<p>“if we’re going to be naive enough to base that on the SAT scores alone”</p>
<p>Precisely what I said. I was just alleviating any concerns Anirudh and/or Chromey might have had regarding an exclusive relationship between the UC Questionnaire and SAT scores.</p>
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Me!</p>
<p>@itsmylife: Your major is …?</p>
<p>@compscifan
I’m undecided. That’s probably one of the major reasons why I’m applying outside of India. But presently, I’m interested in computer science, linguistics, chemistry, and brain and cognitive science. :)</p>
<p>What about you?</p>
<p><— CS/Ce FTW !!</p>
<p>oh ofc .</p>
<p>Being a 12th pass AFTER the application period sucks.</p>
<p>So in a desperate attempt to get rid of this boredom …now that the app season is over… I am writing a letter that I’ll send (In May, Of course) to the universities that will accept me (come april), and will be turned down by me.
In short, a rejection letter BY me FOR them. :D</p>
<p>First one up … Purdue</p>
<p>“Who isn’t?”</p>
<p>That would be everyone below the 99th percentile.</p>
<p>“if we’re going to be naive enough to base that on the SAT scores alone”</p>
<p>Well i don’t thnk it is completely naive to base it on SAT scores. People scoring higher on the test than others also tend to also be the better rounded ones excelling not only in academics but also in EC’s.(at least that is what i have come to observe)</p>
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In the real world that’s godly. On cc, you’re (slightly below?) average. I’m a 2220 and a 1570 speaking</p>
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<p>Same here! 
I’m also interested in ECE/EECS though. </p>
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<p>Don’t be so sure hahaha</p>
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<p>As Aniruddh said, this is CC. 99 percent people here are highly qualified applicants. The situation can be compared to Big Bang Theory where Howard says, “I have a Master’s Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology!”, and Sheldon promptly replies, “Who doesn’t.”</p>
<p>^_^</p>
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Last week my friend with 1540/2400 got in. So, hmm, yeah. =P</p>
<p>^ Big bang theory ftw!!</p>
<p>@ itsmylife What your scores like?</p>
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Where did your friend get in with that score?</p>
<p>Violator, check inbox.</p>
<p>Chromey, he got into Purdue. And I’m sorry the score was 1640, not 1540.</p>
<p>1640 is decent. </p>
<p>And getting into purdue is easy. Everything else is kinda iffy. Hence “don’t be so sure”</p>
<p>Has any indian applicant got the university of california supplementary questionnaire?</p>
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Lol, you’re kidding right? That’s like ~550 a section.
We don’t have to think about those anyway. We are only mainly competing with those in the 99th or atleast 97th (or whatever a 2000 is) bracket.
As it is, although the percentile score is quite good, the main score is what matters in the end. Everyone I know who got into the Ivies has atleast a 2100+. And we’re coming from India. It’s those 20-30/400-500 (applying) competitive people who have outstanding profiles we have to worry about for the 9-10 spots available.
Maybe he meant a 2230 isn’t spectacular enough to warrant a questionnaire based on only SAT scores since everyone has it, and hence your argument is doesn’t hold much strength?
btw, thetechfreak, you might want to keep your blog off your drop down list here on CC if you really do wish to keep your identity private.</p>
<p>A belated happy Republic Day to you all! :)</p>
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<p>Well, in my personal observation 550ish is the average score. Among my friends and stuff. </p>
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<p>Conceited pixie 
Just kidding hahaha</p>
<p>“It’s those 20-30/400-500 (applying) competitive people who have outstanding profiles we have to worry about for the 9-10 spots available.”</p>
<p>So basically you are saying not more that 30 Indians are actually above the 2250 threshold?</p>
<p>^^All the Ivy League’ers I know have nothing less than the score I mentioned. In fact, I bet the total Ivy League’ers from India all have good SATs (barring those oh-so-few exceptional cases) They are obviously good at everything including SAT.
This one is only perfect you meagre human.
How dareth thee?</p>
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Of course not. I meant the overall well rounded applicants who constitute the ultra competitive pool are the ones we have to worry about. Not the rest of the pool. I did mention “outstanding profiles” Bear in mind that here I am only talking about a single institution, say Harvard/Yale which get around 500 applications from India. If not 30, maybe 50 max? But I doubt it’s more than that. Most international applicants tend to throw in an application just for the heck of it, unlike domestic applicants, where the pool is more self selective from what I hear.</p>
<p>Ani, whenever it looks like I’m finally going to get ahead of you, you speed up again. 100 to go. ;)</p>
<p>Haha boards ke baad se college ke pehle din tak compete karte hai post count ke liye. Theek hai? :P</p>
<p>Well I do know a couple of ivy-leaguers from my old school and they were all 2k-2100
Its not a given that the applicant MUST have a 2100+ or whatever… But that just makes him more competitive for admission</p>