The Indian Thread (TiT) # 14

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501

<p>Hi Shikhar#2 (dont ask why),</p>

<p>On this forum we dont have an Indian here who got in at MIT, but we do have -</p>

<p>SHABIN: 1 Indian who was waitlisted,
purityandchastity:</a> 1 Nepalese who was admitted,
perfectdark9[/url</a>], [url=<a href="http://blogs.mit.edu/saadmit%5Dstardragon:%5B/url">http://blogs.mit.edu/saadmit]stardragon:[/url</a>] 2 Pakistanis who were admitted
[url=<a href="http://blogs.mit.edu/oh!%20laila%5DOh">http://blogs.mit.edu/oh!%20laila]Oh</a>! Laila: 1 complex case (Kashmiri Indian with Pakistani passport living in UAE) who was admitted</p>

<p>I know of Vinayak</a> Ranade, who was admitted to MIT this year, but he does not frequent CC.</p>

502

<p>Ooooh has Shikhar #1 been ousted? :p</p>

503

<p>This is a bit long, but I hope you can help . . .</p>

<p>I am an Indian-American.
Yesterday, my naani passed away in India. I'm trying to locate my mother's brother so mom can tell him, and let him be a part of the necessary arrangements.
But he is a merchant ship captain, and has taken his wife and kids on his current cruise. Usually, we would have called him at his home in New Delhi, or emailed him (his email isn't working).</p>

<p>He does, however, have one daughter at a Pune engineering college, but we don't know which one. Can anyone point me in the right direction for what might be a good engineering college in Pune?</p>

<p>We are hoping to maybe contact the college and get to her, and maybe reach everybody on the ship.</p>

<p>I know she tried for the IITs and didn't get in; this college in Pune was her second choice. Apparently, she was close to getting into the IIT's though, so maybe this is a good college? She is studying electrical engineering.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any advice on which college it might be? I would appreciate it. Also, if anyone has any better ideas on how to contact her, I'd be grateful for those as well.</p>

<p>Thanks for reading this.</p>

504

<p>546mp, that would probably be bharti vidyapeeth engineering college... i hope you can locate her</p>

<p>heh shikhar #1 has indeed been oustedddd.... i'm going people :( (o and there you have it nt, super slugga's name!)</p>

<p>i got into symbi in one of the later lists an i figure it's my best option right now... so jus had to take the plunge</p>

<p>hope i can ocassionally pop into a cyber caf to check on things ;) won't have a comp for first sem at least</p>

<p>i will miss</p>

505

<p>My dad said that the College of Engineering in Pune is what used to be the best 10 or 15 years ago. It might still be.</p>

506

<p>So you people mean to say just one dude from India to MIT
and 2 guys from Pakistan got into MIT.
Considering the applicant difference that makes competition a hell lot tougher.</p>

<p>P.S. Mercuryguy I sent you a PM and an Email you replied none.</p>

507

<p>Hey Indian MIT aspirants for falll 2006. I've started a thread at MIT forum <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=73901%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=73901&lt;/a>
Hope you people join it.</p>

508

<p>yeah i got into duke with a finaid.. the key according to me is to write an DETAILED explanation in the 'other comments' part of the finaid forms.. and be in constant touch with yor finaid counselor- it really helps.</p>

<p>good luck with your application process...its a real b i t c h.. but i see you've aready started with it.. (i started sometime late december 2004!!!O_o)</p>

509

<p>

bingo!!!, hey shikhar we also had some pointer for the applicants of class of '10. a few pages ago on this thread, you might wanna check them out.
also i got into pton, with finan. aid.</p>

510

<p>I am a financial dummy but they were generous enough anyway :)</p>

<p>But I'm really scared about college and spending/finances/etc. I just know I'm going to screw everything up - I feel it in my bones :(</p>

511

<p>Thanks for the feedback guys.</p>

<p>Adides I would really love to know about your stats and strategies ..Princeton thats big time man.
Best of luck for the future.Also tell me where you live and any research that you did.</p>

512

<h2>THE GOOD THE BAD & THE WORSE</h2>

<p>Bad: You find a porn movie in your son's room.
Worse: You're in it.</p>

<p>Bad: Your husband's a cross dresser.
Worse: He looks better than you.</p>

<p>Bad: Your son's involved in Satanism.
Worse: As a sacrifice.</p>

<p>Bad: Your wife wants a divorce.
Worse: She's a lawyer.</p>

<p>Bad: Your wife's leaving you.
Worse: For another woman.</p>

<p>Bad: Your wife's leaving you.
Worse: To enter a convent.</p>

<p>Bad: Your wife's arrested for soliciting.
Worse: She implicates you.</p>

<p>Good: Hot outdoor sex.
Bad: You're arrested.
Worse: By your husband. </p>

<p>Good: The secretary said "yes."
Bad: Your wife says "no."</p>

<p>Good: The teacher likes your son.
Bad: Sexually.
Worse: He's gay.</p>

<p>Good: You came home for a quickie.
Bad: So did the postman.</p>

<p>Good: You came home for a quickie.
Bad: Your wife walks in.</p>

<p>Good: You get a three-day weekend.
Bad: You get the flu on Friday.</p>

<p>Good: You get tickets to the theatre.
Bad: It's performance art.</p>

<p>Good: You go to see a strip show.
Bad: Your daughter's the headliner.</p>

<p>Good: Your boyfriend's exercising.
Bad: So he'll fit in your clothes.</p>

<p>Good: Your car conveniently "runs out of gas."
Bad: For real.</p>

<p>Good: Your child's "waiting for Mr. Right".
Bad: Your son, that is.</p>

<p>Good: Your daughter's on the Pill.
Bad: She's eleven.</p>

<p>Good: Your neighbor exercises in the nude.
Bad: She weighs 350 pounds.</p>

<p>Good: Your son's doing extra credit work.
Bad: Making a sex ed video.</p>

<p>Good: Your uncle leaves you a fortune.
Bad: It's counterfeit.</p>

<p>Good: Your wife bought a porn video.
Bad: Your daughter's the star.</p>

<p>Good: Your wife likes outdoor sex.
Bad: You live downtown.</p>

<p>Good: Your wife meets you at the door nude.
Bad: She's coming home.</p>

<p>Good: Your wife's kinky.
Bad: With the neighbors.
Worse: All of them.</p>

513

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Bad: You find a porn movie in your son's room.
Worse: You're in it.

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<p>debatable......</p>

514

<p>why is it debatable</p>

515

<p>Hey people I read the posts for class of 2006.
Though I just read the post but I have been communicating with the adcomms for over a month.
Recently I got an appreciation from Lee C williams the princeton adcomm.She said it was good that I was planning so ahead of time.</p>

<p>Now tell me this: Should I send my email to the general email id (like <a href="mailto:admissions@princeton.edu">admissions@princeton.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:admissions@mit.edu">admissions@mit.edu</a>) or should I send them to personal email id's of adcomms.
Most probably I have sent about 30-40 mails to each college till date and there are what like good 6 months ahead of me.</p>

516

<p>omg... dude figure it out..</p>

517

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Most probably I have sent about 30-40 mails to each college till date and there are what like good 6 months ahead of me.

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<p>what on earth is wrong with you?!!!!!!!!!!!! dude take it easy. what have you been mailin them about? 30-40 mails and NOW you ask whre you should mail it to the personal email or the general email?! w t f? </p>

<p>experience tells me people who are focussed but not obsessed/manic are much more successful.... goo slooooow dude. they'll get sick of you otherwise.</p>

<p>i know im comin off rude, but just take it as advise.</p>

518

<p>But actually I didn't pester them or something about my chances I really had genuine questions about the applications.
But you're right i'll go slow (as I have asked pretty much I need to know).
Although you did not answer the main point. Will they get to know me if I keep mailing at the common address because everytime the adcomms get rotated and right now what like 4 adcomms are handling my email. So is there a chance that they might know me.</p>

519

<p>shikhar - i agree with illbeback...tk it easy...be genuine and contact the adcoms couple of time between now and dec. and then maybe couple of times more after the deadline...but thats it and only contact them if you have genuine questions.</p>

<p>thx for pton...^sucharita got in princeton as well and you should ask her stats ( :D revenge time <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=936009&postcount=340%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showpost.php?p=936009&postcount=340&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p>

<p>also try to contact the right person...lee @ princeton is really nice, but she is younger (like i think 24-25) and I doubt that she would be the decision maker, so try to climb up the ladder and touch the decision maker if you can.</p>

<p>other than that...research the colleges and work on your freaking essays and SATs....if your essays and SATs are good...you will get admission...</p>

<p>lastly, tk ownership of your own tasks dude...i mean, we dont know it all...we are about the same age (or maybe a year older) than you are...so do something that YOU want to do...and do your own research... rather than relyin on other ppl coz we might be wrong in everything that we tell u ;)</p>

520

<p>Thanks for the PM you know who I am now</p>