<p>Im an international student from Pakistanand thinking of applying to America for my undergrad. But the thing is i cant afford the eduaction and ill probably need full financial aid which makes matters difficult. i plan to do engineering(electrical or mechanical). </p>
<p>My stats are:
Given my O levels 5 A's and 3 B's (A's in all physics,chem,maths and english though)
Given my As levels 3A's,physics,chem,maths)
Sat 2150(750M, 700 in both english sections)
Top 2% of class. The school does not have a GPA.
The grading system of school is very tough( the exams are made tougher than the actual O and A level exams)
Looking to give my Sat2(physics,chem,maths2) in Jan, probably get 800 in each(750 min)</p>
<p>EC: not too many, went to india for a essay writing competition,Hiking(does it count?), a good table tennis player (2nd best in school), helped in organizing events in school (farewells) taken part in model making competition of WWF and a science fair.Tutored my brother and his friends maths and the science subjects.(My school does not have any clubs so thats why they are missing).Done some community service 50(if standing outside a mosque and checking people by hand to prevent a terrorist from getting in, counts as one) about 50 hours.Also was part of a protest organizing commitee for 4 years(My main work is providing food to the protestors) and the one this year was about 25000 to 30000 people. Taken part in 2 science project competition.</p>
<p>Essay will be pretty good</p>
<p>Recomendations: they will be very good. </p>
<p>Another ting is that Yales engineering school is not regarded as the best amongst top schools so does it give me a slightly more chance?.</p>
<p>I might be wrong but I think to do engineering you still just apply to the Yale College, same as you would if you wanted to major in anything else.</p>
<p>Yale is also need-blind, which means it doesn’t take into account how much you can afford to pay.</p>
<p>Your SAT scores are decent, if your essays and everything are good then you have as good a chance as any. But even so, there’s such a small percentage of applicants who get accepted that we have no idea here who might get in and who won’t. Just do your best, and make sure you have a safety school in your home country.</p>
<p>Also if i make abundantly clear i want to do engineering(this can be helped by me being an asian who like doing sciences) will it have some effect?</p>
lol, sounds like a great premise for an essay.</p>
<p>Getting accepted to Yale may be slightly easier for engineering, and your stats seem to show a bit of an inclination in that direction. That said, it will still be very difficult, and I wonder why you would chose Yale when engineering is their weakest department.</p>
<p>i plan to return to my home country and a degree from Yale in engineering would count more than that from another better engineering school which is less famous or less prestige. With a degree from an ivy my future in mycountry will be more bright</p>
<p>You have a chance, as do all applicants, but it might be quite difficult given your O and A Level results. How competitive is your school? Do you have any more ECAs? Any country-highest/world-highest scores in your O/A Levels? I’m from the Indian subcontinent as well and ours is a very competitive pool of students. For the past couple of years, I’ve not known any students getting into the top schools (Ivies, MIT, Stanford) without straight A’s (around 8-12 O Level subjects and 4-6 A Level subjects) and at least a 2100 SAT I score. The ones who did get through with a low SAT score or some B’s in their O/A Levels had national/international academic or extracurricular recognitions (e.g. member of the national debating contingent for the WSDC Championships). Of course, the applicant pool for Pakistan is different from my country’s (I’m not from Pakistan), so that might have some role to play in your admissions chances (Yale does ‘craft’ its classes to ensure a diverse, well-rounded student body). Pour your heart out into the essays, and best of luck!</p>
<p>Ive given my O levels through edexcel which was quite difficult compared to cambridge. One of my friend failed one of his exams in edexcel and when he gave the same through cambridge he got a B. Im giving me A levels through cambridge however and As had prety much the same course as that of O level edexcel. I dont have any distinctions aswell.
As for how competitive my school is, well it has sent students to good universities in england and canada. As foe extra curriculars im working on forming a science club at school and i have also successfully run the campaign of friend to become president of school.I have also worked at a small company of my uncle and made some small improvements to it. Im pakistan they dont have any national programs at school level and if there are some they are usualy for the upperclass as they require alot of money to register in and as i come from a middle class one i cant aford it. And the essay writing competition was an international one so does that count.</p>
<p>Your friend probably studied harder for his Cambridge exam. Edexcel has gotten more commercial recently, grade inflation is rampant and the Cambridge degree has more prestige and international acceptance [source: the British Council & excellent, experienced teachers who were once professors at the best universities in my country and now teach A Level students in honorary posts]. In fact, the University of London will soon sever its relations with Edexcel and this is why most schools in my country are converting to a Cambridge syllabus to uphold their quality. So it’s a good thing that you’re giving your A Levels from Cambridge. :)</p>
<p>As long as you’re making the most of all the possibilities that are available to you from your position in Pakistan, you’re fine. But if most HYPMS applicants in your country have similar or better ECAs alongside better school grades, you’re in a bit of trouble. Highlight yourself as a person, your values and your experiences in your essays. National level competitions don’t have to be restricted only to the upper class – why don’t you ask your school to fund you? As your school provides O and A Levels, it’s probably an institution for upper middle-class and upper-class students (I also live in the Indian subcontinent; our socioeconomic conditions must be quite similar) with a decent funding. I go to a pretty small school with mostly middle-class kids but our school still funds all of our tournament, competition expenses. We just have to ask :)</p>
<p>vow! Ali! Yale aspirant meets a Yale aspirant.lolz.(:)i will also try for yale inshallaah and instead of talking over her y dnt v go to pakisyani thread of 2014.There are many Pakistanis there n v can all talk about it.n btw dnt lose hope,there is always chance coz last year Yale people rejected a boy with 12 O levels, 7 Alevels, world distinction n best 7 As in A levels but accepted a girl with barely 8 As in O levels so its all a crapshoot hope thats soothing!</p>