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How to Get into the University of Chicago as an International Student: Strategy

The University of Chicago is a top-tier American university on par with the vaunted Ivy League and other exceptional schools, like Stanford. It is exceptionally hard to get into as an American, but especially hard to get into if you are an international applicant. Only 16% of undergraduates at the university are international students, which is a lot if you are not an international student but is a tiny slice if you’re one of the thousands of international applicants trying to get into the university. We routinely help international students pull off an acceptance by the University of Chicago. In this post, we’ll give you a peek into our playbook.  

How to Get into Duke as an International Student: Strategy

Duke is a top American research university with amazing academics, stellar resources, and a fabulous campus life and community. They received over 54,000 first-year applications in the 2023-2024 cycle, for a class of 1,739. The acceptance rate was only 5.4%. Getting into Duke is hard for anyone, and every year we support international students in doing just that.

How to Get into Harvard as an International Student: Strategy

If you are an international student eyeing the Ivy League, we understand the allure. However, if you are considering Harvard there are some things you absolutely must plan for in advance. That is where we can help, as we’ve assisted international students in gaining acceptance to the Ivies, including Harvard, for over a decade.

Applying to Cornell University as an International Student

Cornell is Ivy League, baby. This major research university in Ithaca, New York, home to over 16,000 undergraduate students, is unique as a super prestigious university and member of the Ivy League that offers educational tracks and opportunities, like the hospitality school and the agricultural programs, that no other top schools have. Truly, not a single other Ivy League or Ivy-adjacent school offers what Cornell does.

Applying to Williams College as an International Student

Williams College is an Ivy-caliber small liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. If you daydream about what it looks like to go to a small liberal arts college in the northeast of the United States, you’re probably thinking of a place like Williams. The college offers outstanding academics in a close-knit environment surrounded by the mountains. So, if you’re looking for a city experience, this isn’t it. If you want an outstanding education and college experience nestled in the Berkshire mountains of New England, “learning with others who are dedicated to becoming deeper thinkers and more effective leaders,” it may be a perfect fit.  

Applying to the University of California (UC) System as an International Student

The University of California undergraduate programs cover dozens of academic majors, hundreds of degree programs, and nine distinct universities scattered around California — a state in the United States that is larger than Vietnam, the U.K., and France (although not combined).  Some of these campuses are predominantly popular among California-based students and fairly accessible for those outside of the state, while others are globally-recognized as top-tier universities and are very hard to get into.

Applying to The University of Chicago as an International Student

The University of Chicago is one of the top schools in the United States, and is frequently mentioned in the same sentence as Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale, and other top colleges, like Stanford. Located in Chicago, Illinois, it is an exceptional school ideal for analytical, curious, and internally-motivated students who want to gain an understanding of the world around them so that they can change it. 7,600 undergraduate students call the university, most often called UChicago, home, and experience a liberal arts educational experience with the backbone and resources of a research university.

Applying to Wesleyan as an International Student

Wesleyan University is a small liberal arts school in Middletown, CT twenty minutes from the city of Hartford and under two hours from both New York City and Boston. The school is home to just over 3,000 undergraduate students who are passionate about the unique educational perspective Wesleyan has to offer. With over 45 majors, more than 900 courses, and an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio, the school is a favorite of liberal arts-minded students even before you account for the Open Curriculum.

Applying to Colby College as an International Student

Colby College is a small undergraduate liberal arts school in the city of Waterville, Maine. The college offers a balance of rural and urban, small community and broad resources, and a highly-respected package. 64% of classes have fewer than 20 students, and the college is well-known for offering a level of access to professors for counsel, mentorship, and even just conversation, that larger schools simply can’t facilitate. Students have the opportunity to explore broadly, dive deeply into what they care about most, and have fun while doing it.

Applying to Bowdoin as an International Student

In the United States, there are the colleges everyone knows about because they’re so old or famous or big that you really can’t avoid knowing them — and then there are the colleges everyone knows about because they are both so beloved, and so hard to get into, that you feel like you never stop hearing about them. Bowdoin is one of the latter. In this post, we’ll break down how to break into Bowdoin if you’re an international student applying to college in the United States.

Applying to the University of Michigan as an International Student

The University of Michigan is a major research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan that is regularly ranked in the top five public universities in the United States. The university is a powerhouse academically, athletically, and socially, and they offer more than 280 degree programs across 14 undergraduate colleges and schools. There are over 50,000 students overall, and about 33,000 undergraduates. Of that undergraduate community, about 9%, or nearly 2,900 students, are international. The international student community at the University of Michigan (or Mich, for short), represents more than 120 countries and brings a diversity of thoughts, cultures, perspectives, and traditions to campus.  

Applying to the University of Pennsylvania as an International Student

The University of Pennsylvania, commonly called Penn or UPenn, is a major top-tier research university nestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The university is home to about 24,000 students, about half of whom are undergraduates. The undergraduates are spread across four colleges: the College of Arts & Sciences, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Nursing, and the Wharton School, the only undergraduate business school in the Ivy League. Yes, Penn is part of the vaunted Ivy League and considered one of the best universities in the world.

Applying to Middlebury as an International Student

The idea of going to college in rural Vermont in the far northeast of the United States where the winters are long and cold may sound like a hard pitch for exceptional international students. Surprisingly, it’s not. Middlebury College is one of the most prestigious colleges in the U.S., and one of the most popular among international applicants. In this post, we’ll break down why Middlebury is so popular for international students and how you can increase your chance of acceptance if you apply.

Applying to Trinity College as an International Student

Trinity College is a liberal arts college in the heart of the city of Hartford, Connecticut. The college has an old school vibe, a liberal arts foundation, and a close-knit community. There are other Trinity Colleges in the world, but here we’re talking about a super special one founded in 1823 that about 2,000 students call home. Proportional to the student body, Trinity has a very large international student population of just under 300 students representing over 80 countries. These students benefit from everything Trinity has to offer, but Trinity also fully embraces how much the international students also have to contribute to the community. The Office of International Students and Scholars supports international students in both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of going to college in the United States, from how you manage your visa to finding comradery and friendship on campus.

Applying to Columbia University as an International Student

Columbia College is the undergraduate liberal arts college of Columbia University, and SEAS is the undergraduate college of engineering. The university is home to nearly 35,000 students, 6,700 of whom are in Columbia College or SEAS. There are a little over 1,000 international undergraduate students between the two colleges, or about 16% of the students enrolled.

Applying to Vanderbilt University as an International Student

Vanderbilt is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee that is home to 7,152 undergraduate students. Vanderbilt is known for balancing work and play. The students there are super smart, and they also know how to have a good time. There are more than 475 student groups and intramural and club sports, and Nashville is a bustling city known for live music, amazing food, and outstanding opportunities for launching a career. The university matches innovation with tradition, and they strive to build a diverse, inclusive, and equitable community. The students on campus agree, and there is a deep commitment to community. More than half of Vanderbilt students participate in community service, and first-years form deep bonds by living together in a cluster of houses, the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons.

Applying to Connecticut College as an International Student

Connecticut College is a small liberal arts college along the Thames River — in New London, Connecticut, to be clear, not England. The school is home to just under 2,000 students, and is lovingly called “Conn.”  Conn is rooted in the liberal arts tradition, but is also committed to preparing students to excel in a constantly changing world. The college has always been at the forefront of change ever since it was founded in 1911 to right a wrong. When a local university barred women from entry, Connecticut College was created to open doors.

Applying to Stanford as an International Student

Stanford University in Stanford, California is one of the most prestigious, and most difficult to get into, research universities in the world. The institution is passionate about educating students for the purpose of changing the world, and they take that mission very seriously. Home to a little over 8,000 undergraduates, Stanford is extremely popular for students interesting in emerging technologies, innovation, and the health care sciences, research, and technology fields. They also love seeing fields overlap and engage, and budget more than a billion dollars to fund research projects that push boundaries and challenge expectations.

Applying to Tufts as an International Student

Applying to college in the United States is an objectively hectic situation. There are so many different colleges (literally, thousands), and they each come with their own lists of requirements, expectations, likes, and dislikes. Then add on the testing requirements or suggestions, and it’s all really a big mess. If you’re looking at applying to U.S. colleges as an international student, this already chaotic system can feel positively daunting. We’re experts at making applying to U.S. colleges simple, and in this post, we’ll break down everything you need to know if you’re an international student considering Tufts University.