can I get into Ivies?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Probably more reason to apply to Yale ASAP.</p>

<p>Here's some data on Yale </p>

<p><a href="http://www.yale.edu/admit/international/financial_aid.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.yale.edu/admit/international/financial_aid.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>International Students -- Financial Aid</p>

<p>Yale employs a policy of need blind admission. In other words, we do not consider whether a student has applied for financial assistance when making admissions decisions. This policy applies to all students, including non-U.S. citizens. Yale offers need-based aid. There are no merit or athletic scholarships available. </p>

<p>Of the 97 international matriculants in the Class of 2006, 73.2% (71 students) applied for financial aid and 68% (66 students) received need-based financial aid. The range of their actual Yale grants was $4,900 to $34,900.</p>

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<p>Since the common application has a yes or no financial aid checkbox - for regular students at least - the AD COM knows (i.e sees and therefore is no longer blind) when someone is wealthy or at least beyond the FINANCIAL AID cutoffs (e.g upper middle class) - so in that sense the process is really not "needs blind" but really just "needs do not matter or should not matter"</p>

<p>As for Brown, no intl student "needs blind" per se however intl students are getting money in many cases, and more is on the way</p>

<p>see</p>

<p><a href="http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/10/CampusNews/Corp-Increases.Intl.Financial.Aid.And.Accepts.Gifts-2341113.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2006/10/10/CampusNews/Corp-Increases.Intl.Financial.Aid.And.Accepts.Gifts-2341113.shtml?sourcedomain=www.browndailyherald.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Don't stress yourself. Just apply to the colleges you are interested in and hope for the best. There is no way you can make sure that you're at the top of any pool of candidates applying to IVYs. There is no end to what you can do. You are organizing one benefit concert. Why not two, why not three? Your competitor may have started organizing such concerts in his Junior year and may now be onto his 10th one. You see what I mean, they are all playing this game.
One other thing. Even if you try to hide your race, ethnicity the ADCOMs will know it. They have seen it all: High GPA, high SAT and plays piano (or, tennis)!</p>

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<p>if you think that the fact that you are not applying into the math/science/premed will increase your chances of getting in an IVY, you are mistaken. the range of studies that asian applicants apply for are extremely wide and their scores and/or talents are mostly above average if not very very good.</p>

<p>however, your SAT I score is good. the down side is that you havent taken SAT II (if i am correct)</p>

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<p>ignore this</p>

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<p>Harvard, Yale and Princeton are the ones that are need-blind for international students. All the others only for domestic (check their sites)</p>