<p>Hi! I'm an international student making up her list of colleges.</p>
<p>These are my stats:
Prospective major: Biology, Chemistry or BME.</p>
<p>TOEFL 290</p>
<p>SAT I 1510 (m800/v710)</p>
<p>SAT II Math IIC 760
SAT II Writing 660 )
SAT II Chemistry 700
SAT II French ~700(next Friday)</p>
<p>GPA: 5.97/6.00</p>
<p>EC: volunteer work - teaching underprivileged children, work with physically and mentally disabled people, participating in a Youth Health Organization, martial arts, tennis club...and some more</p>
<p>Some awards in Math and English</p>
<p>Perfect recommendations though I don't have one from a science teacher. </p>
<p>My main concern in choosing a college is fin aid so I'm looking for colleges that offer full scholarships to int. students and are good in Biology and Chemistry. </p>
<p>Please tell me which (and why) three or four of these to put in my college list: Colgate, Colby, Hamilton, Emory, Macalester, Reed, Lafayette or Middlebury.</p>
<p>Are these all the schools? Because Williams has great intl aid. Otherwise, Midd has a large intl community, gives aid, and is overall a great LAC. Hamilton/ Colby/ Colgate are very similar. I am not sure about scholarships at any LACs. Emory is very different than these, it is much more of a southern country club school but has great bio and you might even apply for Emory Scholars, which gives BIG tuition scholarships to the students they take.</p>
<p>No, this is not the whole list. These are just the schools about which I hesitate and I want to choose the 3 of them that best suit me.
Other schools in my list are Duke, JHU, Amherst, Grinnell and Swarthmore.</p>
<p>Based on your interests and the other schools on your list I'd add Middlebury, Reed and Macalester. Historically, Macalester gives generous aid to internationals, though they do get a lot of international apps.</p>
<p>So if Duke, JHU, Amherst, Grinnell, Swarthmore, Colgate, Middlebury, Williams, Reed, Macalester, Hamilton and Emory are on my list how would you estimate my chances for each of them. Please arrage them for me. Being an international is really though to do this alone. Thanks</p>
<p>I don't know the fine points of international vs national acceptance rates, accptance criteria and aid policies, but here is a grouping of your schools by overall selectivity. The schools in the first group are reaches for just about any student, international or national. I think your chances are good to very good at the rest of your list, though you lack a true safety.</p>
<p>BTW - I think you have an excellent list top to bottom, with some very fine choices at the less-selective end of it. I would make your cuts based on what you have learned about international student aid at the schools, but would definitely keep Reed, Grinnell and Macalester. I have put my suggested cuts in (parentheses.) </p>
<p>If adding a less-selective school would give you some additional peace of mind my choice would be Lawrence University, which is strong in the sciences and has been referenced on this board as a school favorably disposed toward international students.</p>