Could I be accepted at one of those school?

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<p>Hey everbody,</p>

<p>I'm bigfish911, i am currently an exchange student from France in the United States with the Rotary International. In France, i'm in the top 1% of my class, i have a 3.80GPA unweighted and 3.95 GPA weighted in my American high school (top 10th), i took 4 honors classes from my first semester to my second because my counselor didn't want to give me those classes to an exchange student first - i asked them for the second semester and got them.
I scored 2350 on my SAT and 2400 on SAT II Math 2, US History and Chemistry.
I love helping, I am in many extra-curricular activities in my school: Spanish Honor Society, Show Choir, I'm about to lead a project of building a hospital in Nicaragua, I'm about to publish a book... I have very good letter of recommendation from all my teachers.
I know French, English, Spanish, Portugueuse, Italian, Swahili. I passed the TOEFL and DELE and got good scores.</p>

<p>I'm applying to 13 different universities next year and I would like to know if i stack up.
Here we go:</p>

<ul>
<li>Dartmouth</li>
<li>Yale</li>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>Princeton</li>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>NYU</li>
<li>Stanford </li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>American University</li>
<li>Cornell University</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
<li>Oxford University</li>
</ul>

<p>My concern is that i should do another year abroad, I was thinking about a year in community service in Asia or Africa.</p>

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<p>I would say you’re flawless. In mostly everywhere. Oxford, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford are very tough, though.</p>

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<p>You look strong and should get into several of those schools if you don’t need financial aid. If you need aid it’s much more complex as each will probably take a couple from France and offer aid to one, if that, and it will depend on who the competition is.</p>

<p>If you are full pay I could not see NYU, Penn, UCLA, Berkeley, American or Cornell saying no.</p>

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<p>the problem is that i need huge financial aid… i got enough for the first year but i need the 3 other ones :wink: i’m good at essays, i can still try for scholarships</p>

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<p>Well the good thing is, assuming your parents are at home in France paying taxes into the black hole of EU finances and have been doing so for at least the last 3 years, you will be a “home” student in the UK. Therefore you are entitled to much reduced fees and at least £4000 a year from the UK government as a student loan. You also don’t have to pay this back when you are not earning i.e. if you lose your job, take a gap year etc. So it’s a good deal.</p>