<p>What exams. (Jan SAT ? or Indian entrance exams?)</p>
<p>^Indian entrance.</p>
<p>Still?
I know you’ll say no-safety-for-int’ls-asking-for-aid but a 2250 score and you feel you’ll not get accepted ANYWHERE you’ve applied?</p>
<p>^My parents will not be sending me to the safeties (Hampshire and Trinity) I have applied to, nor even my mid-reaches (still applied though).</p>
<p>It’s the Ivy League (or equivalent) or nothing.</p>
<p>Now you might understand my anxiety, since I haven’t prepared for IIT/AIEEE either.</p>
<p>Come to think of it, this whole idea of SAT and the like was a fool’s hope.</p>
<p>SAT is offered at so many places. WHY is there specifically a India/Pakistan surcharge?</p>
<p>^Apparently it’s a security surcharge. I researched that too. It’s a bit ridiculous, at least for India.</p>
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<p>Security against terrorists attempting to steal the SAT question papers?</p>
<p>^Good luck rsaxena. I can imagine the pressure you’re under.</p>
<p>^Thank you. Everybody needs luck in this process (so unlike the Indian system).</p>
<p>Haha, just remember - what’s meant to be, will be.
You’re only applying to Ivies? That is definitely a crapshoot. Are the Ivies even that great for engineering? Why don’t you apply to a few more schools (top 20-30 range). If money is a concern, there are fee waivers.
Although it might be too late to apply now anyway…</p>
<p>Hey, you can always try transferring next year though!</p>
<p>Bahaha, I try to be such an optimist.</p>
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Except Pton & Cornell, none. </p>
<p>Rsaxena: You do believe that you have a chance at the ivies, don’t you? Why else would you apply and go through this entire process.</p>
<p>And yeah, did you fill up JEE/BITSAT/EEE/VIT/whatever yet?</p>
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<p>No, but that’s where my parents might agree to send me if I have to go to the US.</p>
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<p>My major is Middle Eastern studies or something of the sort.</p>
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<p>I believe it yes, but for colleges like the Ivy League and the equivalent, it’s only a fool’s hope for average people like me (no Nobel Prizes yet). </p>
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<p>JEE, AIEEE done. Don’t tell me you’ll be writing VIT.</p>
<p>"I believe it yes, but for colleges like the Ivy League and the equivalent, it’s only a fool’s hope for average people like me (no Nobel Prizes yet). "</p>
<p>It’s all about a distinguished story which sets you apart from thousands of other desperate-to-go-to-college kids and not just your achievements.</p>
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<p>True true. My statement was a bit sarcastic in nature.</p>
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<p>Princeton is not an engineering school!</p>
<p>Anyway, who cares if they’re good for engineering or not, you’ll get the ivy league stamp which will open doors everywhere.</p>
<p>ani, Princeton does have good engineering program. I have looked at their EE program very closely. It is very good.</p>
<p>I hear Dell’s hiring</p>
<p>^ merci beaucoup</p>
<p>Pton’s CS is also V. Good</p>
<p>what is the purpose of this thread?</p>