<p>^ Then say ‘NO’ to UMich if you don’t plan to go there.
That would really be helpful to us who’ve applied in the RD round.
We just hold up seats in colleges like UMich and UIUC and wait till May 1 to reply to them.</p>
<p>I really hoped that I would enjoy this time after the app process. No boards. No SATs. No essays.</p>
<p>Back to JEE coaching now :(</p>
<p>^Where are you taking coaching?</p>
<p>P.a.r.e.n.t.s</p>
<p>And what difference does going to coaching or not going make a difference any way now.
10hrs a day study is 10 hrs a day study with or without coaching.</p>
<p>and don’t we have to reply to these colleges even bfore our entrance exams take place??</p>
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<p>I asked where you’re taking coaching, not why.</p>
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<p>IIT, IIST and VIT all take place before the due reply date.</p>
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<p>True. </p>
<p>Err are you really studying 10 hours a day?</p>
<p>Oh, I read that as a ‘Why’ …
VMC, delhi.</p>
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<p>IIT - Haha, If 2 yrs couldn’t get me there, how can 2 months?
IIST - Known to be a place for JEE <100 rankers. No chance.
VIT - Not takin the exam.</p>
<p>Only one left is EEE and that too is on the day of the due reply date.
EDIT: BITS too! I think I’ll pick up a June date.</p>
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<p>Have to.</p>
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<p>I thought you were in Rajasthan. </p>
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<p>Lol. Don’t give up hope though.</p>
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<p>Don’t. I wrote mine on June 4th last year, and it was damn tough. The first 3-4 are also equally tough, from what I’ve heard. Most people tell me to take it around 5-7 days after the first date.</p>
<p>The date doesn’t make much of a diff, IMO.
Basically all the questions are randomly selected from a pool. So you’re as likely to get a tough paper on the first few dates as on any date. Luck plays a good role in helping crack BITSAT.</p>
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Exactly the opposite in my case. Gave it on 5th (or 6th maybe).</p>
<p>There’s COMEDK also.</p>
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<p>True, but almost everyone whom I have spoken to have suggested that it is best to skip the first few days and the last few days. Even my teachers last year said much the same thing, although my reasons for choosing June 4th were entirely unrelated to the exam itself.</p>
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<p>So, which date would be most ‘optimum’? They haven’t given out the dates for this year, yet, have they?</p>
<p>@Compfiscan- I want to say no( Umich is my 13th Option:P) but I’m too scared. I am really scared i will not make it anywhere in the RD round and if i don’t clear Jee its Umich for me.</p>
<p>Anyone applicants for USC here???</p>
<p>It would be great if anyone could tell me more about USC’s Viterbi school …</p>
<p>people actually use this one?</p>
<p>^Yup ans, strictly for College stuff though.</p>
<p>oh okay so i gotta get outta here ;)</p>
<p>Hey everyone! Had a random question to ask: Is it acceptable to fax an additional recommendation letter to Princeton now? Or is it too late?</p>
<p>^itsmylife-I’m not sure about Princeton, but I’m guessing it’s pretty similar to Yale and additional recommendations are not recommended at all unless it provides new information that’s not included anywhere else in your application. Generally, it’s discouraged by most AdComs so unless it’s an extremely substantial letter that sheds a completely new light on your profile, I don’t think it’s worth sending it in this late.
ansrox-Haha you’re always welcome here! Feel free to give us 2015’ers a tip or two :)</p>
<p>Thanks Arunemo! Thing is, I really felt that the letter would shed a different light on my profile, because I asked my recommender to focus on an aspect of me, which was not at all covered in my application. That is why I thought that if this letter could be sent, the adcoms might get to know something more about me. Of course, I do know that additional letters are discouraged unless they contain something meaningful.</p>
<p>Given the fact that this letter is substantial, do you think I should risk it, and send it anyway?</p>
<p>Well, I can’t comment further without knowing the details of your profile. I had a somewhat similar situation where I thought I should explain how ECs were organized in India. I was pretty unsure, and my counselor advised against it, and just to make sure I sent an email to the Yale alum I’d met and she told me that Yale can infer that I was active in my school community and that sending in the additional data would just clutter my file. So I decided not to. This was, of course, over a week ago and both were familiar with my unusual circumstances. Personally, if you have a strong enough application as it is, I wouldn’t send it, especially since it’s rather late now. Then again, this is my opinion only and you should probably wait and see what the others say.</p>
<p>All right, thanks Arunemo! I’ll probably send an e-mail to the admissions office and see what they have to say.
And now that I think about it, the letter isn’t that meaningful anyways :P</p>
<p>If you think it’s not, then don’t email the admissions office. They’re overworked right now, they won’t get back to you immediately, and asking them for their opinion doesn’t count as very important information like a change of details on your Common App so it will probably annoy them. Ask a trusted adult (a counselor, if you have one) or ask other people here on CC if you must.</p>