Ongoing Journey: American citizen applying from abroad

Applying to College Admission Stories
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Hello everyone,

First of all, allow me to introduce myself.
I am a dual-citizen of both France and the United States through my parents however I’ve lived and thus studied in France my entire life. I’ve always thought I might possibly pursue studying in the US after graduation High School but it wasn’t until last year that I started the process and became truly serious about it.

I go to a top public school in perhaps the best school district in the country and I’m in a special section which serves a sort of Honors program for the best students.
The selection process starts in middle-school, 7th grade to be precise. Candidates are evaluated on grades and an interview which is incredibly stressful for a 13 year-old. To continue this in High School, one must maintain a very high gpa throughout 8th and 9th grade. I was fortunate enough to be accepted.
Currently, the program has me taking 8 classes, all Honors and AP level. It’s very demanding and leaves no time for any meaningful involvement of some kind outside the classroom. I’ve doing fine but the the classes being what they are, I have B’s. My EC’s are average for someone from France but my curriculum is extremely demanding.

I’m scheduled to take the ACT for the first time in June (current junior) however my TOEFL score is in the 115/120 range.
My parents are not going to be able to pay full price for college thus I’m actively seeking merit-scholarships/grants + financial aid to cover the cost of education.

Anyway, I’m looking to study Economics/Business with classes in International Relations and Politics at a 4 year US college.

Location is very important as I find large urban settings desirable. Furthermore, I’d like to intern/work during the year. My goal is start and manage a Real Estate Investment Fund in NYC. Northeast (NYC, Boston, DC), South Florida and California would be ideal.

I’ll update this as I sit for multiple ACT’s and apply to excellent Universities and very competitive Honors Programs as American educated abroad.

I’ll be posting temporary lists of schools as I go along. :slight_smile:

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Good luck! I am also an american citizen applying from abroad - looking forward to keeping up with your journey!

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Thank you @slytherinclaw, where are you from?

Update

So I took the ACT for the first time ever early this month. I had a bad cold and It affected my performance a lot on the last two sections. I’m expecting to get the results any day now. Furthermore, I’ve sat for the written part of the French Baccalaureate’s French Literature section. The oral presentation is on the 29th of June.
Fingers crossed.

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Update

Hey everyone,

Soooo, my oral presentation went really well! Huge week for me as I’m expecting ACT results and French

Baccalaureate. 10 days from now, I’m flying to the East Coast for three weeks as college scout. I’ll be combining ACT

preparation with on the road college tours throughout New England, sightseeing and eating as much healthy american

food as possible. sarcasm New York City will be my headquarters and I’ll be doing quite a lot there however trips will

include Boston, New Jersey and possibly the greater DC area. I’m ecstatic about going on my first college tours. I’ll

interview for a spot at the aforementioned group’s Honors Colleges and full-tuition range scholarships.

I’ll be posting about how despite jet lag I managed to win over the admissions officers and how I applied Donald

Trump-esque convincing skills. B-)