<p>What are my chances?
Nepalese.... applying for aid and lots of it
Academics:
top 5% of class(graduated from supposedly one of the best schools of the country-accepts 350 students from a potential pool of over 4,000)
TOEFL~273/300
SAT~ CR:690, Maths:650, Writing: 670
SAT II~ Maths 2c:800, Physics:800, Chemistry: 750</p>
<p>Recommendations: quite good but not top notch</p>
<p>a)CGA (Computer, Graphics and Arts) club, St.Xavier</p>
<p>a)CGA (Computer, Graphics and Arts) club, St.Xavier</p>
<p>where are you applying?</p>
<p>a)CGA (Computer, Graphics and Arts) club, St.Xavier’s<br>
Founding member/vice-president; Organizer and program coordinator of the first ever “Intra college web page designing” competition; Organized several socials, honor programs, social get together, career expos, anti pollution campaigns, peace programs; Recently organized the first ever "Inter College web page designing competition"</p>
<p>b)Kalanki Nagarik Samaj<br>
Founding member of the Kalanki Nagarik Samaj, a non political organization located at Kalanki – a ward in Kathmandu, established for the rehabilitation of injured victims during the People’s Revolution of 2006; Currently working as a social organization to promote awareness in youths and conducting anti drug campaigns</p>
<p>c)Union for Innovation (U.f.I)<br>
Executive member and Head of Public Relations; Organized a winter camp to counsel orphans and get them enrolled into schools(made supervisor for this camp); setup small sessions to provide information for youths on abroad studies</p>
<p>d)Gurusewa Ashram<br>
Honored and appreciated by the Gurusewa Ashram; Member and Volunteer; Volunteered in several relief activities for Tsunami victims, Earthquake victims and victims of the 10 year civil war (although now over);Conducted several awareness raising activities; Mobilized and distributed various herbal medicines to the people suffering from chronic diseases</p>
<p>e)Green Camp Nepal<br>
Volunteer for the Green Camp Nepal, IUCN member; Helped establish eco clubs in several secondary schools; Represented Nepal and Green Camp Nepal in the Millennium International Children’s Conference on the Environment (see below)</p>
<p>f)Millennium International Children’s Conference on the Environment
Participated in the Millennium International Children’s Conference on the Environment, organized by UNEP, held in Eastbourne, England</p>
<p>g)Nepal Red Cross society<br>
Member and Volunteer; Volunteered at several Blood donation camps, eye camps, afforestation programs, religious holidays; Volunteered to improve health and sanitation situations in schools</p>
<p>h)Rotary club<br>
Member and Volunteer at the “Home for the Elderly”; Distributed food items and blankets to the elderly people; Volunteered and participated at the annual festival organized by these elderly people</p>
<p>Nepal Cultural Association<br>
Member and volunteer; Organized, Volunteered and monitored several essay competitions</p>
<p>i)SAATH, St.Xavier’s
Organized SAATH (Social service, Awareness raising and Advocacy for Tranquility and Humanity) event, an event organized to support HIV AIDS victims; Volunteered during the World AIDS Day</p>
<p>j)SET council, St.Xavier’s
Participated in the 10th SET exhibition organized by the SET council - Surveyed and conducted an extensive research on child labors -child vehicle conductors; Donated blood at the 11th SET exhibition organized by the SET council</p>
<p>Sports activities:
Member and volunteer for the Kalika Mahabir Sports club (Organized several sports competition- low key football competition and junior badminton competition; Participated in many sports competitions notably Badminton, Cricket, Basketball and Soccer; third prize at the junior badminton competition) ;Third prize during Xavier’s day table tennis ; Participated in Xavier’s day football, basketball, cricket, and chess ; Captained football side at Xavier’s day football ; Vice captain of cricket team during Xavier’s day </p>
<p>..........some awards won-2 essay comps, 1 science fair(third)</p>
<p>Work Experiences:
The New Summit School<br>
Taught secondary level mathematics and science; Worked for 6 periods per week/ 1 period=45 minutes</p>
<p>The Spangle Boarding School<br>
Taught secondary level mathematics and science; Worked for 18 periods per week/ 1 period=45 minutes; Also assisted in Extra curricular activities and formation of new clubs</p>
<p>I am applying to the folowing schools
Colby, Lafayette, Trinity, Occidental, Carleton, Furman, Macalester, Reed, Skidmore, Union, Wash U(deferred ed1 but sent supp materials), Kenyon, Whitman, Grinnell, Dickinson, Franklin and Marshall, DePauw, Oberlin, Sewanee, Gettysburg, Harvey Mudd, Bowdoin</p>
<p>ohhk....22 colleges.....now that's a lot :D</p>
<p>I would say your stats are really good.
If you have written great essays, then you should definitely get in to most of the colleges you listed.
The only thing I see which doesn't look as good as the rest of your stats iare your SAT 1 scores. But they should be easily covered by your grades, rank and SAT 2 scores.</p>
<p>(One thing I can quite comprehend is how you scored a 650 on the SAT 1 Math and a 800 on the SAT Math 2c....)</p>
<p>i was really tensed on october 14th as it was my first time giving the SAT 1. plus after the essay two c.r. sections followed and then the gridins(which were very very very tough). mostly i panicked.</p>
<p>i applied to 24 actually. already accepted by Luther(safety anyways). didn't get into colgate(ed 2)-learnt of the decision yesterday</p>
<p>I've just noticed that Nepali students are superqualified..that's great to hear.. it was usually india an singapore dominating..</p>
<p>Your ECs are cool; SAT's also fine. The only thing that's doesn't fits is that you haven't mentioned what you did at "Kalanki Nagarik Samaj"; you have mentioned it amongst the ECs which are most important to you but have't mentioned anything about that.
Anyways, you won't have any problem in getting into most of these colleges.</p>
<p>sorry abhi, but i didn't understand what u meant. if it means what the kalanki nagarik samaj does is that during the people's revolution of 2006, it worked for the rehabilitation of injured victims and currently works to promote awareness among youths about aids, abroad studies and .......
thanks for all the comments.means a lot</p>
<p>I meant you didn't mentioned what you did as a member of "Kalanki Nagarik Samaj".</p>
<p>lol, even I got rejected from Colgate ED (1).
But that was completely my fault. (more of an aid-based decision to apply in the first place)
Should have never applied with a 2120 SAT1 and no SAT 2 scores.</p>
<p>Though I would like to know one thing. When you applied to Colgate, what major did you apply for, and did you list all your ECs in the additional information section?</p>
<p>i mentioned myself as undecided. i sent in an ATTESTED resume(biodata),the activities were also mentioned in my recos.also they didn't look at my sat2 scores(i had to send them in writing)........life goes on-the great news is tat i was not as dissapointed as i thought i wuld be-owing to the fact tat the decision leter was cold.it lacked a personal touch,and they mentioned best of luck for ur senior:the funny thing is i've already graduated....</p>
<p>and abhi. since i was a member,i assisted in all the activities.....</p>
<p>titanium909, for a Nepali dude, your stats(extracurriculars) seem to be in a different league, a much higher one. You deserve to be accepted at all the colleges you have applied to. Wish you best of luck for the RD round.</p>
<p>Seeing your college list, I am wondering why you did not apply to MIT, Stanford, etc.???</p>
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<p>Yeah, the decision letter was pretty cold, especially when they mentioned I was apparently not "competitive" enough to attend Colgate.
Kinda strange coming from a school that sent me so many brochures,hand-signed letters and e-mails.
Anyways, the lucky thing for me is that after applying ED I was seriously doubting whether I would like attending Colgate. So when I got rejected, I wasn't really that disappointed. It actually helped to motivate me to remove all the tiny errors in my application and improve it as a whole.
And even I was planning on applying to 20 colleges , but a lot of them (Bates, Kenyon, Franklin and Marshall, Reed etc) had to be cut off from my final list since they didn't have a major in Computer Science :( .
The problem now is, I have no safeties :(
(The only good side I can see is that I'd loove to attend any of the colleges I applied to)</p>
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I would have killed them if they sent something like this to me.
Even the responses from their admission office are very cold.</p>
<p>shuld i call the admision office?they didn't tell me y i was not accepted,they just wrote sry we can't offer u admission......and aritict i hope u applied to carnegie mellon-its computer science dep. is the best.</p>
<p>cricster.thnx for the very encouraging post.safe to say tat it made my day......</p>