<p>As an international student from Australia, you need to be realistic about your chances. According to Harvard’s website (<a href=“Statistics | Harvard International Office”>Statistics | Harvard International Office) there are 32 students from Australia at Harvard College. That means, that on average, Harvard College (the undergraduate school) accepts 8 students from your country every year. To be accepted, you must be one of those top 8 students – however you wish to define that. The website doesn’t say how many students apply from Australia every year, but I imagine it must be hundreds of students. Those aren’t unsurmountable odds, but they are not the same odds as a student from the US or Canada. I imagine your odds are going to be about the same at the other 5 US colleges that grant need-blind financial aid to international students: <a href=“Need-blind admission - Wikipedia”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission</a></p>