French high school student / USA

Princeton review is the easiest to read, so probably the best for you to have. It covers a lot of US colleges, all in the top 10%.

Nothing to add, just wanted to wish you the best of luck! I admire you so much - wish I could send my son to France for university!

You should also consider looking at schools that don’t require SAT/ACT scores and prefer to look more at the students as well-rounded candidates as opposed to a number on paper. Consider looking at Wheaton College in Massachusetts- Great school with a similar vibe to the other schools you’re looking at.

Have you considered McGill University in Montreal? English university in a bilingual city in a French province. Low tuition for French citizens, about C$8,000/year. SAT/ACT required only for Americans.

Before , i wanted to study at McGill but my parents were not ok with this choice … it was : France or USA but not canada for some reasons ( i have no idea why ) … Moreover , thank you southfloridaMom9 actually , american students are well seen in france . We love americans , but the little difference is that usually , french universities don’t care about ECs but matter a lot about grades ( we don’t have to write an essay for most of the universities except science po but it’s a “test” or exam you’ll have to pass to get in) . What ever , if you have any questions about french universities i’m here to help you with this :slight_smile:

In that case I hope your parents can afford to pay $50,000/year at a US school.

^the OP is applying to colleges that are need aware, but meet full need.
Note: The average French family of 4 makes 23-27K a year.

But the OP’s test scores will make admission highly unlikely to those schools.

I know that 33 is not extraordinnary but i thought it was fine ?

OP’s go an ACT 33, which should be sufficient for the first cut.

OP in post 3 you stated that you had a 29 ACT. ???

Note that French students are very bad at standardized testing, so that 28+ is considered good.

@TomSrOfBoston

Post #11:

actually most of tests and exams at school are essays ( even in math , physics and biology )