Why Grades Don't Matter for Full Scholarships in America
Former Cornell dean reveals why your 'why them' story matters more than perfect grades for competitive full scholarships in America as an international student.
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If you come from a very poor background, but you wanna come and study in America, then you need to listen to this. There are schools in America that give full scholarships to international students. And your goal should be to attend one of those schools. Now, because these schools offer full scholarships to international students. They can be very difficult to get into, meaning that their acceptance rates can be very low. But this is why I wanna share this piece of advice that I got from my dean with you. this dean is actually the dean that allowed me to attend university of Rochester on a full scholarship. And he's also being the dean of admissions at Cornell University, which is an IVY League school. Now, his advice is, if you wanna get into these schools that are very competitive to get into, then you need to forget about grades and test scores. This is because people who have higher grades alone are not more likely to get into any of these schools. So even though grades are important, they are not the most important thing when it comes to getting accepted to these schools. What's actually more important is answering this question, why them? Why do you wanna go to this specific school? This is because the admission officers in these universities want to know what makes you different. And why have you decided to look at their institution as a place for you to Grow, learn, and study. So basically, they wanna know why you've selected them over another school such as Harvard or Yale or Upenn. They wanna know why have you applied to us and what will you be bringing to us? So this is some amazing insight. If you want a higher chance of getting accepted to these schools, then you need to include your Why. Now if you wanna learn about more secrets about how you can apply to these schools and get accepted, then make sure that you join my community. Because in my community, I actually show you guys the step by step process of applying to these schools. Now if you wanna join my community, just type down below link and I will send a link to you. And if you wanna learn more about studying in America, then make sure to follow my page.
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