<p>I sincerely appreciate what you are saying, but consider this case. How would one know about USEF,or say forums like College Confidential and consider online resource when there is none( including counselors, seniors and friend circle) there to give an advice. There must have been someone , at least someone, who took you to USEF first time or someone who said you about College confidential, or quality SAT prep material? </p>
<p>I knew about USEF in November, and surprisingly was the first one to know about it in my friend circle. I knew about opportunity funding program after I started visiting USEF; too late,is not it? I knew about common app only when some deadlines had passed. I rarely knew any SAT prep book than that of Baron’s.</p>
<p>I know I sound dumb,but this is a representative example of many students( there is large circle of students outside CC). And I think this is the difference that brand- name can have?</p>
<p>There is no such thing as a brand name. It is not that ALL RBS students get into top tier schools in the US: many go to India, Thailand and the Philippines, and are content with their placements. That said, the best students do receive amazing placements, and trust me, those students have some amazing stats that really does make them stand out in the application pool. One guy last year even got 2330 on his SAT, and ultimately went to Vanderbilt. And as it is the case for most Nepalis on CC, RBS students do their own research and counsel themselves. Teachers and counselors only nudge them to the right direction and write recommendations. Ultimately, it’s about how determined you are.</p>
<p>VivaciousAkrish- I get that Shashank went to vanderbilt and abhigya got into cornell but the fact is other college students don’t get that nudge into that direction also from any teachers counselors what so ever! The fact is the college profile of RBS plays a huge role in admission compared to other schools!</p>
<p>@Yes, I understand that. But I’m saying, rather than worry and complain about all these things, people should focus on making application better.</p>
<p>Me: decided I wanted to apply to US schools in mid-late October 2010, took SAT in December, TOEFL in late november, talked to the schools and pushed ED deadline until I got my SAT scores, got deferred, applied RD, got accepted. It wasn’t easy. I was sleeping 3-5 hrs/night. It was a ton of research but I’m happy I did that. Because I had to find and research everything myself, I understand it enough to answer questions here on CC. I appreciate people who helped me out that year and that’s why I’m here. To answer questions for students who don’t have a dedicated guidance counselor and everything. </p>
<p>Also, lesson #1 for college: Quit complaining, and do what you gotta do to succeed.</p>
<p>by the way, I’ve got friends from top schools in singapore (literally #1, and #2s). multiple friends. They’re all at Lafayette. They have 2300s in SAT. These are all incredibly smart people, with 4.0 GPAs. There are also other people who don’t have such a stellar score, and who aren’t from the top schools. College is a mix, you can’t keep saying that high school matters a lot. It doesn’t.</p>
<p>nobody is complaining here! if anybody was complaining about this and that then they would be politicians but the fact is if we were to compare schools in Nepal the highly selective admission of RBS is an attraction for colleges unlike other least selective schools in Nepal. If colleges get a students already screened from the country from a school such as RBS then it would be likely to get more placements.</p>
<p>Then again your point is correct! The placements differs from student to student but I am just proving the point that other schools need re-modeling if they want to match RBS placements. Instead of spending crores on advertisements they must not give fake guarantees of placements.</p>
<p>I do not know why are we having this argument when everyone is paraphrasing same thing.The only point I wanted to tell was one needs to stand out. To do so,a competitive school can give you an extra edge. I do not know where people find me complaing. Had I been complaining,why would I suggest people to what to do and what not to do. And I was definetly seeing this rejection coming.</p>
<p>Congrats to the acceptance. I completely agree with those who support that high school does not matter. One of my friend got Princeton University from ST. XAVIER and Dartmouth from AJ WILD. Look they are not from RBS. I completely agree that RBS students get better resources and assistance than any other students, but I also know one of school sister got into Harvard without visiting USEF. She got her guidance through email and telephone call. If you really work hard and make your application strong, you will obviously get into the college even if you did not graduated from RBS.</p>
<p>last year a guy from chitwan sos went to MIT…according to him he hadn’t heard about MIT until september 2011…also namrata baral from gbs pokhara got into harvard…according to her she got most of her information mainly from cc and adcoms…work hard stop complaining</p>
<p>o common on , what makes you think that I am complaining. Do you not think you are supporting what i had inferred in previous posts? Why do not people just try to contemplate what people are really trying to say before flagrantly backfiring others?</p>
<p>Guys, I don’t see a reason to dispute here. Yes, RBS students go to good schools in US. But, it doesn’t mean that students from other schools can’t go. If you are capable then you can go. And also, getting into Harvard doesn’t mean you have conquered the world. Concurrently, not getting into Harvard doesn’t mean that it is the end of the world. this happens because we are so ambitious. There are so many good colleges in US. You can always make the best out of you anywhere. </p>
<p>Guys, I just found out the deadline for online application at Asia Pacific University Reitsumeikan, Japan is 22 December. so… i was reading about the college and found out that living costs are 900,000 Yen. This added with rent and insurance and admissions fee , make a total of about 20,000 USD. </p>
<p>Do Nepalese people still apply there with all these big figures or did I miss out on something? Also, anybody know of any current APU students ? </p>
<p>@thereisnolimit I read about her, maybe just like you did.</p>
<p>batuli Please do not think like that . I truly understand the feeling of rejection because I got rejected from all colleges I applied previous year. Yeah Rato Bangala students can shape application in better form than any other colleges. But other college student can shape in better form if they work hard. I do not know how many of you agrees but I think financial aid can more important roles in acceptance except Ivy league colleges. Any way any one applying ED 2.</p>
<p>Quite interesting discussions going on in this forum! </p>
<p>When it comes to students getting accepted to US colleges directly from Nepal, I think its fair to say that Rato Bangla students get better represented in the better ranked colleges/universities in the US. There certainly are many factors to it, however I would urge everyone to take nothing away from the calibre of the students themselves. Personally, I believe they are exposed to many opportunities that students from other high schools perhaps are not exposed to as much, as well as RBS students tend to be more articualte at expressing themselves to the admissions board.</p>
<p>I certainly agree that colleges/high schools that are known for sending it students abroad (to good universities) have indeed established a network of alumnis who tend to help their juniors navigate through the whole college application process. This informal word-of-mouth counseling, on top of a legitimate school guidance counseling center, definitely plays a part in directing a potential college appilcants on the right track. However, take nothing away from them, as they have to take the SATs like everyone else, and they have to prepare (and do well) on their A-Levels like everyone else.</p>
<p>After editing/reviewing essays from a lot of applicants (from colleges/high schools that are perhaps not known to sending many of their students to the better ranked colleges) this year, I have started to believe that lack of clear and coherent articulation of their desire to attend College X, is perhaps what is costing them a chance to indeed getting admitted to College X. Students are generally just copying essay formats they have found in the internet, they are just using BIG SAT words that are of no use. Some essays just dont make any sense to a lay reader! The personal essay/statement of purpose is your chance to showcase yourself to the admission board, you perhaps know yourself better than anyone, why would you just base your essay on someone else’s essay that you found over the internet?? After studying really hard throughout high school, spending hours preparing for the SATs, why would you waste your application by basing your application on someone else’s essay? Perhaps having alumnis/ a legitimate guidance counseling center helps in directing students to not repeat these mistakes, that I don’t know for sure, but at least I hope and urge everyone to craft/draft your own essays and put together a compelling application!</p>
<p>My dui paisa on the aforementioned discussion.</p>