International Student Transfers

<p>Hello everyone,</p>

<p>My name is Gene and I am currently a freshman international student in Occidental College. For a variety of reasons, I feel as though I would be much better off at a "better" institution such as Harvard or the like, and I was just wondering if any of you knew anything about the international transfer admission process. Here's some background information about me, btw:</p>

<p>GPA: 3.98uw / 5.40w in HS
SAT: MRW = 790 / 750 / 710
SATII MIIC, CHEM, Modern Hebrew = 800 x 3.
I played varsity basketball, was the captain of my school's varsity quiz team, volunteered at the hospital, and participated in research about refrigerators :o.
Although I am only a 20 day-old veteran of college life, I hope I'll be able to get a 4.0 GPA here this year and 2 good recommendations. I am also participating in chemistry research and was elected to be the student chair at the board of trustees' budget and finance committee.</p>

<p>I am aware that many (in fact most) American schools are not too welcoming of internationals who need approximately $40,000 in aid / scholarship, but I was wondering if you guys knew anything about the following schools' policies:
Harvard, Yale, Stanford (still my dreams... :( )
Middlebury, Smith (I heard they were good with internationals, but didn't apply there last year)
Columbia, UPenn, Duke, WashU, Northwestern
and schools that you think I should know about.</p>

<p>So yeah, feedback would be [very] appreciated</p>

<p>Thanks,</p>

<p>Gene</p>

<p>Hi, </p>

<p>My name is Saskia and I am studying at Queen's University Belfast. Like you I'm hoping to transfer to a US college and will be applying for considerable financial aid. The financial aid at Stanford is very competitive and limited for international students, but if your applying to Yale and Harvard its completely need-blind for international students.</p>

<p>You should be aware that Harvard isn't accepting any transfer or visiting students for the next two years, as it has gone over its budget. Columbia like Stanford is not need-blind to international students neither is UPenn. I would definitely recommend applying to Middlebury, Smith, WashU, all schools that I am applying to this year including Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Amherst</p>