<p>Can some international students who got into US colleges (especially the IVY) post their stats? I have a feeling that mine isn't that good. Im an international student who wants to go to Columbia U.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Ivy Universities appreciate international students a lot, because they usually perform very well. But their numbers are increasing exponentially, so they can’t pick everyone 
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If you’re a top notch student whith excellent grade in your international Baccalaureate or French baccalaureate. along with excellent grades in high school years. well, don’t hesitate, go ahead and apply, its worth the chance 
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<p>statistically speaking, a lot of Internationals go to CC first, perform extremely well, and then go to GREAT schools some of which go to IVYs (btw IVYs do not accept that many tranfers) .</p>
<p>Good luck ;)</p>
<p>what if my school doesn’t have IBs? Would that be an obstacle? Also, do you know what the IVYs expect from an international?</p>
<p>Pegoooo, do you mean COMMUNITY COLLEGES by CC?</p>
<p>i got in cornell last year.
SAT - 660CR 800WR 800M
SAT subject tests - 800 math2, 800 physics
114 TOEFL
top 2 of my school
19/20 high school average</p>
<p>any other stats? ECs and stuff?
Thanks tho.</p>
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Were you offered enough financial aid to attend? Cornell has a bad reputation for admitting internationals without funding.</p>
<p>yes I ment Community college by CC.</p>
<p>lot of international students end up in great schools after transfering from CC. but if you want the top schools in the US, dont expect them to open seats from transfers. they open only a few seats. by few seats I mean between 0 and 50</p>
<p>TiagoCorreia: you are definitively a special one. But like I said, once students with similar grades as yours fill in the holes, there isn’t much hope for the rest. that is why they come to CC, it gives them a second chance. And CC is waaay cheaper since Out-of state tuition is usually high, with no financial aid, things are just way too expensive for some students.</p>
<p>Nope, no FA. This was the reason why i ended up not enrolling. I believe i’ve already posted my full stats (for last year, i’ve done some different stuff this last year) on some other threads, you can check it</p>
<p>Tiago:</p>
<p>Try some of the top LACs. You may get in with your stats.</p>
<p>Impersonal, LAC?</p>
<p>LAC = Liberal Art School.</p>
<p>Schools such as the SWAMP (Swarthmore, Williams, Amherst, Middlebury, and Pomona) have great financial aid. Also, they are very well regarded schools in the U.S., even though they may have less international recognition.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for the tip!</p>
<p>TiagoCorreia Even with your good stats you didn’t get FA, I don’t think I’m getting for ED then and I should start looking for other schools.</p>
<p>Maybe b@r!um could chip in. I believe he/she went to a LAC for undergrad and now is at Stanford for grad school.</p>
<p>I was refraining from the discussion because I did not get accepted to an Ivy-type university as an undergrad. 
But yes, I attended Bryn Mawr as an undergraduate and I am now a PhD student at Stanford.</p>
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I have to disagree with you. LACs don’t have the prestige-factor associated with an Ivy League education. (For example, I once went to a “how to interview for a job in consulting” workshop at Haverford College. At the end of the presentation, a student asked the presenter if his company had internships or entry-level positions for college students. She got a response along the lines of, “Yes, we do offer internships and entry-level positions, but we hire exclusively from Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.”) </p>
<p>There are good reasons to attend a LAC but prestige is not one of them.</p>
<p>Hi b@r!um:</p>
<p>I was trying to put thing in perspective with respect to Tiago Correia’s situation. He/she got into Cornell once with no finaid at all. So if he/she wants to come to the U.S. to study and can get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. great, no problem, go there. However, you probably will agree that given the prior results (Cornell with no aid) he/she cannot be sure to be accepted by the HYPSM types of schools, hence the suggestion to cast a wider net. If I was Tiago Correia and I could not afford Cornell, as it seems he/she couldn’t last year, then I would include in my consideration set other great schools that offer finaid to international students.</p>
<p>Lastly, top IBs and Management Consulting companies do recruit at the very top LACs. Maybe not at Haverford, but certainly they do at Amherst, Pomona, and Williams. In fact, one could argue that, on a per capita basis, it is relatively easier to be hired by a top IB/MC as a student of these three LACs than as a Penn student, in particular if the student is not a Wharton student.</p>
<p>International student here, low stats, less than impressive gpa and I got in. You never know what they will decide there in the admissions office. Esp at those need blind schools.</p>
<p>Yes but the question is WHERE did you get in?</p>
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His/her post history suggests that it’s Dartmouth!</p>
<p>What do you mean by “low stats and less than impressive GPA?” 2200 SAT and straight-As, if not for that B you got in freshman year…or 1850 SAT, and B/C student? </p>
<p>The issue with your being vague is that you’re vague. Get it? :P</p>