<p>Hi!</p>
<p>I am applying SCEA with Fin Aid AND I am an international!</p>
<p>My SAT scores are avg: 2210</p>
<p>My ECAs are decent, but purely based in research/physics</p>
<p>My grades are good (but not valedictorian standard), mostly because of my school</p>
<p>Essays are pretty good I think</p>
<p>But Am I totally screwed?</p>
<p>regards</p>
<p>uhh if we say yes, would you not apply?</p>
<p>probably not. </p>
<p>But I just want to get the feel on how competitive such a move would be. </p>
<p>What are the admin rates I ll be looking at?</p>
<p>Uh. I think you are looking at an admit rate of probably 3% or so for internationals needing aid or 5% or so if you don’t need aid. SCEA usually doesn’t give you any sort of advantage - since the applicant pool is stronger.</p>
<p>hey frankchn, I may be just thinking wishfully, but the applicants from Singapore usually dont apply for aid rite?</p>
<p>and are the two pools assessed differently, that is, stanford selects a few students from each pool of the non aid and aid category?</p>
<p>applying for aid to stanford as an international, esp if you’re from singapore, is suicidal. serious.</p>
<p>hmm yea that’s what I heard :(</p>
<p>If you have a passion for physics, make sure it shows throughout your activities. Since you have strength in the science, take the ACT. You might do really well if you take it twice.</p>
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<p>Well about 20%-25% of each incoming Singaporean class gets aid - so it is not exactly “suicidal” but in general - yeah quite hard.</p>