Class of 2011 from Nepal...lets discuss here

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<p>Put your stats and let’s compare our chances!!! </p>

<p>Hey all Nepalese students applying this fall…anxious about college admissions?.. lets calm down the things by putting in all our stats so as to be asssured about our real chances as far as the competition from Nepal goes…similar to mine below…</p>

<p>Male , attended probably the best school in the whole of Nepal. Best in terms of competitiveness (find out which one)
SAT: 790 M, 600 CR, 670 W
SAT 2: Physics 770, Math 1 790, Math 2 800
TOEFL: 280/300
A LEVELS With 'A" in Physics, Chemistry, Moths, B in General Paper, C in Further Moths
Rank 14/91
Transcript description: MOSTLY all A’s
Took the most difficult course available at school</p>

<p>EC: Tried hands at almost everything school had to offer;
Singing, dancing, drama on stage
Executive member of the Creativity Club
School Captain while at Class 10
House Captain while at class 10
Deputy House captain while at class 10
School prefect (member of student council) while in senior year
Played cricket, soccer
Known for public speaking commitments in the school
Participated in the national Mathematics Quiz
Won the Online Quiz held at the regional level
Plenty of public speaking contests victories while at school</p>

<p>Recommendations: impressive I guess, I seem to have good bond with teachers; don’t know why
Essays: good one; have received quite a lot of good responses
Volunteered for ‘Human resources Development Centre Nepal’ which helps to bring changes in the society by uniting the efforts of youth
Job Experience of counseling to 'A" level students just after completing my A levels</p>

<p>Will be applying to 15 colleges:</p>

<li>Bates C (reach)</li>
<li>Brandeis U (match)</li>
<li>Connecticut C (match)</li>
<li>Dickinson C (match)</li>
<li>Gettysburg C (reach)</li>
<li>Haverford C (reach)</li>
<li>Lafayette C (reach)</li>
<li>Bowdoin C (match)</li>
<li>St Lawrence U (match)</li>
<li>Trinity C (CT) (reach)</li>
<li>Trinity U (match)</li>
<li>Vassar C (reach), (Early)</li>
<li>Wesleyan U (reach)</li>
<li>International University Bremen (match)</li>
<li>Occidental C (match)</li>
</ol>

<p>I am thinking of some ivies as well…worth trying?</p>

<p>Need some advice as to where do I exactly lie in my application process…
Competitive, slight chance, no chance, strong points, weak points??</p>

<p>I am desperate to ‘know myself’ help me out…</p>

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<p>^^I wish u best of luck for Vassar</p>

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<p>Thanks yaar...</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT - 1st and only sitting (oct 06)-2300
CR - 770
Math - 800
Writing - 730</p>

<p>SAT II
Math II - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry -800</p>

<p>GPA: doesn't count gpa.. what can u expect from a school from third world.</p>

<p>Took Alevels
always got As in other subjects and B in GP in 11 and 12
all As in 9 and 10</p>

<p>Final Alevels:
Physics(A) , Chemistry(A) , Math(A) , Further math(A), General paper as level (c) ,Economics as level -independently self studied- (a), thinking skills as level -independently self studied -(a)..</p>

<p>APs:
didn't know that they exist until i saw a cliff book. tried to learn about it..a single school in my country offered it...so took it after self-studying for a month.
Calculus BC- 5 (5 ab subscore)
Physics C (e&m and m)- 5 and 5
Chemistry - 5
AP scholar with honor</p>

<p>Rank - 3/96
School - one of the Best school of my country </p>

<p>Essays: Very good, everyone loved how personal it was.
Rec Letters: should be great</p>

<p>ECs:
the usual stuff...vp of a club, member of another, house prefect, dozens of medals.... </p>

<p>Work experience:</p>

<ul>
<li>taught as a 8th grade mathematics teacher</li>
<li>taught 2 alevel students as private tutor.</li>
<li>Volunteered in Child Nepal an Non governmental organization, which helps orphans</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:
Became 6th out of 300000 students from all over the country in the board exam which all grade ten students have to take...being in top tenth position is the highest achievement for high school students in Nepal
got about 10 awards for the same thing...</p>

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<p>my college list - Princeton (ED), stanford, harvard, brown, mit, dartmouth, williams, middlebury, swarthmore,wesleyan U , brandeis, connecticut, trinity Coll, St. lawrence, and st. johns</p>

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<p>Stats:
SAT - 1st and only sitting (oct 06)-2300
CR - 770
Math - 800
Writing - 730</p>

<p>SAT II
Math II - 800
Physics - 800
Chemistry -800</p>

<p>GPA: doesn't count gpa.. what can u expect from a school from third world.</p>

<p>Took Alevels
always got As in other subjects and B in GP in 11 and 12
all As in 9 and 10</p>

<p>Final Alevels:
Physics(A) , Chemistry(A) , Math(A) , Further math(A), General paper as level (c) ,Economics as level -independently self studied- (a), thinking skills as level -independently self studied -(a)..</p>

<p>APs:
didn't know that they exist until i saw a cliff book. tried to learn about it..a single school in my country offered it...so took it after self-studying for a month.
Calculus BC- 5 (5 ab subscore)
Physics C (e&m and m)- 5 and 5
Chemistry - 5
AP scholar with honor</p>

<p>Rank - 3/96
School - one of the Best school of my country </p>

<p>Essays: Very good, everyone loved how personal it was.
Rec Letters: should be great</p>

<p>ECs:
the usual stuff...vp of a club, member of another, house prefect, dozens of medals.... </p>

<p>Work experience:</p>

<ul>
<li>taught as a 8th grade mathematics teacher</li>
<li>taught 2 alevel students as private tutor.</li>
<li>Volunteered in Child Nepal an Non governmental organization, which helps orphans</li>
</ul>

<p>Awards:
Became 6th out of 300000 students from all over the country in the board exam which all grade ten students have to take...being in top tenth position is the highest achievement for high school students in Nepal
got about 10 awards for the same thing...</p>

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<p>No international student can overcome you in terms of stats alone.. i can bet that</p>

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<p>Not many Nepalese applying this year or what?</p>

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<p>sailesh6126 I think ur the most strongest applicant fr0m Nepal fo this year, best of luck for Pton.</p>

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<p>even not many Americans will be able to beat those numbers for one simple reason, sailesh6126 has perfect scores in everything (2300 and 2400 are basically the same). The one who supposedly might beat him in numbers should have 100% perfect scores...can't see that happening...Princeton.. someone is coming from Nepal</p>

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<p>Shailesh best of luck man, tara work on your essays.</p>

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<p>Student:</p>

<p>User Name: genericgenius
Gender: M
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
College Class Year: 2011
High School: Private
High School Type: sends some grads to top schools
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>

<p>Academics:</p>

<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.25
GPA - Weighted: 0.00
Class Rank: top 10%
Class Size: 383</p>

<p>Scores:</p>

<p>SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 730
SAT II Physics: 750
SAT II Chemistry: 780</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:</p>

<p>Significant Extracurriculars: Quiz contest (2nd, 3rd)- Captain in class 9/10
Spelling champion class 9/10
1st prize for Project "Aerodynamics" featuring model plane and 3ds max graphics in class 10
Best article award two years consecutively for SET (science env and tech)
Leadership positions: leader in almost all the events in school
computer council- Jr. coordinator (jr yr) and president (sr. yr)
college newsletter- designer (jr. year) , president (sr. year)
college yearbook - designer (jr. yr.) coordinator (sr. yr)
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: Football - average (called soccer in USA)
Basketball -average
Cricket -average
well enuff to at least participate
Volunteer/Service Work: Worked for a law forum for three months
working on a project on rainwater harvesting awareness...
advocating free/ open source software through FOSS Nepal
working as a developer (web and content) for an open course ware site
working as a web developer
Honors and Awards: 2nd in programming contest in school
2nd prize on essay competition by National Science foundation, Nepal (translated name)
2nd prize on essay competition by Nepal College on IT.
Best article (2yrs)
1st in science fair
spelling contest champ
quiz ch</p>

<p>Colleges of Interest:</p>

<p>College: Dartmouth College, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Applied/Pending</p>

<p>Desired College Characteristics:</p>

<p>Location type:
Size: </p>

<p>Area:
Importance of cost: Extremely important
( I pasted from the new feature, colleges, I'll add later, too bored)</p>

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<p>^^^^That ECs are givin me nightmare, I'm not applying to dartmouth.</p>

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<p>GenericGenius your GPA is more than that. Your GPA must be around 3.4.</p>

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<p>generic genius....reallly impressed by your ECs....mainly the aerodynamics thing...ani u haven't posted ur SAT I results...</p>

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<p>wow.. you guys have great stats. alll the best for your eds.</p>

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<p>6126 what have u mentioned as your most important EC?</p>

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<p>Just killed my SAT
I’m totally ****ed off with my score. I think I was hypnotized during the test cuz the score is definitely not of my level.
Will give ACT on dec.9 to cover up. SAT again on Jan27 – hope collos accepts jan scores
SAT2s on Dec.2 hoping for 2222+
GPA 3.5 – my overall average grade is A according to our college, top 5% percentile rank out abt 350 students
Toefl after 1.8 weeks, haven’t started studying yet, don’t worry I’ll begin after few hrs.</p>

<p>Some natural ECs:
Too many volunteering,
Editor ‘n designer of student’s magazine,
Participated in Robotics project, have written thesis (kinda research paper) about our robot which looks beautiful,
Working as volunteer for NGO form – Rainwater preservation,
Super ultra FPS gamer – won second place in Quake3 Arena deathmatch nationally in 2003. Other many multiplayer game awards,
Swimming Training for Kids for a month,
Swimming varsity team in school, Freestyle 50meters (54.7yards): 31.37secs. Breaststroke 50meters (54.7yards): 34.89secs. Butterfly 50meters (54.7yards): 34.75secs. Backstroke 50meters (54.7yards): 37.46secs. -- Quite slow but better than most students in Nepal.
Marathon Runner, super cycler, skateboarder (lol) etc.. blah blah blah….</p>

<p>I don’t have any other makeover ECAs just to increase my chances, everything are natural. Lol</p>

<p>Essays are on progress cuz I’m not considering EDs.
Recos must be great because most of the teachers love me – if there are not pretending.</p>

<p>I'm applying to:
Middlebury (reach)
MIT (super duper, just to get rejection letter from my dream place)
Northwestern (don't know, bcoz no1 is applyin)
WPI (less fin' aid, so less competition)
Bucknell ( " )
Grinnell (bcoz ever1 is apply, so i wanted to include my name too)
JHU (becoz its supplement essays are cool + less fin. aid)
IUB (need-blind + match + Germany)
Lehigh (don know - cryptic)
Duke (reach – just dreamt one night studying there so..)
Lafayette (seems cool)
Swarthmore (reach – 1st choice among LACs)
Trinity (CT) (every1s applying why not me?)
Tufts ( " )
Vanderbilt (reach – southside)
Williams (Reach)</p>

<p>I don have any safeties, if u’ve have got one plz share with me so that we’ll be together in the same airline while going to USA.
I’ll start to search for safeties after Jan1 ones anxieties start to burn up.</p>

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<p>hey porkey.. didn't know u were an ultra FPS gamer...that sounds really really cool to me... u sound a computer wizard to me... at least the gaming wizard... what about counter strike buddy.. u might be pro at that as well huh? no wonder lights are off, game is on....ur EC looks cool to me..i guess a lit bit too much of 'reaches and ultra reaches in that least....u could add some more matches in that list.. too many volunteerring i guess i always good for health...best of luck for you prep...god bless..</p>

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<p>Thanx a lot my friend,
CS ko lagi aile team ma sanga chinna
I'm currently collecting team for Battlefield2, if ur interested contact me. Have to play multiplayer abt 3hrs/day after January to compete for competition in 2007.
and abt colleges ya most of them are reaches but i've got safeties too but not interested in them – they r kinda last-resort.</p>