<p>Is being an international student really a disadvantage when applying for college?</p>
<p>I know people in my school that are from Korea, Taiwan, Etc. who got rejected basically from every ivy league school they applied to, even though they were clearly the top students in the grade, and they are all pretty involved in sports, ecs, etc. Especially for Asians, it seems like they really can't win in terms of getting accepted to the school of their choice</p>
<p>yea for Ivies it'll be extremely challenging especially if your from Asia since you'll be competeing against all the prodigies from China, Japan and Korea. My opinion is that Ivy Leagues don't want a regular smart Asian from Asia because theres already a lot of those in America, they want those prodigies that are way above average.</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>Definitely yes. </p>
<p>And if you're applying for financial aid, you're put at even more of a disadvantage.</p>
<p>That said, if you don't need that much aid, or any at all, (saying you can contribute around 20-25K a year), at some schools that's okay. And if you look at other schools lookin' to increase their int'l student pool, if you got the stats, you got a good chance.</p>
<p>Then again, most int'ls, esp. Asians seem to go many for Ivies only + MIT, Stanford, CMU and perhaps top tier LAC's like Swarthmore, Amherst and Williams.</p>
<p>You gotta cast a wider net, for sure.</p>
<p>If you don't need aid and are applying from an underrepresented country, it can be an advantage. Especially outside of ivies and the like, schools that don't get as many intnl apps.</p>