<p>^ Where did you get this? It’s false.</p>
<p>“I have dual citizenship. Am I better off applying as an American citizen or as an international student?
The same application is used for all candidates, and it asks you to list your country or countries of citizenship. We are interested in your citizenship chiefly for reporting purposes, but it has no bearing on your chances of admission.”</p>
<p>I even read a similar thing on the princeton website. There they had directly stated that being an international does not hurt your chances.</p>
<p>As for the fact that the international acceptance rate is 2.85% to that of the regular 7% is because of a different reason. Many of the internationals that apply to HYPMS are ignorant/overly optimistic. Many of my friends have 1800’s in their SAT’s and are applying to Yale. They even think they have a decent shot :)</p>
<p>The basis for my comment are: 1) yale is need-blind and full-need to internationals. 2) from an email from an admissions officer, “We are mainly concerned with citizenship after a student has been admitted when we have to determine whether or not that student needs to apply for a visa or not.” The implication here is that the “international” title is merely a convenience for processing. Unlike MIT, yale doesn’t have a quota for int’l, and it does not have a separate pool. </p>
<p>That’s the extent of my knowledge; is there something else that I don’t know about?</p>
<p>The fact that Yale is need-blind to internationals is irrelevant. Regardless of what the officer said in the email, admissions is more selective for international applicants than it is for domestic applicants.</p>
<p>Like achiever said, yale is not purposely being more selective towards int’ls. It just happens that many more unqualified int’ls apply to bring the percentage down. Unless of course, you are talking about a gap between what is said and actually done. In that case, the integrity of its education system is jeopardized, which i hardly think is true.</p>
<p>“The fact that Yale is need-blind to internationals is irrelevant. Regardless of what the officer said in the email, admissions is more selective for international applicants than it is for domestic applicants.”</p>
<p>I don’t know silverturtle why you make your own assumptions(which are often incorrect) and are pretty convinced about them. If yale says something and does something else(as you want us to believe) it is hypocrisy. I don’t think that is the case.
If Yale was more selective towards internationals, it would have accepted that fact outright as colleges like MIT do.</p>
<p>are you from kolkata? which school?</p>
<p>I’m not making assumptions; my conveyance of the facts is made with certainty because I have seen hundreds of results that make the reality of the difference in selectivities between domestic and international applicants clear. A Yale University admissions officer admitted to the unfortunate reality, as well. </p>
<p>“I don’t know silverturtle why you make your own assumptions(which are often incorrect)”</p>
<p>Please point out the assumptions that I’ve made that are incorrect.</p>
<p>Yale is need blind to international applicants, but truthfully, a full paying international applicant applying early has a MUCH higher shot of getting in than a similar applicant who asks for financial aid.</p>
<p>^how would you know that?</p>