In need of college suggestions

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm from Asia and now finishing my second year in highschool. My unweighted GPA (after converting to the US GPA) for the most recent semesters ranges from 3.8-3.9, about 93-94.3% in my country's grading system, which ranks me in the top 5% of my class. My school is a highschool for gifted students in the country, so the courses might be challenging, and students' GPAs could be quite competitive. I first took the SAT in Jan. 2014 and got a 2110, now I'm planning to take SAT II in June and re-take the SAT I in Oct. to reach my goal of 2200+. I also got some academic awards in Maths, Literature and English.</p>

<p>For the extracurricular activities, I'm worrying if I could meet my dream schools' standards (though I know there might be no particular standards at all). I've been involved in 2 clubs since my first highschool year, the first one is a book club for which I organized a well-known book-exchanging event for students in the city, and the second one is the school's newspaper administration, in which I'm a journalist and editor, and I'm gonna stick with them till graduation, so these could be considered long term commitments, right? I'm also the Class President at the moment. I do play some sports like badminton and swimming, I can also play 3 different musical instruments, but I'm not an expert and haven't got any outstanding achievements in those (just for personal enjoyment only).
In social activities, I did some voluntary and charity works in my free time. This summer I'm going to take part in several international programs of FedEx/JA and ASEAN, as well as giving free English lessons to orphans in my city's SOS Children's Village. </p>

<p>Another crucial factor contributing to my choice is the amount of financial aid that a college could offer. My maximum family contribution can only reach about $15,000-20,000 per year. I would like to have a campus setting in the urban or suburban area. My major still remains undecided. Guess I'm interested in Social Sciences or International Relations, but I can also perform rather well in science subjects at school, such as Maths, Physics or Biology, so I'm thinking of majoring in engineering, too.</p>

<p>I wonder if applying to Colgate U for ED I and Wesleyan U for ED II with a background like this could be possible. What are the chances for admission that I may have? Will I be able to get into one of the top 50 or 100 colleges in the US (I'm researching mostly on usnews.com)? And I would love to have some advice or college suggestions from you guys. Thanks in advance :)</p>

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<p>Definitely are a competitive applicant for both these schools- if you were in US I would say definite match to both these schools, even as an international I’d say it’s probably a match. Wesleyan has a Freeman Asian Scholars program you could look into and Colgate meets 100% of need in US, you’d have to see if that applies international though. For school suggestions- would be happy to give some but first what are you looking for? Big, small? Do you want a campus? I’m guessing you want a wide variety of majors to choose from… Tell me more what you’re looking for and is be happy to provide suggestions! </p>

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<p>Wesleyan ED2: Reach
Colgate ED1: Match/High match</p>

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<p>@ptkid16‌ I would love to have a school with more than 2,000 students and a diverse student body consisting of people from different countries. I also want an urban (or suburban) setting and large campus, have been Googling “Best Campuses” and they really got me overwhelmed, it’ll be so awesome to spend my four years in such beautiful colleges since I’m going to stay on campus! However financial support is quite a challenge at the moment, so I’m looking for school with generous financial aid to international students. State or location doesn’t matter much, I’ll be able to get used to the weather soon lol
P.s: I’m very grateful for your help T.T Many thanks XD</p>

<p>@Catria‌ thanks for your evaluation. My teacher also tells me to reconsider Wesleyan, it’s rather a big risk for me to apply there for ED2.</p>