What is with the “even Vandy”? It’s a top 20 school. Why DO all of you people act as though the only schools that are worth going to are the Ivy League? It’s bizarre, absolutely bizarre.
i'm a student with from india, what are my chances of getting into Harvard, princton, darthmouth etc
Don’t be so positive. It would be like why in the world did you leave. I would say apply as transfer and if yu don’t get in, Just go for graduate school. No offense, but you don’t have a very good chance, as a freshman or transfer. Applying as a freshman instead won’t increase your chances by far. But hey, it’s your life. If you like playing Russian roulette, that’s up to you. I don’t see anything wrong with Delhi university.
Explain to me again the logic of dropping out of your #1 university before the end of the first year to avoid being classified as a transfer student applicant, so you can pursue chasing unicorns?
@GMTplus7 I want to do that because since I was a child, I wanted to study in US or UK. And chances are zero of getting accepted as transfer student because they wont take transfer from most elite university of another country. I really wanna come to US. I couldn’t apply last year because of family reason. Even I wasn’t in the cutoff list of Delhi uni ( take take no one below 99.5% in 12th grade) , but they took me because of my early interest in computer science.
And if not US, what are my chances in top UK univ like UCL, ICL, Cambridge, oxford. ( do they have scholarship for internationals?) @Bored1997
Try to look for them on the ir websites. @ankind123. Think of what you are going to do. You don’t want to regret for that choice all your life.
If you’re doing well at DU, finish there and apply to either an Ivy or a UK school for grad school.
You’re already in an elite university. What’s wrong w simply doing grad school in the US?
It seems like u have no guarantees you’ll be readmitted into your present school if u leave-- your professor doesn’t have the authority to readmit you. You risk ending up with NOTHING.
Leaving right before the end of the school year is going to look odd. You will look like you are fleeing a scandal. Your reputable letter writers are likely to think it is odd as well.
For someone who is supposedly intelligent, you’re not thinking very smartly on this.
You NEED financial aid so you are already a risk and you are a transfer from the over-represented country of India. You are not getting in. Wait for grad school.
If you lie and say you are a freshman, you will get caught. You have to sign the admission application stating that everything is true and you acknowledge that the school has the right to immediately suspend you if you lie. Some schools try to recover any previous funding provided. Some schools get really nasty and put you on a list and inform other colleges as well as the INS. Goodbye US.
Thanks guys, looks like US is not an option for me. Gonna apply for UCL, ICL, Cambridge, oxford… And won’t be coming to US for grad ( if they are this harsh, and ready to admit some jerk who play guitar or any other rare instrument and spend hours in useless community just for sake of admission in place of someone who like to pursue only what he loves, then fuck Harvard.)
US grad school admissions is TOTALLY different from undergrad admissions. It’s rational. It’s actually based on academic merit, rather than BS.
“if they are this harsh, and ready to admit some jerk who play guitar or any other rare instrument and spend hours in useless community just for sake of admission in place of someone who like to pursue only what he loves”
?? most people don’t take up an instrument or spend hours on community service just for colleges. Maybe some do but the students I know did those activities because they really enjoyed them.
@radmadeline where is the sense that only those who like community service or music can study computer science not the one who is really interested in something particular…
I knew a friend who was a mathematics genius ( silver medal in IMO) but he was rejected by all ivys just because he didn’t had any other EC . he spend all his time on maths, got 100 in every math exam he gave. Even worked on P NP problem ( toughest in world) He was rejected… How Is this fair??
If your friend is also an int’l student, then why is it fair for him to be entitled to a place in a US university which receives US taxpayer subsidies?
@GMTplus7 if US don’t want international students, then maybe they should stop admission for internationals…
Who says US colleges don’t want int’l students?
Of course they like to have SOME int’l students, but they’re not “intl schools”. Their primary mission is to educate American students.
They especially welcome int’l students who bring cultural diversity, a different view point, elite academic/athletic/talent, political connections, and of course fat donations.
@GMTplus7… Yeah right… Well greatness is something not decided by college.
Its up to you to become successful …
Well one more thing, universities apart from ivys are also interested in internationals??
All reasonably good US universities have int’l students. Just look at their websites or at the Common Data Set. They’ll tell you the percentage of int’l students.
@ankind123, one of the challenges that some high achieving international students sometimes have have with the US collegiate system is that they think that just doing best on the test is enough- but top tier US universities want that AND people who will be part of the community. They don’t want their university to be full of people who sit inside studying all the time- they want students who will also play on their sports teams (remember that the Ivy League is a SPORTS league- not an academic league), put on performances, run charities and student societies, publish a campus newspaper, run debates, etc., etc. Perhaps your friend was a great study-der- but what else did he bring with him? would he have contributed to student life? The people that I know who are currently students at Harvard not only had extremely high grades and test scores, they were active members of their secondary school communities- and they are still active at Harvard in addition to their studies.
You don’t want that experience, so why are you blaming Harvard / US schools for being what they are instead of what you want? And you don’t value that experience, but you still want to go to Harvard- AND see you as special enough to pay a big part of your costs.
The UK system is more along the lines you want: they take on ability and focus on one subject. You are likely to find it easier to get a place, but you are unlikely to get them to pay you to come.
Also, you do not know for a fact that your friend was rejected solely for lack of ECs.
This kind of sour grapes just makes you look bad- like somebody who thinks that he is owed something, or is better than other people. Not saying you mean it that way, but that’s how it can come across.
I’m pretty sure that 9 times out of 10, a college would be more inclined to admit this kind of student over the kind of student who breathes entitlement and would have the audacity to say this.