Chance an International student / Will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I am an international student rom Georgia( Not U.S ; the country next to Russia) and would be extremely happy if you could evaluate my chances at the following schools:

Amherst College ( got deferred ED)
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Bucknell University
Colby College
Colgate University
Hamilton College
Lafayette College
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Pomona College
Skidmore College
Stanford University ( Yeah, I’m a good dreamer!!!)
Trinity College
University of Chicago
Vassar College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University

Now about my stats:

SAT I :2200 ( One sitting)
CR 730
WR 760
Maths 710
SAT II : Maths C1 :740 US history: 680 ( Entirely self-taught, never had a single lesson in my life)
School: Public High School
GPA: 4.0 ( unweighted)

My school doesn’t offer IBs or APs So I don’t have them.

ECs:

President of my class for last two consecutive years.
Founder of the book club at my school
Co-Founder of the Trivia Club “What, Where, When?”
Organized Charity Drive at school
1st place in 3 different English Olympiads ( Capital-wide)
2nd place in 1 English Olympiad.
NATO Youth Summit Delegate
Created a Team to conduct a research for an Association of Pharmaceutical companies ( as a volunteer, they acknowledged its usefulness and promised to use the acquire data in their future projects)

Working Experience:
Worked at a book shop ( 1 month ~ 125 hours)
Worked at a pharmaceutical company ( 1 month ~120 hours)

TOEFL: haven’t taken; most of the schools waived TOEFL; sent CAE ( Cambridge language proficiency test; level C2( the highest for a non-native speaker) to those who still required it.

National Award: Golden Medal for consistent maximum GPA throughout 10,11,12 Grades.

Income bracket ~ 30k $
will apply for financial aid ( a lot)
Note: i know northeastern doesn’t have financial aid for internationals, but i tried just for one of their scholarships.
Ethnicity: Caucasian White
Gender: Male
Hooks: none.

Frank Chancing is greatly appreciated !! Thank you in advance!.

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@LevanMargvel‌ It’s shocking how similar our applications are.We are both White, middle class, male internationals from countries bordering the Black Sea who need financial aid.We are also both 2 year class presidents, club founders and involved in biomedical research. We have 9 colleges in common. Your SATs are a bit higher, while my subject tests are a bit higher. By the way, your CR and W scores are great. Are you a native speaker of English?

Anyway, I’ll divide the colleges into tiers.

Reaches:
Stanford
Yale
Chicago

I don’t think these are out of the realm of possibility. As many CCers will say, you can’t call these places “matches” or “safe” unless you are a 4.0 2400 URM varsity captain who started a million dollar company. Keep in mind that not all international applicantions are created equally. There are far less qualified applicants from our countries than there are from India, China or Korea, so at least we have that going for us.

Somewhat lower reaches:
Williams
Amherst
Brown
Pomona

I remember reading that Amherst only accepted 7 internationals ED in a post from 2010. They accepted 115 internationals overall last year, so there is still hope. The other 3 schools are need aware, that doesn’t really help. Luckily, they have lower admissions standards than the high reaches

Matches:
Bowdoin
Wesleyan
Middlebury
Colgate
Vassar
Hamilton
Colby
Northeastern-not sure about their scholarships though.

Low matches-Safeties:
The rest.

With that said, being an international who needs aid distorts these tiers a bit. If a school is financially well off this year, a match may become a safety or vice versa. In any case, you are a qualified applicant and I’m sure you’ll get in somewhere. Just saying, if we happen to get into the same college, we should totally be roommates.

Care to chance me back?
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1723193-chance-an-international-for-well-a-lot-of-places-p1.html

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Skidmore + Trinity will accept you for sure.
You have pretty good chances. Can you tell me what is your intended major of study. That will change the whole perspective? We have almost the same qualification :slight_smile: But I am applying for Engineering schools
Want to chance me back? http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/18027901#Comment_18027901

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Thank you !! I just chanced you back!! Haha we could totally be roommates, just tell me how it works out for you!! Best of luck

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AKAKHALEDBEST I am intentending to study Psychology/Sociology or even pre-law. I'm not very sure about it to say the least. i will chance you back!

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@LevanMargvel‌ I checked with one of my friends who got into Pomona. Compared to him, I think you will also get Pomona (High Match). Uchicago is a reach. Stanford is not a Dream. You have some good chances :slight_smile:

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You have no safety,but your Olympiad records are very impressive:
Amherst College-reach
Bowdoin College-reach
Brown University-reach
Middlebury College-low reach, high match
Northeastern University-low reach due toFA
Pomona College-reach
Stanford University-reach
University of Chicago-reach
Vassar College-reach
Williams College-reach
Yale University-reach

You should have applied for schools that offer generous merit scholarships like U of Alabama, Howard U, UAH, etc.

Good luck

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UPDATE: just received a mail from Lafayette College which says I’m Marquis Awards finalist ( that’s nearly admission decision right?) :smile: :smiley:

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If you’re a finalist for their prestigious scholarship, yes that means you’re admitted, but admission without money is almost worthless for an international who needs help. Well, it does make you feel good to get that admission packet!

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  • who needs money (!! sorry!! :blush: )
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@MYOS1634 wow, I’m happy :slight_smile: and their FAQ even says they can give additional need-based scholarship if the received scholarship is not enough for the need I demonstrated :slight_smile: Do you have anything to say about my chances at other colleges ? :slight_smile: