<p>First of all, thank you for reading my post!</p>
<p>My name is Guy, 21.5 years old from Israel.</p>
<p>I would like if anyone could tell me what are my real chances of getting into college in the US as an international student.</p>
<p>I will finish my army duty in September 13, 3 years compulsary and 2 years volunteeringly at the IDF.
I know fluent hebrew english and arabic + basic german, and telling the truth I always dreamt of studying at the US.</p>
<p>I recently went to a meeting to discuss the option of taking the SAT test here, and would like to hear from you if its really possible to make my dream come true and what SAT score ill need for that.</p>
<p>I should note that I do not have the money to pay for US college, maybe 15% of the average college fee per year, so scholarship must be taken to acount.</p>
<p>Take the SAT, and SAT II which will allow you to apply to colleges that give a lot of aid/don’t look at your finance situation while considering your application.
There’s no reason why you shouldn’t try!</p>
<p>You are too late to apply for admission this year. So you’ll apply next year. Till then, try to take the SAT and Subject Tests in June-July with adequate prep. For prep buy CB’s official guide and read silverturtle’s guide on CC. Taking them in june-july will give you a chance of a retake in Oct-Nov-Dec if you want to improve your scores.
For the admissions, the commonapp essay prompts do not change. Take a look at them now and start working on them as soon as possible. Take help from some one proficient in English such as your teachers or parents for proofreading and editing. Essays are a very important part of your app. Also if you have some favourite extracurricular, pursue it as well as you can. Participate in competitions of that EC, do well on them and try to achieve as much as you can. It’ll make your app stand out.
You have great chances if you start preparing now. Best of luck.</p>
<p>EDIT: Didn’t see your duty ends 13 Sep. Still, till then you can take SATs and prepare your essays. Not sure about the ECs that you can pursue while serving in the military.</p>
<p>it is not too late… he has 10 days left… i completed my whole aplication in 10 days… but register today on commonapp… some colleges do not require SAT… only TOEFL… and some do not also require any of them(i think so)</p>
<p>He has mandatory duty till 13 Sep. So I guess he can’t apply this year. Also very few colleges offer aid and are test optional. Most likely, he’ll have to take the SAT.</p>
<p>I’m not worried about the SAT, i’m now starting going over the materials and hopefully i’ll manage to get through it.</p>
<p>Which colleges do you think i have the best shot in, considering me being an international student who need a scholarship?
Do you think beeing 23 at the time i’ll start college working for me or againts me from the colleges point of view? Serving 5 years at the army?</p>
<p>If it makes you feel any better, I am applying this year: I…</p>
<p>-have a complete academic gap of five years (passed high school in 2007)
-will be 22 this March.
-can’t even pay 1% of the annual fee of any colleges I have applied to.
-didn’t know about any US colleges until 10 months ago. That was the time when I met my sis-in-law for the first time. She told me to apply to US colleges then.</p>
<p>-didn’t even know that colleges anywhere in the world are willing to give awfully generous scholarships to international students</p>
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<li>borrowed 25,000 rupees from the cousin to give SATs and send scores</li>
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<p>see!! if I am applying, I think you can too.
Never thought that I would get to apply to a college (that too in US!!) ever in my life</p>
<p>Go on educationUSA’s website, they have lots of links and advice on which colleges are generous to internationals. A google search wouldn’t hurt either.</p>
<p>First, it’s important to understand the facts. There is relatively little money available for internationals at US colleges and a vast number of candidates for it. The college want representation from as many countries as possible, so being from a country that send few applicants is a tremendous advantage. </p>
<p>The top colleges see plentynof applicants from Israel (nothing like India and China though) and will fundbone or two. O at those you would need super high grades and scores, and significant accomplishments, to beat the competition from your own country. They will truly beblooking for those among the very top students in is Israel.</p>
<p>The trick if you’re not at the very top is to indnlesser know colleges that don’t see many applicants from your country. What do you want to study?</p>