<p>I actually had a few questions for you Northwesterndad…what had you studied when you were in college?</p>
<p>Math and Computer Science - IIT Bombay</p>
<p>I heard the iit acceptance rates are crazy! Something like 3,000 out of 100000 get in! Wow</p>
<p>True…it is based on a joint entrance test ( all multiple choice) that is held all over India on the same day, and time…the papers consist of Math, Physics, Chemistry…almost all involve problem solving.</p>
<p>Makes the SAT seem useless</p>
<p>SAT is not the determining factor for admissions here. While in India, admissions to IITs are solely based on this joint entrance exam. It is a make or break scenario, where students typically prepare for this grueling test over a period of one year or more. On the other hand, there is no need for any essay submissions, extra curricular activities, and what not!</p>
<p>@Northwesterndad - Well, nowadays IIT prep begins right in class 9 !! Haha!! 
Hopefully I get to shine at Northwestern! :)</p>
<p>@lukelev - It’s somewhere around 3.5 lakh applicants!! :)</p>
<p>Out of that 20,000 are ranked after the exam, the rest are left out.
Of these 20,000 ranks - the first 3000 are the most useful ones cause then you get your major of preference and your IIT of preference!! 
After 3000, upto ~8000 you’ll probably get into an IIT, but these are the less renowned IITs & not the best majors available.
Ranks 8000 to 20000 are like a waitlist!!</p>
<p>The waiting is excruciating, isn’t it? I wish I could just go to sleep for 6 weeks.</p>
<p>Nah, If I’d go to sleep for 6 weeks - I’d fail my 12th board(final) exam - and then even an acceptance(highly unlikely) from Northwestern would be useless!! :p</p>
<p>But yeah, the WAIT!! :/</p>
<p>Man, I remember waiting for college acceptances.</p>
<p>Does Northwestern send out likely letters? even to pple who aren’t females in engineering?</p>
<p>NU does not send likely letters.</p>
<p>@NorthwesternDad - However insignificant it might be, do you think universities(Northwestern) in particular keep track of our communication with them?? </p>
<p>Cause I recently sent a mail and I got a “Thank you (my name) for your continued interest”… :p</p>
<p>what exactly did u do rishav? ima try this wid all my reaches…</p>
<p>@rishav17, our experience is that they do keep track of such communication…in any case, it doesn’t hurt to send emails.</p>
<p>@JRswish: - Well I first sent them a request for telephonic interview as they don’t have an alumnus in my city. Then e-mailed my regional admissions rep(whose email id I got after the 1st mail) with some questions regarding NU. Then I asked if I could submit addl. material now… :D</p>
<p>@NorthwesternDad - Hmm… Hopefully they notice it before they dump my application for the lack of aid!! :p</p>
<p>Thanks for that tip, NWdad.</p>
<p>So April 1?</p>
<p>^ It seems it will come out before that!! :)</p>
<p>So 32 days to March 28th!! :p</p>