise is not that, but apart from it, I agree… they should kinda limit on this, I mean honestly, getting a person this close to something and then snatching it away, I’ve been exactly in this position before and it’s a damn bad feeling. But life’s is about being positive and looking forward, so life does give you other opportunities then.
@bmraotwtn – They did send packages last time, all it contained was just the letter of invitation and a pre-departure handbook explaining about the CW and AD a bit. I think its better they didn’t send anything like that this time cause it only added more to the costs, and beside all ticketing/travel/invitation related stuff happens over the Internet.</p>
<p>@wesleystuben I HIGHLY doubt NYUAD is actually going to stick with their aforementioned cap. Last year they said the entering class would be no more than 100. Well…now we all know the answer that.</p>
<p>@VodkaRain – they actually had planned a cap of 100, but in mid-year (which was sometime back when I attended my CW) the news came out that NYUAD’s expecting 150 candidates. This year as of now, the plans are 150, and NYUAD has said that it’ll slowly increase intake in years but more acceptances every year, they said its not gonna happen.</p>
<p>bmraotwtn, that’s smart)) it’s so easy to spell that once you get the pattern x)) mine is my name )) boring, I know )) it should have been J instead of the awkward “DZH”, but my ID and my passport got mixed up, so i’m stuck with this version)) </p>
<p>murtaza101, wesleystuben, it is incredibly cruel to do that, especially when we have all the t-shirts, notebooks and highlighter-pens along with the poster and the bag to constantly remind us of nyuad. . . let’s hope for the best though)) </p>
<p>murtaza101, do you by any chance know Guzel? </p>
<p>Vodkarain, you think it’ll be about 200? or is that too much?</p>
<p>@Dzhannet – I knew Guzel was in the March CW last time, I haven’t seen her personally though.</p>
<p>murtaza101, well she was at ours) which one did you attend last year?</p>
<p>I attended the February one last year. And as I see in my calendar, it’ll be exactly 1 year after 7 days since my CW happened, miss those days :D</p>
<p>)) i’m sorry if it’s a sore subject, but were you depressed for a long time?</p>
<p>See, I’ll explain it a li’l bit, I hope the forum doesn’t mind that. The thing was that my parents weren’t allowing me to apply abroad back in my senior year (I’m currently taking a gap year). Their reasons were unclear, but the amount of freedom that I have in my family is limited and its not that easy to y’know just revolt for everything. They wanted me to study in a university here in UAE, but the thing is that all other universities suck here literally, not only for academic standards but they’re very Arab-oriented and lack diversity, not to mention the reputation. One thing to mention here would be financial matters as my parents are very strict when it comes to money matters and they thought they’ll have to pay alot if I apply abroad and stuff.</p>
<p>NYUAD was the only choice I was able to apply for back then (thankfully there was no application fees else my parents would have never allowed me to even apply back then). I applied with my might, and just waited, I found this website as a result by searching for people who’ve also applied to NYUAD, and it wasn’t very long till I got an invitation to the CW, it was super-exciting and I enjoyed my time at the CW. I had a bit of doubts as to what if I don’t get in, and was 90% on the positive side, but it was really a big shock to see the pessimist 10% doubt becoming the reality as I didn’t get in.</p>
<p>I hadn’t applied elsewhere in the first place, and the rejection was really heart-breaking. Honestly, I felt depressed, to the fact that I was literally numb at times and still thinking why it all happened. My counselor told me back then to just let it through you and look beyond, and it was easier said than done. After like a month, I decided and literally argued for my right to apply and study abroad (specifically USA), and after continuous efforts, they finally agreed. But I never wanted to apply as a transfer student, for the fact of denial of aid, and so I took a gap year to apply as freshman once again.</p>
<p>If you’ve other options apart from NYUAD, and you’re firm with others as well I mean that if you’re positive about them as well, rejection may not sound bad, but that’s a lesson of life: Always keep a Plan B cause you don’t know if Plan A will necessarily go ahead or not. I didn’t had a Plan B and I’ve learned my lesson.</p>
<p>Now things have changed, I’m positive about NYUAD, but I haven’t heard any sort of response from them, not an email or an invitation, so I’ve mentally prepared myself for the final answer. I’m looking forward to my other choices and going there would be as equally exciting as NYUAD. Maybe I sound too much “emotional” or “filmy” but I’m being honest and that’s how my life has been.</p>
<p>murtaza101, u must have seen our friend Bagdat then, from Kazakhstan too =)
He is studying now there.</p>
<p>Yes of course I’ve seen him, I even have some pics with him. :D</p>
<p>murtaza101, you are a really strong person! i know how much courage and might it takes persevere especially when you don’t have much support… wish you the best of luck! talking to Guzel and now reading your story i actually feel that i can take it if i don’t get in )) i don’t have a very clear plan B but the thing is i feel like i need a gap year to sort things out, but my parents will not be that happy to hear it as gap year is kind of frowned upon here… so i think i’ll probably go to some uni in KZ and find out what to do along the way))</p>
<p>I understand. Good luck to all of us! :D</p>
<p>I’ve just combed through all 69 pages of this thread and my excitement is at an all time high.</p>
<p>I’ve been invited to the Feb 24th-27th Candidate Weekend, but I’m still not sure whether I am going. My dad hasn’t given a definite answer. :/</p>
<p>Just wondering when I should expect Omeir travel to contact me. I’m kinda worried that my application wasn’t received seeing as I got no indication that they got all the files.</p>
<p>@Reaper – welcome to the forum, for your travels, expect to be contacted hopefully in this week.</p>
<p>I have a question about the sample classes. How and when are we supposed to choose them?
Also is that Facebook group I remember some of you talked about set as secret and when should we get invites for it?</p>
<p>@Asha – You’ll be given a survey to fill in a week’s time (or maybe this week, just keep an eye out for it) where you also designate your preferences for the sample classes. And the FB group is secret and you’ll be contacted and given an invite appropriately, don’t worry.</p>
<p>Thank you Murtaza! :)</p>