<p>yup...got my yale id and pin.(2 weeks back, so i guess u should check with them)
but they somehow missed me for the interview??
everyone else i know in bbay has already finished with the interviews, and the guy who was takin them has left india):</p>
<p>^ yep I got it.</p>
<p>which reminds me: I hadn't applied to Yale (as in I just sent the common app, nothing else) and I didnt even follow up. A month later the adcom sends me an email, informing me that they were yet to receive the rest of my app. So I sent it in :D</p>
<p>btw I got my Pin before I sent in the other stuff. So in short Yale is despo for applicants to boost their selectivity.</p>
<p>bloody hell.
and I who sent in everything the same night have got neither a letter nor an interview
Only a postcard saying they received the app :(</p>
<p>sucharita... what were ur SAT's, where u applying to?
(yes, i am a nosey guju)</p>
<p>Oh adi look you have another nosy gujju to keep you company!</p>
<p>SHHHHH! SAT is a starred word on this thread...call it the S-Word :p</p>
<p>I applied to HYPS :D (not in that order of preference) and Smith and Mount Holyoke. Oh and Penn :)</p>
<p>im assuming you did extremely well on the "S" tests then judging from that list of coll's u r applying to..</p>
<p>Sadi?.</p>
<p><em>remembers physics lesson</em>...as in Sadi Carnot?</p>
<p>P.S. Just ignore this post...I had to let off the stress somewhere..:p</p>
<p>Carnot as in Carnot's Engine 2nd Law of Thermodynamics Carnot? Never knew his name was Sadi...</p>
<p>SADI - MY GUJJU BROTHER/SISTER (???) (FROM BBAY) - WELCOME ABOARD - we got to beat all these Bongs and delhites ....
dude, u have awesome chances of getting admitted (coz u a gujju :D)</p>
<p>sadi - ur chem score would impact the admission dependin on ur planned major. so if u plannin to do chem eng..than yeah, chem score does count..but if u planning for something else...thts fine...</p>
<p>i got to run right now, but will look @ ur list and give u some scoop on it later...</p>
<p>such: "It was a rhetorical question adi"
it just gave me an opportunity to make my point :p</p>
<p>found a gujju bro from bbay...oohh i am so happy...</p>
<p>also adcoms will understand your family situation and realize tht what you have done is a huge accomplishment given the situation...</p>
<p>oh btw - such has 1600 :mad: and 2400</p>
<p>Sadi - I think you're in at 80% of your college choices! For HYP etc. you can't really say anything but for the others I believe you're one of their better applicants (even more so because you're a perm.res. so no worry about finaid posing a threat to you).</p>
<p>Though, I also think your college choices are rather random, as in there's a mix of engg. with LACs etc.</p>
<p>yo merc, the Bio on the intel finalists pages is a link to their biographies :p</p>
<p>I figured that out :o</p>
<p>YAY!!!!! POST #100!!!!</p>
<p><em>clap clap</em> :)</p>
<p>loyal indian you are..</p>
<p>"Yale with ID and PIN?"
yup - but havent recd 1 from caltech</p>
<p>Oh yeah sucharita i dont have any yale id/pin too, and neither does another of my friends. so dont lose heart.</p>
<p>but that maybe because my app isnt complete (seems unlikely since hello received his before his app was complete).</p>
<p>btw whats the news on OOL's comp pracs? :D</p>
<p>sadi,
there is gr8 power in numbers. the good thing of applyin to 18 colls. is tht some1 will like u coz of subjectivity of application process (18 ppl cant think alike...its against human nature)
as for ur colls. as merc mentioned - HYP, Brown, Duke and Gtown chances is like playin poker (u dont know until the last card is drawn!) but u definitely has a better chance of getting admitted than many of us, coz u are not piled amongst intl looking for $$$.
as far other colleges - i definitely believe tht u have a good chance at many of those colleges. Your stats are pretty good (for an american resident) and also have substantial meaningful ECs. So, again - I would be :eek: shocked if u dont get into at least couple of those...
having said that, if u have recos., transcripts, etc. and arent bustin ur as s for boards, and have spare time - go ahead and apply to couple more...aint gonna hurt...but you should be in good shape even without it...</p>
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and also have substantial meaningful ECs.
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Exactly. That was one thing that struck me. Don't worry too much about that chem score.</p>
<p>adides... kem cho?
for the record i'm your gujju brother from bbay (:
thanks for the eval on my chances. if i get into any of my top choices i swear i'll distribute dhoklas.</p>
<p>mercurysquad- thanks.... im hopin my EC's will swing it for me...cos i know quite a few ppl with better SAt scores etc than me also applyin to pretty much the same places as me...</p>
<p>im planning on an econ/pol sci/philosophy major (atleast thats what i wrote on their apps), so i'm hopin that chem score doesnt hurt too bad. </p>
<p>hmmmm im definately NOT doin engineerin. absolutely not. 2 years of HSC science has numbed my brain already. Duke- trinity, NW- journalism/econ and Rice- econ.</p>