HELP! Need to find match schools!

College Search & Selection
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<p>Wow... I've been reading a lot of threads on CC and my resume looks pathetic.
Anyways~
I searched some colleges and I'm not sure if they're reach or match.</p>

<p>I'm going to apply to (in no particular order!):
Dartmouth
Wesleyan
Northwestern
Cornell
Wake Forest
Rice
Emory
Amherst</p>

<p>The dilemma I have is that I'm an international student so I can't have state schools as my safety schools... </p>

<p>A little bit about myself...</p>

<p>I lived in South Korea (8yrs), America (5yrs), and now I live in Thailand(5yrs).
I'm a senior at a small international school in Thailand. (I hope that writing a well-written essay on my global perspectives will compensate for my relatively low scores)</p>

<p>I hope to major in environmental science and minor in economics or business and attend a school in New England</p>

<p>GPA: 3.92 (hopefully I can get it over 3.96 by the end of the year)</p>

<p>Ranking: Top 10% of class</p>

<p>SAT I: 2080 (1st time), 2140 (2nd time), 2190 (superscore), retaking in November... pretty low scores for Dartmouth and Northwestern I know, but I think I can get over 2200 in November</p>

<p>SAT II: World History- 800, Math II- 740, going to take biology and chemistry this year</p>

<p>AP's: World History- 5, Calc AB- 5, Stats- 3 (worst class of my life), going to take biology and chemistry this year</p>

<p>TOEFL: 115/120</p>

<p>EC's:
Model United Nations for 3 years (I did the chair and secretary-general once each and won the best delegate award once)</p>

<p>Taught English and planed lessons at a high school for audibly impaired students during the summer in Korea (140 hrs)</p>

<p>Taught English at a local Thai elementary school (30 hrs)</p>

<p>Lecturer at my church for 2 years</p>

<p>JV Basketball for 2 years </p>

<p>Varsity Badminton for one year</p>

<p>Played flute in a school musical in freshman year</p>

<p>Flute club in my city (outside of school) for 2 years</p>

<p>I know my scores are low and my EC's are pretty pathetic... but do you guys think I have a shot at the schools that I listed? And do you guys have any other colleges to recommend?</p>

<p>Thanks guys for the replies!</p>

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<p>Those are all reaches (Emory and WF a little less so, Dartmouth and Amherst a bit more so). You’re right to be looking for target schools.</p>

<p>Do you need aid? If so, that rules out most public universities. </p>

<p>Whether you need it or not, have a look at the following list of schools with good aid for internationals. Many of these are somewhat less selective than most of the schools on your list.</p>

<p>[Top</a> 25 Financial Aid Colleges in US for International Students (Need-aware) - Desperate Guide: Undergraduate College Financial Aid, Scholarship](<a href=“http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware]Top”>http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware)</p>

<p>Check out Colby, Trinity College (Hartford), Bates, Colorado College, Reed, Skidmore, Dickinson, Union, Macalester. These are all liberal arts colleges (like Amherst & Wesleyan). Skidmore, Dickinson, and Union are a bit less selective than the others. Reed is hard to characterize (stats may not tell the whole story). The others are comparable in selectivity to WF. </p>

<p>If you want a slightly larger school, consider Brandeis or the University of Rochester.</p>