<p>Hello All! My stats are below, I'm pretty lost on what colleges I should apply to, so I would be really grateful if you guys can help me out! :) So far I have applied to some UCs though, since the deadline was last month. :P
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Background:
- Female
- Chinese
- US passport (Pennsylvania)
- Living outside of USA
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SAT reasoning test:
Math: 740 Critical reading: 680 Writing: 710 TOTAL: 2130
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SAT subject test:
Chemistry: 690</p>
<p>Just took Math 2 and Chemistry again today, I feel like Math 2 went very well, not sure how Chemistry went though.
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IB grade: 37/45 OR 34/42</p>
<p>IB grade breakdown: </p>
<p>(every subject is out of 7; HL - higher level; SL - standard level)</p>
<p>Math SL: 5
Chinese SL: 5
English SL: 6
Business HL: 7
Chemistry HL: 6
Biology HL: 6</p>
<p>Well it is a bit late in the process to recommend the usual, that you pick up a copy of Fiske Guide and develop some preferences. Do you have any? Geographic? Urban/rural? Big/med/small? Research uni/LAC? Any idea what to study? And most important–do you need financial aid? I’m not familiar with the IB grades, does your school give a gpa?</p>
<p>@BrownParent Hey! Thanks for replying! I don’t really mind the geographical location. I would prefer a med-large school. </p>
<p>I am thinking of either Bioengineering, Chemistry engineering or Business studies (like accounting), although this really depends on the school I apply to, and no sorry, my school does not offer GPA scores. I don’t need financial aid, my parents are happy with paying for my fees :)</p>
<p>So you’re a US citizen living abroad with excellent stats, and full pay? Congrats, you have a lot of options.</p>
<p>Two reach schools you might want to consider are the University of Washington and the University of Michigan. Great schools with fantastically well funded engineering/ business programs in vibrant areas. </p>
<p>Some other suggestions:
-Case Western
-Duke (mega reach, and doesn’t offer accounting)
-CU Boulder (I think this is a safety for all your majors. Boulder is bar none, my favorite college town I’ve ever been to, and the engineering facilities are great)
-Georgia Tech (match, and offers strong programs in all your areas of interest)
-Tulane University
-University of Miami
-University of Pittsburgh (Safety)
-University of Southern California (USC actively recruits full pay internationals although given your US citizenship, I wonder if that would be an admissions hook)
-Carnegie Mellon University
-Iowa State University (super safety)
-Northeastern University (co-op program is great for preprofessional majors)
-Vanderbilt University (mega reach, doesn’t offer accounting)</p>
<p>@whenhen Thank you so much for the list! Definitely going to look into the schools you suggested Also, what do you think of my chances of getting into USC? I know it’s a pretty good private school and pretty tough.</p>
<p>Sorry, I haven’t kept up to date with various USC statistics or recruitment strategies of its admissions office. I’ve just read a few higher ed articles that discussed how privates (USC in particular) are heavily targeting full pay internationals. </p>
<p>@cedartree you should understand about universities that have different colleges. Like the College of Arts and sciences, College of engineering, school of business. Usually you are accepted into one and it isn’t always easy or even possible to change. This is especially true with engineering which is oversubscribed at many colleges, including the UCs.</p>
<p>I know that at UW Seattle there are very few direct admits to Foster, the school of business or the Engineering dept, so you apply after taking prerequisite classes.However there are not enough seats for all who apply. That doesn’t mean you wouldn’t have a good shot, just that there is the possibility of having to choose an alternate major. Seattle is an urban campus in a really fun city but it rains a lot.</p>
<p>UW Madison is another one to look at that you can move into after taking a few preliminary classes and is less restrictive except for BME which is a very strong program there and has a little higher entrance standard, it also has a co-op program. Madison is a really vibrant college town, but it has cold winters.</p>
<p>You might look at colleges a bit in depth to see the flexibility or not. And try to develop some preferences. Some colleges have a traditional campus in a college town sports and rah rah going on, others like NYU are in the city without a traditional campus but have an urban lifestyle appealing to some students.</p>
<p>Also look at Univ of Michigan another great college town with cold winters. </p>
I don’t really mind the geographical location. I would prefer a med-large school. </p>
oh well, maybe i can change my major in the future. Thanks for the suggestions!</p>