need honest & objective evaluations

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hi, I'm a high school student from Bangladesh, intending to major in Maths and/or Physics.</p>

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

<p>SAT Reasoning - 2230 [CR - 700 (95th percentile), M - 740 (97th percentile), W - 790]</p>

<p>SAT Subject - [Math 1C - 760, Physics - 750, Chemistry - 760]</p>

<p>High School Programme - International Baccalaureate (IB)
Current grade - 11 (graduating May '07)
High school courses with predicted scores:</p>

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<p>Colleges considering to apply to:</p>

<p>Ivies: Princeton, Brown, Cornell</p>

<p>Top tier LACs: Williams, Swarthmore, Amherst</p>

<p>Match: ??? (...feel free to make recommendations)</p>

<p>Safety: Reed College (OR), Trinity College (CT), Lafayette College (PA), University of Texas at Dallas (I've got family there)</p>

<p>NOTE: I need a lot of aid!!!
Please suggest names of schools that are generous with financial aid and scholarships to internationals.
I can probably pay only upto $5000, annually.</p>

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<p>If you are academically oriented (e.g., you want to do research at the PhD level), here are the top ten undergraduate schools (re future PhD production):</p>

<p>Math</p>

<p>CalTech
Harvey Mudd
MIT
Reed
Rice
Princeton
U Chicago
Carnegie Mellon
St. John's
Pomona</p>

<p>Physics</p>

<p>CalTech
Harvey Mudd
MIT
NM Institue of Mining
Reed
U Chicago
Princeton
Carleton
Marlboro
Rice</p>

<p>I am familiar with Reed, where about one in six qualified international students are granted aid, so in your case Reed should probably be considered a reach. Reed would likely be a match or safety if you needed no aid.</p>

<p>See <a href="http://web.reed.edu/apply/applying_to_reed/international.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/apply/applying_to_reed/international.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>dude, you play Tabla?! that's awesome. i have been trying to pick up Tabla for the last year... at one point i tried to put together a group with Tabla (Pomona), drumset (HMC), bass guitar, guitar (Pomona), turn tables (HMC), and other hand drums/percussion/marimba (me, HMC).</p>

<p>tara kita taka tara te te gah!</p>

<p>Check out Harvey Mudd College. Although we don't have a music program on our campu s (well, there is in the Claremont Colleges), if you want to be hardcore into math/science and enjoy music as a hobby Mudd is awesome.</p>

<p>(P.S. why is only the bayan gab magnetic? i was unaware that different gab materials were used for bayan/dayan.)</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions guys; really appreciate it :)
Vossron, could you give me some more info on Reed; would be really helpful. Thanks.</p>

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<p>Wow, where do I start? Our D just finished her freshman year at Reed and loves it, as do we. How about starting with these:</p>

<p><a href="http://web.reed.edu/about_reed/at_a_glance.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/about_reed/at_a_glance.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/news_center/press_releases/2005-2006/040506class_of_2010.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/news_center/press_releases/2005-2006/040506class_of_2010.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/ir/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/ir/&lt;/a>
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/about_reed/history.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/about_reed/history.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/knowledge.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/knowledge.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/reed_paradoxes.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/apply/news_and_articles/reed_paradoxes.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://web.reed.edu/apply/student_life/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://web.reed.edu/apply/student_life/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I think they present a realistic picture of Reed. Independent views:</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_college%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_college&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.studentsreview.com/OR/RC.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentsreview.com/OR/RC.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.**************.com/guide.asp/1-59658-103-4/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.**************.com/guide.asp/1-59658-103-4/index.html&lt;/a>
The stars are co ll eg ep ro wl er but take out the spaces.
<a href="http://www.epinions.com/content_53456309892%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.epinions.com/content_53456309892&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.college-admission-essay.com/reedcollegeadmission.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.college-admission-essay.com/reedcollegeadmission.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>These links all say it better than I can, but I'm happy to answer any questions you have.</p>