<p>Very nice SAT II's and I love your EC activities! I hope you and I get accepted to Stanford!</p>
<p>Chance me!</p>
<p>I haven't been here in awhile lol. HEY Tuna I didn't say Gold's a minimum I just said Bronze's not that impressive hokay. Anyway Tuna get off CC and mug!
Here's a question for you:</p>
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Prove that if:
-Re(z)<im(z) and="" |z-2-i|<1,="" then="" pi="" 4="" <="" arg(z)<="" 2="" arctan="" (1="" 2)="" -im(z)="">0 and |z|<1, then 5pi/6 < arg(z-2) < pi
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<p>fiona_, Tuna can't mug 'cos SIA lost his luggage with all his books and notes when he flew back to India.. </p>
<p>AND @_@ Oh GEEZ I DNO HOW TO DO IT I NEED TO GO BACK STUDYING SOON DAMNNN.</p>
<p>There are other resources y'know bb. Heh heh. Okay I'm abit high at the moment... Hmm.. Another q:
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Two fair dice are rolled.
(a) Find the probability that the sum is a two-digit number.
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An electron is moving at 5 m/s towards the left. It is in a B-field of 2 x 10^-5 Tesla pointing out of the page.
(a) Find the force experienced by the electron.
(b) Find the magnitude and direction of an electric field which will ensure the electron passes through undeflected.
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<p>I'm bored of thinking of question haha. Hmm...</p>
<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology - REJECT
University of California, Berkeley - Slight Match [Might even get Regents =)]
Stanford University - Low Reach
California Institute of Technology - Reach
Brown University - Don't Know
Carnegie Mellon University - In
Georgia Institute of Technology - Definitely In
Princeton University - Reach
Harvard University - Low Reach
University of California, Los Angeles - In
University of Illinois - Definitely In [UIUC likes to hoard Internationals, for the money]
Cornell University - Match
Purdue University - Definitely In
Yale University - High Reach
University of Chicago - Match
Duke University - Reach
University of Pennsylvania - Reach
Columbia University - Reach to slight Match</p>
<p>If you are applying to engineering, my predictions will be more or less accurate. </p>
<p>Why rejected from MIT?:</p>
<p>I don't know if I am the best person to comment on this. MIT likes to see passion, more so in the area of science and math. This is precisely what you seem to lack. Just hoarding honors wouldn't do. MIT likes to see initiative and how you make a difference to your community using your talents. That is the spirit of science and this alone can make up for any other short coming. They want to see you getting your hands dirty and do something that hasn't been done before. If you are a person that would back off if MIT bombed the rankings, it would show.</p>
<p>QUOTE: okay... ermm... juz a question... WHAT EXACTLY is the "significant" academic achievement... i mean... i have like the BIGGEST scholarship you get at pre-univ level from india.. i was the top 0.01 percent for math in india... and reached the highest level a foreigner can for American math exams (that too, in the first attempt)... recieved stuff for singapore math olympiads... soo... ain't it extraordinary...? cuz that's the most ya can get in singapore... the plan for changi airport... and nasa is like super-physics... SO WAD MORE IS NEEDED..????</p>
<p>That's precisely the attitude MIT doesn't like. As for the SIA scholarship, I know many students who got it, and chances are, they would be applying to the same Universities as well. 94% is 0.01% in CBSE ? Okay.. I got a 84% considering I bombed Hindi [65% was forced to] and got a 92% in math in the ICSE board, so you are not too different from me. Not to offend you or anything but, loads got a bronze in SMO and frankly, NASA AMES is a joke if you don't get third, second or first.</p>
<p>I thought you should know, because you seem to have a better chance of getting in than most of us.</p>
<p>Sorry if this post is too focused on MIT. I am more familiar with them than any other University.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>PS: Type coherently</p>
<p>Why would Penn and Yale be (high) reaches with Harvard and Stanford low reaches?</p>
<p>Probably because of demographic stereotype ... </p>
<p>I mean, on pure stereotype, geeks go to MIT and prep school crew champions go to Harvard, right?</p>
<p>frankchn: exactly...</p>
<p>This thread seems to have resurrected itself- so let me use it to ask another pure-100%-Tuna-type question!
This one's actually for a friend (who just doesn't happen to have a CC account!)</p>
<p>Do your Prelim grades or your Predicted grades matter for admissions?
e.g. Even if you get a C for a subject for your Prelims, chances are, you're getting an A for the real thing- and that's what teachers put down as the predicted grade. So, if my friend here is expecting to get, let's say a BBCCD; does that COMPLETELY kill his chances for the top-tier schools? Should he even bother applying? And what are the kind of grades which put you up as a competitive candidate for the biggies?</p>
<p>Shadow of Intent:
Thanks for the feedback- really appreciate it! I know SMO's too easy- missed the open-section Gold this time around by 4 lame points! As for CBSE, 10 percentage points (86 and 96) is a BIG DIFFERENCE, bro- around 50 to 60 marks I think. But still, kudos on the 86- that's awesome for someone who doesn't do the CBSE in India (without all the overload of tuitions and cramming we have back home!) NASA-Ames- a joke? And I was stupid enough to think that 'twas major- It is the first time some school in Singapore won something- but I guess it ain't that big after all!</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for the feedback! And wishing tonnes of luck to y'all for the Prelims (if they aren't already over, that is!)</p>
<p>I guess both the prelim AND the predicted grades matter. Although MIT does say it does not require a mid year report from internationals...</p>
<p>By the way, 84% in ICSE, not CBSE.... My science + Math = 92% and I bombed my other subjects.... CBSE Math makes me laugh...</p>
<p>actually, the reason, pure and simple, why 100% Tuna would never get into MIT is because of the single fact that he doesn't have any international award for science. No, i'm not talking about NASA ames or anything! think international olympiads, award-winning research at ISEF, published research in some prestigious journal! MIT LOVES those, and they have more than enough such qualified Singapore applicants to fill up the slots.</p>
<p>thankfully for the rest of us, myself included, the other universities aren't so anal about such stuff :) good luck tuna, your name is making me hungry.</p>
<p>Rule of thumb - 90+ in ICSE is more than awesome, while you need more in CBSE to reach that level of awesome. Just based on hearsay folks, don't hold me at gunpoint for this statement.</p>
<p>Haha I shall laugh at all you poor dudes who have prelims <em>mwahaha</em> Oh, I'm sooo *****y :( Do hope you guys are doing well, though.</p>
<p>1234d, galoisien, the type of people going to Harvard are Prez Scholar while MIT is ISEF/I__O etc. It's quite different, alot different. Since the admissions standards for intels are so high, it's impossible to bridge the divide (though we'll see if our darling l i q i a n can get in ^^)</p>
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actually, the reason, pure and simple, why 100% Tuna would never get into MIT is because of the single fact that he doesn't have any international award for science. No, i'm not talking about NASA ames or anything! think international olympiads, award-winning research at ISEF, published research in some prestigious journal! MIT LOVES those, and they have more than enough such qualified Singapore applicants to fill up the slots.
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<p>beg to differ. tuna is indian not singaporean so he can't even go for isef and i__o. but perhaps publication... well 2012 mit batch had one china scholar dude from hwachong but he's imba **** (4 olympiad gold medals ...) just to throw that out. </p>
<p>Ps. im doing my god-given task of keeping the singaporean threads alive. w00t.</p>
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im doing my god-given task of keeping the singaporean threads alive
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<p>Hehe fiona, you do that job extraordinarily well ;)</p>
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beg to differ. tuna is indian not singaporean so he can't even go for isef and i__o. but perhaps publication... well 2012 mit batch had one china scholar dude from hwachong but he's imba **** (4 olympiad gold medals ...) just to throw that out. </p>
<p>Ps. im doing my god-given task of keeping the singaporean threads alive. w00t.
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<p>yeah i do know that guy, i'd have been in his batch if not for NS :) i guess we could all agree that 4 olympiad medals, even local ones, are collectively more impressive than one international olympiad medals. imagine how you have to master 4 different subjects. but did he really have 4? ?!?! im pretty sure he didn't take bio. unless he took informatics =/</p>
<p>yes, tuna wasn't eligible for the international ones, but i think MIT would still expect you to make full use of all available opportunities or even seek new ones for yourself. erm i think that "china scholar dude" who-shall-remain-unnamed-but-is-quite-obvious-if-you're-interested-in-those-things more than did that.</p>
<p>iirc he had some pretty impressive research too. MIT is still a tech school after all, and i don't think tuna fits in their mould.</p>
<p>FIONA, on the other hand.... :P</p>
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1234d, galoisien, the type of people going to Harvard are Prez Scholar while MIT is ISEF/I__O etc. It's quite different, alot different. Since the admissions standards for intels are so high, it's impossible to bridge the divide (though we'll see if our darling l i q i a n can get in ^^)
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<p>oh fiona i can name you quite a few PSC and President's scholars who went to MIT! but I agree with you in general. still, i've no doubt that anyone who gets in MIT would have a good shot at Harvard too. think all the I__Os. ANY top school would be impressed.</p>
<p>fiona... i'm pretty sure there are more president scholars at MIT than at Harvard... </p>
<p>Anyway i think liqian should be a good fit for MIT... he's a national shooter after all XD</p>
<p>btw, that prc scholar who got 4 olympiad golds is really really imba
but 100% tuna, even if you are as good as him, you aren't assured of a place everywhere. he didn't get into harvard i think</p>