<p>you must be kidding me issac- 1000 applicants from india alone?</p>
<p>ya…its a fact…I almost fell off my seat when I figured it out…</p>
<p>5/1000 : 0.005 probability of being selected…</p>
<p>Well, if u hav good recs then u dont hav to worry…
within 2-3 yrs, Indian applicants will constitute more than 50% of the total int’l applicants…(last yr, total int’l applicants were 2,568)…</p>
<p>my teacher will write anything I want him to, any ideas what should I ask him to write?</p>
<p>Apart from ur exceptional talents (which evry2 will write) ur Counselor can write about wat hav u done for the school (something different n special) n outside the school…</p>
<p>I feel very ashamed when I surf through the MIT blogs…posts by many Indians exasperates me…I wonder who told them to apply to MIT…(really, I m annoyed…)…only few in 100s make some sense…</p>
<p>@spacepirate: I don’t check the MIT blogs, I haven’t even applied to MIT, I think you were talking about bas.</p>
<p>I know you’re from the AP board, fuzzy said you were in the same school. I saw the AP state board English paper at my friend’s house yesterday… it’s a joke. A travesty! How can an English paper be like that?!</p>
<p>Well that’s what I say when I see CBSE papers. :D</p>
<p>I’ve sworn not to look at the comments section of the blogs. It’s too embarrassing, truly, to see the idiots that have set up camp there.</p>
<p>Calvin and Hobbes. 
:)</p>
<p>Of course saying it’s a .005 probability of being accepted is of course a bit of an extension, that isn’t exactly mandated. The number of qualified candidates amongst that number who can actually string a pretty decent application together is probably only about 40-50 percent. Though that does still leave about 500 people though. :p</p>
<p>that is y I on look at the blog topic n close it as soon as I finish reading the first post…</p>
<p>Dear Sir,</p>
<p>My name is Manan Suri . Presently I am studying at BITS - PILANI DUBAI CAMPUS . I have already completed 3 Semesters with a
Cummulative G.P.A of 3.9
I am interested in joining MIT as a UNDER GRADUATE TRANSFER STUDENT (fall 2007) for completing my ELECTRICAL Engineering.</p>
<p>Accordingly I have forwarded my Application along with all the necessary documents to the OFFICE OF ADDMISSIONS.</p>
<p>I belong to a middle class family and can afford maximum 15000 USD .a year . I will be needing financial assistance to study at MIT .
Could you please let me know as to what type of and how much FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE/AID I can get ?
and how to apply for the same ?</p>
<p>I will be grateful to you for this help .</p>
<p>Thanking you</p>
<p>with regards</p>
<p>MANAN SURI </p>
<p>Heh Indians in the comment section</p>
<p>ya…from the spellin ‘‘ADDMISSIONS’’ one can make out things…</p>
<p>Well it’s not really their fault at all. A combination of family circumstances, complete misinformation, lack of any form of counseling, and a vague desire to go ‘abroad’ will do that to you.</p>
<p>I’m actually quite sorry for them, not everybody has access to information about colleges in the US, and there are many who are quite desperate. </p>
<p>It’s that desperation that’s coming out, nothing else, so let’s not mock them, or laugh at them.</p>
<p>“There but for the grace of God, go I”</p>
<p>Though a guy from BITS-Dubai really should know better. :)</p>
<p>Shrivats, you have NOT seen the State papers. You’d commit suicide, if you do. Seriously.</p>
<p>ya…I was rolling in my seat when I saw so many things at a time…(just saved myself from fainting somehow…)…</p>
<p>Shrivats : IITians are no better…I took my OS to IIT and they sent in Agriculture Dept Profs to take a look. I explained everything to them and told them about open source and stuff.</p>
<p>In the end, all they said was ’ We know you will commercialise this stuff!’ I said this is open source and I cant. They again repeated ‘We know you will’ Ass…</p>
<p>@ Kriti: I’m glad I haven’t… I’ve heard just about enough about them though. (I really can’t imagine studying under that syllabus, ever, thank God for ISC)</p>
<p>hehe…v can understand how u feel…we all hav undergone things like this…</p>
<p>watever it is…</p>
<p>Nickelback ROCKS!!!..youtube again…</p>