b@r!um

I was refraining from the discussion because I did not get accepted to an Ivy-type university as an undergrad. But yes, I attended Bryn Mawr as an undergraduate and I am now a PhD student at Stanford.

I have to disagree with you. LACs don't have the prestige-factor associated with an Ivy League education. (For example, I once went to a "how to interview for a job in consulting" workshop at Haverford College. At the end of the presentation, a student asked the presenter if his company had internships or entry-level positions for college students. She got a response along the lines of, "Yes, we do offer internships and entry-level positions, but we hire exclusively from Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.")

There are good reasons to attend a LAC but prestige is not one of them.

Inpersonal

Hi b@r!um:

I was trying to put thing in perspective with respect to Tiago Correia's situation. He/she got into Cornell once with no finaid at all. So if he/she wants to come to the U.S. to study and can get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. great, no problem, go there. However, you probably will agree that given the prior results (Cornell with no aid) he/she cannot be sure to be accepted by the HYPSM types of schools, hence the suggestion to cast a wider net. If I was Tiago Correia and I could not afford Cornell, as it seems he/she couldn't last year, then I would include in my consideration set other great schools that offer finaid to international students.

Lastly, top IBs and Management Consulting companies do recruit at the very top LACs. Maybe not at Haverford, but certainly they do at Amherst, Pomona, and Williams. In fact, one could argue that, on a per capita basis, it is relatively easier to be hired by a top IB/MC as a student of these three LACs than as a Penn student, in particular if the student is not a Wharton student.

nocknock

International student here, low stats, less than impressive gpa and I got in. You never know what they will decide there in the admissions office. Esp at those need blind schools.

jackrabbit420

Yes but the question is WHERE did you get in?

Sombre

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His/her post history suggests that it's Dartmouth!

What do you mean by "low stats and less than impressive GPA?" 2200 SAT and straight-As, if not for that B you got in freshman year...or 1850 SAT, and B/C student?

The issue with your being vague is that you're vague. Get it? :P

nocknock

@sombre @jackrabbit420
lol my bad. Low as in 2010 and I think I had A's - C's. My GPA was 3.69 before senior year and that was the last time I saw it. I got in at Dartmouth and would have at University of Chicago had Dartmouth not been ED. I needed full aid and University of Chicago is need sensitive for internationals. Mentioned that to just point out that some times you shouldn't pay too much attention to scores.

Sombre

Excellent. Congratulations.

Mishkat

I know someone who got 1900 in SAT, all A's enrolled in MIT. As they say it's a holistic process, I think the essays does have some significance.

Lelyke

I got in Cornell ED Engineering with sufficient financial aid,
From West Africa
CR620 M780 WR730 (2130)
GPA 4.4/4.5
M2 760 Phy730