<p>I am international student and unfortunately I missed practically all the colleges with the deadlines till Feb 1st due to some personal and health problems (lets just say I barely made it to school on most days but now I am fine)</p>
<p>I am a high school senior with a Gpa 3.8+ (converted to USA scale) with a SAT score of 1840 ( Maths-740, Reading-570 -> attempted just once again due to my heath problems).</p>
<p>I have no idea how to process now and though I've applied to a couple of colleges that interest me but I am not satisfied.</p>
<p>My intended fields of study are Mechanical/Aerospace, Astronomy or Astrophysics.</p>
<p>So can some one please help me figure out what to do?</p>
<p>If you are not satisfied with your colleges, then there’s nothing you can do but take a gap year. </p>
<p>Do something productive in that year. An internship or something. The following year, explain to colleges what the reason for your gap year was.
With a 3.8+, you can try harder on the SAT or the ACT as well. Which you could ace over the gap year, and head out somewhere better.</p>
<p>Sounds ivy-league material to me GPA wise and somewhat SAT wise too. However, I’d still recommend re-taking the SATs and aim for the 1900s or 2000s thereabout. You will stand a solid chance then.</p>
<p>thank you guys! for all the reply!
Catria… lol… well am in CBSE curriculum which is known for its grueling standards. Problem is I missed the deadlines… I dont mind SAT one more tym… its english that is sorta problematic to me cuz its my 2nd language…</p>
<p>Every year there are many schools that are still looking for students in April, May, June, etc. Someone usually starts a list of these schools somewhere on the College Confidential site. Try to find the lsit and see if any of those are of interest to you.</p>
<p>A gap year is a great option if by the end of the school year you are still unsatisfied with your college options. An increase in SAT will make more schools realistic.</p>