Do I have a shot as an International Applicant?

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<p>I’ll post the stuff from my Chance Thread here, but I’m just wondering if I have a shot at being accepted as an international that needs financial aid. If you guys have any suggestions for colleges that give aid to Internationals, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.</p>

<p>Thanks for looking at my thread! I’ll explain my situation before I start with stats and stuff. I’m an Indian that was born in India. My family got really lucky and received American visas, so we moved to the United States. We have been attempting to become citizens for the past 13-14 years, but circumstances outside of our control kept us from receiving it. We’re still in the process now. I’ve spoken to several of my schools about this, but I wanted to make you guys aware in case it changes my chances at all.</p>

<p>Stats:
•SAT: 2140
•ACT: 35, second try.
•GPA: 4.0, unweighted scale.
•Rank: 1/260ish
•AP: 4 - US History. Taking AP Calc this year. My school only offers 3 ap courses.</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
•Math Club - President, founding member. I have won several regional and state awards in math competitions through the club, and I want to give back to the community this year with the club.
•Chess Club Member - Our school has a casual Chess club, and I’m currently ranked at the top. Not sure if this is worth anything.
•Gay-Straight Alliance - member, I mostly just listen to their discussions and I participate in their fundraisers.
•Student Council - Representative. This is my first year as a rep.
•NHS - member. I just participate in their events.
•Math Tutor - I tutor for my high school and the public library. I have about 400 hours worth of tutoring students that vary from elementary school kids to adults.
•LIT at the Boys’ and Girls’ Club - Worked as a volunteer for the boys and girls club, roughly 500 hours of community service.
•Other miscellaneous community service - 50 hours. Worked for library, ROTC, some other stuff.</p>

<p>Awards:
•Questbridge College Prep Scholar
•Collegiate Blog Mentorship Scholarship winner
•Mohave Electric Coop Youth Tour winner-won a trip to DC.
•Some other small local awards</p>

<p>•Income: Low, around 30000.</p>

<p>Other
•My school is in a rural area, and it receives little funding. We have around a 50% dropout rate, and very few students go to high-end universities.
•My extracurriculars may seem a bit all over the place, but I absolutely love Math Club, and I talk about it a lot in my applications.
•I’m applying through Questbridge.</p>

<p>•Intended Major: Physics and/or Math</p>

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<p>Your profile looks good but make sure you just send the ACT.</p>

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<p>Yeah, that’s the plan. Do you know if I have to report my SAT score on the Common Application, or will the College just consider the score that I send in through the ACT/College Board? </p>

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<p>On the ‘questions’ portion of the CA supp they will ask which score(s) you want to be considered and you check the appropriate box for ACT only. There are colleges whose score use policy requires you send all scores from all tests you’ve taken - Pomona and Yale come to mind. Bowdoin does score choice and is test optional as well, so you will choose which scores they consider (and send those), but you should record all your scores on the CA.</p>

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<p>@nynightowl‌ </p>

<p>Okay, so on my first ACT, I got a 30 with 10 on writing.</p>

<p>The second time, I got a 35 with a 9 on writing.</p>

<p>Can/Should I send in both scores? I want to send just the second one in, but I’m not sure.</p>

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<p>Just send the 35, and the 9/10 is a negligible difference besides the fact that writing on the ACT is not taken seriously. </p>