<p>Are you attending harvard(or have been accepted) as an international student or do you know such students?</p>
<p>A kid at my first HS was an international student (non-U.S. citizen), and got into Harvard and Stanford. He was (to my knowledge) unhooked; he was neither a URM nor a recruited athlete, and he had an SAT score of 2180 – proof for the stats-obsessed people on CC that it is totally possible to get into HYPSM with SAT scores under 2200 as an international. If I recall correctly (from the senior memories page in the yearbook), his main EC’s were band, fencing, honor code committee, French honor society, and business club.</p>
<p>I hail from foreign land. At least a few people from my country do get into Harvard, every year.</p>
<p>I’m an international and got accepted. I think something like 8% of admits are internationals.</p>
<p>The international students enter with top-notch stats or amazing backgrounds. It is a very competitive pool of applicants .</p>
<p>Harvard basically takes the best student in my country every year.If they dont get into Harvard they go to MIT.The exception was a friend of mine who was the top student in the finals in the whole country and chose Yale ,with the intent of majoring in Electrical Engineering.He had a full ride.</p>
<p>Remember, “full ride” applies only to Financial Aid due to need, not merit. Harvard does not give out merit-based aid.</p>
<p>Ok i mean he did not pay anything.They gave him everything</p>
<p>everybody tnx for replying!!!</p>
<p>well… i guess my background is at least unusual for a harvard applicant(if i will apply). coming from the poorest country in europe and with a family income of around 6000$ per year.and have been through lots of difficulties,both material and psychological.</p>
<p>not liz murray material , but i deffinitly know what a hardship and challange is.</p>
<p>There are poorer people than you,trust me.My family never had the equivalent of $300 in the bank.</p>
<p>i know… doesn’t it suck to have no money? (
poor or not,it doesn’t hurt to give a try,right? =) who knows… maybe I will be accepted the way I am,maybe not… it’s better to try and be rejected than live my live with regrets.</p>
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<p>Harvard has stated multiple times that it is committed to admitting the most diverse student body possible; therefore, it is also committed to increasing socioeconomic diversity. Good luck :)</p>
<p>fledgling,tnx a bunch for ur words =)</p>
<p>No problem. 
I know this is a particularly stressful time for everyone applying for Fall 2011 admission, and I certainly wouldn’t want to discourage any potential strong candidates.</p>
<p>i’ll not apply this fall,i intended to… but I will apply next fall. tnx again for the support! ^^</p>
<p>Are there students from former Soviet Union (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus)?</p>
<p>I’m from an ex-urss country… moldova … but,still in highschool,so… can’t count myself as a student =)</p>
<p>I expected to find out about their level of proficiency (stats, extracurricular, volunteer)…</p>
<p>Yes, they probably have to be the best students ever, but such countries as Russia or Belarus have not amazing opportunities for volunteering or extracurriculat activities like US or Western Europe has…</p>
<p>Emphasizing, just curious about stats, particularly average SAT scores :)))</p>
<p>uhm… living my whole live in between russia-romania-moldova i can tell u at least briefly about the students here.</p>
<p>as you know russia is a very big country and one of the most powerful.from my experience they don’t have any problems with opportunities.there is great diversity extracurricular-wise (of course,im not talking about the small villages),so,if a russian student tells you that he/she lacks opportunities,then look where from exactly the student comes. you can’t compare the greatness of st.petersburg or moscow to what they have in zobodnig,for example.</p>
<p>in moldova we do lack all sorts of opportunities.i live in the capital and still don’t have access to volunteering,AP classes,honor societies,school clubs.
and although i don’t have money(u know,moldova’s economics is nothing more than a ruin right now)or a real chance,i try to make the most of it.and im not the only one.
there are some brilliant students here,which need just a chance to prove that they have potential.</p>
<p>we have a very difficult curriculum.for me SAT maths is a piece of cake,really easy to do(and maths isnt my strongest point at all).i study romanian,russian,english,french,maths,chemistry,biology,physics,computer science,history,geography,social sciences,PE,psychology,universal literature obligatory.</p>
<p>I can’t generalize and say that every single student in eastern europe is pure genious,but,overall,we’re apt and intelligent. =)</p>
<p>I don’t know about average SAT scores here as not many of us take them.</p>