<p>I am a Chinese student.</p>
<p>Bates is one of my top choices.</p>
<p>I am looking at
Hamilton
Colby
Colgate
Colorado
Macalester
Bryn Mawr
Mount Holyoke</p>
<p>I am looking to major in Psychology</p>
<p>My SAT is a little low -1810 (CR480 M710 W620)</p>
<p>School rank -top5% </p>
<p>My school doesn’t offer any APs</p>
<p>I am going to take Toefl in November (95+ appromately)</p>
<p>EC’s
several awards for painting and writing
volin for 3 years
drawing club for 3 years
working at Student Union for 2 years
volunteer at the hospital for 100 hours</p>
<p>Good at drawing and calligraphy</p>
<p>Can any one give me some advice?
Thanks!!</p>
<p>Your reading/writing scores are going to make selective colleges reluctant to accept you unless you ace the TOEFL. They will be concerned that you cannot succeed. Most of the classes require hundreds of pages of reading in english a week, and all the classes require the ability to express complex ideas in writing in english.
You might want t o look at some small, less selective schools that might be willing to nurture you-look into the list of “Colleges that Change Lives” A college like Juniata or St Olaf might be a better fit for you.</p>
<p>Thank you for your advice. I need to be realistic:P
I add some schools to my list~</p>
<p>Just trying to help.</p>
<p>OldbatesieDoc Hope you don’t mind I PMd you;son applying ED</p>