Chances!

<p>I'm an International student [Indian] studying in a non-US college and applying for transfer [UG] WITH financial aid, can people here rate my chances for getting into any of these colleges in my mammoth list???!! Thanks!!</p>

<p>Amherst
Bates</p>

<p>Carleton
Colgate
Cornell
Dartmouth
Dickinson
Harvard
Macalester
Middlebury
Mount Holyoke
Smith
Stanford
UPenn
Wellesley
Yale</p>

<p>SAT 1- 1410, M- 680, V- 730
SAT II- Writing- 800, Eng Lit- 750, ELPT- 993
TOEFL- 293</p>

<p>Academic Record- GPA 3.8 on a 4 scale, unweighted.
Academic and EC achievements:</p>

<p>Standard IX- Proficiency in English, All Rounder Prize, Distinction in English in the Australian Talent Test conducted by The University of New South Wales.</p>

<p>Standard X- BBET [Bala Bhavan Educational Trust] Creative Writing Rolling Shield for creative artistic talent among juniors, Distinction in English in the Australian Talent Test conducted by The University of New South Wales. A1 grades in all subjects in the AISSE [ALL INDIA SENIOR SECONDARY EXAMINATION] Std X CBSE examination.</p>

<p>Standard XI- General Proficiency for Class XI, Proficiency in English, Proficiency in Economics, Proficiency in Business Studies, All Rounder Prize, Distinction in English in the Australian Talent Test conducted by The University of New South Wales, Merit Scholarship instituted by PSBB Schools for Academic Excellence in Std XI- Commerce Group, Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Performance in Academics [ Parent- Teacher Association ]. </p>

<p>Standard XII- School Topper in the AISSCE [ ALL INDIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION] in Economics and Business Studies, Proficiency in English, Proficiency in Economics, Proficiency in Business Studies, A1 grades in English, Economics, Business Studies and Accountancy, A2 grade in Mathematics. All Rounder Prize, BBET Creative Writing Rolling Shield for creative artistic talent among seniors, S. Sundararaman Memorial Award for the Second Rank in Commerce Group, K.J Ramaswamy Iyengar Memorial Cash Award for Creativity in English, S. Aishwarya Devi and S. Banu Prasad Cash Award for the Best Student in Commerce Group, T.N. Krishnamurthy's Memorial Award for Securing the Highest Marks in Economics. Certificate of Merit for academic excellece [PTA] in Std XII, Merit Scholarship instituted by PSBB Group of Schools for continued Outstanding Performance in Academics. </p>

<p>First Year [ Stella Maris College, Chennai, India ]- </p>

<p>General Proficiency Prize for the First Year English Class.
Vocational English Prize for the topper in the Vocational English stream.</p>

<p>Prizes won in Poetry Writing-
Gold Medal in the National Level Poetry Writing competition conducted by Child Art Club, Hyderabad in 2001- 2002.</p>

<p>South India First in the Poetry Writing competition conducted by Scholastic India [P] Ltd. in 2001- 2002.</p>

<p>National First in the Poetry Writing competition conducted by Scholastic India [P] Ltd. in 2001- 2002.</p>

<p>South India Second in the Poetry Writing competition conducted by Scholastic India [P] Ltd. in 2002- 2003.</p>

<p>Best Script in the theater festival conducted by The Madras English Association.</p>

<p>Best Script in the school Inter-House Dramatics competition.</p>

<p>Scriptwriter for two plays in the theater festival conducted by THE SCHOOL, KFI on social awareness. </p>

<p>Editor of the School Journal 'THE PSBB TIMES' in 2001- 2002.</p>

<p>Chief Editor of the School Journal 'THE PSBB TIMES' in 2002- 2003.</p>

<p>Secretary of 'The Interact Club' [ student club under The Rotary Club, Vadapalani, Chennai, India ] in 2001- 2002.</p>

<p>Part of the cast in a poetry performance of T.S. Eliot's 'Cats' sponsored by The British Council, Chennai, India- a professional production for the public. </p>

<p>Helped conduct a rehab workshop for fire accident victims [ the Kumbakkonam fire accident in a primary school that claimed 94 lives ] as a part of the relief team from college [ Stella Maris College, Chennai, India ].</p>

<p>Went on a ten day trek to the Himalayas in 2003- 2004.</p>

<p>I am getting paranoid about the whole admission thingy and I want some candid opinions, thanks for your time!</p>

<p>somebody reply!</p>

<p>The liberal arts colleges, Harvard, and Yale are very hard to get in to, especially the liberal arts colleges. I think many of the LACs accept ten or so transfer students a year. I'm also not sure if it's harder for international students to transfer. But if you can come up with a great application and have a great reason to transfer, then you'll be accepted to one of the schools you're applying to (Cornell and UPenn accept a lot of transfers). I'm also not sure if money is a concern at all. But most colleges either don't offer full need-based aid, or don't offer any financial aid to international transfer students at all. Hope this helps</p>

<p>hey sowmya, let me try to give some insight =)</p>

<p>Amherst (good chances)
Bates (very good chances)
Carleton (idk)
Colgate (good chances) *
Cornell (match) *
Dartmouth (reach)
Dickinson (good chances)
Harvard (reach)
Macalester (idk)
Middlebury (very good chances)
Mount Holyoke (very good chances)
Smith (idk)
Stanford (reach)
UPenn (match/reach) *
Wellesley (good chances)
Yale (reach)</p>

<p>Okie that's my opinion, the 3 schools i starred; look into those carefully because i think you have a high chance and they are extremely academicly potent schools (two of them being ivies) and yeah...</p>

<p>Amherst (reach-big reach)
Bates (ok chances)
Colgate (low reach match) *
Cornell (reach) *
Dartmouth (big reach)
Dickinson (good chances)
Harvard (no)
Middlebury ( reach-ish)
Mount Holyoke (good chances)
Smith (yes)
Stanford (big reach)
UPenn (eh...) *
Wellesley (ok chances, reach)
Yale (no, sorry)</p>

<p>I hope this helps!</p>

<p>idk ranger, when they look for an international student, this is EXACTLY what type of characteristics are in the criterion, she is not a 550 v and 800 m student, she is overall excellent, and her ec's are over the chart (2nd in poetry contest in SOUTH INDIA) that is one tough accomplishment, honestly i guess it's how well she presents herself through the application, i think she has a good chance at cornell and upenn, but hys, ehh ur right they are quite wide reaches...and for the others great chances other than amherst which is more of a reach.</p>