<p>Feel free to post your ED results on this thread. Accepted, Deferred or Rejected and where? We're all dying to now. :D</p>
<p>No word yet! Applied ed to Carelton, they send notifications via snail mail.</p>
<p>Oh. where you from? A friend of mine ED’d to Carleton.</p>
<p>Funky, congrats on your Cornell ED admission. Does this mean your collegequest is over?</p>
<p>^ since he applied ED i think it is :o</p>
<p>Rejected from Upenn =/</p>
<p>Cornell reject.</p>
<p>I don’t feel so bad about it.
Think of it this way-
Atleast all my options are open now .</p>
<p>i suppose so :O</p>
<p>past of me just wants to brood…
nd another part says screw it :o, i was destined for somein better :)</p>
<p>so ye :/</p>
<p>Classmate (a really really good friend of mine) got into UPenn ED, and that too into Wharton.</p>
<p>She was an International Skater, and her essays were killer.</p>
<p>SAT: 2170, 2230 superscored.</p>
<p>She was ecstatic as hell.</p>
<p>Stanford reject… :(</p>
<p>Yeah hopefully there’s something better for us in the pipeline…</p>
<p>And umm nitcomp can you elaborate on ur friend’s stats?</p>
<p>hey, got into Cornell -College of Engineering!! :)</p>
<p>Umm, </p>
<p>After 3 attempts, her superscore was:</p>
<p>CR-650
W-770
M-790</p>
<p>Totals up to a 2210, not a 2230. My bad :P</p>
<p>Bio M - 710
Math 2 - 780 </p>
<p>IB - 41/42 (11th Standard Points and Predicted Points)</p>
<p>Again, she was a really really badass roller skater. She had ALWAYS won gold in the nationals. She went to the previous Asian Games too. (She qualified this year, but didn’t go cuz of college apps/SATs)</p>
<p>This may not be a hook (cuz they don’t recruit skaters), but its an extremely strong extracurricular.</p>
<p>It’s hard to attribute her acceptance to only one factor. Well, for that matter, its usually NEVER one factor for the kids who get accepted to HYPMS and the rest of the Ivys.</p>
<p>She is a topper + she has a passion for roller skating = definite admit.</p>
<p>41/42 is not the norm in real life, you know.</p>
<p>^Yes, agreed.</p>
<p>This may be off topic, but the essay is the like a really, really important aspect of the application. I have seen a girl get in with a 1950 to Harvard with really mediocre ECs and grades. And, after she got admitted, she gave me her essay to read. I was awed by the vocabulary, unconventional sentence structure and the peculiar creativity associated with it. It was just amazing.</p>
<p>I personally think that this is the most underrated part of the application, as it isn’t recieving the emphasis its supposed to be. Essays can do wonders for you, if you have the skill.</p>
<p>Yeah, Cornell ED. I’m over the moon, really. I don’t want to sound like a know-it-all. I’m still the same person I was. However, judging by my acceptance, I think it’d be safe to say that, at least for Cornell Engineering:
- The SAT score is one of the least important aspects of the admissions process, especially for international students. I got a 1450 in CR + M (CR 680 M 770). It doesn’t really matter. I think, over-obsessing about it and taking it more than 2 times just shows colleges which dont accept superscores that you’re trying to make up for a weak application. And retaking after a 2250+ for colleges that want ALL your scores, is kind of stupid I’d say.</p>
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<li><p>Essays, essays, essays. Don’t try to impress them. Write from the heart. The essays you produce on your first draft are the ones you should submit, after the grammatical corrections of course. Don’t add stuff to impress them. Don’t say things like “… and it changed my life for good. Two years later, I won the Brijesh Khanna Multiuniversal Debate”. They have your awards separately. Be true. Show passion. SHOW, don’t tell. Don’t tell them you’re a top notch debater, write like one. Don’t tell them you have a sense of humor, write with wit.</p></li>
<li><p>You are not God. Don’t portray yourself as one. They can tell if you have stellar made-up recos and dont have the stats to back it up. You can’t conquer Mexico; you don’t play football for India; you’re not the president of the only Science Club in the world. Be humble, dont make a big deal of things.</p></li>
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<p>Lastly, and note how this is not a point. They might not always find out whether or not you lied on your application. I mean, whether you were the Secretary or the President of your school’s Nature Club wont make or break you. You might even get in. But I know people who have, and they got rejected, for whatever reason. The pride you get when you’re accepted honestly is divine. Not when half you’re application isn’t true. Anyway, I think I’ve given too much ‘gyaan’ already. 
I hope all of you Indian applicants pull through. Hope I see one of you at Cornell 2015.</p>
<p>Congratulations Mr. Funky aka Cornellie. :)</p>
<p>What about your MIT plans?</p>
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<p>Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>MIT was a long shot anyway.
Cornell was the original dream. I’m happy (No convoluted words express that emotion quite as well).</p>
<p>Is that IBM internship related to your father’s work? I mean how can you get internship there?</p>
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<p>Only one?</p>
<p>Funky, I like what you wrote about essays. Looks like you got some good advice.</p>
<p>^Exactly what I was thinking…</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the essay writing suggestions… You’ve written some unique advice</p>