<p>(this is strictly for U.S. admissions stuff;no politics here ok guys!)</p>
<p>MARHABA!!all harvard applicants from the arabian peninsula, and other parts of arabia:this is a thread for us!!;let's help eachother out!</p>
<p>and tell us where u are,what sort of schl,etc, and also you're stats,etc,.
I gotta go now, but i'll post my stuff later. </p>
<p>now POST AWAY everyone!</p>
<p>Expat in Arabia right here. </p>
<p>Location: Dubai
Indian Expat
Stats: My Stats Page - (Well this is what it was created for, isn't it :) )
I'm an EA Applicant so I'm beyond help at the moment, but I'll just wish all Applicants from the Gulf, and indeed from all over CC, the best of luck!</p>
<p>May you all get fat envelopes!</p>
<p>Shrivats-->800x6??! talk about perfection!! congrats!! if not harvard(big IF!), you'll get in somewhere great!!
tell me something: in the indian system, does everyone take the same courses, or do some take demanding course loads whereas others dont?</p>
<p>about me:
living in riyadh,saudiarabia
bangladeshi citizen
stats: 5 GCE A levels, 2 GCE "AS" levels(A2 physics,math,english,econ,chem)(AS:history,further maths)---all A grades, except B in further math; also i took schl courses(4yrs of both arabic and bengali,literature,etc--all As)
Rank-1 of ~70
sat1:2010-cr700,m660,wr650(my 1st and only time!)
sat2:In abt 9 practice sat2s, i got: phy:800/math2c:800/lit:780
ECs: (major thng is an inter-religous projct i've been doing for quite a while)EIC newspaper,EIC magazn,Head boy(=student councl presdnt?),newsppr intern(1 yr),phys teacher at intl schl(3yrs),((others:soccer capt/v.capt for 5 yrs,taekwondo -6 yrs,blck blt))
Decided to apply to US: In sept 2006!(hence v.v. late testing)</p>
<p>Also, my ECs were NOT crafted for collgs;jst thngs i did!(hence nothing WOW there)</p>
<p>I'm afraid you're obliged to take the same courses as everyone else in the Indian System, though of course, there are choices as to the subjects you take.</p>
<p>In the ICSE/ISC System which I am in, as opposed to the CBSE System, there is relatively more choice, though most students tend to stick to certain well defined paths i.e. either science or commerce streams.</p>
<p>i see. so i'm guessing your'e in the "science" stream? </p>
<p>do u think lots of ppl applying from the gulf countries? a lot of ppl applying from the UAE?</p>
<p>Yes, I'm in the science stream.</p>
<p>Well 3 from my school itself, so quite a few really. Though as regards geographic numbers, as Internationals, especially as Expatriates, it's not exactly clear which demographic we come in, so it's all an even more massive lottery really.</p>
<p>I thought there were more Arabs and expats here than just the 2 of us. Give a shout people!</p>