• Not a single Indian university is in the top 200 list; Govt. deeply concerned
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[QUOTE=booster;46002404]How hard is it to get applied to MIT? In this list it's pretty much the Top #1 University overall. God I'd like to study at MIT. This feeling of "regret" is hitting harder than it should.[/QUOTE] It is incredibly difficult, my cousin had a 4.1 GPA [unweighted] with tons of AP classes and extracurricular sand he got rejected, so he went to Harvard instead :v:
[QUOTE=Zambies!;46002430]It is incredibly difficult, my cousin had a 4.1 GPA [unweighted] with tons of AP classes and extracurricular sand he got rejected, so he went to Harvard instead :v:[/QUOTE] This is gonna sound stupid but unless he was minority IE - Asian,Black,Indian,Native American,etc. Then I'm guessing he wasn't going to be accepted because colleges love have their minorities as to appear not racist.
[QUOTE=RG4ORDR;46002526]This is gonna sound stupid but unless he was minority IE - Asian,Black,Indian,Native American,etc. Then I'm guessing he wasn't going to be accepted because colleges love have their minorities as to appear not racist.[/QUOTE] I read about it, is it really like that in the USA? Isn't it quite ironic since not accepting people because they are white is... pretty racist?
[QUOTE=Firewarrior;46002553]I read about it, is it really like that in the USA? Isn't it quite ironic since not accepting people because they are white is... pretty racist?[/QUOTE] Diversity is driven home to varying degrees depending upon which Uni/State you're in.
am I being blind or something because I can't find the link to this list anywhere on the webpage
[QUOTE=Ylsid;46002723]am I being blind or something because I can't find the link to this list anywhere on the webpage[/QUOTE] I used this. [url]http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings[/url]
Wow, mine is at 272. Maybe I should fly to India.
I don't think uni rank really matters for your undergraduate year. as long as you go to a relatively good school that is accredited then you should be fine. and I'm not saying that because my uni is in the 500s [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=RG4ORDR;46002526]This is gonna sound stupid but unless he was minority IE - Asian,Black,Indian,Native American,etc. Then I'm guessing he wasn't going to be accepted because colleges love have their minorities as to appear not racist.[/QUOTE] if I bothered to apply to a top 100 school in the us I probably would've had a good chance thanks to my indonesian heritage
My school isn't even on the list. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5vmibLG.gif[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Firewarrior;46001511]To be honest the list doesn't really have anything to do with the quality if universities.[/QUOTE] It's never about the quality of the education. It's always been about the prestige, false or otherwise. It's important to know the lists, even if you disagree, because as far as general upper society is concerned they are accurate to the quality of education you received.
My alma mater ranked in at... 501-550! Great! Just great! Great!
For the Indian users on FP, how difficult is it for a normal family to get their child to a uni?
My university didn't even make the list despite consistantly being recognized as one of Canada's better universities. This shit is biased towards large schools.
FAU isn't even listed. Well that makes sense. FAU sucks.
5th. Fuck you Cambridge. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] And Imperial. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] :v:
yeah top #25 woo
500+. Fuck's sake I'm wasting my life
[QUOTE=MattSif;46003190]For the Indian users on FP, how difficult is it for a normal family to get their child to a uni?[/QUOTE] Put it this way; it tends to vary a ton between courses. Something like an average B.Sc or generic computer engineering degree is a dime a dozen and so isn't too expensive to put one through college. Something like medicine can get crazy expensive, however - between the capitation fees (basically a large bribe needed to lock in or confirm your seat), the yearly fees (which at the time of my final year was about Rs. 6.5 lakh (or around $10,655 at the current exchange rate), the miscellaneous expenses, you're looking at a ton of money down the drain - but it's still cheaper than what you have to pay in America to put oneself through med school. However, most Indian families don't earn all that much on a comparative scale - so between the loans needed to finance such undertakings, the pledges you may need to make, and any immovable properties or gold you can finance, you're still looking at a minimum of 10-20 years paying off a debt, and that's if you aren't going to raise a family in the interim. It only goes downhill when you realize that you have to probably pay double what you did for your undergraduate course to get into and complete a post-graduate course. Note that a vast amount of these expenses can get cut out if you gain a seat on merit either in secondary school exams or through PG entrance tests, but that's pretty much rolling the dice and hoping somebody else hasn't bribed enough to make sure that they pass the exams.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46004012]Put it this way; it tends to vary a ton between courses. Something like an average B.Sc or generic computer engineering degree is a dime a dozen and so isn't too expensive to put one through college. Something like medicine can get crazy expensive, however - between the capitation fees (basically a large bribe needed to lock in or confirm your seat), the yearly fees (which at the time of my final year was about Rs. 6.5 lakh (or around $10,655 at the current exchange rate), the miscellaneous expenses, you're looking at a ton of money down the drain - but it's still cheaper than what you have to pay in America to put oneself through med school. However, most Indian families don't earn all that much on a comparative scale - so between the loans needed to finance such undertakings, the pledges you may need to make, and any immovable properties or gold you can finance, you're still looking at a minimum of 10-20 years paying off a debt, and that's if you aren't going to raise a family in the interim. It only goes downhill when you realize that you have to probably pay double what you did for your undergraduate course to get into and complete a post-graduate course. Note that a vast amount of these expenses can get cut out if you gain a seat on merit either in secondary school exams or through PG entrance tests, but that's pretty much rolling the dice and hoping somebody else hasn't bribed enough to make sure that they pass the exams.[/QUOTE] Jeez. No wonder so many Indians choose to move elsewhere.
132 represent. I'm actually impressed Brazil is in the top 200.
79 is not so bad right
#20. Toronto is cold...very cold.
[QUOTE=Zonesylvania;46004012]Put it this way; it tends to vary a ton between courses. Something like an average B.Sc or generic computer engineering degree is a dime a dozen and so isn't too expensive to put one through college. Something like medicine can get crazy expensive, however - between the capitation fees (basically a large bribe needed to lock in or confirm your seat), the yearly fees (which at the time of my final year was about Rs. 6.5 lakh (or around $10,655 at the current exchange rate), the miscellaneous expenses, you're looking at a ton of money down the drain - but it's still cheaper than what you have to pay in America to put oneself through med school. However, most Indian families don't earn all that much on a comparative scale - so between the loans needed to finance such undertakings, the pledges you may need to make, and any immovable properties or gold you can finance, you're still looking at a minimum of 10-20 years paying off a debt, and that's if you aren't going to raise a family in the interim. It only goes downhill when you realize that you have to probably pay double what you did for your undergraduate course to get into and complete a post-graduate course. Note that a vast amount of these expenses can get cut out if you gain a seat on merit either in secondary school exams or through PG entrance tests, but that's pretty much rolling the dice and hoping somebody else hasn't bribed enough to make sure that they pass the exams.[/QUOTE] That's not cool at all, I hate sounding like some idealist but I really wish we just made higher education more accessible to everybody.
my university isnt even on there oops
Aww Yeah, my school is Number 7 Stanford.
I'm 27th which is kinda weird. Ussually were in the top 10 but even so, our ranking goes everywhere so often. We're almost 1st a few weeks ago and now were on 27th on this list.
How the hell did U of A get in the mid-200's while NAU isn't even on there?
[QUOTE=Headhumpy;46003483]5th. Fuck you Cambridge. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] And Imperial. [editline]17th September 2014[/editline] :v:[/QUOTE] Woo number 5 club (Y) God damn Imperial rejected me "/
[QUOTE=Firewarrior;46002553]I read about it, is it really like that in the USA? Isn't it quite ironic since not accepting people because they are white is... pretty racist?[/QUOTE] Hah. Last year, my university's president made a statement that was more or less, verbatim, "If this school is as white in ten years as it is now, then it will have failed as a school." We have some of the lowest minority (and international) student numbers across the entire United States. People shoveled shit down his throat for [b]months[/b] after saying that. Got really tired of hearing about it constantly. Especially since the administration [b]constantly[/b] sent emails clarifying that the school isn't prejudiced against people or pandering to affirmative action or things like that.
[QUOTE=Jonzky;46006829]Woo number 5 club (Y) God damn Imperial rejected me "/[/QUOTE] UCL or Oxford?
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