safe/ target/ reach ????

Chance Me / Match Me!
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hey this is a long post. I’m a Taiwanese American attending a local public hs in taipei. I’m trying to find out if these school are my safe/ target/ reach schools.

my stats:
[ b]Objective:**
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2220
[ *] ACT: didn’t take
[ *] SAT II: physics-780 math2-780
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):N/A
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): none available, but took some classes in a national university(in Taiwan)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis): none available
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: hardest
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nope

[ /list][ b]Subjective:**
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): mun(organized a delegation) ,cook club, computer science club,
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: zoo, nursing home
[ *] Summer Activities: volunteer work, test prep, backpack travel

[ /list][ b]Other**
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant): Taiwan
[ *] School Type: public (forth best in Taipei)
[ *] Ethnicity: Taiwanese American
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *]Income Bracket: about $90,000 a year
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

the schools might apply:(a lot of them, i know…)

Carnegie Mellon University
Cornell University
Indiana University Bloomington
Rice University
Stanford University
UC Berkeley
UC San Diego
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yale University
University of Waterloo
University of Toronto
University of British Columbia
McGill University

2

I would take off the expensive schools since you will be paying full fees as an international student. The UCs will be $55k per year. Any publics will be at least $60k.

3

What is your intended major?

4

not sure, maybe CS

5

These schools are going to be crazy expensive for an international student who probably won’t get merit aid. I would look at some cheaper schools, or maybe if you took the ACT (and made a 32+) you could get tuition waived at schools like Alabama and many others. I suggest to start looking into schools where you’ll get tuition waived or a lot of merit aid, because the schools you’re looking at are super pricey.

6

i’m actually an american citizen(dual citizenship) but I’ll have to pay out of state though

7

Unfortunately you will be considered OOS for all the public schools. That would cost you $50-$60k per year. For CS at UIUC, it is extremely competitive. For UMich, you may apply to LSA instead of CoE for a better chance while both have CS major. Even for LSA, your GPA is right at the admission average although it really depends on your school profile and course rigor. Your SAT is within the mid 50. So it will still be a low reach for you.