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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok. Here is some advice you can actually use. Forget HYPSM and most of the ivies, except maybe Cornell maybe. Don't count on these schools or waste your ED/SCEA card on them. You will most probably come up empty and frustrated

If you are able to
1) flag that you don't need aid. It makes a difference even if everybody tells you it doesn't. Once you get in, you can apply for aid for years 2-4. and reveal your real need.  You are going to have to eat the first year cost to boost your chances. Don't submit any aid forms or Fafsa or anything else.
2) Target one of the following schools during the ED round: WashU, Emory, Vanderbilt, Uchicago, Duke, CMU, NYU but don't count on it
3) Avoid showing that your child wants to do CS, Econ, Engineering, business, pre-med. If possible tailor your app to highlight another major with his EC's
4) Have a backup plan for the state flagship. That's probably where he will most probably land.

Sorry. But that's the reality for the South Asian male today. It sucks, but it's what it is[/quote]

This is what any UMC white unhooked kid with excellent stats does too.  Except if female does not indicate interest in social sciences or humanities and does indicate interest in STEM.[/quote]

There are tons of unhooked Indian-American kids at Wharton UG and Penn seas. Penn definitely will take unhooked Indian kids ED.

Good advice about 1 tho. Very smart.

Op the above poster knows her stuff. [/quote]

3 is potentially an issue though for any school where it is hard to transfer into engineering/CS if you didn't apply.[/quote]

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