<p>Exactly… me too</p>
<p>exactly, this will help</p>
<p>Well, I wish I read this earlier.</p>
<p>I generally agree with mmmgirl rather than thespy. </p>
<p>Chances thread can be inaccurate, but with enough responses, a consensus can begin to form. Given the variety of people here, there will be opinions not only from “high school seniors” but people who have stayed on much longer, like me, who have gone through the entire application process and even went through four years of college.</p>
<p>I think the best chance threads are the results threads.</p>
<p>this question is relevant to my interests</p>
<p>All the colleges value a lot the rigot of the high school cirriculum. GPA is not very meaningful without the list of courses taken and the selectivity of the high school.</p>
<p>Also highlight particular passions that you might have</p>
<p>You want something from your audience, and that includes their time. If you want a good return, offering to chance them back is usually helpful as well :)</p>
<p>I agree with tigercubjy.</p>
<p>This is one of the most helpful forums</p>
<p>delete it!!! you either get in or not. do not fantasize waste of time!!!</p>
<p>you make a good point, this is true</p>
<p>I like it because other individuals are able to give me advice on what i need to work on for college.</p>
<p>However once you have either been accepted or denied you should delete your file(post) because it saves time.</p>
<p>why would someone regret posting info that leads to them being identified?</p>
<p>The 2nd post just about sums it up. It would be great if everyone followed those headlines.</p>
<p>I like this thread</p>
<p>Just work harder 
Even if you do mess up, don’t limit yourself to undergrad. There are much more opportunities out in life even after undergrad.</p>
<p>Hello,
My name is Vladimir Todev and I am an international student from Bulgaria. I want to ask for some advice.My story is the following:
I have applied to many US colleges and universities last year(to be enrolled this fall) and was rejected or waitlisted everywhere(than rejected from the waitlists ). However, to understand my situation more thoroughly, here are some facts about my circumstances.
I have SAT scores 2140/2400(650 CR R, 760 MATH, 730 Writing with 8 on the essay). SAT 2 -
World History 780/800 and MATH level 1 740/800. Toefl score - 107/120(30 Reading, 30 Listening, 22 Speaking, 25 Writing). My GPA by the Bulgarian System is 5.93/6 or in American one 3.95/4. About the other things - my extracurricilar activities were not so many/playing two sports - but I had some on national level in sports(karate), and volleyball(regional level) as well as a little research experience(a statistical project in my hometown), co-creator of the first Bulgarian textbook written by students and a little work experience(with computers). In the academic field - some honors with national merits in English, and lots with regional merits in History, Literature, English and Math. About my recommendation and essays I am not sure how good they were, but I cannot show them since they were too many. Maybe one of my biggest problems was that I needed full financial aid that covers everything. My wish was to get into one of the best schools and therefore, I applied only to such ones, and some I can say just below that. I applied to 17 colleges - all Ivies , Stanford, Amherst, Williams … you get the point. I was invited to 4 interviews with the Ivies and I think they all went well. However, in the end of March I received 12 rejection and 5 waitlists(which were future rejections) so I got nothing. Nevertheless, I will try again and reapply this year to some of the same schools. However, two things concern me a lot these recent months - what went wrong and how to improve my chances and avoid the mistakes I made(obviously there were mistakes); I will be glad if I can hear a different point of you than mine and since I read so many remarkable comments in the other threads I am sure that you can help me a lot. Here, what I think:</p>
<p>I will try to improve my SAT scores especially the critical reading since my biggest problem is there. I decided to take one more SAT 2 - Physics and possibly wiil try to improve the MATH SAT 2 score. Here comes the first question- will the taking of 4th SAT 2( I may be able to do well in Literature too if I try hard)and in that way of thinking the 3rd one improve my chances since most colleges say that they need 2 and I have them?
Since I have finished school this spring i cannot add to the other acadamic achievements but I will try to do some volunteering and possibly some more work experience. Any other suggestions?
And the last problem that concerns me so much is the financial aid? I will not be able to contribute much if any to the cost so I will need again almost full or full financial aid. The question about the top tier universities is closed I will apply to them but now I need a backup plan. So I researched many times about other colleges that give lots of money to international students and I found about a thread here but the information was old from 2006, and so many things changed since then. Many colleges give less and less money to int than before. Can you link me a site with an actual info(not collegeboard since there there is no search critirea to arrange the colleges by the money they give) or give advice where to search. My idea is to apply to some safe schools which give merit scholarships and to be able to win one with my scores, but I cannot find many who give enough for people with full need or close to full. The other question is do you know an outside sources of scholarships who can give me some money based on my academic merits?
Last but not least, if I can be of help to anyone who will apply this year I will glad help, since I past through everything last year. Thank you very much in advance for your attention and answers.</p>