<p>Hi
im 're'starting my SAT preparation and wanted to ask how effective is the Sparknotes prep book . has anybody used it till now??</p>
<p>@duHH!! ya neither my college offers neuroscience program,,,,,so you decided with your college you are going to attend and transfer???</p>
<p>Sparknotes prep book??You could get a hint from the website itself.Has lots of good stuffs.</p>
<p>@isnwta,
what courses r u taking this semester???</p>
<p>hey
here r some sites that might b helpful to intl students:</p>
<p>International Education Financial Aid (IEFA)
Undergraduate</a> Study EducationUSA
<a href="http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/reac-eur...id_awards.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.bibl.u-szeged.hu/reac-eur...id_awards.html</a>
<a href="http://www.uscampus.com/study_live/s...rientation.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.uscampus.com/study_live/s...rientation.htm</a>
Financial</a> Aid College Scholarship Search | IEFA</p>
<p>if anybody has any information that could help all of us, please share! :)</p>
<p>hey
is anybody else planning to retake the SAT reasoning test??</p>
<p>duHH!!
none of your link works,,,,,,,,,,duh !!!</p>
<p>Is there a quota for international transfer students in every school ?<br>
Why they never mentioned about intl transfers in websites ?
:)</p>
<p>@ nissud,
The First and the last link definitely works when I try.</p>
<p>and yes, the 2nd link doesnt seem to work, im sorry abt tht! </p>
<p>As for the 3rd link try this- Welcome</a> to UScampus.com - Your one-stop online resource for studying and living in the US</p>
<p>confusing! Some colleges define the intl transfer students as " your college or university is not in the U.S. or Canada" ? so , what's the exact meaning of "international transfer students" ? If I'm a foreigner who is studying in U.S college, which pool will they put me in ?</p>
<p>as far as i know, ure still an international transfer student.</p>
<p>still a quota for intl students ? i hope not...</p>
<p>......by 'quota' , do u mean a system where colleges HAVE to take in a certain number of intl transfer students every year??</p>
<p>yes, i know there's a "quota" for first year students, but for transfer students?</p>
<p>I don’t really know.
Hopefully admission decisions depend on the qualification of every applicant. Setting up a quota bfore u know what candidates would apply doesn’t seem such a smart thing to do.....</p>
<p>Hi</p>
<p>I was really intrigued by this thread and the misinformation present. I myself am an international student who got into a great liberal arts college with an almost full ride. Now i knew back then I wanted to do engineering, and my school didnt offer it. So I thought the best idea would be to wait for a year and then try again next year. However, I decided to go to my highly rated liberal arts college and then transfer assuming my odds would be improved by the ranking of my current school and a high college GPA (which is 3.84 after a year). Unfortunately, that wasn't the wisest choice. Primarily because I needed nearly full funding to study anywhere, and most of my colleges were self selecting since i could find very few colleges that offer funding & engineering. This year as a transfer, I got into Wash U but the level of funding was unaffordable. And I got waitlisted from Brown and eventually rejected (Yes they do have a waitlist for transfers too)</p>
<p>Now im seeing a lot of debate about which schools have fin aid and which dont. It may surprise you that it was originally I who inserted the part on wikipedia about which schools are need blind for internationals (at that time, there were only 6. I see now that the list has swelled to 8 which is great for students like me) So the list of internationally need blind schools is:</p>
<p>MIT, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Williams, Middlebury (the original six)
New additions this year = Dartmouth, Amherst</p>
<p>No other schools are need blind to the best of my knowledge (for intl students)</p>
<p>Now specifically for transfers, this lists shrinks exponentially
For transfers, financially viable options are:</p>
<p>Yale, Middlebury, Dartmouth, Amherst, MiT</p>
<p>(Here are the reasons others are excluded = Harvard transfer program is suspended for the next 2-3 yrs, williams does not accept intl transfers, princeton doesnot have a transfer program)</p>
<p>As you can see above, these 5 schools are ridiculously hard to get into anyway. So basically, im sorry to sound pessimistic, it is nearly impossible to transfer into a top 10 college/uni unless you have something amazing including</p>
<p>= academics that make an MiT student envious
=olympics particpiation
=a multimillion dollar donation
=a division one level athletic talent</p>
<p>among other things</p>
<p>So don't dream too much when you apply for transfer. This does not mean you should apply to only these 5 schools. There are a lot of others who offer fin aid like Wash U or Brown or Stanford. The catch is that they may not have anything left for transfers a particular year or the package they may offer you would be unaffordable (as what happened to me at wash U)</p>
<p>However, do not let me discourage you from applying. As of myself, I will be applying again next year (using up my second and final chance) to a handful of colleges and praying I get in although I anticipate this would not be a realistic possibility, not that i am lacking in any sense but by reason that the applicant pool at these colleges is so competitive.</p>
<p>A final note: If you got into a school that is less than what you think you are worth and are already thinking of tranferring there once you get to school A, do not make the mistake. Take a year off and then try again. It is exponentially easier to get admitted as a intl freshman than as a transfer, especially if you need fin aid. There are a lot of great schools that offer fin aid for intl students. All you need to do is look beyond the top20</p>
<p>Thankyou for the advice rahimahs. Can one transfer from a liberal arts course(hard science major) at one college to an engineering course at other college or university (or within the same coll/uni) ??</p>
<p>Yes of course that is possible isnwta. Of course for all engineering disciplines, you must first complete all pre reqs, which are math, phy and chem (priv message me for details on these, plus bio), so as long as you transfer by the end of the second year, you should be fine but the earlier the transfer the better since you have a better chance of finishfing ur degree in four year (since most of your credits transfer plus you dont feel as attached to ur first school)</p>
<p>However, some students do a science (phy or chem) at bachelors level and then goto grad school in engineering. That is great option, BUT ONLY IF YOU WANT A PHD. Very few schools give anthing for just masters. Meaning if you want to do a masters and phd, this route is perfect. But if you want just a masters, this route is not recommended AT ALL.</p>
<p>Some students do a 3-2 program. Unfortuantely, there are no schools that are 3-2 partners that offer even tuition aid, leave apart full ride for intl student. So do not count on that.</p>
<p>I am appalled at how many students ive seen who are going to this fall with the intention of transferring after the first year without even having attended the college. This is probably the worst advice they have received, esp for an intl student. Take a gap year, and try again and if you think you are good enough but didnt get into a good school the first time, and apply early (use ED I and ED II combo)</p>
<p>Hello guys.
I've got a few questions.</p>
<ol>
<li>I got waitlisted then rejected from Middlebury and Dartmouth this year. Does it make sense to reapply as a transfer?</li>
<li>Are we all going to apply to these colleges? Basically, where are you guys applying?</li>
<li>What about colleges that are need-aware but generous for transfers e.g. Brown? Anyone have a list of them?</li>
<li>Does anyone have the statistics and/or numbers of international transfers these colleges accept?</li>
<li>Are you guys applying for Spring or Fall of 2009?</li>
</ol>
<p>And most importantly,</p>
<ol>
<li>Are you guys applying from America or your Home Country?</li>
</ol>
<p>THANKYOU.</p>
<p>Oh and rahimahs, about my first question, I can't take a gap year because I already took one. So my only option would be to transfer.</p>
<p>I've just been looking at this thread here for transfers called:
"Success Stories: Bad HS Record w/ Great College Record".
Its quite helpful cos people who slacked in high school and were basically not such good students got into great schools on transfering. And some of them are international.
You guys should check it out.</p>