Chance me for some good LACs

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>Need some feedback on my chances for the following colleges, so that I can use up my last 4 Common App slots.</p>

<p>So about me -</p>

<p>I am an International Applicant</p>

<p>Need considerable financial aid ( Can afford $5000 a year at the most other than personal and travel expenses. )</p>

<p>SAT Scores - 2150 ( M 700, CR 730, W 720 )</p>

<p>GPA - Very good</p>

<p>ECs - <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7Ef0RM0dDshbjJFMnhFYjNPVVk%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7Ef0RM0dDshbjJFMnhFYjNPVVk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The colleges are as follows :-</p>

<p>Franklin and Marshall College</p>

<p>St. Olafs College</p>

<p>Dickinson College</p>

<p>Lafayette College</p>

<p>St. Lawrence University</p>

<p>Trinity University ( Not to be confused with Trinity College! )</p>

<p>Colgate University</p>

<p>Connecticut College</p>

<p>Colorado College</p>

<p>Macalester College</p>

<p>Please help me out! The deadlines are so near.</p>

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<p>What are you planning on studying?</p>

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<p>I am still undecided.</p>

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<p>Please help me… Just 3 days left before the deadline!</p>

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<p>Being admitting at any of the places is possible. I have no idea about what FA they have for internationals. I just don’t think its possible to “chance” You have to look at them and see what they offer, what money they have, and whether they might be a fit for you. Just off the top of my head, Macalester has an international studies program. Whether the have more FA for internationals I don’t know.</p>

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<p>You have to look at each college’s financial aid website and see what it says about international students. Note that Franklin & Marshall does not give merit aid, also (they do give need based aid, not sure about their policy on international students).</p>

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<p>I have checked their websites and common data sets, their average aid packages are quite generous and they do offer such aid packages to lot of Internationals.</p>

<p>I want to know my statistical chance. If the ’ Financial Aid ’ isn’t taken into account, how much of a chance do I have of getting accepted as per my SAT scores, GPA and ECs.</p>

<p>I know these colleges are need sensitive but I have heard a lot of students at CC getting into the above mentioned colleges with almost full rides.</p>

<p>So I want to apply to the 4 colleges where I have the best chances of getting accepted to with my stats.</p>

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<p>How did you generate such a strange list?</p>

<p>“how much of a chance do I have of getting accepted as per my SAT scores, GPA and ECs.”</p>

<p>What GPA and class rank IS that? You can look at CDS’s and see for yourself. Colorado, Colgate and Macalester are more difficult than the rest.</p>

<p>Why is Trinity University on with a list of LAC’s? BTW, many LAC’s on the list have January 15 deadlines.</p>

<p>List possible majors you are considering.</p>

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<p>Checked their CDSs… My scores fall above or on their 75th percentile…</p>

<p>I do not know my actual American equivalent GPA… I had asked some colleges, most of them have calculated it between 3.87 to 4.00</p>

<p>Majors - I have no real idea… I love Maths, Economics, History, Pyschology, Physics, Computer Science…and I can major in any of them.</p>

<p>The list is not that strange after all. I had a few specific criteria like colleges providing generous aid to internationals, meets full need of every admitted student, has an acceptance rate atleast above 30% and preferably around 45%-50% and finally has a 75th percentile SAT score of around 2100 ( 1400 ). So I guess most of the colleges in my list meets all of these criteria.</p>

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<p>College Name … 75th Percentile SAT scores … Acceptance Rate</p>

<p>St. Olaf - 2140 53%
Franklin and Marshall - SAT optional 45%
Dickinson College - 2060 42%
Lafayette college - 2060 40%
Colgate - 2170 29%
Colorado college - 2110 26%
St Lawrence - 1940 43%
Macalester - 2180 35%
Trinity University - 2030 61%
Connecticut College - Test optional ( 2130 ) 32%</p>

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<p>I think Colgate and Colorado College are just below 30% admit rate. St. Olafs seems like a very odd place for someone from India. The college has many students of Scandanavian heritage, is Lutheran, and might appeal to someone from northern Europe. Lafayette has engineering and I imagine gets a fair number international applicants who are interested in engineering. Since Trinity gets confused and isn’t known, it might be your easiest to get in.</p>

<p>LATE: Are Colorado College’s SAT’s that low?</p>

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<p>May be or Mayve not…</p>

<p>But that’s what about.com says -</p>

<p>[Colorado</a> College Admissions: SAT Scores, Financial Aid & More](<a href=“http://collegeapps.about.com/od/collegeprofiles/p/ColoradoCollege.htm]Colorado”>Colorado College: Acceptance Rate, SAT/ACT Scores)</p>

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<p>I don’t think so averages for admitted are here:</p>

<p>[Testing</a> FAQ ? Colorado College](<a href=“http://www.coloradocollege.edu/admission/application/testing/faq/]Testing”>http://www.coloradocollege.edu/admission/application/testing/faq/)</p>

<p>This is locked:</p>

<p>[Common</a> Data Set ? Institutional Research ? Colorado College](<a href=“http://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/institutionalresearch/data-resources/common-data-set.dot]Common”>http://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/institutionalresearch/data-resources/common-data-set.dot)</p>

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<p>Franklin and Marshall’s acceptance rate for class of 2016 was 36%, not 45%, according to their own Common Data.</p>

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<p>I am not applying to Franklin and Marshall anyway!</p>

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<p>might look at Holy Cross-very goog LAC-located 1 hour from Boston. Holy Cross has JAN 15TH deadline and is need-blind for admissions. HC website is informative.</p>

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<p>Sadly Holy Cross college doesn’t have financial aid for International students. :(</p>

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<p>You are very bright and might get into the ones you choose! By the way, where are you from?</p>

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<p>Thanks mariaflores, I am from India.</p>