INTERNATIONAL from FINLAND

<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>Thank YOU for chanhing me :)</p>

<p>Everything is fine; even for Stanford if you can get high test scores and/or show a great character through the essays. But you forgot ot say if you need financial aid, which is of utmost importance for foreign students.</p>

<p>I do need financial aid ..:(</p>

<p>what about harward, yale , princeton that are need blind for international ?</p>

<p>The toughest will b Stanford...(evryone knows that)....
All UCs dont offer any fin.aid to Int'ls...so forget about it if u need it...
And...Caltech!!!!....well..if u hav outstanding grades, then, I can almost certainly tell u that u r in there...(provided u dont mess up ur essay n the EC record n recommendations..)..</p>

<p>Look at the Claremont Colleges, too.</p>

<p>undergrad financial aid for 4yrs is hard as hell.
graduate school is easier as you will be contributing back to the school.</p>

<p>Caltech, USC - I heard is all about the $$ as long as you have reasonable grades. they welcome you if U are paying!</p>

<p>Well, that's good to hear for USC at least.</p>