International feeder schools to top US universities

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I recently read a Reddit post by a former AO that international students have a very low chance of getting admitted to top US universities unless they attend a feeder school, either in the US or their own countries.

Which schools outside of the US are considered feeder schools to top US universities? I can think of Raffles Institution in Singapore. Which others have such a reputation?

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Eton, Westminster, Harrow

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Thanks. The US appears to be an increasingly popular destination for students of selective private schools in the UK.

The three schools you listed are also traditional feeders to Oxbridge. I wonder whether they feel threatened by this trend.

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I highly doubt it. Most UK 6th formers will still study at UK unis.

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Daewon, Minjok.

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Given the number of students from India and China in the US, are there feeder schools to top US universities in those two countries? Or do they come from a broad cross-section of secondary schools?

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You mean the high schools in Korea?

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Yes.

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Are you Korean? Cuz I am a Korean student applying for US college Fall 2021

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Not sure about “top” but my daughter said at least 8 of the kids in her freshman year at NYU attended the same (private) Chinese high school. I don’t know any more details about it.

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Thanks. Interesting - I wonder whether it is a local private school, an affiliate of a Western secondary school (e.g., Dulwich, Wellington) or a UWC.

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NYU is also pretty big.

Various HS’s across the world have a concentration of high achievers. Not sure why you care about feeders, though (other than for bragging rights). Typically, these HS’s have attributes that matter more than where their grads matriculate.

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Delhi Public School RK Puram, New Delhi
Dhirubai Ambani School

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I just wasn’t aware that admission to a top US college is so limiting for international students and was curious whether it’s really true.

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Are Cathedral and John Connon Mumbai, and Jayshree Periwal Jaipur considered feeder schools too? Many students from both have gotten into Ivies, some even with scholarships.

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the IASAS schools in Asia. UWCs also

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Thanks, @cricketfan23 and @anhe2021. Familiar with UWCs but not the Indian schools and IASAS - really interesting histories.

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Less than 10% of top US college first-year admits are international, that includes Canadians and other English speakers. So, yes, it’s competitive, very.