<p>My son is a rising senior in the fall, attending an internaltional school in Asia.</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT 2310 - single sitting
SAT Chem - 700
AP World History - 3
GPA - 3.8/4.0 ... it is rising with each passing year and especially S is mindful of managing his grades during junior and senior years. S keeps challenging himself by subcribing to AP courses.<br>
Extracurrcular - Choral. Bass. Model UN.
Community service - Red Cross Club.</p>
<p>S wants to pursue business major. UVa has been one of his dream schools. Believe WashU and Dartmouth are a bit of reach for him.</p>
<p>Can you help chance him for those schools? What should S imporve from now on till next fall?</p>
<p>Is your son Mormon? If not, he probably shouldn’t apply to BYU. Are you citizens of the US? If not, that will make it substantially more difficult to get into places like Dartmouth which already have extremely low acceptance rates. </p>
<p>Georgia Tech is probably a safety although I’m not familiar with business school admissions there, only engineering. I’d also be surprised if he got rejected from RPI.</p>
<p>Thanks you so much for the kind advice. Sounds like Ga. Tech and RPI can be his safety and Dartmouch can be high reach as S is not a U.S. citizen. Do you think he has good chance for UVa, Emory, UC-Berkeley, and WashU, if I ask you again? S has PSAT 2290 and his SAT compositon is CR 800, Math 760, W 750.</p>
<p>The problem is, most of these schools are so selective that anyone who purports to say that he has a “good” chance at say, Wash U has no idea what they’re talking about. Treat these schools as a reach. Can you afford American colleges at list price? Dartmouth costs around 503984.00 Hong Kong dollars per year. Other schools on his list are less expensive but still far out of the reach for most people.</p>
<p>You seem very to the point and practical, which I appreciated a lot. I fully understands it cost heavily for foreigners to attend those US colleges. Perhaps I should let my S buckle up and manage his expectation as things has grown more competitive in getting into those good name schools than ever…Thanks you for the reality check!</p>
<p>Also if your son is looking for an urban (although not nearly to the same extent as Singapore or Hong Kong) state school which is more well rounded than Georgia Tech, but less costly than RPI, he may want to consider University of Washington which admits a near majority of applicants but is still an extremely strong school. The University of Washington’s Foster School of Business is very well funded and has strong connections in the Pacific Northwest. </p>
<p>Some American applicants also look north of the border if they want an urban school which is less costly than the American option. The downfalls of institutions like University of British Columbia and McGill are that there’s less on campus life, a more set curriculum, and less flexibility should your son change his major (something that’s quite common in US colleges). </p>
<p>If you can afford Emory and see it as a worthwhile investment, it also has a very unusual school attached to it called Oxford College of Emory University. This is a two year liberal arts college on Emory University’s original campus. It is less selective than Emory College of Arts and Science (what most people think of when they talk about Emory) but it is just as rigorous and upon completion of 1.5-2 years of study all students move on to Emory’s Main Campus. I attended the school and formed very close connections with a number of students. During my time there I even dated a guy from China. </p>
<p>Again, I find your saying a truly valuable “Proverbs!” I will definitely look into UW. I will talk to my S and ask him to be realistic when he can aim for several reach schools. I find RPI and GaTech are good schools although thery are more of engineering schools. Thanks you so much for all the practical advice. Please get some sleep…and good night!</p>
<p>All the fuss about low acceptance rates at selective top universities means to signal that the college entrance game is getting more of their call, not ours. I grow to realize that my S should seriously check out the ultimate “fit” with those dream schools and he should be realistic. </p>