Hey guys, these are my basic stats.
Vietnamese student
SAT: 2190 CR:690, M:800, W:700
SAT II: Math 2: 800, Physics:750
Toefl IBT: 107/120
GPA: 9.0/10
Decent ECs
Pretty interesting essay.
Good recommendation letter.
Top 10% in class.
but the problem is my family only can afford around 15000/year
Here’s my school list, can you guys give me some advice?
Case western reserve university (reach) (ED)
Clark university (low match)
TCU (safe)
Alabama (Safe)
Uni of Miami (florida) (match)
Bucknell (match)
Rhodes (match)
Miami uni (safe)
Tulane (reach)
Reed(match)
That’s my temporary list. I’d be grateful if you guys can suggest any other school for me. Thks a lot^^
These schools are so different from each other in size, region, and culture that I can’t figure out what variables are driving your search. If you make that clear you will get more helpful responses.
I’m pretty flexbile about size, region, etc,… I’m intended to major in biomedical engineering or electrical engineering ( that’s why i choose my top 2 schools are case and tulane). And about lower school, i choose them mainly because they offer full tuition for limited students.
Being flexible is good, but having Alabama and Reed in the same list makes no sense. You need to be thinking about what places will be good fits for you. As an international student, financial aid will be a challenge. Have you checked these schools individually to see what kind of aid is available specifically for internationals? If you speak French you should also look into French universities. You can get in with a Bac or Diploma equivalent and tuition is very very low, even for international students. Good luck!
Reaches:
-Brown University
-California Institute of Technology
-Columbia University
-Dartmouth College
-Duke University
-Harvard University
-Northwestern University
-Rice University
-USC
-Washington University in St. Louis
-Yale University
Matches:
-Baylor University
-Boston University
-Bucknell University
-Carnegie Mellon University
-Case Western Reserve University
-Colorado School of Mines
-Cornell University
-Emory University
-George Washington University
-John Hopkins University
-Lehigh University
-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
-Santa Clara University
-Syracuse University
-Trinity College - Connecticut
-Tufts University
-Tulane University
-UC Berkeley
-UC Davis
-UCLA
-University of Miami
-University of Notre Dame
-University of Rochester
-University of Virginia
-Villanova University
-Wake Forest University
-Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Safeties:
-Alfred University
-Clemson University
-Drexel University
-Illinois Institute of Technology
-Polytechnic Institute of New York
-Purdue University
-Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
-UC Irvine
-University of Dayton
Reed doesn’t offer your major and USA kind of quirky place. Don’t see how it fits.