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@Demilade.K
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 • 3 years ago •
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If you're not a permanent resident in the US how are your chances in getting into ivy league Universities?
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And getting scholarships depending on how good your GPA is

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@Melokenzie3 years ago

It would all depend on the specific one but a scholarship based on your GPA would be a merit scholarship.

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@bingsu.28
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 • 3 years ago[edited]

Ivy League Universities look at your application holistically, so if you seem like a candidate that will thrive in such an environment they will pick you. This means that there are more factors in applications than simply GPA or SAT. You have to show that you were competitive in comparison to your peers and tell a story about yourself.

However, statistically the admission rate to an Ivy League institute, as a international student is about 5%. Lower than if you were a U.S citizen.

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@VeggieDance3 years ago [edited]

The last statement is incorrect. This year 3 Ivys were in the 3 percent range and 1 in the 4 percent range and 2 in the 5 percent range so I don't think there is any disadvantage to applying as an Intl student. 6 of the 8 provide excellent financial aid to Int'l students so only Cornell and UPenn are need aware (meaning they do take into account your family income and assets) so your financial aid package might not be as good as the other 6 Ivys.

@bingsu.283 years ago [edited]

@VeggieDance Although your acceptance rate statistics for this year are correct, there is most definitely a difference in acceptance rates between International students and domestic students. Int'l students require taking more tests and have much more competition than that of domestic students regarding tests like the TOEFL. Int'l students compete for admissions with other int'l students. By numbers alone, it is statistically harder for int'l students.

@VeggieDance3 years ago [edited]

Now you are just making up stuff. Taking an English proficiency test doesn't change the admissions rate for Intl students. None of the Ivys for example make it more difficult for a Intl student to apply versus and American. On the contrary if you are a Caucasian or Asian American you will have a much harder time getting in versus a BIPOC applicant from low income marginalized country. That's called affirmative action and you need to understand that all the Elites employ this.

@bingsu.283 years ago

@VeggieDance So you are implying that all Int'l applicants are from developing nations? That is far from true. Majority of international students come from the United Kingdom, followed by China, Canada, India, and Turkey. I don't know about you, but those countries aren't countries that are struggling as much as others in the world. English proficiency is easier to achieve when ample educational resources are available, which are usually developed countries.

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