International Students: Get Into Harvard Against All Odds
July 1st, 2009
It can be really hard to fill out your international student application. It can also be difficult to come up with the money to attend a top US college. This is why many of the international students who attend US colleges come from wealthy families.
But it takes more than money to be accepted at the top schools. You will face a lot of challenges as you work toward being accepted at a top school. Here are four tips that will help international students get accepted at top US schools:
These tips are equally effective for all international students.
1) Pay close attention to your standardized test scores. They are very important. The SAT is most important of all, but you will want to do as well as possible on the IELTS, TOEFL, and the SAT II.
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2) Be sure to put your best foot forward. Show your best ability. Colleges are interested in having a well-rounded student body, but they want it to be made up of students who are super-stars at their own individual skills. Be sure to show off you specialty.
Because it is difficult to compare your achievements in extracurricular activities with those of others, don’t stress them too strongly. Make mention of them, but stress your academic achievements.
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3) Have your essays proofread and edited by a native English speaker. Take care not to have them over-edited so that they seem to have been written by someone else. Just have a native English speaker with a good command of the language look your essays over for spelling, grammatical, and syntax errors. It is OK to have one or two mistakes, but you don’t want your essay to be filled with errors.
4) Because it will be hard for you to make campus visits, it may be challenging for you to show your interest in the school. Be sure to mention it in your essay. Talk about online friendships you have made with students and any family members or friends who may be graduates of the school.
Follow these four tips to create and submit an impressive international application, and you should do well. Best of luck to you!
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