<p>im an international student
omg, im applying to NYU for international relations and this is what it says on the site:</p>
<p>"However, we would expect your preparation to include the following: four years of English with a heavy emphasis on writing, 3-4 years of history/social studies, 3-4 years of mathematics, 3-4 years of a laboratory science, and 2-3 years of a foreign language. Please note that these are minimum requirements for consideration. Students most competitive for admission will exceed these minimums"</p>
<p>i only took 2 years of science. Am I done for???!!!! can i still apply? should i still apply???</p>
<p>but then it says "International students should be completing a program of study that would qualify them for admission to selective universities in their own country."... I met the minimum requirements for all the selective universities in my country... do they know that... do they look into that?</p>
<p>Yes, of course - usually an adcom has a few members that are experts on other nation's colleges/high schools. They also probably have a record of any other student from your high school applying.</p>
<p>If you are from a country where high school students tend to specialize in a particular subject or cluster of subjects in their final couple of years, so that for example a math student probably wouldn't be taking a history course, someone from your school could explain your curriculum -- and the fact that it prepares you for admission to top universities in your home country -- to NYU. Given that many foreign students attend NYU, I'm sure that their admissions people are aware that different countries have different educational systems, and are open to students who come out of them with different courses than they would have taken in US high schools.</p>