Some advice/perspective for international students

Rudess
Sun, 10 Apr 2005 17:43:00 +0000

So it appears that : if you are an international with decent stats and almost nobody applies from your country, you have a great advantage. But if many apply from your country, all with excellent credentials, then you are at a huge disadvantage.

supergeniet, I understand that your impression is that being an international does increase your chances of admissions. But look at me. I’m from Mexico, my SATs are 670M/660V (slightly higher than yours) I’m in the top 2% of my school, and I’m number one exclusively for the IB program. I have predicted 44 points out of 45 for the IB. I won a national creative writing contest. I honestly think that, academically, I’m among the best in my country. Like you, my EC’s are strong (yours are probably a little better), my essays were personal and hopefully good, and my recommendations were excellent. But I didn’t got into Yale. So, in my eyes, being an international is in no way an advantage. It would be interesting, though, to se ehow many people from Mexico applied, because I have no idea, and that statistic may help prove/disprove the initial hypothesis.