Hey guys, sorry for the late reply, but I went to a school field trip recently and had no signal for a week. I’ve had some time to think and I came up with a plan. For now, I’ll try to apply to some of the dream schools (MIT, Stanford, Caltech) in America, apply to some reach schools (UCB and U of T), and find some safety schools. I’ll try to apply for any sort of scholarships I can find. Then I’ll try to apply to Asian universities like SNU, NTU, and NUS. However, I still need some help with the admission process of Asian universities and help me find some safety schools for ChemEng that are in major cities, states, or countries (like California, Australia, or Canada). It would also be good if these safety universities also provide scholarships.
Thank you!
So you didn’t heed any of the previous advice from all of the posters who took the time to respond to you.
Your scores are not high enough to get you past the first hurdle for MIT, Stanford and Caltech. Your EC’s don’t come close to what these schools expect. Berkeley won’t happen.
The best scholarships come directly from the schools themselves. Outside scholarships cover about $2K. That’s it and is usually for one time. Hundreds of thousands of students are looking at the same outside scholarships. How will you pay the rest of the $65K per year?
Please look over the posts on this website from all of the other international students who didn’t apply anywhere else but the elites and were rejected from all of the schools where they applied.
“FYI - Purdue is #1 top ranked as an international student destination”
source?
https://www.topuniversities.com/blog/10-us-universities-most-international-students
Purdue isn’t even on the list.
You are female?
If you are male, be sure to consider the mandatory military service in the Republic of Korea into your plans.
If you have the time and money to apply to the schools in the US that interest you, go right ahead. If you really want to up your chances of admissions, apply as full pay except to the handful of need blind for internationals schools. Bear in mind if accepted, you will have to show how you are going to pay for the college and living expenses to get a student visa.
If you really want to study in the US, look at some ABET accredited schools in your area of engineering and add some that are not as selective. Look for ones with merit awards for International students. I thin Miami is a fine school. I don’t see much difference in pay scales among the engineers I know. Look at Manhattan College. Look in states like South Dakota , Nebraska at the little known schools. Look at the Alabama’ universities They are not as inundated with international applicants and you’d have a better chance of admissions.
But go on ahead with the highly selective schools as well. Low chances but many of us buy lottery tickets.
Hey all, I’m sorry for the constant badgering of your opinions. It’s just that there are so many opinions and different information that I need to absorb. I’m also pretty busy right now, so I can’t fully absorb all the information you guys give here. Thanks @“aunt bea” for the summary (I’ll make sure to look over other replies). I guess I’m going to try to apply to some of the selective schools but not get my hopes up. I’ll try to do my own research for other engineering schools. Does anybody know about Australia and their engineering schools?
Anyways, I would like to thank everyone who replied or will reply to this thread! 