International student, need aid, help me choose college!!

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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I have applied to too many dream schools and I need to apply to some matches or high matches. ( I have already been accepted by my safety and I'll be more than happy to go there by the way. )</p>

<p>So about me -</p>

<p>I am an International Applicant</p>

<p>Need considerable financial aid ( Can afford $5000 a year at the most )</p>

<p>SAT Scores - 2150 ( M 700, CR 730, W 720 )</p>

<p>GPA - Very good</p>

<p>ECs - <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7Ef0RM0dDshbjJFMnhFYjNPVVk%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7Ef0RM0dDshbjJFMnhFYjNPVVk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I have 4 slots left in my Common App but I have more than 4 choices; the choices are :-</p>

<p>Franklin and Marshall College
St. Olafs College
Dickinson College
Lafayette College
St. Lawrence University
Trinity University
Colgate University
Connecticut College
Colorado College
Macalester College</p>

<p>Please help me out! The deadlines are so near.</p>

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<p>Anyone… Please help me decide the 4 colleges, the deadlines are just round the corner.</p>

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<p>You have less than 4 days left. Will you write 4 awesome colleges more before the deadlines? Which schools are you applying to? Consider if your schools require additional essays, it’s important with 3 days left. </p>

<p>What’s your situation? Are these schools supposed to be safety options?
I see that you found colleges with great financial aid for internationals - it’s good.
Maybe you should consider geography too - do you want to live in rural or urban campus, sunny Florida or idyllic New England?</p>

<p>Ok. Finally, I would choose: Colgate, Connecticut and Trinity, thats for sure - these are great, selective colleges in New England. Trinity doesn’t require neither supplement nor application fee - maybe it’s not the reason to choose the college, but it’s an advantage, for sure.</p>

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<p>I will submit the already completed Common Applications to these colleges and most of them do not have really different additional essay.</p>

<p>Isn’t Colgate and Connecticut to selective if I consider my FA status. I need ‘Matches’ not near ‘Reaches’</p>

<p>I have already applied to Trinity College; the college in my above list is Trinity University, another University which promises to meet the 100% demonstrated need of Internationals!</p>

<p>I have zeroed in on :-</p>

<p>St. Olaf College
St. Lawrence University
Lafayette College
Trinity University / Franklin and Marshall</p>

<p>Do these colleges suite my profile, Do I have a reasonable shot in getting accepted by them?</p>

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<p>Ok, sorry, didn’t see that.</p>

<p>Even if institution meets 100% of demonstrated need it doesn’t mean that it will admit you. All of them are need-sensitive colleges, since there are only 7 need-blind schools (yes, I include NYUAD as the American one), and asking for financial aid is a big disadvantage. But I don’t want to discourage you, we’re on the same boat ;)</p>

<p>First of all, ask yourself if a particular college suits you and you would be happy there if admitted. I applied to only one safety college since I’d rather stay in my home country than go to US and go to an average school.</p>

<p>Since admissions are holistic, you never know if you’ll get the admittance letter. All you can do is to look:

<p>Just out of curiosity, how many colleges are you applying to?</p>

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<p>Thanks mate, your document helped me decide the four - St. Olaf, St. Lawrence, Lafayette, Franklin and Marshall</p>

<p>I have already applied to 16 - Harvard, Columbia, Amherst, Yale, Williams, U Richmond, Rhodes, Trinity, Skidmore, Swarthmore, Colby, Hamilton, Duke, U Chicago, Dartmouth, Cornell</p>

<p>Safeties - ULM, McNeese, Troy</p>