<p>^ <em>Raise hand</em> Hullo there buddy, you got company!</p>
<p>@guyinblue: I don’t know man, I don’t know.</p>
<p>@guyinblue: Purdue EA got in. and yes, UCB first choice. then CMU.</p>
<p>Sweet sweet. </p>
<p>@guyinblue: RD or ED 2?</p>
<p>@sharoon - Sweet, congrats!</p>
<p>@Lolface849 - RD, ED is binding and I dont like being tied down 
You?</p>
<p>Any Richmond scholar semifinalists?</p>
<p>@guyinblue: ED II bro, Colgate is class.</p>
<p>Thanks…</p>
<p>FA apps on and killing. My principal didn’t let me apply to MIT. And Dartmouth refuses to give me a fee waiver and I’m heartbroken since it’s my dream school 
Oh and the deadline for UChicago FA is past; I didn’t notice (anyone else had the same problem?)</p>
<p>Anything optimistic is up, guys?</p>
<p>Why does your principal determine where you can/cannot apply?</p>
<p>keya93 - My principal too didnt let me apply to MIT. -_- So youre definitely not alone. I so wanted to be able to attend Sloan :(</p>
<p>@keya,another Dartmouth dreamer here!Im absolutely in love with the IR program.
Oh also,contact the UChicago admissions officers and ask if you can still submit the forms,they sometimes let that happen,especially if they already have both your CommonApp and Supplement.</p>
<p>Lolface,with your stats, you should definitely consider UK schools !</p>
<p>My school got one into stanford, 2 into brown, 2 into chicago, one into Wharton and one into princeton this year.</p>
<p>@Shreyasmanohar: My sister went to the UK for her masters. I cannot see myself living that kind of a life honestly. There are awesome schools there, but I would rather attend a school where the people are spontaneous and entrepreneurial in nature. One of the main reasons I am attending a school in the US is to get used to such a life where people care more about doing things rather than jobs and money. Hence, US it is man :)</p>
<p>Well my principal just didn’t send in the school forms. It was as easy as that.
UChicago says it’s fine 
Still dreaming of Dartmouth! Will probably borrow money to apply… -.-</p>
<p>Hey guys, as someone who spent a lot of time growing up in India (even though I am not an Indian citizen), I just wanted to make you guys aware of the fact that Duke is often very generous with the amount of need based aid it gives to internationals. Even though, the school is still need sensitive with respect to international students, they will meet your demonstrated need if they choose to admit you. This is a nuanced point, but it is very important. A school like Cornell (which is popular in India) will not discriminate against you on the basis of need, however, if they do choose to admit you, they are NOT obliged to give you any financial aid whatsoever. This means that you can be accepted without receiving a financial aid package! Just wanted to inform all of you about this so that you can make a more informed decision about which colleges to apply to.
As far as I am concerned, I applied ED to Duke and received a generous package. My stats were pretty good (2330 SAT, high 700s on the SAT subject tests) and I made an effort to devote myself to my EC activities.
Duke is a great school by all accounts and counts some very influential Indians amongst its alumni (including the billionaire owners of Ranbaxy, and Lalit Modi lol). I thought it would be good to post this brief message for future reference. PM me if you want any more info on Duke or college in general. I’d love to help out whenever possible!</p>
<p>^true that. Duke is really an amazing school.
i, for one, has heard totally opposite about it’s financial aid policies.
people, other than indians, can also try for the Karsh (similar name) scholarship for Duke which covers full attending fee.</p>
<p>@keya93, how much financial aid do you need? atleast, in %?</p>
<p>corresponding to old conversations- my brown’s essays were not good. i had to rush in as i though the deadline had passed, however, the deadline was the next day. it sucks. i really like brown (also because emma watson shall attend brown in 2013/2014 <3 )</p>
<p>Which exams are to be reported in the Mid-Year report? I have had three in 12th grade: 1st term, half yearly (2nd term) and pre boards. I didn’t score well in the last two (~65 and 75 respectively), but that was because I had to miss my English exam in the Half Yearlies which coincided with the SAT date and was marked 0/100 and Preboards coincided with the last 15 days before college application deadlines, so I obviously couldn’t give my cent percent. Does explaining them this work?</p>