Tips for international students to get into BYU........

here's my experience and a list of my application records.........

I had a list of colleges/universities that I would apply for. In total, I applied to 8 colleges/universities and got accepted to 4. MSU, BYU,Coe college, University of wisconsin-superior.....Loras and cornell I dint make it.... I was down to two universities MSU, BYU... ...i didnt know which to choose ...It all depended on how much scholarship I would receive.

Luckily I got half tution from BYU and chose BYU..........

Start applying early....Go right away to http://www.besmart.com/. And set up your account there. You ll get BYU net ID and password...Complete right away part 1 and part 2 of your application.....

For part 3...Take a print out of the endorsement form and go to your temple or church to receive the signature from the priest or church bishop...Complete part 6. ..Take out bank statement and complete part 8.

The rest you have, are the most important parts of this application process.

1)High school report
2) SAT(I got 1290)
3) TOEFL(IBT 94)
4)Student essay

The essay is the deciding factor... I spent about a month or so just preparing for the essay......Take a page ...find a quite room...peaceful place and then reflect upon what matters to you the most in life, some inspiring moments, how you overcame a unique but difficult obstacle..and do lots of drafts.....For grammers you can google some sites that help you with your grammers and structures of your essays.

Also do include some supporting materials....Since I had no extra curricular records...I met my school counselor and talked to him, requested him to make me a strong recommendation letter...
I added 4 recommendation letters...one from counselor and 3 from teachers

Do consider this point....As the year passes, I guess, applying and getting admitted to the college of your choice may become tougher and tougher......When I was applying BYU the acceptance rate was pretty high 75% I think, Now it has shrinked to 68%....So has its ranking changed from 112 to 71.

Take every part of your application elements seriously...