My chances GPA 4.0, Havard debate, Fist gen intl student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey everyone. I'm an international student interested in biomedical sciences, biology, biochemistry, neuroscience, and the like. At the same time, in politics, but just as a minor.</p>

<p>Here's my profile:</p>

<p>-Public school
-Top 6% (48/799)
-English as a foreign language
-During highschool I had every single year: math, biology, chemistry, physics, history, english, spanish, psychology.
-GPA: 4.0
-SAT (I've just done the SAT, I'll do it again on november) </p>

<p>Math: 760
CR: 630
Writing: 650</p>

<p>TOEFL: 100</p>

<p>-President of the English Debate Club
-Science Club at my school
-Won 2 english debate tournaments
-Model UN in my home country
-HACIA Democracy (Harvard's Model OAS)
-World Schools Debating Championships
-Summer Schools at universities in my country
-Science projects and fairs
-Science summer camps
-First Generation student</p>

<p>My family cannot afford US education. I need a full scholarship.</p>

<p>I'm thinking of:</p>

<p>Harvard and Dartmouth (as reach)
Williams, Middlebury and Swarthmore
Bates, Vassar, Connecticut College
Emory and Colgate
*What about WestVirginiaU and Georgetown College as secure options?</p>

<p>What are my chances? I want to apply to 4-5 colleges, Which ones do you recommend me? </p>

<ol>
<li>Which ones offer the best programs in sciences? </li>
<li>Which ones offer the best financial aid packages for intl students? Is a plane ticket affordable working on campus?</li>
<li>I'm a Christian. Which ones have christian org or groups? How's christian life there? I've heard that Harvard is very anti-christian.</li>
</ol>

<p>Thank's</p>

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<p>Your GPA seems inflated as determined by your rank. Your test scores aren’t of Ivy (or similar) caliber. You may want to look into schools that are less selective as you do seem to be a qualified applicant, but not competitive with Harvard, etc. unless you have some additional hook.</p>

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<p>Where are you from?</p>

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<p>Thank you BoundForBoston. I know I’m not a great applicant for Ivy’s, that’s why I have all the other schools in mind. In which of them do you think I could get accepted according to my info? I’m from Chile.</p>

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<p>If you need a full scholarship, you should be an outstanding student. It would be great if your parents could pay at least 5k</p>

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<p>Almost all schools on your list are reaches. You might have a decent chance at Connecticut College.
For science, look into Grinnell, Dickinson, St Olaf, Lawrence (WI), Union, Bucknell.
No school in the US is “anti Christian”. Compared to many other countries, the US is very religious. You WILL however encounter people who disagree with Christianity, but that’s part of being in college. All colleges have Christian groups (Newman, FCA, etc). If you are interested in conservative Christian schools, look into Wheaton (IL), Calvin, Hope, Biola, Baylor, BYU, Point Loma, Moravian ¶, Messiah ¶…</p>