<p>I was rejected form all the places I applied, even the supposed "safety schools". What should I do now?</p>
<p>Are there good colleges still accepting admission applications? Please help me out!</p>
<p>I am an international student requiring aid. </p>
<p>SAT I - 1930
SAT II - 2090
GPA - 4.0
lots of extracurriculars</p>
<p>Some public universities are still accepting applications.</p>
<p>It’ll definitely help if you could give us a sense of what you would consider a “good college”- as an international student needing aid, those scores probably won’t get you in the likes of most top tier schools.</p>
<p>Only a very few schools are need-blind for internationals (I think there are 6 of them), and your stats won’t get you into them.</p>
<p>Most schools do not even offer aid to internationals.
I’m sorry this has happened to you, but I doubt that schools that are still accepting applications would offer you the aid you need, even if they accepted you.</p>
<p>berea college had a first-year-free policy for intls. but, deadline passed. There are still colleges with rolling admissions, but they’re not so good. </p>
<p>you can apply to some third-tier school, and try to get merit aid. then, improve your scores and try to transfer next year.</p>
<p>I think that it is going to be a challenge to find a school in the US that is going to give you much aid – the international students who get a lot of aid seem to have stronger test scores by 150+ points. </p>
<p>At this point, you might want to consider:
<p>Cornell College in Iowa e-mailed me two days ago saying they’re accepting applications until April 10th.</p>
<p>Fairleigh Dickinson has a “rolling admission” process and receives applications till July 1. Also, they seem rather generous with internationals.</p>
<p>Despite the unusual amount of bias against UIowa on this site, it DOES do rolling admissions and has offered me a substantial amount of scholarships just for filling out the paperwork. Futhermore, it’s a fantastic institution. I’m not international, though, so I’m not sure what they’d do for you.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, Chevda is correct. There are no safeties for an international needing aid. Schools still taking applications are highly unlikely to be a possibility unless you need very little aid.</p>
<p>Wcarat- I am in the same position as you! I am an international student who has been rejected or waitlisted everywhere!</p>
<p>does anyone know any colleges still taking applications even if they don’t supply aid?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>If you can pay in full, many second and third tier private colleges will have space this year. What do you want to study? What part of the US do you want to be in and what’s the maximum you can pay? </p>
<p>Start your own thread on the parent’s board with that info and you’re certain to get many good ideas.</p>
<p>If you have any way of paying the full COA then you might have a better chance of getting into US colleges. Unfortunately though if you need aid, then all rejections is a possibilty. I know that some schools like IIT (Illinois Insitute of Technology) is fairly generous toward internationals. However, I don’t know of many rolling admissions college other than state schools, which again would be hard for internationals. You might want to go to college in your country and then apply for graduate school in the US.</p>
<p>someone correct me if i’m wrong, but i think penn state is rolling admission. maybe hard to get in this late in the game, but it might be worth a shot</p>
<p>I believe the SUNY Universities (in New York) are rolling, and still accepting applications…but it might be quite hard to get into the good ones (Stony Brook, Binghamton, and probably Geneseo) at this point. They don’t cost too much compared to other colleges I think, and they’re relatively good. But this year, with all the economic difficulties and concerns going around, it has gotten harder to get into these SUNYs. But I think you’d have a pretty good shot. Or just go to a university/college in your own country and go to U.S. schools as transfer or grad, as it can help save some money.</p>
<p>I recommend going to school in your own country for now (as it is difficult for internationals to get aid). Maybe transfer or just save up for grad school in the U.S.</p>