<p>Hey, I am a prospective student of this prestigious University and I was wondering it was famous for. </p>
<p>I am planning on being a political science/international relations major and my future career plan is to become some sort of an international diplomat.</p>
<p>Would Yale be a good choice for this goal of mine (provided I get accepted lol).</p>
<p>And while we are at it, a quick chancing if you can:</p>
<p>SAT Superscore: 2190
CR: 760
M: 710
W: 720</p>
<p>SAT II:
Lit: 760
USH: 760
Math IC: 750
Math IIC: 680</p>
<p>AP:
Calc AB: 5
USH: 5
Eng/Lang: 5</p>
<p>GPA: 3.9818 UW; 5.6079 W (All APs/Honors throughout highschool and All "As", "A-s" or "A+s" for final grades except for Honors Chemistry last year, in which I got a final grade of "B".)</p>
<p>Class Rank: School doesn't offically rank but top 2% (I am approximately 6/550 students)</p>
<p>ECS: Several good ones; show an interest in writing and an interest in languages and law (will this be viewed as an interest in intenational relations?)</p>
<p>Awards: Several but nothing eye catching: Except for Winner of 2007 Project Law Essay Contest"</p>
<p>The college guide by Fiske lists the most popular majors for each college. Many college websites provide information on student breakdown by major as well.</p>
<p>Yale would be an excellent choice for you. I believe political science is something like the second most popular major. Yale has an International Studies major, but it can only be your second major. There's a relatively competitive application process in the fall of the sophomore year to be admitted to the International Studies major. See B.A</a>. in International Studies for more about Yale's international studies program.</p>
<p>Top 10 International Relations Schools for Policy Careers:
1. Johns Hopkins University
2. Georgetown University
3. Harvard University
4. Tufts University
5. Columbia University
6. Princeton University
7. George Washington University
8. American University
9. Syracuse University
10. University of California, San Diego</p>
<p>Top 10 International Relations Schools for Academic Careers:
1. Harvard University
2. Columbia University
3. Stanford University
4. Princeton University
5. University of Chicago
6. Yale University
7. University of Michigan
8. University of California, Berkeley
9. University of California, San Diego
10. Cornell University</p>
<p>Internationally, University of St. Andrews is #1 </p>
<p>For undergrad, you can get an amazing education at any of these schools - especially within the Top 25's. I believe that you should focus more on "fit" because for all you know, in a few months you could be interested in a major that is completely different (I am a current college freshman, and I see this phenomenon all around me). </p>
<p>You seem to be qualified for Yale, but the odds are rough for anyone. Best of luck to you!</p>
<p>Do you guys think my race of being Bengali (from the Southeast Asian country of Bangladesh) will help me/hurt me/have no affect upon me in the admission process?</p>
<p>South Asian will not tip you for or against. Are you applying as a US citizen/Permanent resident or as an international? If as an international, then that would hurt you because your competition would be greater.</p>
<p>however, according to their website, one's citizenship/or being an international student should not have any impact on the admission, for there is no set quota for the internationals? and with yale being one of the very few US schools who do not have a more competitive pool for the internationals applying for financial aids...</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the international admissions rate is substantially lower (~3-4%). With the # of international students remaining at a steady ~9-10% of the student body, as in other schools of similar caliber, it's not unreasonable to assume there's an unnoficial quota in place. If any of these schools were to deviate too much from the norm it'd come under fire for not "serving the country".</p>
<p>It's not like the "Internationalization of Yale" is without opponents.</p>
<p>Although Yale is one of the very few schools which are need-blind for international students, I believe it still has a quota on the number of "aliens" admitted. I think only MIT and Caltech have all their applicants down in the same pool no matter if the applicants are US citizens or not. Even MIT, I guess, still has an unofficial quota due to its Affirmative Action.</p>
<p>I think you've got it opposite. MIT website explicitly states that international student pool is separated and there is an offcial quota (around 100, it says) for admission. On the other hand, I have asked admissions officers from both yale and princeton, and they said they don't really have an official quota.</p>
<p>Besides, it's an American school, and there is a lot less number of students applying for the Ivy Leagues, and thus, 10% international student population is probably not that small? I dunno.</p>
<p>I have a question. My son is an US citizen but we live outside US. Is my son competing with the strong international pool or US pool? just bit confused here, thank you</p>