<p>I am an international student. This year I'm applying in US colleges but I'm little concerned about my list of colleges. I have 1820 on SAT 1 ( 510 CR/780 M/540 W) and 660 on Physics, 780 on Math 1, 760 on Math 2.
I have also some awards in soccer/ volleyball/ dance competitions/ Math Olympiads and summer work as a cashier and volunteering. My GPA in my country is in the top 5% of all students average GPA. My class rank is 2nd.
The list:
Vanderbilt University
Boston University
Drexel University
Clarkson University
Temple University
WPI
University of San Francisco
University of Florida
Northeastern University
SUNNY Stony Brook
Baylor University
The list is not definite I might clear any university since the deadline is 15 January.
Please advice needed!</p>
<p>If you are a full-pay applicant, you’ll probably get into a bunch of those. If you need financial aid, your SAT scores will probably hold you back.</p>
<p>I plan to apply for financial aid?</p>
<p>Universities that publish their scholarship criteria seem to care much more about SAT scores than grades. For example, many “guaranteed scholarships” require a top SAT score but only a 3.0 GPA. That’s why I said that your SAT scores might hold you back. I am not trying to discourage you from applying. I do want you to be aware that you are facing an uphill battle and encourage you to be mindful that different colleges have different scholarship policies, some of which might work better for you than others.</p>
<p>Did you check that you could afford all universities on your list in the best-case scenario (admitted with maximum available aid)? </p>
<p>For example, Clarkson has a cost of attendance around $60.000 and their maximum scholarship for international students is $20.000. Could you cover the rest?</p>
<p>The University of San Francisco doesn’t give any kind of financial assistance to international students as far as I know. Their cost of attendance is over $50.000 a year.</p>
<p>Boston University had a scholarship application deadline of Dec 1. If you missed that, only apply if you can pay the $60.000 price tag.</p>
<p>Thank you very much I missed those info.
Can you please suggest me any college that I could qualify with aid? I am very messed up.
I know my SAT 1 scores aren’t good because we don’t have a strong English program in our school and I haven’t done any special course to learn SAT.</p>