how do you find a college (safety, match etc...)

College Search & Selection
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<p>As an international student that also need a financial aid, how can I find a college that will be the best for my desires (majors, size, etc...)</p>

<p>thank you</p>

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<p>well I recommend getting a couple of college guidebooks. I recommend the following: Princeton Review Best 368 Colleges, and Fiske Guide To Colleges. Read all of those books and the descriptions of the schools and you will find out the differences between many colleges and you will have a better idea of what the schools are and what you want for yourself.</p>

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<p>are there any web sites? I don’t think I can find those books at my country:(
thank you for your answer pierre0913</p>

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<p>For the Princeton Review, there is a service that gives you an idea of what type of schools you should be looking at.
go to [Test</a> Prep: GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, and More](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com%5DTest”>http://www.princetonreview.com)
and sign up for a free account</p>

<p>after getting your free account, go to [Test</a> Prep: GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, and More](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/com.aspx]Test”>http://www.princetonreview.com/com.aspx)
and fill out the survey, at the end it will give you your results</p>

<p>another option on [Test</a> Prep: GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, and More](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com%5DTest”>http://www.princetonreview.com) is to search for a college at the top of the page, when you find your college, click on it, and in the side panels click Academics, Student Body or Campus Life to read reviews from students, or Admissions to find out statistics of how hard it is to get admitted.</p>

<p>another web site is Students Review (search this on Google) which will give you reviews of many schools by students who go to the school.</p>

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<p>College MatchMaker</p>

<p>[College</a> MatchMaker - Type of School](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board)</p>

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<p>For every search on Princeton Review’s Counselor-O-Matic, a kitten dies.</p>

<p>Just kidding, but I have found the results of that search rather dubious. Try the following (in order of recommendation):</p>

<p><a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/[/url]”>http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board;
<a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Petersons also has a match making service too.</p>

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<p>thank you all.</p>

<p>Can someone explain me what type of match are there? I read threads with words such match, safety,etc…</p>

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<p>reach = a school that you really want to go to or are interested in but do not think that you have a very high chance of getting in (not impossible chances but very slim chances)</p>

<p>match = a school that you really want to go to or are interested in that you think you have an excellent chance of getting in.</p>

<p>safety = a school that you really want to go to or are interested in that you are definitely sure that you can get in.</p>

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<p>A school seems to be a rough statistical match (meaning 50/50 chance of admission) for you if your GPA and test scores are near the school’s 67th percentile of the values of the last matriculating class (67th, not 50th, because of how yields work; a student at the 75th percentile is much less likely to accept an admission offer than one at the 25th percentile, and schools don’t want to be flooded at the low end).</p>

<p>However, GPA and test scores may count for as little as 20% of admission criteria; rigor of HS classes taken (compared to curriculum), interviews, recommendations, essays, ECs and community service will together usually count more, at least at private schools. Fit can be crucial at some schools.</p>