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**Serttyfd** · 05-25-2012, 12:12 PM

Although, it is true the brightest students from India and China get accepted to American universities. That's because how competitive it is for international students to get in and because they are competing with the top students from their respective countries for the few spots given to international students.

More than academic excellence, students doing their International Baccalaureate, Cambridge Advanced Level or the Indian ICSE/CBSE syllabuses, who want to pursue an under-graduation abroad start corresponding with the college and actively exhibiting interest in their institution almost two years prior to finishing their schooling. There are also a fair number of counselling firms that help the student write up their curriculum vitae, identify and thereon capitalize on their strengths in both extra-curricular activities and academics, and engage the prospective colleges in an appropriate manner. So yes, the intellectual crÃ¨me de la crÃ¨me of the immigrants from India are the ones who get seats in prestigious American colleges. Within India, it's even more competitive, for instance, to get into the IITs here. Kids start IIT coaching classes (which is more or less a preparation for the IIT entrance test) as early as the 6th grade! The competition is just that intense and to get into the top IITs, you'd have to get a nation-wide rank of no less than 300. As a people, we're still very much an education-oriented people.

05-25-2012, 12:12 PM	#16
Serttyfd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	Although, it is true the brightest students from India and China get accepted to American universities. That's because how competitive it is for international students to get in and because they are competing with the top students from their respective countries for the few spots given to international students. More than academic excellence, students doing their International Baccalaureate, Cambridge Advanced Level or the Indian ICSE/CBSE syllabuses, who want to pursue an under-graduation abroad start corresponding with the college and actively exhibiting interest in their institution almost two years prior to finishing their schooling. There are also a fair number of counselling firms that help the student write up their curriculum vitae, identify and thereon capitalize on their strengths in both extra-curricular activities and academics, and engage the prospective colleges in an appropriate manner. So yes, the intellectual crÃ¨me de la crÃ¨me of the immigrants from India are the ones who get seats in prestigious American colleges. Within India, it's even more competitive, for instance, to get into the IITs here. Kids start IIT coaching classes (which is more or less a preparation for the IIT entrance test) as early as the 6th grade! The competition is just that intense and to get into the top IITs, you'd have to get a nation-wide rank of no less than 300. As a people, we're still very much an education-oriented people.
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