<p>I’m sure pixie knows how to cook fantastic Indian dishes! Pixie dear, I’m surely coming to your place for Indian food. :)</p>
<p>^I do? Wow, I didn’t know!</p>
<p>Guys, what +2 percent do you need to be "even considered’ by the Ivy League.
I’m doing ISC right now. Got 75 % totally in my 10th ICSE boards. 85 % in english, 65 % science, 70 in math. What do you think, do I have a chance. I know I have to take the SAT and stuff, but I’m pretty confident about that. I might get say 80-85 in my ISC boards. Am I a good prospective candidate?</p>
<p>Really ani? Mughalai is my least-favourite and that’s what’s usually available in the US, go figure.
@Pixie, I agree! Hahaah too bad my cooking skills are worse than yours - I can’t even make tea! I think Swat does have many kids of Indian origin, otherwise, it’s Philly, sure there will be some good restaurants there for a rare splurge.</p>
<p>75 in the 10th boards == no chance at Ivy league. I’m sorry.</p>
<p>You’ll have a good chance if you ace the ISC board exam, like get ATLEAST 90+, take APs, ace the school exams, take a gap year and then apply. SAT only matters THAT much. Getting a 2150+ is a must. And conc more on academics since ECs only matter if your academic credentials are good.</p>
<p>Mughlai is awesome, puttu. And oh those buttery punjabi chicken dishes <em>drools</em>
South Indian food is so-so. Meh.</p>
<p>Alan: I’m afraid you don’t look a competitive applicant to me. With your academic record, an ivy is very unlikely.</p>
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<p>Our tastes are similar.</p>
<p>Yeah dude. And those tandoori naans straight from the tandoor. Eaten in the North Indian winters. </p>
<p>Anyway. I booked my america ka ticket. Will land on July 14. Will spend a month at my sister’s place. Just to chill and all.</p>
<p>^YEAH! I love those! </p>
<p>Btw, south Indian food is very healthy ani. You don’t put on any weight at all! Plus it’s very easy to cook! You might want to look into it instead of spending all that time at the gym ;)</p>
<p>I’m contemplating landing at school or at my aunt’s place. I don’t want to do my aunt’s place though, first of all domestic airlines in america aren’t allowing more than one piece of baggage (they aren’t even allowing check in), which will present a huge problem. Plus I’ll probably be sick of my aunt’s place after 4 years, so enough time for that! 
I want to stay in India and soak in the sun and heat as long as possible before I head to winter-land.</p>
<p>Book your tickets from the Jet ka website. They’re about 1k cheaper than MakeMyTrip etc. Actually I’m going early because I need to get acclimatized since I always fall ill for a couple of days/ 1-2 weeks when I’m exposed to a sudden climate change and plus I have nothing to do here anyway. We’ll be driving to CMU from NY so I guess that isn’t much of a problem. And yeah, the domestic airlines there are NASTY</p>
<p>South Indian food has so much oil/ghee man. What are you saying :p</p>
<p>^No, it doesn’t. All the food you mentioned is the most fattening compared to south indian cuisine. South indian food is recommended to those on diet as breakfast. You might want to look into the intricacies.
Oil and ghee in S.I food? Are you really saying that, that too after talking about Punjabi food? Punjabi food is the worst for your cholesterol!</p>
<p>Lol, that happens to me too, but I love the heat too much to leave it so soon. Freshman orientation takes like a week+ seeing that internationals have 4 days extra, so enough time to get acclimated to the weather I guess? It’s unavoidable, I fall sick in bangalore weather, and bangalore weather is not cold at all!</p>
<p>Yeah that’s true dude. Mughlai is SUPER SUPER fattening. I mean, look at the amount of butter/fat in * butter * chicken 
I’ll look into South Indian but somehow I don’t enjoy it too much. I mean i can’t have it everyday. Probably because I’m north indian. I love coconut chutney though. Yum. </p>
<p>Internationals at CMU get ONE (or two?) day(s) extra. Such kanjoos people I tell you.
Actually this kinda is a vacation as well.</p>
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Hey thanks for the tip ani, but H/P are paying for my travel. Apparently they do that for all international students on ~50%+ FA (in other words all applicants from our country. Everyone I know going from India to H/Y/P are on 80% or more FA!!)</p>
<p>So you’re using Jet Airways? We generally use British airways or AA…</p>
<p>WOW THEY’RE PAYING FOR YOUR TRAVEL KHARCHA!??!?!?! :O</p>
<p>Amazing stuff man. Mere mortals like me have to pay through our noses for everything 
So which airline? And obviously economy right? But then again, knowing Harvard, they’d probably get you’ll business/first jk</p>
<p>Oh dear. I’ve missed so much here!
Hello everyone. I thought I’d never return but here I am.
People are talking about food so I’ll bleat my bit: South Indian food is SO not fattening. It’s positively lean compared to Punjabi food. Not my favorite though. Perhaps because I’ve had so much of it throughout my life? I love the cuisine of the North-East, I think it’s probably the healthiest in the whole country. Everything is basically steamed. Apart from that, I’m always a sucker for the occasional oily Chhole Bhature and, of course, street food (Golgappes FTW!).
About orientation week, I think UBC gets 4 days to a week for Internationals. Haven’t looked into Midd. And Pixie, if you end up choosing H, you have to join the Quidditch team. I know I am. We could see each other at the World Cup! (Yes, I’m a Harry Potter nerd, and proud of it :p)</p>
<p>^^^ Wow, they’re paying for that too …</p>
<p>And they don’t allow check in ? Why ?</p>
<p>Back to CC hiatus. Ciao.</p>
<p>Nemooooo, you’re back!! We missed you here!
HARVARD HAS A QUIDDITCH TEAM??? Woman, you just talked me into going to Harvard. I’M GOING TO HARVARD to play on the QUIDDITCH team! Yeah, that’s my sport for the Rhodes!
Hey, but you know, Princeton looks a lot more like Hogwarts than Harvard… 
It’s beautiful enough to bring tears to your eyes, like Kimathi said, it’s like living in a fairytale, plus it’s so green and serene. H is always bustling and really didn’t want to move from one city to another fast moving city. Anyway (think Grade deflation! Honor code!).</p>
<p>I agree, I can’t have SI food everyday either, but it is not fattening. I adore north eastern food, I love testing my limits wrt how much spices I can stand what with all their chutneys and spices. ;)</p>
<p>CSF: Yeah. Domestic airlines have this rule now, you can only carry one piece of baggage, if you want to carry more then you’ll have to pay extra per bag I think.</p>
<p>[Club</a> Quidditch Team Works Budget Magic | News | The Harvard Crimson](<a href=“http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2009/11/18/team-quidditch-brooms-rush/]Club”>Club Quidditch Team Works Budget Magic | News | The Harvard Crimson)
Hey I just saw this video on the quidditch team, the game looks kinda ridiculous… 
I guess I’ll just buy a tee shirt. They spent $583 on 14 broom sticks?
They should buy these instead. 
jk!</p>
<p>@ anirudh - what marks did you get in 10 th and 12 th, and which board did you do? Thanks , alan</p>
<p>Wow you guys are thinking of buying tickets already! <em>Sniff!</em> Of course, like ani, I’m paying through my nose for this…makes my stomach burn to hand over so much cash, but I’ve made my decision…have to follow through with it. NE food sounds amazing - I have never tried it. I hope there’s lots of veg choices tho! The most I know about NE food is momos which I am sure are Tibetan. And ani, don’t go off! And welcome back nemo! I hope you guys stick around.</p>
<p>@Pix, agree with it looking kinda stupid. Middlebury has a Quidditch team and Swat is starting one this year but as much of a Potterfan as I am, I won’t be joining. Guess we won’t be seeing each other at the QWC then! And the budgeting is ridiculous imo. Why can’t we use brooms from the Hardware store and use that money for something else?</p>