<p>I am an international student, I wasn't sure I'm going to the U.S. to college until recently, so I'm behind on college search and choices to apply for! I'm a raising senior in an International school in China right now. What are some good schools that I have a good shot at?</p>
<p>SAT I
2200</p>
<p>SAT II
Math II: 800
Mandarin: 800
U.S. History: 690</p>
<p>AP
Mandarin 5
German 5
Calc. AB 5
Spanish 4
English Language 4
U.S. History 4
Psychology 4
(I know there are a lot of 4's, I didn't try too hard in my junior year)</p>
<p>GPA (unwaited)
cumulative 3.6 (approximately)
My school is very challenging, we have never had an upper classmen with a 3.9 or up.</p>
<p>Class Rank
Top 5%</p>
<p>Languages
Chinese (fluent)
German (fluent)
English (fluent)
Spanish (AP level)</p>
<p>I lived in
Germany: 5 years
Singapore: 1 year
China: 11 years
(I'm a Chinese citizen)</p>
<p>2 Spanish Language awards from school</p>
<p>Non-academic Activities
Model United Nations
Participation in two plays
School Journalist</p>
<p>I visited the U.S. for the first time this summer, and toured a lot of schools. I think i have a shot at schools like NYU, please tell me what my reaches, matches and safety schools would be!
THANK YOU!</p>
<p>I'm guessing that since you're applying to NYU, you won't need financial aid?
BTW, what kind of college do you like? Should they be big and urban like NYU, or would you also consider LAC's?</p>
<p>Then I would suggest Columbia (in NYC), Swarthmore (near Philadelphia), U Chicago (well where would that one be :) ) as reaches, though U Chicago might be less of a reach since you don't need financial aid. </p>
<p>You could also look into U of Miami, which is big and not actually in, bu tstill very close to Miami. I don't think it should be too hard for you to get in.</p>
<p>Then there's also Rice. It isn't very big, but it is in Houston.</p>
<p>If you like Georgetown, you'll maybe also like George Washigton and American. Those are all pretty big and also located in Washington D.C. These also should't be too hard to get into.</p>
<p>You could also look into Northwestern, which is sizeable but not very big and is near Chicago. It's probably a high match/low reach, though I'm not sure.</p>
<p>Ok, those are my suggestions for now and I'll post more if I can come up with more :)</p>
<p>Should I be worried that my GPA isn't very high? It's one of the highest of my school, but compared to other schools it's not exactly impressive...</p>