<p>hi, i applied to UM and i am wondering if I could get into.. I am an international student from venezuela and i want to study there, i dont know my gpa because in venezuela we dont use that system for grades, but my grades are like Bs & Cs, but i have some extracurricular activities that i put in the app, also i have 6 recommendation letters, 4 from venezuela and 2 from a course of english that i am doing right now in Boston. I will afford all the tuition, i wont look for any scholarship or financial aid, and a very great essay that i have done here and two teachers have corrected it. right now i have good grades in the course an i gave them a report of my grades here. I also have the toefl score that they ask me. In some sites i saw that is not too hard to enter to UM if you pay the tuition.. but i don't know if i can believe it... what do you say?
Im trying to enter to the college of engineering and i want to study industrial engineering. and i read that UM is not too much recognized of the engineering. i don't know if it is a pro for me.</p>
<p>i played soccer at my school and in my recommendation letters is reflected my great attendance on the extracurricular activities. also my well behavior and responsibility. I am just wondering if I have many opportunities to get accepted.</p>
<p>U of Miami is much harder to get into than in the past. They also put a lot of emphasis on GPA, test scores, and class rank. I would need you to try and figure out the GPA equivilent of your grades and to post your test score and class rank before I could comment on your chances.</p>
<p>i dont know how to figure it. i gave my grades in venezuelan format. but maybe is between 2.75-3.25 but i dont really know. so… also international students they dont require the sat. so i dont give them. but im not looking for a scholarship. also i emailed some people from the college of engineering because theres a lot of people who apply and get accepted at um but they dont want enroll… so i want to show them that i really want to study there.</p>
<p>also my school was very challenging so my class rank is medium high… maybe in the best 30%… but thats not showed in the report that i gave them because in venezuela the class rank is not that important. but if they research about my high shcool they could found that is pretty recognized nationwide in vzla</p>
<p>also i understand that engineering at um doesnt have too much demand than other faculties like business, arts, law or med. so what do you think. still very hard for me?</p>
<p>You wouldn’t be competing with law and med students as they have to have a Bachleors degree to get into Law and Med school. But I think you don’t have much of a shot here honestly. International spots at most schools in the US are fairly competitive especially at decent privates like UMiami.</p>