<p>I do not know if I unintentionally disparaged you or whatever but you ought to monitor your tone because this isn’t a cat-fight. However,</p>
<p>1) I do not believe Wesleyan’s adcom is very active on CC, and I have reason to believe that most of those who are interested in Wesleyan, and are active on this forum, aren’t very familiar with the specifics of international student admission.</p>
<p>2) “exceptional qualifications” is hardly just about academic profiles (strong academic qualifications are a prerequisite whether you need aid or not.) Qualifications go beyond the classroom and EC’s aren’t “subjective”, if that’s what you’re trying to imply.</p>
<p>3) I am not even going to bother responding to your bitterness towards “prep kids” because obviously you feel indignant and have your own biased views on the subject. It’s okay to feel bitter but you should understand that even if one may be considered “rich” in Nepal, one probably would not be labelled such in the United States and therefore one can be found to have financial need.</p>
<p>4) I did not express ignorance in Nepal’s economic situation. I expressed my lack of understanding of how the Nepalese education system works. Due to friends I met in international forums, however, I am very familiar with the Indian education system (not to mention the prevalence of IB and A Levels in India and worldwide) and if Nepal’s system is similar to India’s then it is unlikely that exam boards have anything to do with differences in who gets into a good school. </p>
<p>5) “Furthermore, even if Wes doesn’t have such policy of predetermining number of full rides, it can at least give me the number of int’ls that have been awarded full rides in the past few years.” The thing is, whether or not the college keeps tally of such numbers is obviously a matter of individual college policy. There was this time when I inquired to Williams about the distribution of financial aid amongst admitted international students. They said that they do not have such statistics due to the significant fluctuations every year. (I very much doubt that Wesleyan keeps such tallies.)</p>
<p>6) If you have done research on Wesleyan’s financial aid policies, then why are you soliciting statistics already on the website? </p>
<p>‘with that, they can at least give me the range (if not the exact number) of the number of int’ls they intend to provide fin assistance to.’</p>
<p>Answer, from the link you gave to me: “we expect to provide financial assistance to approximately 15 international students from a pool of over 400 such applicants”.</p>