Dear sir/madam
I am student of class 12 and I took sat exam in december and got 1800(wasn’t able to prepare as i was “following the crowd” and was attending coaching classes for iits) but now I am thinking if i would have put in more effort I could have score about 2200 to 2300. I wanted to know if join nit(public college in india) and then give sat in august 2015 then can I join us colleges as freshman in 2016
Please please clear my doubt and if possible please give me tips on sat prep or rather increasing my score
Thanking you
I am pretty sure that you won’t be getting a score of 2200-2300 after joining a college in India because the college coursework in India is already soooo hard that you won’t be able to prep enough and there are no good tutorials that would be able to raise the score by 500 points, 100-200 maybe but certainly not more than that. You should stick with the NIT if you have gotten into one. BTW also indian here. Plus scores are not everything, if you take your gap year and develop some great EC’s then you can but, after joining college I don’t think you should look back.
Not sir please I am probably younger than you also EC’s-extracurricular activities and yes you cannot transfer from an indian institute to an American one because we do not have the same systems, so technically you would have to repeat your first year.
@austinmshauri But he would have a next to zero chance because indian colleges are really study intensive and don’t really allow for ec’s or prep for SAT. He is better off just taking a gap year or attending a college here in India.
No sir I have talked to few of my seniors in NITs they told 1st year=almist free time which could utilisize for ec’s all iwant to know now is that would I be considered a transfer student even for the ivy league colleges(I know it’s saying a lot but there is no loss in dreaming right)
I don’t disagree with his chances for US schools, @Bored1997. It’s tough for internationals. But OP shouldn’t assume s/he can attend college in India then transfer to a US college as a freshman.
@utk101, If I were you, I’d check the website of every college you’re interested in attending to find out what their policy is for students who have graduated from high school and attended college. Some allow a certain number of credits (under 12), but others allow none. You have to research to be sure.
It depends on how many credits you earn while you’re in college, but I agree with the others in that you will very likely be considered a transfer student.
Seeing as your chances of gaining admission to a mid-tier US university are better than gaining admission to IIT, as well as the fact that a US degree would be more worthwhile than a degree from a non-elite Indian institution, I suggest you plan on retaking the SAT and prepare to apply to US colleges this fall (assuming you’re in your last year of high school and you can afford the costs).
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Some universities consider that if you enroll you’re to be considered a transfer… Its much more difficult to get in as a transfer and you’d get no financial aid.
Some universities won’t consider you a transfer if you only have 12credita total but that really depends.
What’s your parents’budget?
What are you interested in studying?
Do you any have possibility in taking subject tests- including one NOT in math/science?
Even if you are obligated to apply as a transfer, that does not mean that any of your courses will be accepted toward your degree in the US. Each college and university here makes that determination for itself. It is not unusual for transfer students to find out that they have to start from zero at the new place.
Contact the admissions offices at the places you might like to study here, and ask each of them what you would need to do in order to apply. Do not be surprised if each place has slightly different requirements.
also EC’s-extracurricular activities and yes you cannot transfer from an indian institute to an American one because we do not have the same systems, so technically you would have to repeat your first year.