<p>Does it apply to international students not applying for financial aid at elite universities (Ivies, etc)?</p>
<p>Like do we get the same AA benefits (or losses) as a student in the USA?</p>
<p>Anyone have any facts or evidence to answer this with?</p>
<p>Affirmative action applies to American, not international students. It is a way of redressing past discrimination due to race, ethnicity and sex, experienced historically within the American society.</p>
<p>As an international student you may be attractive to schools looking to diversify their student bodies. For example, someone from Africa or Asia may be attractive for a school whose student body is mostly white or Latino. But AA as such does not apply to non-Americans.</p>
<p>Well I have no evidence to back it up, but I have seen it happen a bit but in terms of SAT scores. Like students will super school records but not-so-special SAT scores (1980-2100) getting into Ivies. Dont know if it should be called AA though since I have seen Europeans and even Asians get into ivies with the same scores. </p>
<p>Lets just say your chances depends most on how the admission officer feels while he is reviewing your application.</p>
<p>Many students with so-so SAT scores get into the Ivies – either because they are athletes or come from enormously wealthy and powerful families (George Bush, some of the Kennedy children are good examples). That’s never been a secret with the Ivies. And that has absolutely NOTHING to do with Affirmative Action.</p>
<p>@katliamom,</p>
<p>I am talking about international students not Americans. I already know about the legacy and athlete issue. Although some international students do get in as athletes and by virtue of who they are (Royalty and such)- I am talking of the large subspace of students who come from irrelevant families.</p>
<p>In general, I have seen International students get into Ivies with just over 2100 into schools like Yale, Princeton e.t.c</p>
<p>However on CC you only see the superscores- 2300+ asking what are my chances e.t.c which kind of freak you out.</p>
<p>So someone with low stats probably wonders about his or her chances of getting into a school.</p>