<p>i don't really mean easier, just trying to get your attention there. is it true that because of international student quotas there are allowances for int'l students? ie. admission is not as competitive coz they do not need to achieve as high SAT results (of course they still need excellent results just not as high as american students)</p>
<p>I don't think this is true. There are many talented foreign students living in and outside the U.S. A lot of them are fluent in 2 or more languages and they usually have high math scores. The competition is especially keen at elite colleges that are not need blind to international students.</p>
<p>I used to think that being an international student gives you an edge....until I found out that many schools just have a limited amount of "seats" for inls. That's why the competition is even harder. UC Berkeley for example: 24% of in-state get admitted, 23% of out of state and only about 12% of internationals. But I think it depends upon which schools you are looking at too....</p>
<p>You are right. And it depends on which country as well. Overrepresented countries have it harder in getting their students accepted.</p>
<p>On an average its tougher for Intls 'coz we usually look at "famous" schools which get a lot of applications from smart Intl's and there are just so many whom they can take...</p>
<p>yeah you've all made good points, it's clearly something that depends on each student and each uni and course they decide to apply to...</p>
<p>yea, it is probably harder to get in as a international student. but over in the UK it is worse as many of the famous unis have v.v.v. strict quotas making it almost impossible.</p>
<p>It's harder at the big name schools, but many lesser known schools love internationals--if they can pay.</p>
<p>damn. 'if they can pay'</p>
<p>International Admissions are harder. Take a look at the top schools, most have an overall 15% acceptance rate; for international students its less than 5%. In many cases the verbal scores of international students are lower compare to Americans, except in the case of Canadians, Irishs, Brtis, Nigerians, Indians and other Africans. Schools know that for most of us English is a second or third language, and they weight more our multilingual ability. Math scores however are extremely competitive specially for students that come from East Asia, Germany, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe.
The single must important academic factor for us in the admissions game is the class rank. Those who are blessed with a 1/xxx rank have a great shot at almost every school.</p>
<p>"The single must important academic factor for us in the admissions game is the class rank. Those who are blessed with a 1/xxx rank have a great shot at almost every school."</p>
<p>YES!! although its only 1/xx.</p>
<p>What if there isn't a rank? We don't rank at all, how bad is that?</p>
<p>"The single must important academic factor for us in the admissions game is the class rank. Those who are blessed with a 1/xxx rank have a great shot at almost every school."</p>
<p>Oh dear, my school's a really small British international school (20 people each grade) and we don't do ranking... what do I do? Do I just put 'we don't rank students here' on all my forms coz 'not applicable' just sounds like you can't be bothered....</p>
<p>there is no ranking at my school either! That is not common in Germany! My graduating class had about 100 students!</p>
<p>Yes, in Russia it's also absolutely uncommon to rank the students. Moreover, the school tries to equal all the pupils, so there is no any AP or enriched classes.</p>
<p>Actually, most competitive schools require your counsellor to give the nearest estimate of your rank if your school doesn't rank. Also, its quite a huge factor in the admissions process, so its always better to mention that.</p>
<p>If the estimated rank is given in our school, I can be considered 1 rank in whole region, and top 1% of state. But, unfortunately, it's not taken into account.</p>
<p>Good schools have significantly lower admission rates for international students since all the top students from the world apply to the top schools in America. Sure, colleges want some but not too many. All they really want to show is that they are diverse. For example, MIT has 5% admission rates for int's. That's about ~3 times as low as the normal admissions rate.</p>
<p>hey does emory go into the catogory of "good" school..? or do they love international students?</p>
<p>They love international students with "dough", if you have cash you have a descent shot.</p>