<p>Tough luck, usama. :(</p>
<p>What about everyone else?</p>
<p>Dude, trust me. Citizenship doesn’t matter as much. Residency does. Also, UCLA is not a need blind school. Trust me, I went through this whole process last year. Citizenship doesn’t count for shizzle. It’s residency that matters.</p>
<p>Also, the school you are from plays a huge role in US admissions. The same 2200 SAT kid from an unknown school who got rejected from Harvard would have been accepted if he were from KGS or Aitchison.</p>
<p>so any MIT acceptances ?</p>
<p>Yep, my friend from Aitchison</p>
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<p>^ That makes little sense. </p>
<p>Anyways, neither really matter all that much. But in the case of MIT, citizenship is often all that matters. In the US, people are beginning to see the value of a STEM education and some universities, like MIT seem to have made it a priority to educate US citizens over internationals. It doesn’t mean you can’t get in as an international; but that getting in there as an international can often become more difficult than at HYPS. MIT is the only top-tier university that seems to follow such a philosophy. It should be noted that it often vigorously attempts to deny practicing it. </p>
<p>Tbh, once you come here you begin to realize that there is a vast gap between HYPS and MIT in post-college prospects. It isn’t the end of the world if you didn’t get in.</p>
<p>@ Confused6 I’m sorry to be unhelpful here but I’m not familiar with her stats. She did apply for aid though-but not that much, I’d think something less than 50%. What I do know is wustl rejected 2 of our best students. It’s quite heart breaking.
@gtfotu well what do you say for mit’s 3% admit rate for international and 11% for us nationals? and then you tell me it doesn’t matter. And if I had the US citizenship I’d have applied to Stanford Caltech and claremont mckenna. The citizenship makes you eligible for aid in these places. (but then again it doesn’t matter to you anyway )</p>
<p>Mit, it was nice meeting you. You were fantastic:p
MIT Y U NO LIKE KGS</p>
<p>And someone mentioned that 2200 kid would have gotten in if he was in kgs, our own 2390 (with a mele of distinctions and brilliance ) got deferred. And another 2330 (if you tag them by sat scores) who is quite possibly the best candidate for Harvard haven’t gotten an interview. So its not like kgs is the tagline that get you places. Also, if MIT is your dream, kgs is bad for you.</p>
<p>WUSTL met 100% financial need of KGS student. Her SAT > 2200.</p>
<p>^Really? My bad. I don’t know her that well.
But she said she could afford to pay at least 25k per year :/</p>
<p>^She will not need to pay.</p>
<p>^^bluelovexD, You know, Richmond is very generous too. Hang in there. MIT is a crap shoot.</p>
<p>Who got into MIT from Aitchison?.Was it Suhail?</p>
<p>@ perazziman lucky girl >.<
Thanks, that makes me feel better 
Richmond sounds pretty nice. I’m a little concerned over what I read about the student body though. You kind enough to give me an insight ?</p>
<p>Someone from Roots Islamabad branch was waitlisted by MIT. Don’t know who though.</p>
<p>bluelovexD, You will have to share what you have read. My impression is that U of Richmond is a wealthy, high quality school with a liberal faculty and staff/ administration. It trys to shop for diversity and academically stronger student body by recruiting high numbers of foreign students with superior academic records. The majority of students will probably be from educated, wealthy, conservative (Republican) white families, since Va is a conservative state, near DC. Many of them will be smart intelligent and make wonderful friends. Some of them will obviously walk around with chips on their shoulder, because they did not have the scores/ academic record to earn scholarships etc. What is your concern?</p>
<p>@Usama</p>
<p>It’s alright, man. It was a crapshoot anyway. Plenty of decisions still to come.</p>
<p>@perazziman thanks a lot for the info. I have read that the alcohol and drug abuse at UR is quite high, though I wonder if that’s the norm for American colleges. And " The majority of students will probably be from educated, wealthy, conservative (Republican) white families,"-this too. Someone said that the majority of students are snobby white rich kids and that sort of bothers me. Also that diversity is not much- stats wise, 6% is quite low compared to other large, high ranking colleges. I’m wondering if i’d fit in and be happy there if I do go.</p>
<p>@Glaedr Yeah I guess, like you said it was a total crapshoot anyways.
So who’s next people? I hear UChicago? Who’s waiting for that.</p>
<p>^ I am! It’s on 23rd.</p>