<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>