Decisions for international students

International Students
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<p>Hey! I’m from Romania. </p>

<p>SATs: 660 CR, 780 Math, 660 W (3rd attempt)
SAT 2s: 790 chem, 760 math, 720 bio, 670 french with listening
GPA 9.98 out of 10
Good recs, I was considered the best student ever from my high school, but a small public high school.
I liked my essays, but I’m not a good writer.
Not too many ECs, most focused on science.</p>

<p>I got into the University of Richmond as a Richmond Scholar (full tuition, room and board) and a few dolars more as financial aid, and into Northwestern with almost full ride, but including a loan. I am going to UR.</p>

<p>Waitlisted at Vassar, Wesleyan, Bowdoin and Grinnell. Refused all waitlist places.</p>

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<p>From India</p>

<p>Sat 1: 800 Math, 700 CR, 800 Writing
SAT 2: 800 Math2, 770 Physics</p>

<p>COlgate 13’ . $46k aid</p>

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<p>Nepal</p>

<p>SAT I: 610 (W), 670 (CR), 780(M)
SAT II: 800s (Maths IIC, Physics, Chemistry)
TOEFL: 106, Listening: 29, Reading: 29, Writing: 25, Speaking: 23)
A-Levels: 2A, 2B, 1b
AP: 5 (Physics C, E&M), 4 (Physics C Mech, Chemistry, Calculus BC)</p>

<p>Going to Brandeis University (as Wien International Scholar and Physical Science scholar) with full scholarship, tuition, room and board, insurance, books, pocket money and additional $2000 per annum research stipend!!</p>

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<p>good thread, keep em coming</p>

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<p>India–>Singapore (Indian Citizen, Singaporean Student)</p>

<p>SAT Reasoning Test: 2220
SAT Subject Tests: 2390
TOEFL: 115</p>

<p>Accepted: uMich, UCLA, Purdue, Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley (for Spring)</p>

<p>None of these schools offer Financial Aid to internationals. :(</p>

<p>Probably heading to UCLA this Fall; wanted Berkeley- but don’t want to wait till Spring to get to college. And I realised I like UCLA more than Cal- spirit and all. Personal choice, though! :)</p>

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<p>Estonia
CR 650, M 700, W 650
Lit 630, Math I 640 (no idea what happened there)</p>

<p>Accepted to Mount Holyoke
Waitlisted: Connecticut College, Trinity College, Colby, Reed, Vassar, Middlebury
Going to MHC ($48k aid), but staying on those waitlists.</p>

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<p>Nepal</p>

<p>SAT I - 2080
SAT II- 2280</p>

<p>Accepted to Williams.
Around 51k in aid.
They’re also funding my transportation and providing me with a yearly round trip ticket. :D</p>

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<p>^Amazingg! Congrats, bro! :)</p>

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<p>@flid:
‘Going to MHC ($48k aid), but staying on those waitlists.’

  • hey if you are sure about going to MHC then why not withdraw from the waitlists - It will help people who haven’t got a good acceptance.</p>
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<p>No, I’d rather go to any of those schools than MHC. My wording was a bit unclear.
I so hope I can get in somewhere…</p>

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<p>^oh seems I misunderstood your point. best of luck for the waitlists then.</p>

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<p>East Africa (Kenya and Uganda)</p>

<p>CR 610 M 690 W 670(8) [2 attempts]</p>

<p>Accepted to Dartmouth off the waitlist but haven’t seen my aid yet.</p>

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<p>Okay got my finaid…my grant is almost 52k.</p>

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<p>^Not too shabby old man!</p>

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<p>wow…congrats to your full ride there</p>

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<p>SAT I: 2380 (800M 800CR 800W)
SAT II: 800 math II, physics, chemistry, chinese, 740 french
Full IB: 43/45 predicted
ECs: focus on math/programming, plenty of leadership, lots of awards of varying levels, considerable community service</p>

<p>Accepted: UC Berkeley, Columbia (attending)
Rejected: Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford</p>

<p>I’m happy. But Stanford/Princeton would have been my dream.</p>

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<p>Vietnam but living in DC (so my case is even harder. i compete with both pools)</p>

<p>Scores:
SAT: 2310
SAT I Math: 780
SAT I Critical Reading: 730
SAT I Writing: 800
SAT II U.S. History: 750
SAT II World History: 750
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 800
SAT II Physics: 750</p>

<p>AP World:5 (10th)
AP Cal BC: 5 (10th)
AP Phys C - Mech:5
AP Phys C - E&M: 5
AP Micro:5
AP Macro: 5
AP US: 5
AP Stats: 5
AP Eng Lang: 4</p>

<p>Colgate’13… </p>

<p>this year is SUPER SUPER TOUGH for internationals… i haven’t seen a tougher year. i have to increase my contribution from 2k to 10k in fear of getting rejected from many places… it’s also unpredictable as hell. many people get in with no reasons and some others get rejected with no reasons… may be money… </p>

<p>so i sympathize with u all.</p>

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<p>I am technically not international but a US citizen living abroad. I have grown up in Australia though lived here my entire life :)</p>

<p>SAT 1 (third attempt): CR: 720 W: 690 M: 800 (total: 2010)
SAT 2: Maths 2: 780 French: 710 Chem: 760</p>

<p>Accepted: USC (with pretty good financial aid grants = <3) and UCLA with a $15k scholarship
Rejected: Brown and Columbia (but I didn’t really want to go to either so its all good)</p>

<p>Heading off to USC in august because well it’s my dream school :)</p>

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<p>What does a scholarship on a full ride mean?</p>

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<p>Full ride means the school pays for everything</p>