<p>Hi...so I have singapore citizenship...but I live in America </p>
<p>Is it harder for me to be accepted statistically if I applied as an Singapore international student or easier? I have heard both ways....if someone can please clarify, that would be great thanks.</p>
<p>Harder. No question. International students have to be much more competitive than their American counterparts.</p>
<p>Do you have a Green Card? If so, then you’d be considered like the other US citizens – who have a woefully low chance as well.</p>
<p>thanks for your reply</p>
<p>however i was looking at statistics for class of 2012</p>
<p>yale had 12 singaporeans
and 4 students from my state attending </p>
<p>other schools like
claremont mckenna for example have ten singaporeans attending
and 3 students from my state attending</p>
<p>amherst has eight singaporean attending
and 1 student from my state atteding </p>
<p>don’t i statistically have a better chance as an singaporean international when applying to top colleges?
also considering…singapore only has a population of 4 million…i just don’t think there are that many seniors applying</p>
<p>Statistically better chance as a Singaporean international compared to who? It’s all relative. </p>
<p>I’m sure internationals have a harder time of getting compared to US Citizens and residents. However, after that, it’ll all about your own merits. It doesn’t matter which country you’re from… what matters is your personal traits, your academics, and essays. You could be from Ethiopia with 85 million people and not land a single acceptance.</p>
<p>probably harder. there are so many uberqualified singaporeans around ><</p>
<p>Yale had 12 Singaporeans… but about 1800 American acceptees. If less than 96 Singaporeans applied (which I doubt), then yes, the percentage of people who applied form Singapore that were accepted would be higher, but I seriously doubt only 100 or so people applied.</p>
<p>Harder, no question.</p>
<p>Much harder.</p>
<p>… For MIT I think overall acceptance rate was around 12% but for internationals 3-4%, so for Yale I think its pretty much the same except a MIT officer told me MIT has a quota for the number of international students it can admit.</p>
<p>^ yeah McGann mentioned that there’s a 120 quota for internationals at MIT.</p>
<p>Is it really true that Yale has 12 Singaporean students for 1 year?</p>
<p>hmm
Yale has like 10% international right
so I basically there are seven continents - Antartica and North America so make that five
10% // 5 continents = 2% per continent
Then you do the math accordingly.
1500 accepted per class (assume)
10% of 1500 = 150
150 internationals
2% of 150 = 3
3 internationals per continent. But that is wrong according to the 12 Singaporean students
So then that means it is totally based on your merits.
Oh internationals. More work and less play…</p>
<p>^ I hope you’re joking… I’m bombing Calc and even, oh never mind… </p>
<p>Math aside, its hard to decide where to even begin poking holes in your argument… Australia is a new Ivy League powerhouse eh?</p>
<p>Lol, my argument is that my previous argument is wrong, and that IT IS BASED ON YOUR MERITS. </p>
<p>“”“”“”““So then that means it is totally based on your merits.””“”“”“”“”“”</p>
<p>Clearly, if there are 12 Singaporeans that means I wrong… and I said that.
I even made assumptions. </p>
<p>Is Australia…?</p>
<p>^ That I agree with 
</p>
<p>It’s all about individual merit in the college game. In the end, it doesn’t matter if you’re from Kentucky or from Antarctica.</p>
<p>I think Antartica would have a bigger chance. Come on, it is NOWHERE!
Jk</p>
<p>"It’s all about individual merit in the college game. In the end, it doesn’t matter if you’re from Kentucky or from Antarctica. "</p>
<p>But it does matter if daddy donates a lot :D</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>The world is not fair at all.</p>
<p>"It’s all about individual merit in the college game. In the end, it doesn’t matter if you’re from Kentucky or from Antarctica. "</p>
<p>If only that were true.</p>
<p>Colleges have obligations. American universities take more American students because there is a reasonable expectation that they will use that education to do something worthwhile in America. This includes Yale. Why would Yale want to educate a bunch of kids who will jump ship back to their mother country as soon as they get their degree (not that all do, certainly)?</p>
<p>lol and in the end no one answered the OP’s qns at all</p>