<p>Hi! Ok, I am a Latin american Student and I am planning to apply to a college in the States. I want a college which demands the best of every student. I am very learning oriented, and if I go to college in the US I'd like to study sort of a little bit of everything? I especially like humanities and social sciences, but I' love to take language and arts classes... I am hard working and I'll be determined to make my best effort to get in the school I considered the best for me... </p>
<p>Apparantely I'll manage to pay full fee so by now the financial aspect's not a problem.</p>
<p>I thought Yale would be a good place (if I get in). Anyone has any advice?</p>
<p>Haven’t taken SAT yet, I’m a Junior, top in my 10 year school, took several international examinations (from the University of Cambridge- FCE, IGCSE, some of them I self prepared. Got top of my country results). I swim, and do community service. As an english second language speaker I am quite profficient, so I’ll guess I’ll have no problems with the SAT writing and reading section. So far I’ve felt quite comfortable.</p>
<p>The thing is maybe an Ivy is not the school for me, or maybe it is. Most of the information I have of schools come from their websites, and they are obviously going to present THEIR school as the best place in the world in THEIR website -you know what I mean? lol</p>
<p>I don’t know… Maybe, by knowing some stuff about how I am you’ll be able to tell what you think is an appropoiate place for me. I would like to return to my coutry after my studies. I want to have the best academic preparation in order to make a better country and all that…</p>
<p>Without knowing your GPA and SAT scores, etc. it’s going to be difficult to suggest colleges. It may be pointless to suggest college such as Harvard, Yale, etc. if your SAT is 2000 and your GPA is a 3.6</p>
<p>I live in another country, GPA not applicable!!! Take class rank 1, overall in my school from Year 1 in primary to Year 10. Now I think I’ll be around top 5%. No idea on my SAT score. But even if I got into Harvard, for example, I don’t think one should go there just because one got in… I mean Its not all about the prestige but about finding a school that suits your needs. </p>
<p>I have already presented my needs. Let’s suppose that I will hypothetically be able to get into any school. Which one would you recommend? I don’t mind if you think it is Montana State, Harvard, Rice or Lindenwood University… Just tell me your opinion guys!!</p>
<p>You need to start by reading through everything at [EducationUSA</a> | Study Abroad, Student Visa, University Fairs, College Applications and Study in the U.S. / America](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.info/) Then make an appointment with the counselors at the advising center closest to where you live.
[EducationUSA</a> - Find an Advising Center](<a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/centers.php?region=6]EducationUSA”>http://www.educationusa.info/centers.php?region=6)
These counselors are expert at helping students from your country find good places to study in the US. They can help you sort through all of the information out there. Be sure to ask if there will be a college fair in your country. When I volunteered with the office in Caracas, we had a college fair every year, with representatives from a wide variety of colleges and universities in the US and Canada.</p>
<p>You haven’t provided enough information for us to give you good advice. There are dozens of schools that are excellent choices for students with top grades and test scores, strong letters of recommendation and outstanding achievement in their extracurricular activities - and nearly all of them have stong programs in the social sciences and humanities.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the very top tier schools (like Harvard) have acceptance rates of less than 10% of the applicants - and almost every applicant met the description above, so those who are admitted have differentiated themselves among a field of outstanding candidates.</p>