Chance me at LACs that provide full ride CO2026

[custardappleman]

Demographics
international student - South Asia - Nepal
Type of high school - private - relatively large around 2k students in senior year
Gender/Race - male/Asian
first-generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc. - none/not a first-generation
Intended Major(s) - Computer Science and Data Science

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores
Unweighted HS GPA: freshman - 3.6, sophomore - 3.45, junior - 3.77, mid-year - 3.85, senior (haven’t given exams and the school doesn’t provide predicted) but thinking of providing pre-finals grade where I got a 3.8, no weighted GPA
Class Rank: Top 10%
ACT/SAT Scores: won’t give ACT, SAT haven’t given will give this OCT have a target of 1480 - 1530
TOEFL - 101

Coursework
Don’t have honors and APs in my high school so took whatever was available
Grade 9: Science, Maths, Computer Science, English, Social Studies, Optional Maths, Foreign Language: Nepali, Health Population and Environment Education
Grade 10: Science, Maths, Computer Science, English, Social Studies, Optional Maths, Foreign Language: Nepali, Health Population and Environment Education
Grade 11: Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English, Computer Science
Grade 12: Physics, Chemistry, Maths, English, Foreign Language: Nepali

Awards

1. recipient of a national level scholarship (this is pretty common tho)
2. second place or outstanding delegate at an international MUN
3. 5th place in a state-level debate competition

Extracurriculars

1. yoga: have been doing it for 4 - 5 years, have taken the teachers training but don’t have the certificate which kinda means I am a teacher, took a month-long yoga training program in Haridwar from Patanjali University
2. dance: have been dancing for 4 years, 2 months in an academy, nothing I just practice on my own and I like to dance
3. MUN - have been doing MUN for 2 years, so far done 6 MUNs and have been awarded in 5 MUNs
4. teacher: taught this kid English for a month for free
5. school clubs: a member of literature and editor club, have done various poem, competition and other things with literature club and with editor have published several articles
6. public-speaking: taken training from best public speakers in Nepal, doing it for a year, and use to give/take workshops on public speaking every weekend before the pandemic
7. discord server (I’m not sure if this is an activity): made this server where a couple of school friends 10 do this weekly counseling session and we talk about various topics from mental health to pineapple on a pizza
8. podcast writer: I will be writing scripts for this podcast and also sometimes be the one who takes the podcast

Essays/LORs/Other
I have no idea how I should report my own essays and LORs so will leave this part-out

Cost Constraints / Budget
EFC - 2 - 4k per year (basically a full ride)

Will really love feedback and suggestions on this! Do you think I will be able to get into one if I were to go for ED? Which one to ED?

I am looking for LACs that have a good dance club - mainly hip-hop, art studio, and design along with my intended choice of major.

[momofboiler1]

Looking for a full ride as an international applicant will make it very difficult to study in the US. Only a small handful of highly competitive schools are need blind for international students.

Be sure you have safeties in your own country and then perhaps look at Canada and Europe as well.

[custardappleman]

Hey! Thank you so much for your feedback. I have been trying to look for colleges outside of the US in countries like Canada and Uk but it looks like a lot of them don’t provide good aid. Well, I can not say much because I don’t have proper research outside of the US. If you have any information that you can pass on to me I will highly appreciate it.

[ojllfdjalkjf]

Have you looked at other US colleges that are not LAC’s?

For ED, Amherst is the only LAC that is both need blind and loan free for International students.

[custardappleman]

hey! Thank you so much for your feedback! I am looking into colleges like NYUAD and tufts however I worry that my profile is not good enough for these universities. I do understand that Amherst is the only LAC that is need-blind but I have mixed feelings about Amherst and have not done much research. Are there any universities (NON-LAC of course) that come to your mind that provide high need-based financial aid?