<p>hi, i'm a newbie in this forum, thanks to everyone in advance for helping me out.</p>
<p>i'm applying to these places (all Regular Decision):
amherst
bowdoin
brandeis
colby
harvey mudd
oberlin
washington and lee
middlebury</p>
<p>I'm from Burma (Myanmar) and I really need tons of financial aid.</p>
<p>i'm currently doing 2nd year at a University in the UK (Uni of Strathclyde, Glasgow) but I plan to apply as a freshman for the US for Fall 2005.</p>
<p>i studied in a british system school (O levels, A levels) and my grades are:
O level: 5 As 1 B
A level: 4 As (Economics, Maths, Further Maths, Physics)</p>
<p>i did the SATs:
SAT I : 1400 (740 M, 660 V)
SAT II: Physics-790, Maths IIC-800, Writing-620</p>
<p>TOEFL: 283 CBT</p>
<p>work experience:
- 1 year full time teaching assistant at a school in burma
- tutoring primary school kids part time for about 9 months</p>
<p>ECAs:
- 3 summers volunteering in rural schools in Burma
- hiking, cycling
- 3D graphics programming</p>
<p>awards:
-scholarship for my high school
-scholarship for my current university course in the UK</p>
<p>Why don't you apply as a transfer? You definitely have the credits plus you wouldn't want to waste the year you already had at Strathclyde. Also, when it comes to financial aid, since you wouldn't be doing a full 4 years, aid may come in easier. Also what's wrong with uni of Strathclyde, Glasgow? I heard it was good!</p>
<p>actually strathclyde is quite good and glasgow is a really fun city but the problem is that i am forced to do engineering here (as they only give scholarships to engineering students) and my interests actually lie in the social sciences, particularly economics. even though i'm better at maths and science subjects compared to english and humanities.</p>
<p>as for transfer applications, i heard it was actually harder to get financial aid for transfer entry in the States, especially for internatinal students, please correct me if i'm wrong.</p>
<p>yeah, you are right about the international transfer students having a harder time getting financial aid. i just guessed what i said earlier.<br>
i think you have a great chance at most of the places but getting a great financial aid packet will also be difficult for most of them. try finding other universities which are generous in financial aid for internationals. i think there is a thread under international students subforum that will help a lot coz there was someone who was asking for univs that give full rides.</p>