<p>How are the financial aid forms and documents coming up peeps? :/</p>
<p>No chance at ivies or top 3 LAC’s with average/ above average stats. And you really wanna go to Maine or Minnesota? Got friends there, it’s freezing 24/7.</p>
<p>Wow, a lot of new people on this group, nice to see. :D</p>
<p>It’s been such a long time since I posted here on the thread, even though I was on it since like the beginning. :P</p>
<p>Well, I wanted to do Theoretical Astrophysics for like the last 3 years, so I applied for first choice major in physics. I also might minor/double up in Computer Science, depends on the university I choose to go to and their policies on this stuff.</p>
<p>I applied to one Ivy, a few other privies (vandy, u chicago, wustl) and then a bunch of state schools. I don’t have as good as an app like most of the people here. :P</p>
<p>Accepted SCEA to Princeton 
Sorry for being late.</p>
<p>Congratulations! :)</p>
<p>Congratulations buddy! Which city of are you from?</p>
<p>@MakBoy - My prospective major is Econ/Financial Engg. (basically anything related to business), and if possible a minor/double in Pol Science. 
rew - Thats like, umm, 13 colleges ? 
Ehh too early for us to think about that bro(?)
And who knows you might have what the colleges are looking for right? So just keep your spirits up :)</p>
<p>anvesh - hi there. Yes I know Ive seen your posts. I have wandered the Indian sections for a long time now. Have read both old and new threads ;)</p>
<p>Also, to everyone above, words like “Good” “Pathetic” etc are actually quite subjective. I mean, what might be good to you might seem awesome to me, or vice versa. Also we never know what the adcoms look for! :)</p>
<p>thekd95 - Congrats mate :)</p>
<p>Woooho Congrats thkd :D</p>
<p>Congratulations thkd. What do you plan to major in?</p>
<p>Congratulations for Princeton, mate! So will you attend?</p>
<p>FA forms done except for one, where I just have to press the SEND button. Dunno which form they’ll accept though…</p>
<p>Got rejected on ED I and II. I am on a roll :|</p>
<p>@thekd95… congratulations. Would you pl. post stats? It will help people figure out (a bit) on what Princeton is looking for. Tks</p>
<p>Ivies be random. They have a tendency to surprise. So who knows what average is to me, might seem good to the Adcoms. But still. Hoping for the best</p>
<p>@happyasever- when you need a lot of financial aid, you cannot be choosy. Hence, I don’t mind going to twin cities or mAine or wherever I get in with good aid.</p>
<p>@guyinblue-
Not all ivies. Here’s most of my list-
H Y P D Cornell Brown
Mac, Colby, Oberlin, Williams, Middlebury, Amherst</p>
<p>@rew - Why not Columbia or UPenn?!
Youve got a nice list there. And youre right, when financial aid is a factor, you cant be choosy. Thats the way life is I guess. You just gotta take whatever you are offered.
:)</p>
<p>Columbia has very less aid options for internationals.
As a friend says," ~70% of Columbia Internationals get no aid. So you can extrapolate."</p>
<p>And for UPenn, I heard they had stringent, not good, financial aid policies as well. Still, I really wanted to apply! But the paucity of time made me delete JHU (I, with the bottom of my heart, wanted to apply here) and UPenn. </p>
<p>What board exam are you writing? @guyinblue?</p>
<p>Did anyone apply to NYUAD or NYU-SH?
I did. And put SH as priority. (For so many perfect reasons!)</p>
<p>Also, listen up people.</p>
<p>What is up with the swim test that some schools administer? I just noticed this on the Cornell forum [Common</a> Questions - Swim Test - Cornell University](<a href=“http://swimtest.cornell.edu/common.html]Common”>http://swimtest.cornell.edu/common.html) It seems really weird that you can’t go to Cornell unless you are able to swim. What are your thoughts on this?</p>
<p>@kenyanpride Swimming is not a requirement for Cornell matriculation. It’s , like in most other colleges, a requirement for graduation.</p>