<p>Im trying to apply to colleges that offer fin aid for international students
(I included a list of colleges offering fin aid for foreigners)
I was exchange student for 1 year (2nd semester in my freshman year and !st semester in my sophmore year) and i have been going to small private catholic school So i never had chance to take any honor or AP class in high school </p>
<p>my gpa is about 3.8~4.0(pretty sure its above 3.9)
we dont have class ranks cuz there are only 25 students in whole senior class lol if we had it would be 1/25 ~ 4/25, im guessing.</p>
<p>SAT
May V500 M760 W580(essay 9)
Oct V570 M800 W530(essay 5... I couldnt finish the essay.. not even a half way)
Nov, I took SATIIs, Im expecting
Math 750~800 Chem 600~700 Bio 600~700
Dec, Im taking SAT for one last time
I expect to and hope to get 800 in math, 650~700 in writing 600~650 in reading</p>
<p>ECs
Football So.(year i participated)
Basketball So.
Baseball So. and planning to play this year too
Youth Leadership program Jr.
Mentorship program Jr. (its like job shadowing)
Genomics camp in Hiram college for 3 days during summer vacation
Key club president Sr. (community service, school affairs)
Web team Sr.
In our school we are required to do 20 hrs of voluntary work(school, community, family, and church) each quarter I dont know if it will count as volunteer work thou</p>
<p>Im thinking pre-med or engineering. so i might apply for both
I want to know what colleges i might have chances with my current score and my expected score PLZ REPLY... thnx :)
- Need Blind
Harvard University Middlebury College
Yale University Williams College
Princeton University MIT </p>
<ul>
<li>Need Aware but Generous
Dartmouth College Cornell University
Oberlin College Stanford University
Macalester College University of Pennsylvania
Colgate University Duke University
Brown University Wesleyan University
Grinnell College Sarah Lawrence College V62-71 M55-64 W65-70
Bowdin College St. Lawrence University V58 M58 W58-65
Swarthmore College Connecticut College V66 M67 W65-70
Reed College Vassar College
Bates College V67 M67 Colby College V67 M67
Cal Tech Hamilton College V66 M67
Carleton College V70 M69 Washington and Lee University
Gettysburg College Claremont McKenna College
Lafayette College Wellesley College (women)
Trinity College Pomona College
Brandeis University Smith College (women)
Union College V61 M64 Mount Holyoke College (women)
Amherst College Franklin and Marshall College
Dickinson College Kenyon college</li>
</ul>
<p>I don't think you have a chance at the Ivies, considering your SAT scores.
Is English your mother tongue?
Also, if you want to study something like math or physics, you might have a slightly higher chance, considering you have a high math score.</p>
<p>A lot of schools are need blind so go on collegeboard and do the "college matchmaker" questionaire and you should get schools that correspond to you.</p>
<p>coz your stats are pretty simple...by simple i mean modest....most internationals would more or less have stats similar to yours...u need to stand out in your essays and hope for great recommendations...who knows they might just click for you...</p>
<p>I think you can do with a full tuition scholarship?</p>
<p>Go to the website from which you extracted your list of need based grant giving colleges, and see the section other awards and scholarships. Read the left section, which says student thinking they require full scholarships might want to look at full tuition sch...they may get additional funding partially through working...through departments...through other private scholraships programs...</p>
<p>If you can get a better SAT score your stats will be competitive. Your application will be compelling if your essay is very good and honest. Apply to Berea College</p>
<p>thank you all for replies
i guess it will depends on how well i do on essay and recommendation</p>
<p>english is not my mother language
im from south korea and have been here since february 2004
i forgot to mention that im in drama club and book club
and im thinking pre-med or engineering</p>
<p>A wat????ur r choosing btwn 2 totally different fields(pre-med n engineering!!!)..then I suppose u need to decide that thing first.......lol.......</p>
<p>well i took TOEFL twice
first time i got 105 and second time i got about 95
i was kinda sick but i took it anyway cuz i didnt want to waste $150
it was a big mistake...</p>
<p>i know i need to choose between pre-med and engineering
but its hard and still considering which one to pick...</p>
<p>hey, wogud644, no-one here knows what your chances are at the ivies, and even anywhere else However, you should be honest with yourself and how realistic your choices seem. How many colleges are you applying to? At least, you should have safeties, matches, and one or two reaches. Besides, who said you couldn't make the ivies with those stats? As long as you ace your SAT IIs, you'll be fine. I know intls who made it into yale, princeton, with similar SAT Is, but >760s in the subject tests.
Your application surely says more about your background, etc than we can see here, and besides, no one has read your essay[s].
Colleges will see different things in you. Some will grab you, some will not.</p>
<p>And if you're applying to LACs, you don't have to worry too much about premed or engineering. Of course, you'll need to put something on the application, but after that, you can forget it.</p>
<p>Play your cards right, and you'll have the best laugh.</p>
<p>Also, take a deep, long look at these "small" colleges. Sometimes, that's where all the gold lies. Tougher competition at bigger schools, with more applicants.</p>
<p>You dont have to choose between premed and engineering. You can take both.</p>
<p>I'm planning to apply to Engineering school, and take the premed route. (i may drop premed if I do not like it). And I may major in biomedical engineering so the premed+engineering combination isnt quite a bad idea..</p>
<p>Well,a combind one a very good idea if ur interestd in both....but its a very bad idea if u take them both simultaneously.....coz it really take evrythin out of u(I hav experienced that...lol..)..so,better choose one or a combind one!!! n yes,Jrock is right.........
btw,Jrock,how many of these kinds hav u seen/noticed???</p>