Ten Pakistani students have qualified for the final global round in the internationally renowned 12th edition of the Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition (BCWC) 2021-22.
The college admissions process is not only stressful, time-consuming and bureaucratic but also extremely competitive, especially for international applicants. It is also an undisputed fact that undergraduate admissions are far more competitive than graduate admissions for international applicants, especially in terms of funding and placements.
In 2019, Harvard accepted just 1,950 undergraduate students out of the 43,330 who applied. This was an all-time low acceptance rate of 4.5 percent. Of the 4.5 percent who were accepted, only 11.8 percent were from the international pool of applicants. Most esteemed colleges in the United States, over the years, have become even more exclusive, with their acceptance rates dropping every year.