Rejected Stanford SCEA: Chances at Harvard?

science_fiction
Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:26:04 +0000

Indeed, if you are applying from Asia to places like Harvard, you have to belong to the ULTRA elite community to be able to do this. In order to send a child to a very selective, pricey English speaking High School that follows the International curriculum, the family has to be able to afford annual tuition that is several or dozen times over the average family income of that country. In many cases, even if you have the money, you can’t even get in unless you are VERY WELL connected. Once accepted into a private top university in USA, the price tag grows further. In most cases, financial aids are not available for international students, so the family has to pay a full expense to the tune of $50K and over. This is 10-20x of the income per capita, depending on the country. So, if this is not an indication of ultra elite, what is?

There is no such thing as international candidates who are disadvantaged - especially from non-English speaking countries.

Be thankful that you are a citizen of a country where schools like Harvard give full ride need based financial support to provide wonderful opportunities to those with the down trodden background.