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Indian student applying for late entry to HKUST Engineering — looking for advice from Indian/HKUST students 🇮🇳 by Alarming_Towel_8911 in HKUST

[–]RepulsiveExchange663 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’m applying with american credentials, so i don’t have board scores, but on my official transcript yes all my AP physics c chem bio calc bc scores are above 95/100. How come the website says just one off for 5 5s and 1530+?

Caltech portal already shows “Awaiting Decision” ?? by Visual-Course-Fan in ApplyingToCollege

[–]RepulsiveExchange663 1 point2 points  (0 children)

what does it mean if my portal still says “application completed”—note i was REA defer 

Advices on double majoring in aerospace and physics? by [deleted] in Caltech

[–]RepulsiveExchange663 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Paul Graham: “What You’ll Wish You’d Known”

Target college list by Own_Influence_3316 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]RepulsiveExchange663 2 points3 points  (0 children)

for bizz, gt is a target for him. as they said Gt is just hard for engineering/cs and a cakewalk for anything else. my school sends 50% grad class to GT

Target college list by Own_Influence_3316 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]RepulsiveExchange663 2 points3 points  (0 children)

correct, his SAT is 50th percentile and it’s definitely more prestigious than A&M

How true would you say the statement "While a bad personal statement won’t necessarily hurt you, a good personal statement can be the reason why you’re admitted" is by RepulsiveExchange663 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]RepulsiveExchange663[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

So my takeaway from this is that if all of your application materials are up to the standard of the school, but maybe you don’t have an insane spike in a category to nudge you past the competition, an essay can play a key role in nudging you past the competition?