Yale '14 - International Applicant

ZishuAW
Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:39:29 +0000

I wouldn’t trade any of my ECs with an International competition because then I won’t be 100% genuinely me and I just cannot bear steering away from the true self…but if we are talking strictly on chances of being admitted, then yes int’l olympiad helps A LOT and the “half” statement holds true.
I think you need to ask yourself whether you have taken fully available resources to become a great scholar / thinker / leader / creator…most importantly, a person. Even in the international pool Yale will take each case individually. For example, in China SAT 2200 is (almost) a bottom line for a Yale applicant this year (personal personal opinion) because Chinese are becoming good in SATs, but the same score may rock in some other countries…so what I am saying is that presenting the best of yourself is the right choice, and don’t really compare to any applicant whose situation is drastically different from yours because that wouldn’t be fair. Hope I help! ^_^