What are my chances to get into ivies

MWolf
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:19:58 +0000

You must realize that there are likely four times as many applicants who are fully qualified as the number of applicants that these colleges can admit. So with 75%-90% of all super-qualified applicants not being accepted, being “just a tiny bit underqualified” is the same as “not qualified”.

It’s only “sad” because some people have decided that their future happiness is dependent on their being accepted to an Ivy. It’s only sad because somebody living half way across the world has put the name “Ivy League” on a pedestal, and thinks that attending a college with that title is a gateway to happiness, wealth, and a wonderful life.

It is only “sad” if somehow it is up to a small number of famous private colleges in the USA to support the dream of every single one of the hundreds of thousands of international students (qualified and “a tiny bit underqualified”) who aspire to be accepted to “an Ivy”, “a Top-10 college in the USA”, etc

I mean, it’s sad that Bill gates won’t give me a million dollars so I could follow my own dreams, I guess.

If you want to attend a college in the USA, you should stop focusing on “prestige”. What you should do is apply to colleges which are willing to provide merit money for applicants with great profiles.

Your first search parameter for colleges in the USA should be “colleges which provide financial and merit aid to international students”, your second should be “college which admit the highest percent of international students”. Parameters like “prestige” are not going to help you find a college in the USA which will both accept you AND provide you with enough financial or merit aid to make it affordable for you.

You need to learn more about the realities of international admissions to CS undergraduate programs in the USA, especially admissions from India.