<p>I've started a yahoo group for international students considering/decided on Duke. It's based on Harvard's groups started by Sergey there, and will hopefully serve as a community where you can meet each other/ask questions. I'll do my best to answer any questions you might have, and can get answers to ones I can't answer. Look up Duke09International on yahoogroups =)
There's also a general Duke 09 group - duke2009. Join and spread the word!</p>
<p>On a completely unrelated note, I'm amazed by the number of students from Nepal - I'm from Japan, and there's only one other person in my year from Japan, so it's incredible to me. Do any of you by any chance know Anjali Lohani, Rajesh (forgot his last name), or Deepak? Anjali and Rajesh are freshmen now (Harvard and Princeton, respectively) and Deepak is a sophomore here. They were all from the same school, so just wondering if anyone is from the same school.</p>
<p>I know all of them - Deepak Bastakoti, Anjali Lohani and Rajesh Poddar. In fact, Rajesh was my roommate during high skl days....definitely from the same high skl...just wondering why u wanted to know ??</p>
<p>anyway, this year around 7 ppl from my high skl are applying to Duke. 5 for Pratt and 2 for trinity. I am one of the two !!</p>
<p>And on a completely unrelated note, I have joined the yahoo group...</p>
<p>Im from the Bahamas, ive got 1420/780/680/740, 3.98 etc.</p>
<p>I started a club at my school called the Peace Club and i donated 30 000 to Haitia from that club.</p>
<p>Ive lead almost all the clubs in my school since ive been there. Im applying to Trinity and i applied for financial aid which lowers my chances much.</p>
<p>Um...to all of u international students applying for financial aid, what is one or two accomplishments or awards that u feel will catch the admissions officer's eye?</p>
<p>I dont know, maybe my national awards in physics or international award in math
It must have caught adcoms eye because both my teachers and guidance counselor mentioned them on their recs</p>
<p>Every year we have national competition in physics where best students selected from the whole country come to compete. I have two 3rd prizes on those competitions.
International award in math is from competition of towns which is held all over the world, it consits of logical problems different from those from for example olimpiads. I won 3rd prize on that one.
I have also buntch of state prizes in physics</p>