Sorry for sounding sckeptical here. Is it me or are their other's who feel that there is something fishy in this story.
I mean he shortlisted colleges without knowing they were the top colleges ? Also if his father cannot afford 10K, how can this guy apply to all the colleges where the application fee starts from $100 SAT exam fees are again a diff deal. If this is true my best wishes to the boy ..
RE:Hi all
by somnath mahapatra on May 14, 2008 10:01 AM Permalink
It seems there was some mis communication during interview. It is true that he had no idea about those institutes. He got some info about MIT in news paper then he tried to get info and found that he need to appear for SAT. In the mean time he got some info about top colleges from his contacts and from internet and then applied. It is true that it was dificult for him to arrange SAT fees or MIT fees. But he got help from his relatives for this and as he stood 6th in madhyamik (10th exam of west bengal) he got some scholership from "Dunlop" which also helped. And yes he got full scholarship from MIT :)
RE:Hi all
by Dipak Bose on May 19, 2008 02:53 PM Permalink
MIT is well known in West Bengal because the Finance Minister of WB is a PhD from MIT. I am sure Ansuman's school teacher guided him to know the names of the Universities in USA. This is a great achievement. Congratulations.
