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<p>Hey ppl Heeeeelllllppppppppppppp
I'm american/british/iraqi residing in Jordan (yeah I know what your thinking about!!) and I'm a poor little thing thats aiming high, very high. To simplify I wish to get into the following universities:
Ivies-(Dartmouth)
Johns Hopkins
MIT
Northwestern
Boston C
Boston U
Amherst
Duke
Georgetown</p>

<p>and my safeties is (St. Louis)</p>

<p>However there are many obstacles:
1) I'm not from the WOW high schools in Jordan (e.g. ABS, ACS..etc), coz those schools offer IB, AP..etc and mannnnyyy ECs. I come from the Jubilee School(the school that has an IQ entrance exam), thats OK, but the curriculum is the Jordanian one(although it is enriched) (except for English, I take American, british, and other literature writen in english) and A level Biology and 4 advanced courses anually (since 9th grade, e.g. Astrophysics, organic chemistry, Applied chemistry, JavaScript..etc).</p>

<p>2) My SATs :(, there bad in contradiction to my 4.0 GPA, they suck
My SAT 1 verbal: 510 (hellp me)
Math: 700
writing: 610
SAT 2 math iic: 680
chemistry: 720
Biology: 680</p>

<p>However I'm gonna retake the SAT I this fall</p>

<p>3)The students from the prestigious schools mentioned above are applying by BULK to the same schools and my chances aree getting lower.</p>

<p>On the other hand my ECs are:
1) Acadmic stuff (as usual)
2) Science/math..etc activities
3) A lot of Volunteer work
4) Computers (programming, head of the club)
5) Journalism
6) Projects such as MUN, Jubi-Tech (computer exhibition), Jubilee.NET ( a 3 day workshop on school campus on computers)
7) Entrepreneurship class activities
8) theater and drama activities
9) cultural stuff</p>

<p>So, can someone helllllpppp meeee, I just finished my Junior year.
And if there is someone who is kind enough( who has been admitted to any of my dream universities) to help me with my application, I'd be grateful</p>

<p>Byeezzz Reply soon</p>

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<p>St Louis is not a safety for anyone.</p>

<p>Do you need financial aid?</p>

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<p>Georgetown, BU and BC do not have great financial aid. Northwestern has aid for about 10 international students. What is your financial situation?</p>

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<p>hi
why isnt St. louis a saftey?
I'm an american citizen(I guess u guyz missed that), so I can get federal aid!!</p>

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<p>Georgetown and BC have lousy aid, even for Americans. Georgetown's endowment is like 5% of Harvard's. If you need a lot of grant money, you should look elsewhere. You might want to apply to schools outside of urban areas and the northeast, where being from the mideast makes you an unusual candidate. As for St. Louis, are you thinking of Washington University in St. Louis? You should try to get your scores up. For many of the schools on your list, you are more than one standard deviation below the mean on the verbal and writing sections.</p>