hi, chance me please (international student)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>hi, can you please chance me with swarthmore? (it's my highest dream school for me so far)
I'm also 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
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>

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<p>Chances are not very high for Swathmore, Middlebury and Vassar unless you get your SAT I score to around 2200+ as you need substantial FA. Otherwise I am not sure - no idea about how hard it would be to get in at LACs.</p>

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<p>thanks frankchn :slight_smile:
I realise my profile is not very competitive in terms of leadership, community work and sports… look at this profile, theyll guess i’m a nerd…
do you have any idea about my other aims?
i already posted in the “What are my chances” topic but there seem to be a lot of threads look the same as mine so no one bothered to reply :(</p>

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<p>well, do you know zhai xingda? he’s a rjc prc scholar who got into swarthmore with finaid, so you can probably seek some advice or inspiration from him</p>

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<p>i dont know him
but thanks anyway :)</p>

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

<p>That might hurt more than in most years—international admissions are not aid blind, and (like more folks), Swarthmore is hurting for money right now. (Only 1 billion left! :stuck_out_tongue: )</p>

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<p>You’ll never know until you apply :)</p>