<p>Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Asian (International)
Major: Engineering (Aerospace or Mechanical)</p>
<p>GPA: 3.62/4.00 (uw)
Class Rank: 30/338</p>
<p>SAT: 1130/1600 (First Time)
Math: 710/800</p>
<h2> CR: 420/800</h2>
<p>I'm thinking IowaState, but it seems reach for me...
I don't need to get any aid. But still my GPA and SAT are bit low for any engineering programs in top 100 univ...</p>
<p>Where do you think I should apply?
Are there any safeties for me? Top 100 univ?</p>
<p>are you sure you want to apply to american universities?? Would it be better to just go through your home country education system? If i were you i would take a gap year , raise my scores do sumthing tangible in the gap year and them apply to universities....</p>
<p>Yeah, I desire to study in America.
I must improve not only my TOEFL score but also my overall English ability.
So I'm studying English over ten hours a day now, then I'm planning to retake TOEFL in Feb.</p>
<p>Although I must take lots of entrance exams in next month which the results will come out in Feb-Mar. So Im wondering if I could get some letters of acceptance from American universities in Feb-Mar in order to have alternative, to study in my country or in America.</p>
<p>Of course Im thinking the way you proposed me. But I want to use it as a last resort.Because it means putting extra strain on my parents and I dont want to do that.</p>
<p>Give me half a chance. Please.</p>
<p>I respect you with your amazing TOEFL score 110/120 :-)
awesome to me...</p>
<p>apply to SUNY buffalo- its fees is low and its deadline is rolling-it gives you until may-june to apply there.
And i think it is in the top hundred at arnd 96 i think. :)</p>
<p>since you are an international and can pay big bucks, i suggest you increase your verbal score to just a little above 500. then what you do is apply to colleges like northeastern, drexel, purdue, pennsylvania state university,uni of minnesotta, uni of florida, rutgers, and i'm sure you'll get in anywhere....take the january sat, but send all your application materials in advance, they'll consider your application and will most likely accept you.....
for you the best engineering institute would be purdue-its got great research, and is fantastic and ranked 11 or so in the best engineering schools of US. if you can pay full, you are bound to be accepted.....</p>
<p>if you can raise your stats to 1300+ on the SAT(out of 1600), you stand a chance at the most elite instituitions-lafayette, dartmouth, UVa, etc....
my best advice is to take a gap year, do something productive and then apply. you could take AP courses which could give you credit, and you would not have to take certain courses in college i.e. you'll graduate sooner.....
you could also take SAT 2 tests and show off your maths, physics, chem skills....
its your decision. best of luck though...</p>
<p>-shreya.iitk
I hear SUNY offers lots of excellent courses.
Ill take your advice! Thanks!!</p>
<p>-trans_int007
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you could take AP courses which could give you credit, and you would not have to take certain courses in college i.e. you'll graduate sooner.....
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Oh I didnt think that way! I really appreciate all your sincere advices.
But do you mean that I have no chance to get into Universities like Purdue or IowaState before earning CR500+?
And uh, do you have any information about conditional admission?
Anyway Thanks lots!!!</p>
<p>-CradleOfFilth
Yeah it seems we are in the same bad situation...</p>
<p>there is still a great shot of you being accepted at purdue considering the circumstance that you can pay the tuition, and you are an international student...</p>
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And uh, do you have any information about conditional admission?
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Conditional admission in the US is usually for students whose TOEFL scores are below the minimum requirement for regular admission. There are two common procedures: either you have to enroll full-time in an ESL program until you reach a specified level of fluency and then you can switch to the regular degree program without re-applying, or you are allowed to start working towards your degree right away while taking a specified number of ESL courses.</p>
<p>-trans_int007
Then I'll try it. thanks to you again!!</p>
<p>-b@r!um
Well...If I enrolled as an full-time in an ESL program, is it possible to take the AP credits in the term and use them as the way trans_int007 proposed me?</p>
<p>I am not sure what exactly you are asking: if you can make up a shortage of credits with AP credits (yes), or if you can take AP courses while enrolled in an ESL program (no)?</p>
<p>If you take AP exams before enrolling in the ESL program, you can always use the credits you get to make up the academic credits you miss due to the ESL program, so you can still graduate in the same amount of time as if you had not done the ESL program. Note that this only applies if you have taken the AP exams BEFORE enrolling (AP exams are only offered once a year in May btw).</p>
<p>What you cannot do is take AP classes while enrolled in an ESL program, at least if the ESL program is part of a conditional acceptance. First of all you cannot "take" AP classes in college because AP classes are high school classes. If at all you would have to self-study for the AP exams, but if you are in a good (e.g. challenging and demanding) ESL program I doubt you would have enough time or motivation to self-study a full course load of APs. And even if you did self-study, you would probably not get credit because most colleges don't accept transfer credit for AP exams that are taken after matriculation (which is why I am assuming that the ESL program is connected to the degree program you would enroll in afterwards).</p>
<p>On the other hand there are other ways to catch up on one semester of academic credit missed due to an ESL program. You could for example take classes during the summer or take a course overload in some semesters (e.g. 5 courses instead of 4 in four semesters). Or you could do the ESL program in the summer and start as a regular degree-seeking freshman in the fall semester. The last option would require a special arrangement with the college but I am sure it can be done if whatever college you pick offers ESL classes during the summer and uses conditional acceptances.</p>