<p>I am an international student at a school in the states right now and I've just gotten done with my first semester and am strongly considering transferring since I am having trouble living in the middle of nowhere even though it is a quite nice small liberal arts college.
I am a com/theater major but would be willing to drop theater if I could transfer to a larger city, preferably northeast or California.</p>
<p>I am a non native english speaker, and completed a dual language program in my native tongue and German (I speak three languages fluently), so the transition into English has been a challenge, and my grades have suffered a bit in the States (as did my SAT's way back when), but I have always been very strong academically and I expect to improve my GPA radically next semester. </p>
<p>HS
SAT 1150
Native GPA is stellar compared to national average. Finishing top 3 in class and receiving highest grades given graduating year in many classes. High school was ranked top 5 in Nation.
Went to nationals with football and basketball team in High School and raised more than 6000 dollars to fight illiteracy in Russia as charity chair.</p>
<p>College, I overdid it a little on the EC's first semester
GPA 3.26 (Two A's, B, and a C)
EC's at current school
Fraternity
Environmental group (we are marching on Capitol Hill in Feb.)
Tutor middle school kids a couple of hours a week.
Student Congress
Academic Affairs Council</p>
<p>My main problem at my current school is that the student body is not intellectually engaged enough outside of class (possibly because of our geographic location being located in the South) and I miss theater, museums and cultural activity in general.</p>
<p>I really wanted to go Columbia or NYU but am afraid that my the C in my GPA has screwed me over (along with my SAT scores). Boston, Chicago, LA, San Francisco are also attractive to me but what schools would I have a realistic shot at getting in at?</p>
<p>What school do you go to presently? How many credits did you take in the fall semester? Can you produce a letter of recommendation from one of your professors at the current school? Your ECs look pretty good at the moment. Does you school have Global Awareness program or the Global Partners program? If it has one i suggest you enroll in it for the spring semester. These are some of the strongest ECs you can obtain on campus being an international student. Did you obtain any major related experience while at the school? Trust me, it matters a lot in case of transfers, especially if you are considering good transfer schools.</p>
<p>I am at Southwestern University a little outside Austin Welcome</a> to Southwestern University and should be able to produce two excellent letters of recommendation.
The school does not have a global awareness program (that I know of), we are only two international students (and I am sure that is the largest amount the school has had in a while).
I have not obtained any major related experiences for communications studies (there is not a lot going on in Georgetown,TX) really, other than for theatre, where I have been with able to follow the rehearsals of a production while being home in Denmark.
Also I am not in need of financial aid, which is another fact that I have been told is important since I won a big scholarship from Europe.</p>
<p>I am trying to start a socially conscious film festival on campus, but whether it will happen or not is a good question, because students do not seem to be supportive of each other's projects. I have already persuaded one of the philosophy professors to give a lecture along with one of the films that he has a book coming out about.
Well I as a communications major I also started a blog, which has been doing decently, and has had about 3100 views in a little more than a month.
There I have been working a lot on marketing it etc. trying to make something that people would actually read. I guess that counts as communications-related in a way?</p>