<p>there are lots of well informed parents offering mature perspectives into ppl's questions but all seem to be US citizens or atleast living in US...any international parents here, specifically asian who have kids who went US or are going...share ur experiences please.......thnx</p>
<p>There is a singapore thread on the International Student forum.</p>
<p>But, all the parents are not living in the US. There are a few in Asia, a few in the UK, a few in Europe and a few scattered about.</p>
<p>What is your specific concern?</p>
<p>yup i knwo abt the singapore thread and i frequent it... i am a student by the way...
well seeing how all the parnets here seriously discuss abt thier kids chances and all, the process can be very diff for us intels..so juz wnated to hear their experiences and 'success stories'.....</p>
<p>By success, you mean Ivy? ;)</p>
<p>not only ivy/mit/stanford/duke/caltech/jhu and all the gd schools which are very hard for intels to get in :o
..like top 25 or so... :p</p>
<p>nee how ma?</p>
<p>The international thread pretty much covers that 'top 25' terrritory. </p>
<p>In truth, CC parents aren't wild about--and please excuse my language--"prestige whores", including international 'prestige whores'. Sorry. </p>
<p>There are 3000 colleges in the US. A Singaporean would get a great education at any of the top 500. So says me. The experience of college life in America is worth the admission ticket price. Plus, the island economy of Singapore looks less and less sure. A foot in the door of a huge, prosperous country like the US would a blessing, top 25 or not.</p>
<p>Can you tell that I lived in Singapore for two years? ;)</p>
<p>The prestige business, the Rolexes, the Mercs, the couture, the top 25 universities in the world-- is important to Singaporean culture but not as important to Americans. </p>
<p>Also, the admission standards for the top 25 might seem incomprehensible to internationals as they are not judged soley on scores. Singaporeans are educated in a highly 'scored' environment so their transcripts look very very similar and, excuse me, but possibly a bit dull?</p>
<p>If you want to understand the system better, do some research. Look up the 'stats' for the scholars listed in the CC 2005 Hall of Fame. You will read about some amazing leadership, talent and 'X' factors--from 16 and 17 year old Americans. Amazing talent. Truly. I'd put money on any one of those kids. I bet the Rhodes scholarship group does too. </p>
<p>Belive it or not, the American education system encourages this kind of extraordinary development. Not all the time, but enough of the time. On this board alone, there are an incredible number of highly desirable candidates. The top 25 schools are throwing money at these students. As they should be. </p>
<p>Clever clever schools.</p>
<p>Cheers, your last post strikes me as OTT, more than a bit heavy handed. Granted, I don't quite see what the OP is asking here, but this is a kid,isn't it? 17 or 18 years old? And I think we need to consider the international perspective: if you're going to leave your homecountry for an education abroad, you're going to want a uni with international name recognition, in other words, the prestige places. Similarly, US kids looking at UK unis pretty much restrict themselves to Oxbridge although of course there are many other fine instititutions here.</p>
<p>I think that students have to be realistic with the concept of reach safter and match schools whether they are U.S. or international students. I think being an international student brings extra added concerns because you have an extremely large pool of applicants for maybe less than 100 spots at the Ivies and elite schools. Also remember that there will be international students from other countries in the same international pool of applicants educated in the U.S.</p>
<p>The admission process at these schools are a very wholistic process and one would be remiss to tell as student that because you have the stats you would most likely be admitted to school A, B, or C especially when we know that it is not true. THe majority of the colleges are not need blind to international student (with some having exceptions for students from Canada and Mexico so yes money talks). In addition very few school meet demonstrated need or even offer aid to international students making the pool for those needing $$ even larger and more competitive.</p>
<p>It is my belief that an international student looking for colleges in the U.S. should definitely be receptive to casting a very large net as Cheers is correct in stating that there are any number of schools that are not the Ivies/Mit/Stanford that will them an excellent education and they would be a desireable candidate at the top of the applicant pools. In the end it doesn't matter where you are from the concept should be to get the best possible education you can at the best school for you not necessarily the best "named" school.</p>
<p>The international student (in the OP sense of foreign student applying from outside the US) is presumably also applying to universities in the home country/region and in most cases these will serve as acceptable safeties. I have never met a UK student who was applying to the US and not also filing the UCAS form.</p>
<p>hey, thnx for the comments cheers... ya i am juz a kid(like tt's an excuse :p)
sorry i take back comment abt 25 schools, any gd school including many state n LAcs... juz tt most intels dun noe abt these except liek berk..</p>
<p>i am juz looking for intl parents.... :)</p>
<p>and "wo hen hao, ni ne??'
hehe, i am an indian who noes a wee bit of chinese.... :)</p>
<p>samuck, I am a future international student from Romania. Trust me, Romanian unis do not even compare to unis in the top 50 in the US, so you cannot talk about them being safeties for people who really have a shot in this very competitive admission process. I agree with sybbie that one needs to cast a peculiarly wide net if he/she is an international student. I know someone with amazing stats who applied basically only to the Ivy League. Rejected</p>
<p>Again, I am assuming most international students ARE casting a wide net - but internationally, ie. not only applying to US unis but home country/region unis. Bogororo, are you only applying in the US or are you looking at Europe/UK as well? I am assuming we hear only about the US apps on this board but that most international students have back ups (insurance as they call it here) that they don't bother discussing on CC. And if they don't have those non-US back ups or a US safety, then of course I agree - very foolish.....</p>