<p>Alright, so this is going to pretty much sound like the opposite of all of the posts in this category. I am an American citizen with Indian parents about to finish high school in the US, and I want to apply to college in India, specifically NLS in Bangalore. I visited the campus last summer and talked to an admissions rep, but she wasn't very helpful. Will Indian schools consider SAT I/II scores and APs, or is it only based on grades? The rep said that I can apply for one of five international seats or I can apply in the common applicant pool. Which is more competitive? If I'm in the top 10% of a class of 700 students, what are my chances like if I want to apply next year?</p>
<p>Please, Please post great admission stats. Then I can complain about an American being discriminated against in India. Instead of the usual visa versa nonsense. GL.</p>
<p>@procrastinator14 :- I don’t live in India too so I am a NRI or Non- Resident Indian too. I am applying to college in India too (not NLS) so from what I understand is that the general admission is always more competitive that the seats for international students. What I suggest doing is filling up the form for both and try for admission through the general admission procedures. If not, then you always have the seats for international students you could try through. Indian colleges are very competitive. They will not look at your rank among other students. They just look at your grade.
As for the admission criteria, I suggest going to the site of NLS and have a look at their admission criteria.
Also, I don’t think colleges in India look at your SAT 1 and AP scores. For the general admission, there is usually a entrance exam through which you can enter. Since I want to get admission in an engineering college, I need SAT subject scores. I don’t think law schools will need that since it makes no sense asking for chem, physics and maths scores ;)</p>
<p>@Confusedabtuni, thanks.
so even if I got perfects on the math and chem SAT IIs, it doesn’t matter? What about the english lit one?</p>
<p>Admission to NLS is not, I believe, based on SAT. It is based on the entrance exam (as per clat.ac.in -> NLSU) if you go in as a NRI equivalent which the OP qualifies.</p>
<p>You could perhaps also go in as a Foreign National (which applies to OP, I suppose). In that case, it is based on your performance in high school, and "overall academic record
(you may get points here for SAT/AP regardless of science vs literature). It might get a bit sticky if you try to go in as both (foreign national & NRI/OCI/PIO), because they are intended to be two different channels. But maybe no one will notice (hard to believe for a Law institute 
The brochure says that preference will be given to foreign nationals of SAARC countries and other developing countries.</p>
<p>Reading between the lines, for NLS, OP probably needs to go via the entrance test if OP is either NRI/OCI/PIO. Note that just having Indian parents does not make you a PIO/OCI – you need documentation to prove that you are one. There might be other law colleges that will allow you to come in as NRI without entrance test. I am not a lawyer, so your mileage may vary :)</p>
<p>Hello people,
Very few Indian colleges would give any weightage to the SATs or the APs. In fact as far as I know only one IIM(can’t remember which one) accepts SAT scores for their BBA course. For most Indian colleges you have to give separate entrance exams. But the process may be a bit different for NRIs.
Only you rank and the grades in the entrance exams matter. They do not care if you invented a time machine. Get the grades and you are in.</p>
<p>hey.
you will have to write CLAT, if you want to be considered as an indian student, which is in mid may. i recommend you to apply as an international student.
if you write CLAT, you need to get an amazing rank in the exam in order to get into the top law colleges. For example, NLSIU, the 1st ranked law school in Bangalore, had only top 50ish CLAT rankers (2012) to get into the college. accordingly, other colleges, such as NLS, NLU-J, NALSAR, shall have a different rank criteria for admissions. this is how it works for indian students. its super competitive, eitherways.
hope i am making some sense</p>
<p>@procrastinator14
Do you mind if i just ask why you have chosen to apply to india? I’m an NRI and i’ve never considered applying to india before reading this forum.
Now that i’m considering it, would being a IIM legacy help?</p>
<p>^^legacy?? This is India! I would be extremely surprised if any college considers legacy.</p>
<p>@procrastinator14 :- Since you are an American citizen, I have to ask… Do you or your parents hold a Indian passport too? As others said you need to give in an entrance examination (competition is HELL in India) or go through the NRI channel
This will help you with that :-
<a href=“http://www.clat.ac.in/pdfs/NRI-NRI%20Sponsored%20Seats-Admission%20Process.pdf[/url]”>http://www.clat.ac.in/pdfs/NRI-NRI%20Sponsored%20Seats-Admission%20Process.pdf</a>
I think they said they would into your usual marks. So that means thy wont need SAT marks. They did state that you need documents from the Indian embassy as proof.
Even if they are asking for your SAT scores, be sure to find out if they are asking for some specific ones.
As a NRI student trying to get into an Indian engineering college (I think I have stated this before), I would suggest trying for both. Try to get into through the entrance and if not, you always have the foreign/ NRI admission.</p>
<p>@eagerlywaiting- indian colleges dont have legacy!</p>
<p>Thanks, guys! I’ve been looking into preparing for the CLAT, but there’s just not that much on the internet. Am I just looking in the wrong places?</p>
<p>@eagerlywaiting, my parents really want to move to India in the next few years, and they aren’t comfortable with me staying halfway around the world to go to school. It may or may not be a permanent thing; I’ve also been looking into how long it would take for me to be able to practice in the US after graduating from an Indian law school. Also, being a legacy definitely won’t matter.</p>
<p>@confusedabtuni, my parents were both Indian citizens in the past, but for the past few years they have been US citizens. And I know all about competition. Good high schools in America are rough, too :/</p>