<p>I agree with @DrGoogle and @mathyone. It’s like reading text messages from a middle-schooler.</p>
<p>Sorry for using abbreviations. Can anyone tell me something on how to make a successful application to hyps? </p>
<p>What is op? </p>
<p>YPM, OP means Original Poster. Which in this message thread is you. It is message board slang like LOL is in
texting.</p>
<p>“is it necessary to give APs to be considered for harvard? m an international student and my school doesn’t offer any AP classes. I have got a 2400 in sat, 800 each in SATII maths level 2, biologyE and world history and i intend major in economics. what r my chances at yale and MIT??? plzzzzzzz help.”</p>
<p>Only about half or so of high schools in the US even offer AP courses, so no, AP courses are not necessary for Harvard – but taking a rigorous courseload within the context of whatever your school offers is. But that’s just the ante to be considered. I don’t know if you’re fully hearing us. Most everyone who applies to Harvard / Yale / MIT has excellent grades and scores, and still their admit rates are about 5%. What does that tell you about how they make their selections?</p>
<p>Repeating the advice in the above thread. Harvard, Yale, MIT accept 5% of applicants. It is speculated that the international acceptance rate is even lower. This means that about 95% of those who apply are rejected from these universities. In the 95% of rejections there are more than PLENTY of well qualified applicants. Many top students apply to these schools, and there are not enough available spots to accept them all. </p>
<p>I will just guess that the number of applicants from India to these schools is very high as well. This will not put you at an advantage…you are just another high test scoring Indian student applying to these colleges.</p>
<p>Like I said…you have the same 5% chance of acceptance as any other applicant.</p>
<p>But getting selected to be. Rhodes Scholar is even MORE competitive…regardless of where you attend college.</p>
<p>Good that you have your home country school. If you plan to apply here, yip will need a better rounded list in terms of acceptance rates.</p>
<p>And one more thing…it sounds like you need a LOT of need based aid. Please remember that you will also need to submit you SAT or ACT scores, and your CSS Profile, AND the applications to all of the schools to which you apply here…and there are costs for each of those submission. There are no guaranteed fee waivers for these costs for international students.</p>
<p>There was a thread last week relating to “Kinds of threads that drive you crazy”. Answer: this one, where the OP asks for advice, doesn’t like what (s)he hears, then throws a hissy fit. </p>
<p>OP, if you are not prepared to dislike the responses, then don’t ask adults for their opinions. AND don’t take everything personally. Suggesting that your writing could improve is NOT an insult to your ethnicity/nationality. I would tell US kids the EXACT same thing if they wrote like you write.</p>
<p>I also thought the suggestion for a set of American eyes to look at the essay, was to get someone who understands what American admissions officers are looking for - because it’s very different from what European or Indian universities value.</p>
<p>If you are truly aiming at places like Harvard you have to have a lot more to offer them than merely good grades and scores. Read the admission results folders for the colleges you are interested in. Pay special attention to the ones who were rejected. They are amazing kids too.</p>
<p>Agree with mathmom----Harvard rejects an amazing number of valedictorians with straight A averages and perfect SAT’s. Applying to Harvard is like playing the lottery–you don’t expect at all to get in, but sometimes you get lucky!</p>