<p>International student from Norway. White European male, will be 19 when/if I attend college. I can manage a 3.60 with few problems, maybe a 3.80 if I put my mind to it. One thing though, will they look at my current GPA or my final GPA?</p>
<p>Don't have a lot of ECs besides playing competitive fighting games. I could do some research for one of the bigger Unis in my country I suppose. For a week during the summer or something.</p>
<p>Will probably not be getting a lot of aid, neither from my country or my parents and I'm not gambling on aid from private organizations. Thus I'm looking to maximize my advantages while minimizing my losses. I'm primarily interested in the following areas:</p>
<p>NorCal: San Fransisco, Bay Area, San Jose.
SoCal: Irvine, San Diego, LA area. </p>
<p>South Florida (Miami and the like)
Central Florida (Orlando, etc)
And Gainesville (Just the city)</p>
<p>The areas around Dallas and Houston, but not the cities them selves.</p>
<p>I'm interested in CE, CS, SE, math, economics, and graphic artistry. I'm not sure which of these principles I'll pick but it will probably be one of them. So it helps if the institution are good at these, especially if has a "brand name" and/or internship possibilities. Other advantages are cheap cost of living, cheap tuition fees and the like. Lower student loans = better. </p>
<p>It helps a lot if its by the coast, especially if it has good surfing spots like at Santa Cruz (Not looking to get into that school though; too expensive). If there's a lot of beautiful scenery and places to bike, then its also good. Now I prefer warmer environments, but I've been thinking Texas is a bit too hot. Seems like you need to live by the coast or close to a pool to survive there. Now I don't know about Florida but isn't it one of the most oil spilled states? Kind of makes the thought of swimming around there repulsing...</p>