<p>oh it wasn't fake, just mildly exaggerated :p</p>
<p>Um, i just got back from my Princeton interview.</p>
<p>about 80 min, including 10 min chat with my parents at each end(he specified that they come over)
atleast three references to Mr.X.
Asked atleast four times why i was considering to go to the US for undergrad, as though it was either a mortal sin or only for the kings (the guy is IIT alumni), and atleast twice brought up princeton's selectivity.
He did seem rather dumb, though.
And for the record, there are 5 students from AP getting a Princeton interview.(I know 3 of them, myself included)</p>
<p>Oh, and Mr.X=1600/800/800/800/98.4....you get the picture</p>
<p>well, arent u glad tht u done with it...</p>
<p>"Mr.X=1600/800/800/800/98.4" ... wait, i will throw up and be right back... (sic!)</p>
<p>read this between china vs. india (its written by one of the most unbiased writers) :(</p>
<p>In 2002, China's gross national savings were 44 per cent of gross national income, while India's were only 22 per cent.
In 2002, China's trade in goods was 49 per cent of gross domestic product, while India's was 21 per cent.
In 2003, China generated 5.8 per cent of world merchandise exports, which made it the world's fourth-largest exporter, and 2.6 per cent of world exports of commercial services, which made it the world's ninth-largest. India generated just 0.7 per cent of world merchandise exports, which put it at 31st, and 1.4 per cent of world exports of commercial services, which put it at 21st.
By 2001, China's weighted average tariff was down to 12.8 per cent, from 35.6 per cent in 1992, while India's was still 28.4 per cent, down from 70.8 per cent in 1992.
In 2003, the stock of inward foreign direct investment in China was $501.5bn, against just $30.8bn in India. In the same year, the FDI inflow into China was $53.5bn (12.4 per cent of capital formation) against $4.3bn into India (4 per cent of capital formation).
In 2000, India's overall illiteracy rate was 35 per cent, against just 6 per cent in China. In 1999-2000, only 47 per cent of all Indian children had passed through five years of primary schooling, against 98 per cent in China.
In absolute terms, China is now spending eight times as much as India on infrastructure. As a share of GDP it is spending more than three times as much.
Between 1996 and 2002, private investment in Chinese telecommunications was $13bn, against $9.2bn in India. In energy, it was $14.3bn in China, against $7.5bn. In transport, it was $15.9bn, against just $2.3bn.
Between 1990 and 2002, China's agricultural value added grew at 3.9 per cent a year, against 2.7 per cent in India and its services grew at 8.8 per cent a year, against 7.9 per cent in India. But China's industrial value added grew at 12.6 per cent a year, against a mere 6.0 per cent in India.
In China, the share of the population engaged in agriculture dropped from 68 per cent in 1981 to 45 per cent in 2001, against a slower decline, from 67 per cent to 59 per cent, in India.
India's consolidated fiscal deficit is running at 10 per cent of GDP, against less than 4 per cent in China. India's public sector savings have been running at minus 3 per cent of GDP, against a surplus of 1-2 per cent in the 1990s.
The formal sector employs less than 10 per cent of all Indians in employment, with only a third of these employed in the private sector.The proportion of the labour force employed in the Chinese modern sector is at least 20 per cent and rising.</p>
<p>Sounds like my MIT interview except for the parent part.</p>
<p>screw Mr.X. Princeton wants me more than him.</p>
<p>That interview would probably have been easier if he asked me questions from theoretical physics!! I had to spend about 15 min explaining to him PRINCETON's admission procedure. I mean, COME ON.
btw, is it good if an interviewer tells you your app is strong but immediately adds that princeton is highly selective?</p>
<p>I bet a 100 bucks, Mr X is a book worm, who does nothing but study all day.</p>
<p>In case u guys are wondering, who am I -> astrix is not the only guy with multiple accounts ;)</p>
<p>adides, the indo-chinese numbers are changing like mad. China is trying to cool its economy down since it cant withstand the growth while india is doing just the opposite (unfortunately though, even in the population numbers)</p>
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bet a 100 bucks, Mr X is a book worm, who does nothing but study all day
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<p>you just lost a hundred bucks. The guy plays cricket for atleast a couple of hours a day (informally, though)</p>
<p>i'm looking forward to the budget. so what if it's on the 28th. gah.</p>
<p>i'll bet a lot of money on mit_2009 being hello.</p>
<p>wrong :p
although merc will get into MIT and be a member of the class of 2009.
rao: So what else does Mr. X do <em>gives a 100$ e-bill</em></p>
<p>EDIT: Astrix you cheat :mad: (Dont you dare start playin my "editing" game)</p>
<p>"China is trying to cool its economy down since it cant withstand the growth "
but has not been able to slow the growth. last qtr's # came out @ 9.5%</p>
<p>"astrix is not the only guy with multiple accounts"
all u fckers...thought we had a new murgha...</p>
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In 2002, China's gross national savings were 44 per cent of gross national income, while India's were only 22 per cent.
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I read a 40% figure for india somewhere.
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By 2001, China's weighted average tariff was down to 12.8 per cent, from 35.6 per cent in 1992, while India's was still 28.4 per cent, down from 70.8 per cent in 1992.
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I'm hoping PC will be bold enough to reationalize the tarriff structure.
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In 2003, the stock of inward foreign direct investment in China was $501.5bn, against just $30.8bn in India. In the same year, the FDI inflow into China was $53.5bn (12.4 per cent of capital formation) against $4.3bn into India (4 per cent of capital formation).
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About the FDI inflow, there was an article I read somewhere that using the methodology the Chinese use for their FDI figures, India's FDI was around $40bn. Yeah. The chinese figure at $53bn doesn't seem quite so formidable then :p
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In absolute terms, China is now spending eight times as much as India on infrastructure. As a share of GDP it is spending more than three times as much.
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Montek Singh is big on infrastructure. Yay. We really do need to pay more attention to infrastrucutre...</p>
<p>Well, we are up against a lot...</p>
<p>This article is much better :)
<a href="http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/02.17/13-khanna.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2005/02.17/13-khanna.html</a></p>
<p>hehe hello i corrected myelf without seeing your reply here. so i hope i didn't cheat afterall :p see, i saw a ^ in your posts.</p>
<p>i have a faint idea of who mit_2009 is.... but let's keep the guesses coming!</p>
<p>playing cricket - what a hook that would be for an indian! :D</p>
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So what else does Mr. X do
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<p>mr X writes poetry. I believe his english teacher (athough she never really taught the guy) attach about 20 or 25 of his best.
he does the obvious, ie, reads everythig from Asimov to Einstein.(but dont we all?!)
got to the IMO selection camp, i belive he came some 8th or 9th there.
I guess the rest of the stuff are basic academic achievement (which in any case are way higher than mine atleast)</p>
<p>wow you guys type fast! and this is my #994 :cool:</p>
<p>^
HAVENT YOU FIGURED IT OUT YET*??*</p>
<p>Astrix: I'm just giving it away ain't I*??*</p>
<h1>800 whew"""""""""""""""""""""""""""</h1>