<p>Just trying to find out how many internationals for the class of 2010 </p>
<p>I suggest the following format
Name / Country / Attending or not / e-mail </p>
<p>Anirudh /India/ Attending/ <a href="mailto:anirudh_22@hotmail.com">anirudh_22@hotmail.com</a></p>
<p>Roumi / Bulgaria / Attending / <a href="mailto:princessofthedawn0@yahoo.com">princessofthedawn0@yahoo.com</a></p>
<p>hi Roumi,
looks like just the two of us intls on CC :-)
so what are u planning to major in?</p>
<p>5% of Colgate students are international and 20% (including international) of Colgate students are multicultural. I'm international student myself (I'm a sophomore at Colgate), and I think Colgate did a really good job helping me get adjusted.</p>
<p>i was thinking about computer science or physics, but i'm not sure at all... i'm glad that i don't have to select a major right away. i guess i'll just wait, try this and that, and see what happens, then decide. how about you, anirudh?</p>
<p>hey, similar interests.. CS physics maths.. tough to decide.. and then i have interests in philosophy economics and psychology.. aah the advantages of a liberal arts education</p>
<p>ha ha, it's never easy, but i bet that whatever we choose we'll have a lot of fun. things get bad only when you don't want to study not when you have too many interests. right now, i'm not worried at all about choosing a major, but there are so many other things that bother me. i didn't expect it, but i'm starting to feel anxious about leaving everyone and everything and going to a completely new place to live among total strangers. is it just me, or is it a bit scary?</p>
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is it just me, or is it a BIT scary?
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i really like your optimism :p</p>
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aah.. there u know me already.. so not everyone is a complete stranger :)</p>
<p>bdw, u got yahoo messenger? <a href="mailto:anirudh_22@yahoo.co.in">anirudh_22@yahoo.co.in</a></p>
<p>i wouldn't say that i know you already... rather i know that somewhere on the opposite side of the world, there is a person who is going to that same new place where i'm supposed to be this fall, a place about which i know almost nothing. still, this idea is... very... promissing (i have to be an optimist despite my true inclination because i don't want to be prejudiced from the start). what is hardest for me to accept is that i don't know what to expect at all. no matter how long i stare at some photos, i can't picture myself at colgate... any suggestions? how do you imagine living "there"? i wish i could have gone to the college during the april visit days... i just created a yahoo messenger account it's <a href="mailto:princessofthedawn00@yahoo.com">princessofthedawn00@yahoo.com</a></p>
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i can't picture myself at colgate... any suggestions? how do you imagine living "there"?
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<p>the best thing is not to imagine at all... that way you have no preconceived notions and get to be just urself.. and at this point of time i'm more worried about the Visa than actually thinking of how i'll fit in at Colgate.. but i've been in a hostel for most of my life so i'm not really paranoid.. but yeah its a different place but that's the reason we applied in the first place.. to experience new things..</p>
<p>bdw u got ur I-20 yet?</p>
<p>Hey ppl..</p>
<p>This is Anirban from bangalore.. Kinda new to CC.. anyways... Anyone here who has applied to SMU for 2006? Would be grateful if you could post a reply.. I just had my interview with SMU today.. lasted bout 15 mins! Tell me if you guys have had your interviews.. </p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Anirban</p>
<p>hey, anirudh, i haven't started the visa-getting yet because i'm still waiting for the documents from colgate. when did you get them? sorry i didn't reply earlier but these days i was awfully busy because it was the end of school and now everything is over (except graduation and prom). i can't believe it! i will finally get some sleep :) may be you are right about not imagining at all, but still i can't help it :P living in a hostel? why is that? i guess it will be far easier for you to adapt to living on your own in a dorm and you don't have that much to worry about... and yes, living in a new place was one of the major reasons - it is so exciting though for some people it is the greatest drawback. i look at it as an adventure, as a way to get out of a world that i'm too much used to. still, there will be so many things and mostly people that i will miss.... i'm just beginning to realize the consequences of my decision to study abroad and i'm not sure if i even want to think about them. so, how much time is left till we go there? 3 and 1/2 months? doesn't it sound too realistic?</p>
<p>hmm.. m down with fever :-( no I too am waiting for the documents from colgate.. darn they are taking so long.. I just want to get over with it... excuse the short post... but m nt well .</p>
<p>i'm so sorry that you don't feel well :(.... i know how hard it is to be sick at the end of the school year... last week i had three days of presenting my senior independent honors project and i had caught some flu... it was horrible because the place was cold and humid and i had to stay there all day... i'm happy that it's over but the flu still doesn't want to go away :( so, if you're still going to school, do your best, but also get some rest ;) ; i wish that you'll get better soon</p>
<p>hey, anirudh, haven't heard from you for a while! how are you feeling now? all right or am i too much of an optimist? i was wondering if you have heard anything from colgate and if you've gotten the visa documents now because i'm starting to get a lot worried right now? there are so many arrangements for my trip to the us that i can't believe i have to manage them in just 3 months! i don't even have a suitcase :o ! btw, how many flights do you need to take to get to colgate (for me it is 3 - horrible, grrrrr)</p>
<p>well i'm down with jaundice :( on bed rest for another fortnight grrrrr.. but yeh atleast i'm recovering now.. and except for having to eat only boiled food things are getting better :)
as for colgate.. i feel like cursing them... many of my freinds are sitting happily with their visas and we havent even receivd our papers yet.. just what are they up to.. i e-mailed them and they said they'll get it to us as soon as possible...as for the suitcase.. me too.. actually i want my visa first before I start makin any sort of preparations.. (what happens if they reject it <em>shudders</em> ) ... I just received some papers with the financing options available nothing else.. no housing forms.. nothing..
I think I also will be needing three flights.. m thinking of flying into New York and then m hoping that colgate ppl will make some arrangements...</p>
<p>hey.. where r u?? received any stuff from colgate yet??</p>
<p>i just rcvd the housing package but m still awaiting the visa information??</p>
<p>oops... sorry, i haven't visited the forum lately cuz of prom, and other stuff. i also got the financing options and the housing stuff, but nothing about the visa. i e-mailed them and didn't get a reply (quite nice, but i hope that they will write soon) so, it seems that the visa will be a last moment thing which is not a good option for a visa, but anyway what can we do <em>sigh</em>? the housing form seems strange... what is this "quad" thing? do you think of getting into this special interest housing? right now i'm having a lot of trouble with the medical record cuz i have to get some tests and immunizations done and this means seeing a lot of doctors all over the city... how stupid i was to think that the summer after senior year is for rest and fun - just look at how much paperwork i have to do and i haven't even gotten to the most important stuff: the visa :( well, i think this is enough self pity for now; i better go to bed now cuz tomorrow i have to get up really really early to see some more doc's... blah... anyway, how are you? how are you managing your arrangements for colgate?</p>