<p>@all the 2015ers
ok ok now there comes real intelligent kinda talks(even though betrayed by the results i too am considering some top notch col)
@morrison
myan you are a real kinda you know I need to get there kinda man and congrats for that… but as compared to you not all the CC users are that confident regarding getting in issue and moreover we also know that US admission process is one of the most random process you’ll ever come through so don’t underestimate it that way(not trying to be rude) just my thought.
@barsha
welcome to the community.</p>
<p>@Expeliarmus - RD to ED???OMG never ever heard anythin like that :D</p>
<p>@Barsha - refer to previous posts in this thread. there has already been lot of discussions regardin engineerin stuffs</p>
<p>and yeah u can ED. most of the colleges accept November scores. just list the college as one of the 4 free recipients</p>
<p>my bad…i meant defer from ED to RD :s</p>
<p>@barsha
Welcome…And try this colleges for women Scrips College,Saleem College,Smith college and of course Mt. Holyoke College…Do research on them.
@chandal
It’s not just about confidence.The decisions are so random that it’s damn hard to gamble…Though I too might change my mind any time and go for Swarthmore too(as it has a very good engineering program) or even Williams too…I have not finalized my decision yet…</p>
<p>@ Morrision: Its my own view man, but I completely disagree with your view. I have no idea whether this is your first application towards college or you have already gone through it. But you cannot generalize the fact in this way. I respect your choosing to Swarthmore for ED but you cannot say that Trincoll and lafa. are not for ED.
I can say that to you coz I have applied to a high ranked college on ED got defered and then rejected in RD while I applied last year during my senior year in High school. So, if somebody has deep research in college he chosses and thinks that its a perfect match for him than it does not really matter whether its trincoll or lafa. and beleive me man the admission is really random donot just aim high… aim sensible and moreover your perfect match…</p>
<p>Regarding the ED applications and colleges that students have choosen… I can share with you the colleges that some BNKS students have choosen: williams, hamilton, dartmouth, cornell, macalester, standford (not sure)… and regarding UWC candidates from BNKS… UPens, MIT( but it is RD)(this guy has a really good chance and I am almost sure that he can make it to MIT this year), Brown…</p>
<p>this is all I know guys and if u know what are the college lists from ur high school, it would be better if u share with us…</p>
<p>I have a problem guys can anyone suggest what can I do? I gave my SAT 1 on october and sat 2 on november last year. And the official score report of sat 2 contains the score of sat 1 as well. i mean the summary at the bottom. I want to send sat2 scores to the college but not my sat 1 score coz its too too too low. and i am planning to give act this year. So there is no way that college considers my best score coz that is the only score. So, what can i do? some suggested that I should use score choice in college board and send the sat2 scores online( its fine for ED but for RD it costs me a lot) and some suggested that I could order another score report mailed to my high school at some cost and ask them to include only my Sat 2 scores but I have no idea how to do that? i tried but couldnot do that? does anybody has any idea… plz help me out…</p>
<p>and yes i even got the 3rd suggestion… that i should send the official report that I have and along with it I should send an explanation that I was sick or something else making excuse… but i dont think its better… help needed plz plz plz…</p>
<p>I never said that Trinity and Lafayette are not meant for ED. My point is, when you already have two ED options; why not choose a high ranked school for the 1st place and apply to those later. The college application process is too random. Last year the guy who got into Williams had way too low ACT scores than the average Williams Act score and even the guy who got into Carleton, after taking four SATs(even after giving SATs for the fourth time his score was somewhere around 1800) and loosing 3 years got into Carleton. He did not have splendid ECAs; neither had he those stellar recos and transcripts. </p>
<p>I guess I know you and from what I’ve heard, you were a perfect Brown candidate. Maybe, you didn’t get there because you lacked somewhere else in the application. Maybe you had low SAT score, or even poor essay. Just because you didn’t get into you school doesn’t mean the same thing applies to others. There have been instances when people have been accepted to Brown with a 1700 on the SAT. </p>
<p>I met the Carleton guy a couple of months before. When he told his scores, I was traumatized. I even asked him the reason he got into Carleton with such an average scores. All he said was “If you really want a college, you should be able to convince the admission officers why they should invest on you”. So, despite his average scores, through his essays, he was successful in convincing the officers that he could bring something distinctive, something unique to the campus. So it was just the essay that led him to his dream school. Similar was the story behind the girl who got into Harvard for the fall 2012. </p>
<p>So all I wanna say is don’t loose your hope, considering the average scores, recos and transcripts. You may stand out somewhere else in the application process. And remember that every Ivy candidate does not have a 2400 on the SAT, a GPA of 4. </p>
<p>I think it’s possible to get into any school, if you really want it and even if you have an average score. </p>
<p>If you want something in life, reach out and grab it. You deserve it.</p>
<p>@Morrison
Just to correct you hai…I guess the Carleton dai had very very good ECAs.He was the head of his college at his time and even till he went to USA and for his academics he had 80%+(Thats what I have heard) and for the Harvard girl of 2012 i guess she had pretty good sat not 2400 but pretty good I guess.These are just corrections that i thought should be helpful.
I too will go with you as to never loose hope.Who knows a better tomorrow is waiting for you(in this case a college)?
Ten chairs!!!</p>
<p>^ the Harvard girl had strong academics, but she had a pathetic SAT score…for havard…1920</p>
<p>@morrison
in all the examples you gave all are some kinda exceptional for average kinda people and still not only there are cases like Shamir Da(Carleton guy) and Harvard girl. In their cases also you can see they are outstanding in many fields except SAT… academmics they are very very good … ECAs very very good and not all people can be that deserving(not being negative) but don’t always think that positive too… one of my friend (World Topper and Nepal topper) with excellent ECA and everything ended up nowhere and opting for 2015… same with another friend… another real deserving friend who went to an average univ in MO… see I too have many cases… so just thinking positive all the time dont help…as someone said earlier think sensible not just high… you kno sum1 might think if I aim for 30 then I surely will get 28 or sth… its not like that all the time its what we call exceptional case so this is a piece of suggestion from my side to you. Maybe you deserve Ivy but don’t be that sure else if you end up somewhere you’ll just regret the whole period just because you got low even though that ending might have been good if you were not that ivy fanatic.</p>
<p>Yeah I totally agree with Chandalsaitan… coz everyone who have gone to some college or the other have been deserving by one or the other aspect. Even Morrison your examples have been quite well justified by other guys. its good to be optimistic but donot be that positive man… donot just aim high and say that why not apply for some high and tough college? If you apply to your perfect college than Trinity and Lafa are good for u. if u think that in ED 1 just apply to high ranked college, then bro the real meaning of ed is not reflected, in ed u are to apply to ur perfect match and dream college not be an IVY addict or something. Else, if u get into good college i would be more than happy but the situation is not always that bro… so get a perfect colleg otherwise u are just going to waste ur ED.</p>
<p>moreover not only u but i know about 4 people who are eding to Swarthmore who are i guess as deserving as u but reality is atmost only 1 of u is getting through… so what about others. so amn get a sensible choice donot underestimate other collegs coz they might be a perfect college to u.</p>
<p>And yes regarding me… u said yes i had applied to Brown last year and i was rejected because I was not a perfect match for brown which i had been told by a brown alumni( he is eric wai and he took my interview). if i had taken time to find a perfect match college and not just go with my IVY addiction . i might have ended up getting a college ,i dont mind if its rank is low, but now… here i am. so myan i suggest all that eding is for applying to a sensible and perfect match college not just apply to a high ranked one. Coz doin so u might wate ur ED1 opportunity to show the college that u are the perfect guy for them.</p>
<p>i am saying all this from my experience with Brown… so just dont aim high get a perfect match … and yes this was the same message i got from that alumni…</p>
<p>and yes where are my answers to my post 1007 and yes if u can share the lists of colleges that have been choosen by your high school candidates please do that … if u guys can… teah u dont need to be specific… just share the college names that will be enough i guess… what say guys…
neways need help for my 1007 post guys…</p>
<p>Hello, sarbaraj101, it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help solve another member’s problem, or just join a conversation?</p>
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<p>perhaps you guys might want to look into this…</p>
<p>@all
regarding #1013, please see that you do not reveal lists that you do not have the permission to reveal. Arguments have sprouted in the past.</p>
<p>@davidv</p>
<p>Print a copy of the online thing, remove the data you don’t need, and get it attested. Most colleges will accept that. For others, $9.50 per colg.</p>
<p>there we go…its the influence made by others or wat we have seen of others…ed is hell !!</p>
<p>frens, i have a similar prob to davidv…i gave my sat n results were quite poor, and ima gonna give my sat2 on oct n nov(not registered yet), n i dont want the colz to see my low sat scores…wat should i do?
i opinion: make another profile to take sat2 n change the info on previous profile (from which i gave my sat)
wat do u think guys???</p>
<p>now this thread is fun…what actually was it lacking? Just one question…let’s share colleges for ED…haha it really feels nice…Oh yeah we have crossed 1000 posts.Congratulations to all!In my case, I’m not sure for ED…but I have been thinking about Colgate…</p>
<p>^^I don’t think that’s a great deal. Colleges usually look at the highest score…so you need not worry…correct me if i’m wrong…</p>
<p>i think making another profile for sat2 seems easy way, plus change the infos on my previous profile…n as davidv said i dont want them to peek at my low sat scores…</p>
<p>suggestions guys???</p>