What are my chances to get into ivies

aunt_bea
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:00:26 +0000

It’s not that you’re underqualified, it’s that you’re over-represented.

You should look on these forums to see how many students from India want to get into the Ivies, to study computer science, while asking for financial aid.

Your compatriots have the same list of schools and have not done any research on what the schools cost and whether or not they provide aid. They don’t seem to research how big the school is, and how many actual spaces there are for students. Also, in most of these Ivy schools, the seats are already “taken” by artists, athletes, legacies, donors of buildings, etc.

For some strange reason your compatriots also don’t know what “need blind” means. They assume that “need blind” means a completely free education. Need blind means that when they are looking at your application they don’t look at whether or not you “need” money to attend. The Admissions officers consider the academic qualities of the student without financial considerations. Financial aid is a completely different department and office.

Every single list, from students in India has UC Berkeley noted. Asking for aid, without understanding that non-residents won’t get a penny of aid from a public university, indicates that no research has been done. Also, majoring in CS, without understanding that a number of Americans schools are impacted in comp sci, shows that research in the school has not been considered.

If you need financial aid to attend a school in the US, then you need to Google and do the research on which schools will provide aid to international students.

Edited to add:
Also if your major is going to be CS, then you need to find a school where the CS department is not impacted. Being “impacted” means that the school only has “so many seats” available for the major.

Make sure if you’re going to be in this major, you’re prepared to return home for future jobs. The schools will educate you, but the employers/companies have made no guarantees about sponsoring you, in the US, for future jobs. US employers are mandated by the US government to employ US citizens first before even considering a non-citizen.