The official Pakistani Thread for the class of 2013

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<p>GUYS!..i just got an offer for admission from Lafayette College! 2nd offer in 3 days…WOOHOO</p>

<p>Lafayette College, with 95% Financial Aid, but most probably i’m going to end up rejecting and instead opt for HKUST.</p>

<p>Any advice, theGame etc?</p>

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<p>@murtazamurad: DePauw does not give full scholarship; at max, it meets full tuition. Your acceptances are starting to lose their credibility, bro. And yeah, it’s DePauw University - not University of DePauw. Don’t mix those two please.</p>

<p>3 Yale (2 KGS + 1 Aitchison)
1 Brown (LAS)
1 Cornell (LAS)
3 Penn/Wharton (3 KGS)
1 Gettysburg (theGame)
1 University of Rochester (greenboy)
2 WPI (Roots)
4 University of Richmond (4 Roots, 3 without aid)
1 Wabash College (AVC)
4 NYU (1 Roots, 1 AVC, 1 LAS, 1 LGS)
1 Case Western (super_leader, The City School)
1 Colgate university (free)
1 Northeastern (waleed1, froebel’s) no aid
2 USC (waleed1, froebel’s, 1 LAS) no aid
1 Furman University (Roots) no aid
5 MIT (Head start, Islamabad + Beaconhouse Margalla Islamabad + 2 St. Patrick’s, Karachi, 1 LGS)
1 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (khan91)
1 U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Govt Delhi Karachi)
26 McGill (nrmncpr, Beaconhouse + 3 BSS + 15 LGS JT + 4 Aitchison + 3 Roots)
3 University of Cambridge (Roots + 2 KGS)
1 University of Oxford (Roots)
7 U of Toronto (3 Aitchison + 1 Roots + 3 BSS)
1 Depauw University (1 Roots)</p>

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<p>Congrats…any specific reason for choosing HKUST over Lafayette?</p>

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<p>@khan91: Congratulations! Lafayette is a really tough place to get into! You’re on a roll…:slight_smile: :)</p>

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<p>@khan91: 95% financial aid is a lot to be content with. And Lafayette for engineering is almost unbeatable. Why HKUST all of a sudden…?</p>

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<p>yea, i mean i;m not sure,havent thought it through yet, just got the lafa offer. Perhaps i’m reading too much into world top 40 ranking of HKUST?.Am i?
What’d you do?</p>

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<p>Lafayette with 95% aid! Nice. Would you mind posting a link to your stats? I will update the list cuz I also got an acceptance today.</p>

<p>3 Yale (2 KGS + 1 Aitchison)
1 Brown (LAS)
1 Cornell (LAS)
3 Penn/Wharton (3 KGS)
1 Gettysburg (theGame)
1 University of Rochester (greenboy)
2 WPI (Roots)
4 University of Richmond (4 Roots, 3 without aid)
1 Wabash College (AVC)
4 NYU (1 Roots, 1 AVC, 1 LAS, 1 LGS)
1 Case Western (super_leader, The City School)
1 Colgate university (free)
1 Northeastern (waleed1, froebel’s) no aid
2 USC (waleed1, froebel’s, 1 LAS) no aid
1 Furman University (Roots) no aid
5 MIT (Head start, Islamabad + Beaconhouse Margalla Islamabad + 2 St. Patrick’s, Karachi, 1 LGS)
1 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (khan91)
1 U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Govt Delhi Karachi)
26 McGill (nrmncpr, Beaconhouse + 3 BSS + 15 LGS JT + 4 Aitchison + 3 Roots)
3 University of Cambridge (Roots + 2 KGS)
1 University of Oxford (Roots)
7 U of Toronto (3 Aitchison + 1 Roots + 3 BSS)
1 University of Depauw ( 1 Roots) (Full scholarship)
1 Lafayette (khan91) 95% aid
1 UCSD (nrmncpr)</p>

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<p>Adding my lafayette one, :slight_smile:
Anyone else out here waiting to hear from lafayette? Or already heard?</p>

<p>3 Yale (2 KGS + 1 Aitchison)
1 Brown (LAS)
1 Cornell (LAS)
3 Penn/Wharton (3 KGS)
1 Gettysburg (theGame)
1 University of Rochester (greenboy)
2 WPI (Roots)
4 University of Richmond (4 Roots, 3 without aid)
1 Wabash College (AVC)
4 NYU (1 Roots, 1 AVC, 1 LAS, 1 LGS)
1 Case Western (super_leader, The City School)
1 Colgate university (free)
1 Northeastern (waleed1, froebel’s) no aid
2 USC (waleed1, froebel’s, 1 LAS) no aid
1 Furman University (Roots) no aid
5 MIT (Head start, Islamabad + Beaconhouse Margalla Islamabad + 2 St. Patrick’s, Karachi, 1 LGS)
1 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (khan91)
1 U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Govt Delhi Karachi)
26 McGill (nrmncpr, Beaconhouse + 3 BSS + 15 LGS JT + 4 Aitchison + 3 Roots)
3 University of Cambridge (Roots + 2 KGS)
1 University of Oxford (Roots)
7 U of Toronto (3 Aitchison + 1 Roots + 3 BSS)
1 Depauw University (1 Roots)
1 Lafayette College (khan91)</p>

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<p>my stats are here on this thread…nothing special about them though.</p>

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<p>Wait till you see this page: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/634676-official-pakistani-thread-class-2013-a-8.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/634676-official-pakistani-thread-class-2013-a-8.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>finally someone on CC who is modest.</p>

<p>@theGame How do you quote? I’ve tried but it doesnt seem to work</p>

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<p>3 Yale (2 KGS + 1 Aitchison)
1 Brown (LAS)
1 Cornell (LAS)
3 Penn/Wharton (3 KGS)
1 Gettysburg (theGame)
1 University of Rochester (greenboy)
2 WPI (Roots)
4 University of Richmond (4 Roots, 3 without aid)
1 Wabash College (AVC)
4 NYU (1 Roots, 1 AVC, 1 LAS, 1 LGS)
1 Case Western (super_leader, The City School)
1 Colgate university (free)
1 Northeastern (waleed1, froebel’s) no aid
2 USC (waleed1, froebel’s, 1 LAS) no aid
1 Furman University (Roots) no aid
5 MIT (Head start, Islamabad + Beaconhouse Margalla Islamabad + 2 St. Patrick’s, Karachi, 1 LGS)
1 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (khan91)
1 U Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Govt Delhi Karachi)
26 McGill (nrmncpr, Beaconhouse + 3 BSS + 15 LGS JT + 4 Aitchison + 3 Roots)
3 University of Cambridge (Roots + 2 KGS)
1 University of Oxford (Roots)
7 U of Toronto (3 Aitchison + 1 Roots + 3 BSS)
1 Depauw University (1 Roots)
1 Lafayette College (khan91)
1 UCSD (nrmncpr)</p>

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<p>lol, guys what i meant was that i’m not the star-student most people on CC are. I’ve no distinctions, no MUN awards, no tech-related significant awards. Perhaps my essay helped. Wrote about football (really crazy liverpool fan)/ The lafa ppl mentioned it in their letter.</p>

<p>Anyhow, i need advice on what to do. The HKUST deadline is like in a week. HELP!</p>

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<p>@khan91: How much scholarship did HKUST give you? And which course did you get admitted to there? The answers to these two questions may well make your choice easier.</p>

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<p>Career wise HKUST will help you start off in a better position than Lafayette would I suppose. But in the long run, as personal development is emphasized at LACs, an education at Lafyette is likely to be of greater benefit. It depends on your perspective I guess.</p>

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<p>@nrmncpr: Use [ quote ] and [ /quote ] - without the spaces, of course.</p>

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<p>HKUST scholarship was 75%. But i’ll have to pay almost the same at both places (HKUST and Lafa) per year. Course i got admitted to at HKUST was Electronic Engineering.</p>

<p>@ nrmncpr, i think i’m more of a career-oriented person. But the LAC education really appeals to me. Plus, HKUST is 3 years, Lafa is 4 years.</p>

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<p>Another point: Is campus employment included in your financial aid package at Lafayette? I don’t think you’ll need to work on-campus at HKUST.</p>

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<p>How…? You’ll pay less at HKUST because the degree there will be completed in 3yrs, as opposed to the 4yr program at Lafayette.</p>

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<p>khan91, if I was in your position, having family nearby would tip the scales in favor of HKUST for me (assuming that you do have family in China).</p>