Get into Harvard from Asia, Europe, and Latin America

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.

There’s more too it than money. Try not to become discouraged as you work toward your goal. If you want to apply to an Ivy League school, follow these four tips:

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) Make your specialty stand out on your application. Be sure that your application conveys the fact that you have one really strong skill. Even though top colleges want to have a diverse student body, they don’t necessarily want each student to possess diverse skills. They are more interested in knowing that you can really excel at one thing.

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) Show your interest in the school by including contacts you have had with students and information about any friends or relative you may have who have graduated from the school. Of course, it would be unlikely for you to be able to make physical visits to the campus, but virtual visits online and through e friends are the next best thing.

If you will pay close attention to following these four tips, you can be sure your application will stand out favorably. Best of luck to you!

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