International Rejected EA... need safeties :(:(:(

Applying to College
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<p>I was rejected straight from Yale EA some weeks ago... damn it. I had talked with the dean and all...</p>

<p>You guys must help me find some safeties. Have no idea really (really really really..) what would be a safety for me.</p>

<p>French baccalaureate: 14.4/20
2/330 hs (1/33 class) hs final gpa</p>

<p>Fluent: Danish, English, French
(lived Denmark 12 years, Belgium 8 years) (I'm 20 now)</p>

<p>stats:
SATII: 800 French, 790 phy, 680 Maths IIc
SAT1: 640 Verbal 690 Maths 590 Writing : 1910 Total (retaking in january)
TOEFL: 630 paper</p>

<p>ECs:
_Computer project (15 hours week, all high school years)
_180H volunteering (tutoring)
_Very good at golf won several state comp</p>

<p>(+ all the usual bs: tennis 6-15, violin 7-15, soccer 7-14, skiing since little, german exchange student, worked as Clerk/cleaner/dishwasher summers...)</p>

<p>major computer and information sciences</p>

<p>excellent essays and recs</p>

<p>I don't need any fin aid!!! very important</p>

<p>lacs or unis... whatever</p>

<p>thank you i'm distressed</p>

<p>I applied to:
Duke
Lehigh
Swarthmore
Williams
Bates
Bowdoin
Bucknell
Colby
Tufts
Bard
Colgate
Macalester
Oberlin
Richmond
Cornell</p>

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<p>A good safety UMass or BU for you.</p>

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<p>any other ideas?</p>

<p>Preferable common app and deadline after jan 15</p>

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<p>Link to old thread about schools with later RD deadlines:</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=24253%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=24253&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>you probably got rejected due to those sat's...</p>

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<p>Duke:reach
Lehigh:safety
Swarthmore:reach
Williams:reach
Bates:match
Bowdoin:slight reach/match
Bucknell:safety*
Colby:match
Tufts:reach
Bard:safety*
Colgate:match
Macalester:safety*
Oberlin:match
Richmond:slight reach/match
Cornell:reach
You have so far three safeties. But go on and apply to all of those schools that you're interested in attending. Even though people say that you'll not get into any of those reaches, who knows, you might get into one of your dream schools. Test scores are important, but they are not the only things the admissions look at. They want to select people who will contribute to their colleges and will benefit from their colleges. Good luck!</p>

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<p>GoodGirl, thank you so much you reassured me. I (hopefully) won't be rejected everywhere. I didn't know the schools you categorized as safeties actually were safeties for me (I thought they were reaches or matches).</p>

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<p>Seb,</p>

<p>I think your list is a bit top heavy especially applying as an international student. Keep in mind that you are going to be evaluated against the international pool of applicants and many will bring better stats to the table. </p>

<p>I would also look at some of the schools with later deadlines.</p>

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<p>Concerning the SAT I, I'll retake it in Januery. Are my SAT IIs so horrible?</p>

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<p>Are you a financial aid applicant? If not you are fine... You are a hook if you are an International applicant not requesting for financial aid at those LACs like Bucknell, Bowdoin, Colby, Bates etc.</p>

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<p>I'm not asking for fin aid</p>

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<p>Your SAT IIs are not at all horrible. You have goot shots at the lacs you're applying(except Swarthmore and Williams-they are not easier to get into than ivies) since they are not as popular as ivies or other national top univs among international students. And you need to check if those colleges accept Jan testings.</p>

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<p>Yep, since you are not asking for fin aid, you are pretty much a strong candidate among those LACs you are applying to!</p>

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<p>apply to Bentley, Babson and NYU. what school overseas did you apply from?</p>

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<p>Bentley, Babson and NYU. Would those be safeties???</p>

<p>I grad from hs Lyc</p>

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<p>I bet Sewanee University of the South will accept you automatically.</p>