<p>firstly, i wanna thank all of you who are trying to help confused
student like me.</p>
<p>now, could u tell me,which colleges in california I have a chance to get in and which ones i shouldn't even dream about?for instance ,would SDSU,UCLA , stanford(dreaming) even take a look at my application?</p>
<p>Schooling system in finland is a way diffent from american one. highly compative , tough as hell, fortunately internationally know from that.</p>
<p>we have no:
honor- or APclasses, no class ranks,honor roll awards</p>
<p>I haven't taken my ACTs or SATs since they aren't offered normally in finland and need to be ordered.Im anxious about them, mostly because english isn't my first language.:confused:</p>
<p>about me:</p>
<p>white female
first generation college student
junior attending in a small high school which has only 250 students
(exhange student in usa 2004 in tx)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.8</p>
<p>Ec' and all</p>
<p>6 years in elementary-middle school of the arts
student coverment
thaiboxing
horse back riding for 4years
4h- organisation group leader for children under 13(voluntary work)
international summer language course in britain. (summer2004)
working at children welfare assositation as babysitter for low income families.
part time job since 2004(summers and weakends)
voluntary work for church +100 hours</p>
<p>if you have some suggestion, ideas, advices how i could boost up my Cv etc. I'd love to hear them.</p>
<p>I can't tell you much without ACT or SAT scores, but you'll probably get into SDSU. For UCLA, a very important factor is state residency, and there are very few spots for international applicants. For Stanford, i don't know much about that school, so i have no basis for judgment. </p>
<p>I would suggest that you study a lot for SAT or ACT and score well on them. But in the meanwhile, you should look at Cal state universities, and other UC's such as UCI, UCSD, UCSB, and others. They're all really good schools.</p>
<p>You would probably be better off looking at the private colleges in CA as the schools run by the state (UCs and CSUs) do not take a lot of internationals and you need higher scores than instate kids to get in. The UCs cost as much as the privates if your not from CA anyway. </p>
<p>Look at Occidental, Pepperdine, USD, Santa Clara for a start.</p>
<p>The CA state schools give almost no aid to internationals and you have to be at the very top of their pool, someone they really want, to get a dime.</p>
<p>If your looking for merit based scholarships, apply to USC, they offer alot of scholarship oppurtunities and also have a large number of internation students at their school.</p>
<p>SDSU basically caters to international students and most students at SDSU study abroad. I'm currently a student here. I think you'll really enjoy it. Plus the admission process isn't NEARLY as harsh as Stanford.</p>