<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I'm a Dutch international student, I'm interested in joining Harvard.</p>
<p>Will my status as Dutch international student help me in the admission process just like African Americans are more likely to be admitted because they are an underrepresented minority?
I presume there are not a lot of Dutch students at Harvard, hence why I wonder whether Dutchies are regarded as "underrepresented".</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
<p>Actually, being an international student is more likely to hurt than help your chances of getting in…The number of international students that schools accept tends to be relatively low, and so you need to be a truly stellar applicant to distinguish yourself from the other non-UnitedStatesians applying to Harvard.</p>
<p>I don’t know that Western Europeans would be considered “underrepresented.”</p>
<p>Definitely not.</p>
<p>I have heard that universities hold quotas on the amount of international applicants that they can accept. Considering the large quantity of foreign applicants, it is quite a competitive pool.</p>
<p>URMs are basically mostly for American citizens. Like if you were originally from a country that has few students at Harvard, but you live in America, then you will be helped out. But internationals, like me (Canadian) are disadvantaged.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to anacrusis, she is a moron.</p>
<p>Underrepresented minorities refers to American racial and ethnic groups like Native Americans, African Americans, and Hispanic Americans (particularly Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans) who are underrepresented in a college compared to their prevalence in the U.S. population.</p>
<p>Hi! I am Dutch too! There’s one other Dutch guy on CollegeConfidential (unless you are him, of course ;)) </p>
<p>There aren’t too many Dutch applicants, and I think the general concensus under Dutch applicants (also the ones I know who already study in the US) is, is that it is easier to get in from the Netherlands. All top colleges usually take one or maybe two Dutch applicants, and you fight with maybe 10 to 30 others (depending on the year); lets say that at least 10 of those apply having no clue how the system works (they don’t have any extra-curricular activities, put resum</p>
<p>Thanks for your help,</p>
<p>I’m surprised to see that being an international student will actually negatively affect my chances as I’ve read the following at the Harvard website:</p>
<p>“Are a student’s chances of admission hurt if there are other applicants from his or her school or community?
No. There are no quotas for individual schools, communities, states, or countries. A student’s application is compared rigorously with others from around the globe.” ([Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Frequently Asked Questions](<a href=“http://admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/faq.html]Harvard”>http://admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/faq.html))</p>
<p>Fortunately I’ve got enough time left to make a nice application as I’m still in high school, I’m currently 14 years old and I’ll graduate on June 2013.</p>
<p>Nice to meet you GuiltyBystander, are you currently studying in the U.S, and if so, which university do you attend?</p>
<p>^Although one’s geographical residence and nationality do have a certain influence in the admissions process.</p>
<p>Harvard doesn’t want to admit that there are, in fact, certain factors not related to academics that can put you at an advantage or disadvantage in the admissions process. They probably aren’t lying when they say that they don’t have quotas, but they, like other colleges, give priority to Americans. Things like being an amazing student from a rural area where few people go to college may help you, but Harvard wouldn’t actually say that if it did.</p>
<p>^This is very true along with other admission factors that are conspicuously concealed.</p>