The Indian Thread (TiT) # 14

International Students
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<p>last year neither williams not amherst took anyone off the waitlist…</p>

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<p>so i guess this year it wont be the same</p>

<p>think they should take more than what they took last year !</p>

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<p>Amherst is overrated.</p>

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<p>its still number one . .</p>

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<p>thanks for the insight SM… actually its the BA thing thats bothering me… but guess i’ll take the plunge… cd u PM me the id’s of some ppl u know thr if its nt a problem with them thnxs</p>

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<p>Actually its Williams, Amherst, Swat.</p>

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<p>Just heard about this. An indian kid i know, living in the UK just got his results. Its no consolation, but just to let you know that there are ppl like this who get in everywhere…</p>

<p>Accepted:</p>

<p>Trinity, Cambridge
Yale
Princeton
Stanford
Wharton
Columbia
Dartmouth
Cornell</p>

<p>Waitlist:</p>

<p>Harvard</p>

<p>Rejected:</p>

<p>None…</p>

<p>Unfu(kingbelievable</p>

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<p>holy crap thats crazy. wheres he going?</p>

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<p>thats very gud and there are ppl liike that … just that mainland india gets the biggest disadvatnge on these…</p>

<p>SM</p>

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<p>He is pretty much indian… He just went to the UK for high school… Dont even think he has UK citizenship…</p>

<p>I think hes taking princeton… Crazy choices…</p>

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<p>Great choice! Princeton’s the way to go :)</p>

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<p>thats wonderful… but gr8 achievement … for him… wonderful to knw such news…</p>

<p>SM</p>

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<p>May i ask if he needed finaid…</p>

<p>and even if he didn’t…he is a crazy son of a gun…thats a clean sweep 6 ivies + stanford…what an achievement</p>

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<p>Even if he didn’t ask for FA, I’m increasingly convinced that Pton is actually need blind.
All three of us in my room are on full rides - and two of us are intl. And although our room isn’t representative, there’s still an unusually high proprotion of intl students on full rides here.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://www.deccan.com/home/homedetails.asp#Quotas%20for%2049%%20IIT%20seats?headline=Quotas~for~49%~IIT~seats[/url]”>http://www.samachar.com/showurl.htm?rurl=http://www.deccan.com/home/homedetails.asp#Quotas%20for%2049%%20IIT%20seats?headline=Quotas~for~49%~IIT~seats&lt;/a&gt;
Quotas for 49% IIT seats</p>

<p>New Delhi, April 5: The Union government has decided to implement reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) as per the “Mandal formula” for admission to Central educational institutions, including the IITs and IIMs, and also Central universities, including Delhi University.</p>

<p>The Mandal Commission report, which has already been in implementation for Central government jobs for more than a decade now, provides for 27 per cent reservation for OBCs. This will dramatically increase the quantum of reservation from the current 22.5 per cent to 49.5 per cent.</p>

<p>“The Central government has taken the decision to implement reservation for OBCs as per the Mandal formula in all Central educational institutions,” Union human resources development minister Arjun Singh said on Wednesday. “We are just waiting for the elections to be over,” he added. Mr Singh said the reservation would be implemented from the coming academic session itself, except in cases where the admission process was already underway.</p>

<p>Mr Singh confirmed that reservation for OBCs would be applicable for admission to all Central institutions, including IITs and IIMs. When asked whether this would extend to all Central universities, including Delhi University, the minister replied in the affirmative.</p>

<p>He said reservation in State government institutions would be left for the state governments to implement. “This is a logical conclusion of the passing of the 104th Amendment Bill by Parliament recently,” said Mr Singh.
According to the amendment, a State can make special provisions for advancement of social and educationally backward classes in educational institutions, including private ones other than minority institutions.</p>

<p>When asked whether the implementation could trigger a wave of protests, like what was seen in 1990 following the acceptance of the Mandal Commission report by the then V.P. Singh government, the HRD minister said, “We do not want any social strife. We will consider any suggestions made on how to avoid such a situation,” he said.</p>

<p>According to HRD ministry officials, the government is considering options like increasing the number of seats in IITs and IIMs so that the total number of seats for general category students remains the same.</p>

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<p>holy sh it…</p>

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<p>dude he shud go to stanford…NOTHING is better than stanford…</p>

<p>btw did he apply to MIT??</p>

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<p>I dont think he applied to MIT… that was his complete list…</p>

<p>Also, i think hes taking princeton because he applied there early, got deferred, and then accepted… So im guessing it was his first choice…</p>

<p>About aid, i think he did apply for aid… But im not too sure on that point…</p>

<p>He had amazing stats though… He did the a levels and got 14 A’s… Amazing EC’s, recos etc… And his dad was a college counselor in bombay, so he probably knew what the colleges were looking for… Still pretty amazing though…</p>

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<p>all adcoms are filled with rich men who strut around in armani suits who want mainly those people who have a high position in society</p>

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<p>yep rishabh…u got that DEAD right…,o and with rolex watches…lol</p>