<p>ITS ALREADY THERE??? OMG you have amazing self control. Mann. Okay. I respect your decision, whatever reasons you have, and send my sincerest best wishes.</p>
<p>and vinu, so you're an Indian in the US or an Indian in India?</p>
<p>thanx, good luck to you too, future tiger '09 ;)</p>
<p>haha tiger 09 kinda leaves me with this sick feeling in the pit of my stomach coz deferral or rejection is a very real - no, likely - possibility. anyhow, all for the best!! yes. all for the best. when do you expect to get the stuff you're waiting for from stanf?</p>
<p>"when do you expect to get the stuff you're waiting for from stanf?"</p>
<p>since I'm expecting thin stuff, about 2 weeks</p>
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meaning no ill to you, mercurysquad
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Hehe I dont take rants seriously. I'm much too :cool: for it! :) Good Luck everyone with your decisions.</p>
<p>I'm an International student [Indian] studying in a non-US college and applying for transfer [UG] WITH financial aid, can people here rate my chances for getting into any of these colleges in my mammoth list???!! Thanks!!</p>
<p>Amherst
Bates
Carleton
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Dickinson
Harvard
Macalester
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Smith
Stanford
UPenn
Wellesley
Yale</p>
<p>SAT 1- 1410, M- 680, V- 730
SAT II- Writing- 800, Eng Lit- 750, ELPT- 993
TOEFL- 293</p>
<p>Academic Record- GPA 3.8 on a 4 scale, unweighted.
Academic and EC achievements:</p>
<p>Standard IX- Proficiency in English, All Rounder Prize, Distinction in English in the Australian Talent Test conducted by The University of New South Wales.</p>
<p>Standard X- BBET [Bala Bhavan Educational Trust] Creative Writing Rolling Shield for creative artistic talent among juniors, Distinction in English in the Australian Talent Test conducted by The University of New South Wales. A1 grades in all subjects in the AISSE [ALL INDIA SENIOR SECONDARY EXAMINATION] Std X CBSE examination.</p>
<p>Standard XI- General Proficiency for Class XI, Proficiency in English, Proficiency in Economics, Proficiency in Business Studies, All Rounder Prize, Distinction in English in the Australian Talent Test conducted by The University of New South Wales, Merit Scholarship instituted by PSBB Schools for Academic Excellence in Std XI- Commerce Group, Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Performance in Academics [ Parent- Teacher Association ]. </p>
<p>Standard XII- School Topper in the AISSCE [ ALL INDIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION] in Economics and Business Studies, Proficiency in English, Proficiency in Economics, Proficiency in Business Studies, A1 grades in English, Economics, Business Studies and Accountancy, A2 grade in Mathematics. All Rounder Prize, BBET Creative Writing Rolling Shield for creative artistic talent among seniors, S. Sundararaman Memorial Award for the Second Rank in Commerce Group, K.J Ramaswamy Iyengar Memorial Cash Award for Creativity in English, S. Aishwarya Devi and S. Banu Prasad Cash Award for the Best Student in Commerce Group, T.N. Krishnamurthy's Memorial Award for Securing the Highest Marks in Economics. Certificate of Merit for academic excellece [PTA] in Std XII, Merit Scholarship instituted by PSBB Group of Schools for continued Outstanding Performance in Academics. </p>
<p>First Year [ Stella Maris College, Chennai, India ]- </p>
<p>General Proficiency Prize for the First Year English Class.
Vocational English Prize for the topper in the Vocational English stream.</p>
<p>Prizes won in Poetry Writing-
Gold Medal in the National Level Poetry Writing competition conducted by Child Art Club, Hyderabad in 2001- 2002.</p>
<p>South India First in the Poetry Writing competition conducted by Scholastic India [P] Ltd. in 2001- 2002.</p>
<p>National First in the Poetry Writing competition conducted by Scholastic India [P] Ltd. in 2001- 2002.</p>
<p>South India Second in the Poetry Writing competition conducted by Scholastic India [P] Ltd. in 2002- 2003.</p>
<p>Best Script in the theater festival conducted by The Madras English Association.</p>
<p>Best Script in the school Inter-House Dramatics competition.</p>
<p>Scriptwriter for two plays in the theater festival conducted by THE SCHOOL, KFI on social awareness. </p>
<p>Editor of the School Journal 'THE PSBB TIMES' in 2001- 2002.</p>
<p>Chief Editor of the School Journal 'THE PSBB TIMES' in 2002- 2003.</p>
<p>Secretary of 'The Interact Club' [ student club under The Rotary Club, Vadapalani, Chennai, India ] in 2001- 2002.</p>
<p>Part of the cast in a poetry performance of T.S. Eliot's 'Cats' sponsored by The British Council, Chennai, India- a professional production for the public. </p>
<p>Helped conduct a rehab workshop for fire accident victims [ the Kumbakkonam fire accident in a primary school that claimed 94 lives ] as a part of the relief team from college [ Stella Maris College, Chennai, India ].</p>
<p>Went on a ten day trek to the Himalayas in 2003- 2004.</p>
<p>This is the list that's going in on my application forms, so forgive me for expanding abbreviations that you guys probably know!</p>
<p>I am getting paranoid about the whole admission thingy and I want some candid opinions, thanks for your time!</p>
<p>hey sowmya.. u in PSBB nungambakkam or kkn?</p>
<p>hey, am from KKN, you?? are you applying too?</p>
<p>I think I'll add you too, rm :)</p>
<p>Harvard
akashbansal
LAgal
perfectdark9
shjanama77
sucharita</p>
<p>Princeton
astrix
mercurysquad
rm1987</p>
<p>Stanford
hello</p>
<p>Williams
gandalf</p>
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<p>sowmya your stats are great but i dunno anything about transfers so i can't comment on your chances.</p>
<p>sowmya.. i studied 7 n 8 grade in KKN.. im in oman rt now... im have applied princeton ED...</p>
<p>btw.. my sis waz in nungambakkam..( class of 2001)- she got into smith for engineering with full aid... i guess smith is real generous.. ya n her scorez were similar too!</p>
<p>Astrix you can add me too your list for Harvard also!!!</p>
<p>My resume is already posted on the site and want to request everyone to evaluate it</p>
<p>Harvard
akashbansal
LAgal
perfectdark9
shjanama77
Shubham
sucharita</p>
<p>Princeton
astrix
mercurysquad
rm1987</p>
<p>Stanford
hello</p>
<p>Williams
gandalf</p>
<p>Oh okay, well I hope I make it somewhere...if I get rejected by 16 colleges, I'll be like :((!!</p>
<p>Hehe!</p>
<p>anyone here who already knows their admission decision? (I'm still waiting for my rejection letter)</p>
<p>shubham: i'm in pretty much the same situation as you...moved from india and all that...have you applied early to harvard??...you have great scores...what about ecs???</p>
<p>YES! I got in to Williams ED...Thanks Guys!!!</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK !!!!!</p>
<p>OMG CONGRATS!!</p>
<p>This is awesome! You must be on top of the world right now :) :)</p>
<p>And you deserve it too! Your accomplishments were great.</p>
<p>Incidentally, if you applied for finaid, how is it? And how did you get the mail? It certainly couldn't have been normal post... hehe... still waiting for pton</p>