hi, can you please chance me with F&M?

[hbrad8002]

<p>hi, can you please chance me with F&M?
I'm an international student currently studying in Singapore</p>

<p>Achievements & activities:
- Silver Singapore Maths Olympiad
- Bronze Singapore Chemistry Olympiad
- Third Prize Shanghai Maths Cup competition
- Third Prize Singapore Media Award (a video making competition for schools)
- I'm a Executive committee member of my audio+video club (ava club)
- 2 work-attachments (1 at a marketing firm, 1 at a bank)
- some community work</p>

<p>academic
-I jz took SAT a few weeks ago but I guess i did badly (expected: CR <550, Maths 800, 650<WR<700)
-SAT2 gonna take in June (expected: Maths1 800, Maths2 750, Chem 750)
-Secondary score (O level): Maths A, Chem A, Physics A, combined humanities A, English B, Literature C
-Expected score for Alevel: Maths A, Chem A, Physics A, Economics B, English C</p>

<p>major intend to take in future: Econs/Banking</p>

<p>Family contribution: <8k</p>

<p>other schools i also intend to apply to:
dream: grinnell, middlebury, vassar, swarthmore
reach: macalester, bard, conncoll, dickinson, gettysburg, kenyon
safety: kalamazoo, hendrix, wittenberg, hampshire</p>

<p>I choose these schools because i've heard these are quite generous in terms of aid to foreign students. I'm most concerned with 2 problems: my low critical reading score and my high financial need.
so what do you think?
thanks :)</p>

[BobbyCT]

<p>F&M allows you to submit 2 graded writing samples of your high school work instead of your SAT if you are concerned about your scores. Your grades and achievements look good but the grade of C in English and Literature might stand out. Most of the schools you listed have an expectation of strong grades in English. You might want to consider colleges that will put value on your strong math and science scores.</p>