Comments on: Ivy-league admissions racket http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: alexa32 http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-221497 alexa32 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:55:15 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-221497 <p>A modern search engine of the web is available for everybody- get the link and download- http://newfileengine.com -everything is simple!</p> A modern search engine of the web is available for everybody- get the link and download- http://newfileengine.com -everything is simple!

]]> By: khoofia http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-182965 khoofia Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:35:55 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-182965 <p>I have a feeling indians, owing to their sense of decency and clean play, and due to their <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdEfKiOLM0U">natural physical advantage</a>, will excel in <a href="http://www.thestar.com/OpinionPopImageGallery/127057">some sports </a> more than others.</p> I have a feeling indians, owing to their sense of decency and clean play, and due to their natural physical advantage, will excel in some sports more than others.

]]> By: sn http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-182172 sn Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:42:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-182172 <p>The current men's NCAA tennis champion is a lad from chennai.. This is much more impressive than the squash players..</p> <p>Cavalier junior Somdev Devvarman (Chennai, India) became the first men's tennis player in ACC history to win an NCAA Singles Championship, downing Georgia's John Isner in the final Monday night at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. In one of the most dramatic finals in the 123-year history of the tournament, Devvarman scored a 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-6 (2) win over the tournament's No. 1 seed.</p> The current men’s NCAA tennis champion is a lad from chennai.. This is much more impressive than the squash players..

Cavalier junior Somdev Devvarman (Chennai, India) became the first men’s tennis player in ACC history to win an NCAA Singles Championship, downing Georgia’s John Isner in the final Monday night at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex. In one of the most dramatic finals in the 123-year history of the tournament, Devvarman scored a 7-6 (7), 4-6, 7-6 (2) win over the tournament’s No. 1 seed.

]]> By: sakshi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181982 sakshi Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:46:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181982 <p><b>Rahul</b> (#42), I agree with almost everything you say, and that's why I added the qualifier 'in some ways'. My point was that a simple entrance exam with objective grading criteria is fairer to underprivileged kids than a complicated subjective procedure to judge 'well-roundedness'. Well-roundedness the way it is usually measured, is more a function of where you were born and your parents' SES, and says little about the person's intrinsic intelligence. This is certainly true in India (can't say about the US).</p> <p>I am totally with you on coaching institutes: the distort things quite a bit, and they have reached ridiculous proportions now. I was amazed to see posters in Hyderabad a few months ago advertising coaching institutes for entrance to companies such as infy, wipro and satyam.</p> Rahul (#42), I agree with almost everything you say, and that’s why I added the qualifier ‘in some ways’. My point was that a simple entrance exam with objective grading criteria is fairer to underprivileged kids than a complicated subjective procedure to judge ‘well-roundedness’. Well-roundedness the way it is usually measured, is more a function of where you were born and your parents’ SES, and says little about the person’s intrinsic intelligence. This is certainly true in India (can’t say about the US).

I am totally with you on coaching institutes: the distort things quite a bit, and they have reached ridiculous proportions now. I was amazed to see posters in Hyderabad a few months ago advertising coaching institutes for entrance to companies such as infy, wipro and satyam.

]]> By: Neale http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181969 Neale Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:28:09 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181969 <p>ok. Correction taken.</p> ok. Correction taken.

]]> By: Ennis http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181931 Ennis Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:45:25 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181931 <blockquote>To me, i read it as this guy being an American Indian who was asked to play for India. What makes you think he grew up playing squash in India?</blockquote> <p>If you read the <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2007/01/forecourt-phenoms.html">whole bio</a> you'll see that he's an Indian who learned to play squash in India:</p> <blockquote>Suchde was born in Bombay and played both squash and cricket at the Cricket Club of India there. (The club’s squash courts were recently named for Harvard’s three-time national champion Anil Nayar ’69.)</blockquote> To me, i read it as this guy being an American Indian who was asked to play for India. What makes you think he grew up playing squash in India?

If you read the whole bio you’ll see that he’s an Indian who learned to play squash in India:

Suchde was born in Bombay and played both squash and cricket at the Cricket Club of India there. (The club’s squash courts were recently named for Harvard’s three-time national champion Anil Nayar ’69.)
]]> By: Neale http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181925 Neale Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:36:59 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181925 <p>To me, i read it as this guy being an American Indian who was asked to play for India. What makes you think he grew up playing squash in India?</p> <p>Up thread someone mentioned a gymkhana in Chennia. Yes and there are twelve million peeps in the city. I wouldn't consider any "gymkhana" sport "popular" Ever tried getting into the Bombay Gym? Ergo, I wouldn't discount shmoozing between rich south mumbayites and american consulate employees as the reason that keeps the supply of desi squash players to ivy leagues steady. Also, don't alumni influence ivy leagues admissions? So, perhaps at some point there was, by coincidence, a rich south mumbaiite who was good at squash and therein lies a story...</p> To me, i read it as this guy being an American Indian who was asked to play for India. What makes you think he grew up playing squash in India?

Up thread someone mentioned a gymkhana in Chennia. Yes and there are twelve million peeps in the city. I wouldn’t consider any “gymkhana” sport “popular” Ever tried getting into the Bombay Gym? Ergo, I wouldn’t discount shmoozing between rich south mumbayites and american consulate employees as the reason that keeps the supply of desi squash players to ivy leagues steady. Also, don’t alumni influence ivy leagues admissions? So, perhaps at some point there was, by coincidence, a rich south mumbaiite who was good at squash and therein lies a story…

]]> By: DJ Drrrty Poonjabi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181918 DJ Drrrty Poonjabi Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:35:07 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181918 <p>I'm kind of a big deal in the world of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickleball">pickleball</a>. Will this help me get into Harvard?</p> I’m kind of a big deal in the world of pickleball. Will this help me get into Harvard?

]]> By: Rahul http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181917 Rahul Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:32:14 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181917 <blockquote>In some ways the admissions process in India is a lot more egalitarian.</blockquote> <p>I am not sure I agree (although I don't want to get into an unproductive discussion on which system is more exclusionary). Males from big urban areas are disproportionately represented at the IITs, and this is certainly correlated with the encouragement given to men as well as the high quality coaching available in these areas. State engineering colleges are better, but the quality of education available drops off pretty steeply past the top 2 or 3 in a state. As for private engineering colleges, an ability to pay the hefty (de)capitation fees is beneficial, if not necessary.</p> <p>As for kuchiyapudi, I believe that is the world's oldest dance. And I will preempt melbourne desi by asking, does squash get you laid?</p> In some ways the admissions process in India is a lot more egalitarian.

I am not sure I agree (although I don’t want to get into an unproductive discussion on which system is more exclusionary). Males from big urban areas are disproportionately represented at the IITs, and this is certainly correlated with the encouragement given to men as well as the high quality coaching available in these areas. State engineering colleges are better, but the quality of education available drops off pretty steeply past the top 2 or 3 in a state. As for private engineering colleges, an ability to pay the hefty (de)capitation fees is beneficial, if not necessary.

As for kuchiyapudi, I believe that is the world’s oldest dance. And I will preempt melbourne desi by asking, does squash get you laid?

]]> By: Upbhransh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/11/ivyleague_admis/comment-page-1/#comment-181912 Upbhransh Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:30:08 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4895#comment-181912 <p>Finally there we found a way by which Indians will be able to get into Ivy League schools. Otherwise, who would have thought! :)</p> Finally there we found a way by which Indians will be able to get into Ivy League schools. Otherwise, who would have thought! :)

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