Rather than the weighted GPA, we need her total predicted scores on the IB. That’s what American universities will use (ie., “667HL, 566SL, total 36”, for instance).
SAT 1300 is good but for scholarships she needs 1400+. That test needs to be prepared carefully and is generally taken more than once. If her 1300 reflects a bad day, she can take the test again in May or June, in case she doesn’t get into an affordable college, and this way she can try again with a score that reflects her ability.
Did she actually get an ACT 30 (equivalent to a SAT 1350-1380) or is that an approximation?
If she completed a common application for Vassar, she can send that to other colleges and she has about a week to prepare the supplements.
Run the NPC on Grinnell, Carleton, Macalester (both similar to Vassar although located in a different setting). St Olaf is a match, so is Brandeis. Look into the women’s colleges (Bryn Mawr would make sense, but you can also try for Wellesley). Dickinson and Muhlenberg are excellent for Jewish students. None of these are easy to get into but they have good financial aid.
While the NPC wouldn’t be accurate, it’d give you an idea of the minimum you’d be expected to pay at each.
Also, if she’s interested in political science or international relations or economics, have her apply to the Sciences Po Dijon program, I think that’s the one where speaking Russian is a plus, and the Sciences Po Menton for Mediterranean International Relations. More contained than a typical European university but cheaper than most universities and well-recognized.
Here are schools that still have college application deadlines –
http://www.collegesimply.com/guides/application-deadlines/
Also, if you check back on this forum in May – the first week of May – there is usually a list posted of the US colleges that have not filled. Those schools are still seeking people to fill seats. You may be able to negotiate 1) entry to the school and 2) decent price. Many of the schools are surprisingly good, like St. Johns of Annapolis, for example.
Vassar would not accept your daughter probably because her SAT scores are too low. Vassar takes scores at least 50+ points higher, I’m sorry to let you know. It’s an extremely competitive school and very popular currently.
The suggestion of an earlier person about Bryn Mawr might be a good one. They will only accept your daughter if they have FA available. Get on that immediately if the deadline hasn’t passed.
Try the following unis that still have deadlines that haven’t passed –
** Mount Holyoke would love your daughter. Quick get on that application. Mt.H is known for its top academics, strong and empowered women, intellectual rigor, a gorgeous campus. Check CAREFULLY the unique parts of its culture–such as it’s honor code, and tailor the specific Mt.H essays for that. They have good FA for foreign students.
** Smith is similar to Mt. H, but it takes a slightly higher stats. If she gets into either school, she can take classes at the other. They are both part of the five-college consortium that includes Hampshire (hippie school with excellent academics); Amherst (the exact opposite of a hippie school with excellent academics), University of Massachusetts (a major university). Free buses travel among the campuses. Students at any one college can cross register.
** Mills College – women’s school, will probably accept her, current tuition is $28K, cross registration at Berkeley University, a top uni
Clark University
Centre College – a good LAC in Kentucky and it has fine academics and a unique glass blowing studio arts program
St. Olaf – an amazing school in Minnesota. It has excellet academics, generous FA and a very open atmosphere.
** Wheaton College in Massachusetts – her scores qualify her for this school; they are open to foreign students but I’m unclear what FA is available to them. (There is also a Wheaton in Illinois. Do not apply to that school)
Simmons College – in Boston – her scores qualify her for this solid school. FA unclear.
Earlham College in Indiana is an excellent school, amazing values, great intellectual opportunities and they’ve been known to give some FA.
Knox is also an excellent school, but finding FA might be a challenge.
I’ve only looked through the list of schools with open deadlines through February. Continue looking through the list on your own.
best of luck
to: MYOS1634
If I’m right, our daughter’s rated at 667HL, 667SL, totally 5 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + (7 for the Russian language in the spring test + 1 or 2 out of 3 expected points due to additional achievements such as scientific research and sport) = 39-40.
to: MYOS1634
If I’m right, our daughter’s rated at 667HL, 667SL, totally 5 + 6 + 6 + 7 + 7 + (7 for the Russian language in the spring test + 1 or 2 out of 3 expected points due to additional achievements such as scientific research and sport) = 39-40.
Then she should enter her GPA as 40 /43 IB. It’ll make sense to the adcoms. (Anything 37+ is equivalent to a 4.0). She shouldn’t try to create a GPA. And because that IB score comes from official predicted that I’ll be validated by an external exam it’ll decrease the importance they put upon her sat score.
btw- that list of deadlines did not include any Wisconsin schools (public or private that I saw), ie it is incomplete. Affordability would be an issue for UW.
The University of Nebraska gives good aid to IB students.
" but for reasons of quality of the education and safety of the life US campus is the best."
Well I did love my education. That included at a US college but it also included study at an English university. The American university was great. But it was not better than the English one.
I took classes in history and literature at University of East Anglia. All of my professors were excellent. Even better, I had between 4 and 10 students maximum in my classes. For my history class, the method of learning was more similar to what we would expect of graduate student in the USA. We did not get a textbook. We got a very long list of suggested works to go find in the library and everyone came back with somewhat different knowledge to discuss because they found different sources. It was very invigorating.
I don’t know the pricepoint of UEA these days, but I would highly recommend it, especially since your daughter is fluent in English. More generally, My suggestion is that you save your money and send her to an English, European–heck, Canadian or Australian university. If you have any money left, you may need it for her graduate studies.
Thank you all!
@alienfromrussia : did your daughter apply to any of the college’s suggested on this thread?
I noticed recently that Sweet Briar has lowered its tuition to $21K and is still accepting applications. It’s a gorgeous school and has one of the few ABET-accredited engineering programs for women (the other is at Smith).
to: MYOS1634 Yes, of course. Total around 5 or 6 colleges, the last was Wheaton.
to: Dustyfeathers Alas! http://sbc.edu/admissions/tuition-and-fees/ even in ideal conditions, without unforeseen expenses in terms of our two students, the last year or two of their studies are not obvious by finansial reasons.
Best of luck to you all.
Some state schools have tuition that’s very low even for out of state students, and their academics can be surprisingly good. I’m unclear whether their deadlines have passed or not.
- South Dakota School of Mines -- https://www.sdsmt.edu/ -- about $14K and its grads have near 100% employment and excellent pay
- New Mexico Tech -- http://www.nmt.edu/ -- produces a very high rate of Ph.D. students in tech
- University of Wyoming -- http://www.uwyo.edu/ -- mikght be too expensive for you but total including all expenses $30K
- University of Maine at Orono -- it has a flagship matching program, in which it matches the cost of tuition of other states. You are an international family, I know, but Maine is a big state with a small population and they may be willing to negotiate a reasonable price. Maine is gorgeous too. Bangor (a twin city with Orono) has an international airport. https://umaine.edu/
Hello! What are you think, how many reasons for joy and for sadness in the words of an adcom of early action “After careful review and discussion the Admission Committee elected to defer your application to be reviewed in the Regular Decision applicant pool”? Thank you.
My friend’s child was accepted to Albright college in Reading, PA, with nearly free tuition (but would still have to pay about 11K room and board). They have rolling admission. If you really want her in the US, maybe this would be an option for a couple of years adjustment, and then she could transfer to a better one? Also, is your daughter studying on the Na’aleh program? They have arrangements to help kids go straight to college there, before the army, or without the army. Israel has world-class universities, and fantastic technical schools. Tuition there is very low, compared to the US.
@parentologist we liked Albright. We did a walk through campus before she applied then a honors program visit. FA was very good there too, though I’m not sure how it is for international students.