i got booted out from all 8 schools i applied to. are there any more universities i can try my (god-forsaken) luck at? i don’t want to take a gap year, preferably entering date around jan-feb. econs major. thanks
<p>Check <a href="http://www.nacac.com%5B/url%5D">www.nacac.com</a> on May 9th for a list of colleges with openings.</p>
<p>which schools did you get rejected to?</p>
<p>HYPSM + Penn + Stanford + Brown</p>
<p>im an idiot.</p>
<p>The 's' is HYPSM <em>is</em> Stanford.</p>
<p>Did you not have any safeties? You can try your luck at some of the rolling admissions schools, or do as fireflyscout suggests and check the website after May 9th (when the SIRs are in and tallied, and some schools open their applications for a last minute round).</p>
<p>If nothing comes through, you can take a 'year' off and apply again in the fall. No shame in that, and you might find you rethink yourself and your strategies; you were ill advised if you only applied to those 8 schools (I'll assume the 'S' is Swarthmore or Smith or... something).</p>
<p>Are you Malaysian or American? Are you willing to pay to go to a different sort of school in the US than you envisioned? Are you doing IB? Might you consider applying in Australia?</p>
<p>allyssa,
Also look at Canadian universities - some have <em>much</em> later application dates. I just checked out the University of Victoria - April 30th!!! They want you to have taken the "Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM); MICSS Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) ". There is a very large international presence at this uni. </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>undecided: haha sorry yes the S is stanford. i wanted to type cornell. and yes i was ill-advised. i was told that i was a strong contender, and that it's highly unlikely to be rejected at ALL the schools. i should've known that "strong contender" is a myth.</p>
<p>robyrm: i'm malaysian living in malaysia. i'm not doing IB, and i love america. </p>
<p>ohio_mom: i've been thinking of canada too, but the STPM is an equivalent to A-levels, and since I've taken A-levels....:) </p>
<p>Thanks everyone. By the way, i'll follow undecided's suggestion and wait for may 9th. if that yields to nothing, i'll have to take a year off and do some community work or attachment or something, then reapply to some of the better public unis that i overlooked. suggestions? :D</p>
<p>Although not well publicized, some very fine LAC's and universities have a small January starting class for freshmen. You might want to look into that.</p>
<p>Some better public universities that you may want to check our are:</p>
<p>University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (my personal favorite of the bunch since that's where I'll be next fall-a little favoritism here :))
UCLA
UC-Berkley
UNC-Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
Washington University-St. Louis (pretty sure that one's public but am not positive)</p>
<p>im thinking Umich, UVa, NYU, washington (eerily similar list, isn't it?), probably illnois and northwestern.</p>
<p>i don't think i'd try for UC, coz i heard that they give preferences to california residents, followed by US citizens, then only internationals. so...basically it's a dead end. hwo do you think i'd fare at these places? because seriously if i get rejected everywhere again i might as well jump.</p>
<p>alyssa,
UChicago actually does provide some aid for internationals - look into that. Macalester, too. I don't know what the econ department is like at UW at Madison, but a lot of students seem to like that. BTW WUSTL is private, and very selective.</p>
<p>If you don't find something to your liking on the May 9th list and do a gap year, don't be afraid to apply to some selective schools - just have a more balanced list. It may well be that you have a more compelling application after your gap year. In addition, if you can strick up a correspond with the econ department at uni's you find interesting, that may help from both an admissions and selection process.</p>
<p>It's too late to get into the UC's for next fall. Way too late. Admissions is closed.</p>
<p>Alyssa, we're all shooting in the dark here if we don't have more information about you. What are you interested in studying? Do you need financial aid? What are your grades and SAT scores like?</p>
<p>2 Campuses.......Annapolis, MD and Sante Fe, NM contact them.</p>
<p>You didn't pick a very personal list of schools. In fact, the list shows that you require 'brand name' and don't really care otherwise. This could have shown up in your essays and personal statement. Most of those schools had 15% and less admit rate, with % interntional's a tiny fraction of that--pretty bad odds.</p>
<p>St John's is a very interesting school in a couple of great locations and has rolling admissions. They will also admit for the spring. You have to really want to go there, though. I think U of Colorado is still accepting.</p>
<p>fyi, Northwestern is also a private school.</p>
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<p>I would be very cautious about St Johns, Alyssa...IT is a unique school with a specific curricular and philosophical approach.</p>
<p>Go to the NACAC list. Historically there have been some very nice colleges on the list which are typically undersubscribed because of their small town locations. Look for Knox college, Earlham and some of the other wonderful, small, relatively unknown LAC's in the midwest. These schools have a lot of International kids, excellent professors and would be more conventional in their educational approach. Last year, some larger schools which were on the list included Rutgers. This is a solid state U in New Jersey which also would provide a fine education.</p>
<p>I would pre-emptively look at LAST YEAR's NACAC list...see if there are any schools that really appeal and send notes to them! Before you do, consider your financial aid situation and study whether or not the schools give money to internationals. OTherwise, they would be a non-starter.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
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uh-oh, i sure hope i didn't sound that way! i haven't started thinking carefully yet; my mind is still finding its pieces. that was just a very preliminary list that i've heard my friends applied to.</p>
<p>but i was wondering, is st john's religiously affiliated?</p>
<p>and carolyn, my profile:1500/800/780/750 old SAT, valedicaotrian last year, been ranked 1st to 3rd every year for 5 years, several national awards, one international award, job attachment, voluntary work, some presidencies, led a humanitarian mission to Iraq. Yeah, that's about it.</p>
<p>my prospective major is economics. and i have a slight disability. financial aid is not a necessity for me.</p>
<p>Washington University-St. Louis (pretty sure that one's public but am not positive)</p>
<p>WashU is a private school.</p>
<p>St. John's isn't religious..I got in and might go but you should definitely read up about it and go to the website..i'm not sure what it is but if you google "st. john's college" it's the first website. What do you want to major in? St. John's is a "great books" program, a great school, but not for everyone.</p>