The Indian Thread (TiT) # 15

International Students
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<p>Yeah, I checked that. It isn’t there. I guess my letter was not mailed with the first batch.</p>

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<p>Btw, someone on CC’s started a wiki to serve as a repository of info for future generations. I’ve added an International Students section (got a bit of time on my hands :)), feel free to add to it. Here’s the link: <a href=“http://collegeadmissions.pbwiki.com/[/url]”>http://collegeadmissions.pbwiki.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The password’s “niagara”</p>

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<p>@dda…No, not yet…I think I’ll pay after 5th April…for obvious reasons :D</p>

<p>@fuzzylogic…Yeah, I had to pay $200+ for the GPA conversion thingy…my mother forced me into doing it, or else I would have applied to GaTech either. Anyways, I got a GPA of 4.003, and every single subject was given an A. But it sure was worth it.</p>

<p>And congrats to twins. :)</p>

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<p>Thanks :smiley: /* */</p>

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<p>Pyrotechnic, where else did you apply, out of curiosity?</p>

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<p>Oh! I forgot. :o</p>

<p>Congrats twins!</p>

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<p>oh thanks :D</p>

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<p>MIT - Rejected - Like duh.
Caltech - Rejected
Princeton
Carnegie Mellon
Cornell
Univ Illinois UC - Accepted
Georgia Tech - Accepted
UMich AA - Accepted
Purdue U - Accepted</p>

<p>I never really wanted to apply to the CMU and Cornell.
Princeton doesn’t offer a specialized Aerospace degree, but it has an amazing research program. (so I sent in my application at the eleventh hour) Did I mention that all my essays were last minute rush-ins ?</p>

<p>Actually, I applied to all colleges just a few days before their deadlines, because I didn’t want to do Textile engineering at IIT (or “tatti”, a derogatory term the IITians use for that branch). And they even have Flower Engineering. How bad is that ? Yeah, I don’t have a gr8 chance of getting a rank below 1000 in IITJEE. Hence the “Chalo America” movement.</p>

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<p>Congrats twins!!! :slight_smile: (Do you mind when people refer to you as “The Twins”?)</p>

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<p>Whoo…that wiki is mighty good looking.</p>

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<p>Chalo America. Nice.</p>

<p>And I forgot :frowning: so sorry</p>

<p>Congrats twins!!</p>

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<p>whoa! 2 minutes difference…</p>

<p>Then again, I bet most of you guys have seen exact same time.</p>

<p>OH and the wiki is nice. It was quite thoughtful of you to put info on financial aid.</p>

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<p>Why is everyone congratulating the twins? (Haven’t been here for a long time…)</p>

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<p>Pyrotechnic – Yeah, my initial reasons for wanting to try the States were pretty similar – wanted to do Computer Science, realised I didn’t have a chance in hell of making it to the top 20-30 on the IIT exam (which is the safest place to be if you want comp sci at the Madras branch, which I did), started getting my US apps together (this was…in the 11th, though). And of course, later figured that IIT wasn’t exactly where I saw myself. </p>

<p>naidu – they just got into Carnegie Mellon, that’s why. :slight_smile: Welcome back to the madness, also.</p>

<p>On a thoroughly unrelated note, has anyone who isn’t me read anything by Haruki Murakami?</p>

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<p>I have two good friends, who are twins. Once, I introduce them to this guy ( a not so good friend of mine) and we have a conversation. Midway through our meeting, the guy, out of curiosity, asks one of the twins - “Hey, when were you born ?” He gets a reply, and then has the idiocy to ask - “And your brother ?”</p>

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<p>They both got into CMU.</p>

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<p>^ oh okay. Congrats!</p>

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<p>Nice one twins. :)</p>

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<p>@Rama_GB…Chalta hai !</p>

<p>Noldo, I’ve heard that only if you get a top 10 rank in JEE, you’re good enough to pursue CS at IIT Kanpur. Thats how demanding the course is.</p>

<p>What about the reservation for SC/ST ? That was a real bad move.</p>

<p>And did you come across that article in TOI about the facilities at IIT ? They don’t even have enough hostels for the students. And the faculty-student ratio is around 1:14.</p>

<p>My friend is in IIT Mumbai, and he confesses that the professors aren’t thaaat gr8, its the students who help each other 90% of the time.</p>

<p>Moreover, the professors are decreasing year after year. The IITs are finding it difficult to recruit new professors, because of their stringent selection process. You’d have to be a topper in your undergrad, grad and PhD, then settle for a low salary. How many people would want to do that ??</p>

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<p>On the contrary, I never saw myself going to IIT at all. My father told me horror stories of the conditions there based on his talks with his classmates. I pretty much just joined a coaching school to challenge myself.</p>

<p>EDIT: Didn’t see Pyrotechnic’s post. He pretty much summed up what I was going to say.</p>