Math and economics at Yale

arwarw
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:38:52 +0000

. Obviously, there are one or two schools that I would choose over Yale, still, the probability of me getting into any of them is very less.

Make sure you grasp the probabilities before using your early leverage on a school like Yale, Harvard or Stanford.

Unless I’m reading their site wrong - http://www.hio.harvard.edu/statistics - Harvard College only admits about five kids from India each year. What is the applicant pool like from India? How many? Hundreds? Thousands? How accomplished is the pool?

I’ve seen clips of Fitzsimmons, Harvard’s Dean of Admissions, say that Harvard actively identifies and pursues preternatural scholars from select international math, music and science competitions. Are you one of those kids? Are you one of the very tippy-top students in India who Harvard, Yale or Stanford is actively pursuing?

I bring this up because if you apply SCEA to HYP or Stanford you may be missing a small window of opportunity at other top American colleges and universities like Wesleyan, Mudd, Middlebury etc.

As you may or may not know, many top American schools admit upwards to half of their class from 1/10th of their applicant pool in the early rounds; and this fractional early applicant pool is not overwhelmed with top students from Asia - those students will flood the pool later in the regular decision round.

Best of Luck!