International student need UG University selection help

<p>Hello,
I am an international prospective transfer student for under graduation in BBA or any business course. Let me clear one thing that my profile is not one of the brightest to qualify for top notch us colleges. However, I want help in finding few of the best universities that i can try to get admission in with my current profile. I can easily get in an average university, but wanted to know if I can get in any high ranked university. Here is my profile</p>

<p>I recently completed a 2 years bachelors of commerce degree in my native country. It was like a community college of USA so you can call it an associate degree to think of it as a degree. However, it is called a 2 years bachelors degree. I scored 56% (I know it sounds terrible), but the topper scored 76%. When I converted my college percentage with iGPA calculator of WES (World Education Services) and I found its 3.44 on a scale of 4.00. I contacted many universities and they confirmed its nearly accurate according to their conversion tables.</p>

<p>So, you can say that my stats are :</p>

<p>College GPA: 3.44 on a scale of 4.00
TOEFl iBT: 95
SAT : Not taken yet as most colleges do not need SAT for students who have compelted more than 24 credit hours in a college.</p>

<p>So, can anyone please suggest any good if not top notch colleges for BBA or any business undergraduation courses where I will likely to get an admission? So far, I am considering University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Rocky Mountain College & Indiana University Bloomington. I contacted their faculty they both confirmed my GPA and said I am eligible to apply. Although, I know eligible to apply doesn't mean I will get in, but at least I can apply and they are decent colleges.
So, any comments on that or suggestion for any more college would be helpful.
Thank You.</p>

<p>First, post this on the International students thread - many of us here have no idea what ‘95’ on Toefl means. </p>

<p>That said, you left out something important in your post: will you need financial aid? </p>

<p>If you do NOT, if you can afford the $30,000-$50,000 per year cost, you’re in a good place. American colleges will welcome you and your money with open arms :slight_smile:
Look into University of Arizona, University of Colorado, University of Oregon, University of Denver, the California State University system, etc.</p>

<p>Hello,
Oh okay that is the reason why I was not getting in replies I believe :). Anyways, as far as the financial aid is considered, I do not need it, but if I get a scholarship it would be just a plus as who won’t like to save some money :slight_smile: But, yes financial aid will not be a barrier for me. I am pretty sure there are many colleges that may accept me, but I was looking for good ranked colleges rather than ordinary colleges because I will get quality education from high ranked institutes and the chances for Visa will also improve to a great extent :slight_smile: Many friends of mine got admission into ordinary universities but their visa was rejected because it gave the consular a feeling that they were just looking to settle in the USA. So, that is also the reason.</p>

<p>Most universities you mentioned here are not even in top 100 national universities of USA :frowning: can’t I get in any better university?
Plus, I will also post this question in the international forum.</p>

<p>and yes, once again thank you so much for replying to my question that was so generous and kind of you:) hope to hear from you soon again.</p>

<p>“Many friends of mine got admission into ordinary universities but their visa was rejected because it gave the consular a feeling that they were just looking to settle in the USA.”</p>

<p>Are you sure that was the reason that they got rejected? Don’t you need someone or some kind of support in terms of financial is concern and you have to get accepted by the educational institution? I’ve heard of international students attending community colleges here in the U.S. even. How did they get their visas? [A</a> Message on Studying in the U.S.](<a href=“404 - Page Not Found”>404 - Page Not Found)</p>

<p>I doubt that is why their visas were rejected. The US grants visas to int’ls to attend community colleges, too. </p>

<p>Your friends probably couldn’t show that they had adequate funds.</p>

<p>As mentioned above, Oregon, Colorado, Denver…are perfectly fine schools, the fact they are not “top 100” schools means little, since those ranking are subjective anyways. If you could get into Kelley School of Business (Indiana University) then I would definitely look into it, IU is a renowned business school.</p>

<p>All the schools I listed have HIGHLY regarded business programs. Google and you will see.</p>

<p>Hello,
First of all, thank you guys for replying and answering my confusions and questions. Yes, most of my friends had sufficient fund, but I can quote two friends that the VO said to them that they think they are not going to USA for education purpose. Actually, I belong to a third world country. So, that’s why may be a low rank schools means a RED flag! I’m not sure though.
@ Midwest do you think that I do have any chance to get in that school?
@katliamom thanks :slight_smile: I will surely do more research on this</p>