Put your stats and let's compare our chances!!!

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>Hey all Nepalese students applying this fall…anxious about college admissions?.. lets calm down the things by putting in all our stats so as to be asssured about our real chances as far as the competition from Nepal goes…similar to mine below…</p>

<p>Male , attended probably the best school in the whole of Nepal. Best in terms of competitiveness (find out which one)
SAT: 790 M, 600 CR, 670 W
SAT 2: Physics 770, Math 1 790, Math 2 800
TOEFL: 280/300
A LEVELS With 'A" in Physics, Chemistry, Moths, B in General Paper, C in Further Moths
Rank 14/91
Transcript description: MOSTLY all A’s
Took the most difficult course available at school</p>

<p>EC: Tried hands at almost everything school had to offer;
Singing, dancing, drama on stage
Executive member of the Creativity Club
School Captain while at Class 10
House Captain while at class 10
Deputy House captain while at class 10
School prefect (member of student council) while in senior year
Played cricket, soccer
Known for public speaking commitments in the school
Participated in the national Mathematics Quiz
Won the Online Quiz held at the regional level
Plenty of public speaking contests victories while at school</p>

<p>Recommendations: impressive I guess, I seem to have good bond with teachers; don’t know why
Essays: good one; have received quite a lot of good responses
Volunteered for ‘Human resources Development Centre Nepal’ which helps to bring changes in the society by uniting the efforts of youth
Job Experience of counseling to 'A" level students just after completing my A levels</p>

<p>Will be applying to 15 colleges:</p>

<li> Bates C (reach)</li>
<li> Brandeis U (match)</li>
<li> Connecticut C (match)</li>
<li> Dickinson C (match)</li>
<li> Gettysburg C (reach)</li>
<li> Haverford C (reach)</li>
<li> Lafayette C (reach)</li>
<li> Bowdoin C (match)</li>
<li> St Lawrence U (match)</li>
<li>Trinity C (CT) (reach)</li>
<li>Trinity U (match)</li>
<li>Vassar C (reach), (Early)</li>
<li>Wesleyan U (reach)</li>
<li>International University Bremen (match)</li>
<li>Occidental C (match)</li>
</ol>

<p>I am thinking of some ivies as well…worth trying?</p>

<p>Need some advice as to where do I exactly lie in my application process…
Competitive, slight chance, no chance, strong points, weak points??</p>

<p>I am desperate to ‘know myself’ help me out…</p>

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<p>You're pretty strong. What do you want to major in?</p>

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<p>Hey.
I think Vassar and Lafayette are more like matches for you.
I see only one minus in your whole profile- I think you should have on EC thingie that you are most interested in and to which you have shown great dedication.
Otherwise.. I wish I could steal your sat results...
Hope everything is great in Nepal!</p>

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<p>Add a couple of safeties and remove a few of the matches (unless some of the matches are really safeties in disguise :) ).</p>

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<p>Primarily on Engineering but i guess ultimately its gonna be computer science</p>

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<p>Vassar and lafayette are matches!!!!! sounds cool... didn't know that actually.. hehe... thanks...regarding the EC... student leadership is one thing i have always dedicated myself...have written one essay as well on that...hope to make it my stronghold</p>

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<p>how about lake forest college and st john's university for safeties?...i mean they are safeties for me right?</p>

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<p>sure they are. but don't tell them :P</p>

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<p>nirmala... where r u from and what are your stats? where all are you applying?</p>

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<p>go to the "advice on colleges" thread, it's below yours. there are my stats.
btw, i doubt that people with worse scores compared to yours will want ot compare them!</p>

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<p>No good college in US will judge you on your 'stats' alone....for example,someone with a score of 2100 gets in while the one with 2300 cant...the answer is very simple(infect right under your nose)......
the former had a good EC's,good essay as compared to the 2300 one...(I think now you got my point..)</p>

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<p>What's your stats newton btw. where r u from?</p>

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<p>I am from India,my stats-85%(round)....
will be giving SAT.....</p>

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<p>As I hav told u stats dont matter much(it matters upto a certain level),so dont be in the illusion of getting selected on the bases of your stats...</p>

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<p>any feedbacks about my college list issac?</p>

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<p>Well,you are applying to many colleges.....cant say much about there rankings....but you have good chances for almost 9 to 10 of them.....(provided you work on things other than stats...)</p>

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<p>what is the foremost of these 'other things'? can u please suggest me in bit detail?</p>

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<p>If you want to major in Computer Science, why haven't you thought of Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, UT Austin, UCB, UIUC and the like?</p>

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<p>well i had.. if not for certain reasons...</p>

<p>stanford.. too many i mean too many doing there.. so thought to pull out of the mass
canegie mellon.. well... don't know exactly but i guess i pulled out because of fin aid.. </p>

<p>It all came down to money and i chose those who showed me hopes of giving it to me.. that's the bottom line really...</p>

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<p>well,the ''the other things'' are your EC's,essay,recommendations(not that imp.,as they will always recommend u),the way U arrange things in EC's and essays...............Have A Nice Day!</p>