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<p>I have to ask, because I don't know the system as well as some of you. :) I'm an international from England, applying to transfer Fall-2007. I'm a freshman at St Andrews University, studying English and Latin. </p>

<p>My Stats:</p>

<p>GCSES: English lit, lang, Maths, French, Bio, Chem, Physics, Latin, History: Grade A (out of A*) Art: B</p>

<p>AS levels: English lit, Classics, History: A (out of A) Latin: B</p>

<p>A levels: Eng lit, History: A Classics: B (out of A)</p>

<p>Advanced Extension Award (goes beyond A-level/high school level) English Distinction</p>

<p>SATs: Currently getting around a 2100 on the practice tests, hoping to pull that up to a mid-2200 at least.</p>

<p>SATIIs: Literature: 740, Latin: 530 (with no practice after two years not studying! Retaking)</p>

<p>APs: English lit and lang - 5s.</p>

<p>National Latin Exam: Summa Cum Laude at AP IV/V/VI level.</p>

<p>Extracurrics:</p>

<p>A whole host, including working as many hours as is legal since I was fourteen. Full time work from the age of eighteen, plus an English Speaking Union Exchange Scholarship to Peddie School in NJ. </p>

<p>Ballroom competitive dancing early - I had studied for three months before my first competition, and placed second in a regional competition after six months dancing. Flute, piano, singing in my school chapel choir, photographer for the yearbook, wrote on my school newspaper, helped set up the literature society, debated for my school and helped coach the younger years, directed an experimental production and took part in every play, was a prefect, etc. At St Andrews I'm likely to participate in Model UN, drama, music, dance, politics and environmental activism. </p>

<p>I'm also, unfortunately, a candidate for hefty aid. I need a school that will offer an international transfer, substantial financial aid. I'm thinking Yale, Cornell, Dickinson, Georgetown, Amherst and Dartmouth, but I'm not certain. What do people think?</p>

<p>I would consider many of the LACs (you have Dickinson and Amherst on your list), I would include Wellesley, Grinnell, Williams, Colgate, and Swarthmore. Among the national universities, I would consider private colleges like Rice, USC, Georgetown, Cornell, and Brown. (Yale and Dartmouth are possible, but they, along with Harvard, Princeton, and MIT, are the toughest colleges in the country to get into). </p>

<p>And definitely retake that Latin SAT II. That 530 score would definitely hurt your chances at many of these schools.</p>