<p>Hi. I'm an international student from Korea and will be applying for American colleges starting from this fall.
Besides, this is my first time writing in college confidential, so pleases excuse me if I make some mistakes.</p>
<p>I am in kind of special situation though; as I do not hold citizenship nor green card, I am indeed an international student, but I have high chance of getting a green card in a year because my father is currently working with L-1A visa student. In short, I will not need F-1 visa to attend American colleges.</p>
<p>GPA uw: 4.71/5.00
ACT: 32 Composite score (it's 35 when superscored, but not many colleges superscored ACT...)
SAT II's: MATH2C 800 / Physics 780 / Chemistry 730
AP: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Physics C's, Physics B, Calculus, Chemistry, Statistics, Japanese Language and Culture (all 5)</p>
<p>Major: Physics (maybe engineering or cs)</p>
<p>EC's:</p>
<p>KYPT: silver medal
IROC Korean preliminary: bronze medal
Selected as a Honorable Young Ambassador of Physics by Korean Physics Society
Manage science club in our school
participated in publishing science/math journals</p>
<p>I was attracted by many LAC's since they provide students great undergrad education. My candidates are:</p>
<p>Amherst
Pomona
Harvey Mudd
Grinnell
Carleton
Swarthmore
Haverford
Vassar
Reed</p>
<p>I know that top LAC's are very hard to be accepted as much as Ivies, but I just wanted to know chances.</p>
<p>My university candidates are:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
UCLA
UC San Diego</p>
<p>Georgia Tech
UVA
University of Washington</p>
<p>Stanford
CalTech
WUSTL
U Chicago
Cornell
Rice</p>
<p>You don't need to chance every single college mentioned, but if you have any college to recommend according to my specs, please do so. I am interested in Physics and will study after graduation.</p>
<p>I do need financial aid to study. However, as my family is currently living in California, I think I will be qualified to be Californian residence.
Also, my citizenship status will probably change when I'm in college. Is it able to apply for financial aid after being accepted to college? I heard that it is impossible for most cases to international applicants, but I was curious if it would still be true even my citizenship status is changed into a permanent resident. When I asked Pomona, they said I should apply for financial aid from the beginning.</p>
<p>Thank you for reading. I appreciate any comments :)</p>