<p>I'm in a bad situation. I am Asian, but I was born in Canada. Then, I moved to California. So unfortunately, since I don't have a green card yet, I am in the international pool.</p>
<p>The general knowledge, as far as I'm concerned, is that it is about 2-3 times harder to gain an admittance as an international. </p>
<p>I have a question. How competitive is the international pool? I know that Stanford and Yale SCEA, despite having higher acceptance rate than regular pool, are more competitive than their regular pools. Shouldn't the difficulty of international pool depend on the competitiveness of the applicants as well? I highly doubt that internationals have higher stats (such as SAT scores) than students educated in the United States. If this is true, if I have a high SAT score (say 2300+), wouldn't it be easier for me to stand out?</p>
<p>I am really curious about how much the statistics of international admissions actually tell about the difficulty of admission. Yale is definitely my top choice, and I truly hope that it isn't as difficult as it sounds for internationals. Any information about international admissions for top schools would be appreicated. Thanks!</p>
<p>I was in the same situation as you (no green card/international) when I applied, and I basically had the same worries. However, I later talked to my admissions officer, and found out that as long as you go to school in the US, you are considered a domestic student, at least for admissions purposes.
So relax, and good luck!
:)</p>
<p>to pRhyme: I wouldn’t rely on the whole other international students having lower SAT scores thing… As an international student myself, and having been on the Internationals thread, a lot of the applicants are just as crazy as domestic applicants…
But if what miops says is right, you don’t seem to have anything to worry about by being international~
What freaks me out most is how qualified everyone is!!</p>
<p>No point in freaking out. Knowing how competetive the international pool is really won’t help you get in. If Yale is your top choice, nobody should be able to dissuade you from giving it a shot. Just apply, do all you can to better your own stats, and RELAX. We’re all in the same boat. :)</p>
<p>lol, tQ quasiprofound… just, think about it… nobody would bother applying if they didnt have a half decent shot at least… that’s 20 000 qualified applicants.
*alarm bells start ringing.
1/20000??!! sighh.
you’re right, though. nothing i can do about it except improve my stats…</p>
<p>You all need to realize that SAT scores aren’t that big a deal, seriously. I have a 2260 (770CR, 760M, 730W), which plenty of people would probably scoff at, but we all need to realize that scores aren’t as important as ECs and essays. Why else would all those people with 2400s get rejected?</p>
<p>well no one would scoff at ur score considering that the average is around 1600. I think u just wanted to advertise your scores and they are great :)</p>
<p>ahh, i feel so naive all of a sudden, its harder for international applicants to get in? =S i’m an asian student from canada…ok ya so that’s not good now is it?
:(</p>
<p>amen to that, sirensong.
i think its asian applicants, from say india, china and korea that are most disadvantaged.
they have the most comp., but they’re the countries with the greatest no. of people accepted into american colleges… figures.</p>