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<p>No, the release you sign says you agree that the colleges will not show you the letters. The teachers can do whatever they want . . . and, if they want to show you the letters they wrote, there’s nothing stopping them.</p>
<p>@momrath thanks very much for the input. I know what me and all the other international students with high need are trying to achieve is hard. I will give it one more show and do my absolute best to achieve it. My dream is to be a writer and there is no possible way I can study or live from what I love in my country. As well, I happen to love the english language and the idea of studying someplace else than home. </p>
<p>Of course, it is entirely possible to hone your writing skills without actually studying the subject in college. One of my close relatives is an author professionally published many times over. Though this relative went to college she did not major in English. Instead, years after she graduated from college, she joined a group for novice writers where she honed her craft, and then continued to revise the manuscript. It took years and a huge number of revisions before it was finally published, but she eventually achieved her goal. </p>
<p>There are many avenues to becoming a writer. The most cost effective solution to wanting to study in America may very well be going to your home country for college and then studying abroad for a semester or year in America. </p>
<p>render, by all means give it another go, but go into it with the understanding that no matter what you do the colleges that rejected you this year are highly unlikely to admit you next year. Improved SATs are NOT going to have a significant impact. You need a different list, that includes some schools that are less selective and that offer merit aid to internationals. </p>
<p>Your Gap Year experiences may be meaningful, but that depends entirely on how you structure your time. Remember that you will be sending off applications in December of this year, so if you’re going to do something that enhances your resume, do it early on.</p>
<p>1) my sympathies, you have a very impressive background. </p>
<p>2) A gap year is not the best solution to this problem, the best solution is to find an appropriate school that you can go to this fall that will still take you. </p>
<p>How much can you afford to pay list price. You say in another thread that your family has a $100K income. The fact that you are going to college should not be a surprise to your parents, how much have they saved. </p>
<p>For example if you can afford $20K for tuition room and board per year, you can probably go to Truman State University in Missouri. It’s a pubic honors liberal arts college. It has no deadline and a numerical admissions criteria which you should meet. </p>
<p>If you can afford $30K, the list grows, $40K even more. There are some Canadian schools in the $25K - $30K range that may still be taking applications (for example University of Alberta has a May 1 deadline, Simon Fraser has an Apr 30th deadline, etc, Mt Saint Allison, the #1 liberal arts college in Canada seems to have a soft May 1 deadline). </p>
<p>There will be a list coming out in the first week of May that has US schools that haven’t filled up. Many offer aid, but most won’t meet full need. </p>
<p>Still if you would prefer to go to college in the fall, a gap year effectively delays your graduation, and therefore delays your first year salary by a year. Since hopefully your first year salary is going be decent, taking a gap year effectively costs you a decent amount of money. </p>
<p>Time to get back on the horse and look at other options.</p>
<p>@classicrockerdad my parents can afford 20k top per year, at least this year and the salary part isnt that much of a burden to me (considering Im going to study Creative Writing and I can publish a book long before graduating for college) I did it before, I published a book in my country and have another one finiswd to publish and writging the third one. The problem is that publishing in my country garentees you almost no money. The sistem is quite different here. There is only one writter that can afford lo live by writing in my country. Only ONE. so yeah… The third book im writting is in english so Ill give it a go there. I still didnt decide what im going to do with my life. Im yet to consider all options available to me. I posted this thread to hear what you people had to say. All your advices have been great, I cannot thank you enough. </p>
<p>Truman State offers a BFA in Creative Writing
<a href=“Program: Creative Writing (BFA) - Truman State University - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Creative Writing (BFA) - Truman State University - Acalog ACMS™;
<p>There is a special designation in the application that can get you into the entry class
<a href=“http://www.truman.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Creative-Writing-BFA-Application-Process.pdf”>http://www.truman.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Creative-Writing-BFA-Application-Process.pdf</a></p>
<p>Honestly, this seems like a pretty good option all things considered. </p>
<p>Look over the whole website and just apply
<a href=“Admission | Truman State University”>http://www.truman.edu/admission-cost/</a></p>
<p>Thanks very much! ill take it into account. Now, One question: If I wanna retake the SATs this yeas, should I do it with my same collegeboard account? I mean, if I retake the Sat’s and let’s suppose I get a 2300, I have to send to colleges (the ones who ask to) all my Sat’s scores, including last years (2020)? </p>
<p>If the schools require ALL your test scores then you need to send them. If they find out later you did not you can be thrown out of school or have your diploma revoked. </p>
<p>OK. If I show an improvement, like a very big one. Dont you think that would help? showing Im very determined on getting in.</p>
<p>Most schools will just use your top score. Don’t make this more difficult than it really is.</p>