International student-confused

College Search & Selection
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<p>In August i decided that i want to study in US...i started to prepare for SAT, and my score was 580 math 500 CR 570 writing...I will do my TOEFL test and Subject Tests in December..
Now, when i received my scores i am little confused...
First, i am not sure how good is that, and how important my score is...
My GPA is 4.75/5.00 scale</p>

<p>I am looking for colleges which offer financial aid for international students, but i want college to be, well "better" ranked :o)
I think ive done all "college searches" on every possible sites...
I would like to go either California or Pennsylvania. Some of colleges are USC, UCI and Lehigh university...but when i sum everything-my scores, recommendations, and GPA im not sure am is that ok...
i am interested in political science, considering double major international economics
can you just tell me your experiences in this colleges, or suggest me some college with financial aid?
anyway, im soo confused, i just want to get into some college, i dont know what i want anymore...but if u can give me some opinion it would be great :o)))</p>

<p>ps im female :o)))</p>

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<p>Ok… SAT is 1650/2400 That’s the equivalent of an ACT 24. </p>

<p>Your score is in the 75th percentile.</p>

<p>Your score is on the lowish side and that will likely prevent you from getting into top ranked schools. </p>

<p>You might get accepted into some mid-tier schools, and you would get accepted into 3rd tier schools.</p>

<p>The problem is that your scores do not qualify for the few schools that give a lot of financial aid to int’l students.</p>

<p>How much can your family pay?</p>

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<p>not much, i dont know, i was thinking about work-study program plus my parent so i guess everything can be 5k-10k,but 10k is going to be hard…</p>

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<p>Work-Study is typically a federal program and it’s not available to int’l students. Work-study is also a limited amount of money - like a few thousand. Not enough to pay for college costs. Work-study is for personal expenses since you wouldn’t have the earnings upfront to pay the initial college costs.</p>

<p>Most aid in the US is federal money, and none is given to int’l students.</p>

<p>You might try applying to Christian Brothers <a href=“http://www.cbu.edu/[/url]”>http://www.cbu.edu/&lt;/a&gt; or ULouisiana [University</a> of Louisiana at Lafayette: Main Page](<a href=“http://www.louisiana.edu/]University”>http://www.louisiana.edu/)</p>

<p>BSC Birmingham Southern College also gives money to int’ls but I dont’ think your stats are high enough. However, they want you if you’re from a country where they want more students.</p>

<p>The problem is that your parents can only contribute a little part. Most of these schools cannot make up the difference. You will need to show funds to get your VISA.</p>

<p>They seem to be generous with money to int’l who have stats in your range.</p>

<p>The aid for int’ls that you may be hearing about is from ivies and similar. Those schools have mega endowments and can give their OWN money to int’l students.</p>