Imperial College London

While academics are valued at Imperial College London, they are not the whole selection criteria.  The applicant is also required to be extremely active in activities outside of class. Academics typically help applicants get noticed, but other factors, such as extracurricular activities, the statement, references, and assessments, make the difference. 

The factors given below are more important to be considered at ICL: 

• Academic Performance: Strong grades in most of the relevant subjects and evidence of progress as a student carry the most weight. A minimum GPA can make the student's application even better. 
• Personal statement: A clearly written, evidence-based motivation with a lot of intellectual curiosity is required to be able to get an offer from this university. 
• References: Professional letters of recommendation are crucial to being considered at Imperial College London. 

Yes, Rajiv Gandhi, an Indian Politician is an alumni of Imperial College London. He served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 -1989. In 1966, he began a course in Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. However, he was unable to complete the duration of his course and dropped out of the college. Among others, some of the popular Indian alumni of Imperial College are as follows:

• Cyrus Mistry: An Indian-born Irish Businessman (He was the chairman of the Tata Group, an Indian business conglomerate, from 2012-16)
• Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry: An Indian-born Irish Billionaire Construction Tycoon  (He was chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and a major shareholder of India's the largest private conglomerate, Tata Group)
• Sunetra Gupta: An Indian-born British Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and a Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at the Department of Zoology,  University of Oxford
• Kavin Bharti Mittal: An Indian Internet Entrepreneur

Across its nine campuses, Imperial College offers world-class sports and recreational facilities. Some of the best infrastructures are as follows:

• Westway Sports and Fitness Centre: Comprises a 100-station gym and exercise studio, large climbing wall, tennis courts and artificial floodlit football pitches
• Ethos Sports Centre (South Kensington Campus): Equipped with gym, studio, 25m swimming pool, and 9m climbing wall
• Charing Cross Hospital (Charing Cross Campus): Comprises Reynolds gym and strength and conditioning rooms
• Harlington: An outdoor venue that has rugby and football pitches, flood-lit grass, and astroturf pitch
• Putney Boathouse: A high-performance training centre with a multi-station fitness gym and services for rowers
• Woodbard Buildings, North Acton: Fitness gym with a spin studio
• Silwood Park: Equipped with fitness gym, outdoor multi-purpose courts, and an exercise trim trail