<p>Just want to say thanks to everyone!!!</p>
<p>Thanks. You're absolutely right. My choices are extremely high reaches. My chances of getting in probably aren't even slim. But I will ED for Wellesley though. You never know if a spectacular essay can get me in.</p>
<p>Mini, you're being a bit ridiculous. Even if you make the rather racist assumption that every single african-american, hispanic or native american student was accepted solely because of being "a desired URM," the total percentage of URM students is 21%, not 37%. Also, I don't know where you get your numbers on legacies - in 2002 legacies were 11.4% of the admitted class, not 39%, and the proportion is dropping (<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/reports/admission_study/adm-report.html)%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/pr/reports/admission_study/adm-report.html)</a>. And I would be really surprised if even Harvard had more than a hundred "published novelist[s], patent holders, sons and daughters of ambassadors, national leaders" (and even those aren't guarantees - Barbara Bush went to Yale but Jenna had to go to UT Austin).</p>
<p>To the OP, don't be too discouraged. Yes, the odds aren't great, but they aren't terrible either. Princeton takes a huge percentage of its class early, so it's probably in your best interests to reach high and apply there.</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply...
I guess I will still try applying early action to hyps, even though the odds are against me.
So, between the ivies like hyps, is there a certain one that has a higher international admittance rate?? If I applied early-action, where would I have the most chance in getting accepted? Thank you.</p>
<p>I think you're really really really concerned about the international admit issue. There's not much to discuss, IMO. No matter what, you still have a slight more competitiveness against international students from china and the rest of Korea for that matter, so it IS more difficult, perhaps not so dramatic as other's have mentioned, but still it could be a tipping factor. </p>
<p>You have good stats, but nothing really stands out. You're really involved in taekwondo, but so are myriads of korean students, (that I know, for that matter in my small state of Colorado, most of them 2~3rd degrees, and their places are "serious" as well) and Japan honor society, like spanish honor society, is not much unique either. Japan bowl, eh..I've heard of it at my school, but its an academic competition that doesn't have so much prestige in any sense, and..well I don't know much about it. xD</p>
<p>You have the stats. Just not the stand-out factor. You're basically among the rest of the thousands that apply. Just apply and pray.</p>
<p>And yes, do apply. Stop repeating yourself.</p>
<p>dang....yeah I agree about the lacking of stand-out factor....though I thought my extra curricular might be not on the lacking side, I guess it is...</p>
<p>and reading about needing big things like writing a book and holding patents...wow.....I know that's kinda rare but still...</p>
<p>anyway, I guess I can't do much now except get those test scores and write great essays...and DO APPLY ANYWAY! still would appreciate new opinions and advices! thank you</p>
<p>that's ridiculous. you are saying HYP are recruiting foreign atheletes in addition to foreign legacies? (how many could they possibly be) plus, foreign students are not considered in terms of URM or ORM.</p>
<p>"#1 - being an international does hurt you that much. International admit rates at HYP are under 3%, <em>lower if you require financial aid.</em>" </p>
<p>Mini, does that mean HYP's need-blind financial aid policy for international students is a lie?</p>
<p>mini- what you say is absolute ********
being an international doesn't hurt your chances that much
need blind fin aid is not a lie. Applying for FA at Stanford will hurt your chances if you're an intl. it's not the same thing for HYP
and for the last time you dont have to be an olympic gold medallist/nobel prize laureate/president of zimbabwe/owner of 3 start ups to get in</p>
<p>whosang- of course you should apply. write good essays, try to improve your scores and present yourself in a favourable light. you have a decent shot, i think. PM me if you have any questions</p>
<p>I just want to thank everyone who's replied....really, thank you!
One thing still bothers me though (It's NOT the international thing), from what I have listed here, is my extra curricular not strong enough or is it decent enough???? I thought it was kinda on the lacking side, but some people responded saying its fine, while others said it was bad.....HELP!!!</p>
<p>It's good, but not "out of the ordinary." A unique EC is what some people consider a good EC, while a good leadership is what others consider a good EC. It's not lacking by any means, but it's not something that'll catch an admission's officers eyes either. </p>
<p>Compared to someone..let's say that has been doing science research and had it published, RSI/TASP, and other internship or "search and do on your own" type EC's, yours won't be as "good" of an EC.</p>
<p>But I still think its fine.</p>
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Is this anything outside of school w/ exception of volunteering?</p>
<p>wait you can live in the U.S. and still be considered an international student?</p>
<p>yeah...it only has to do with what country of citizenship you have.
Any more opinions??</p>