From the link you sent, they only take 30 students. Considering how low my gpa is, do i have chance?
I was wondering the same.
OP, those grades do not average out to 2.9. The average of all your high school scores would be higher, better than 2.9.
I do hope you have some true safeties in your home country (or other countries), as I do not believe any US college would be a safety for you based on international status, GPA and financial need. That’s a tough combination. Hopefully the helpful posters here can help you develop an application list that will be worth a shot. I wish you the best.
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You are getting honest answers.
So many international students want to come to the US for college. College here is expensive. Colleges need tuition dollars. And if they can’t get international students with tuition dollars, they are going to take the top students who offer something they (the colleges) want or need. So amazing grades AND great test scores AND impressive extracurricular activities. Not just test scores, especially when many colleges are now test optional.
Consider college in Germany, where it’s extremely low cost or free and many classes are taught in English. Study in Germany for free: What you need to know | Study.eu.
Maybe @MYOS1634 has suggestions.
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Thank you for kind words.
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I am not clear if you are telling us that these items are in your essay. The personal statement isn’t supposed to be about your activities. Maybe some of your activities will feature in your essay, but the personal statement for US colleges is much more about showing your personality. The things you do outside of school can be listed in the activities section of the application.
If you are going to apply to college in the US, you can ask for free help on the personal statement by joining this page:
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I meant to say my ECs
Are you still in high school ? (Your post states that you are a high school senior and that you graduated high school with a 2.9 GPA.)
You will need an actual standardized test score–not a projection.
What do you plan to study in college or university ?
What was the subject matter area of your published work ? Were you the main author/researcher or just a contributor ?
I checked a list of schools, your GPA is just too low to generate a large enough scholarship to enable you to attend based on your finances.
Troubled by the assertion that your low GPA is due to “carelessness”.
Also concerned that you do not indicate a preferred major area of study.
Nonetheless, an interesting school for you to consider if willing to study a liberal arts curriculum is SOKA University of America in California. If accepted, it should be affordable.
P.S. Your post which started this thread is not well written; it contains too many errors as well as incomplete thoughts. You need to be more careful in presenting your work to the outside world if you want to receive serious consideration for admission to any college or university.
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Who is giving a full tuition for a 2.9 with 1500? Someone may be but I’m not aware.
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Problem is that you have low GPA, not much money and as of now, no SAT score to accurately predict if you qualify for any aid. I suggest you take the SAT and see what you get and then reconsider your options.
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Gpa = average of each year’s GPA divided in 4.
So your 4 year GPA would NOT be the same as senior year’s GPA.
In the US, the Yearly GPA tends to grow.
In other countries, the expectation is that it goes down each year as the grading scale changes.
Does your country use a British scale?
Did you convert your grqdes yourself?
What percentage students (roughly) reached your level of achievement in your school? Your town? Your region or country?
Weighted GPA
it reflects how difficult your curroculum was as well as how well you did in it: honors (in-depth) classes may get +.5 added - so if you get B+, worth 3.3, an honors course is worth 3.8 weighted. If the class was AP (advanced and in-depth) it would get +1 or 4.3.
So, first, we need to ascertain what your ACTUAL GPA is.
Even $15,000 will not cover your college costs here. Sorry…won’t happen. In addition, you will be here on a student visa and the amount of time you can work will be restricted.
You need to find an affordable college where you can get accepted…in your home country.
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So…when did you graduate from high school. Here, the expectation is that the SAT will be taken DURING high school, not after you graduate.
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Plus, your English grammar skills need a LOT of polishing.
Where are you getting your false information about only needing an SAT score? Anyone can take a test after completing high school. It just wont be considered.
The US colleges and universities are competitive. They expect strong grades, strong tests, and strong rigor. They wont respect “carelessness” as an excuse, and wont accept any student who claims such a poorly conceived response. Why would they pay for a “careless” student to come to study at their school?
Additionally, relying on any future income to pay current expenses wont work. How much do you actually think you would earn in an on-campus job?
Most students are lucky to make $2-4K per year. Living in the US is VERY expensive. Let me reiterate this-living in the US of A is VERY EXPENSIVE.
Most students want to do WELL at their universities, so, the majority of students try to limit their work hours to less than 10 hours per week.
You will be expected to meet with your study groups and your professors’ office hours in YOUR off hours. You wont have a whole lot of hours to: work a job, feed/care for yourself/do laundry and, oh yes STUDY. If you don’t do well, you risk being placed on academic probation, and further, being expelled from a US university.
ON-campus jobs tend to pay for your snack food and leisure costs including toiletries, laundry items, etc. They wont begin to cover your room and board fees, health insurance fees, and transportation.
Please stop making up a fantasy about what you think studying and working in the US would be like. Go to EducationUSA and get true information about the competitiveness of applying to and being admitted to a US college or university.
Increase your written language skills.
Apply to your local universities.
I’ll be more specific. To get a student visa to attend college here, you will need to complete a certificate of finances. This documents that you have the money at the ready to fund your college costs. At some colleges, they want to see that you have money for all four years. Some less. You can use already awarded financial aid, and already approved loans, and money in savings. You can NOT use future earnings, or loans you hope to get in the future. This certificate of finances needs to include money you actually really have…not future hoped for earnings.
@kelsmom what did I leave out?
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Once we know your actual GPA we can help better.
You can try and apply to CEGEPs in Northern Quebec : they are inexpensive, offer scholarships, and at least one offers free housing to 1st year students. You’re also allowed to work off campus after 1st semester (as long as you passed all your courses).
In Europe, look at German HochSchúle.
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Correct. Schools require a certificate of finances to prove that you can afford school before they will give an accepted student an I-20. The I-20 allows the accepted student to make an appointment with the U.S. Embassy, who will review financial information among other things. If the financial information doesn’t convince the Embassy that you can afford the school, they won’t approve a visa.
A student on an F-1 visa is limited to working only for their school and only for a maximum of 20 hours per week. Jobs aren’t guaranteed.
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Berea is more concerned about your story than stats
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