<p>Could you guys advise me with schools I would like ?</p>
<p>I'm a freshman in High school, I live in France but will most likely move to Boston next year. I have a 3.9 GPA (according to the WES grade converter, dunno if it's accurate...)</p>
<p>Here is my "top" list... (in order of preferance)</p>
<p>-Brown
-Tufts/Yale
-Vassar
-Macalester</p>
<p>... that's pretty much it. Thank you.</p>
<p>You’ve got two and a half years before you apply to college, at least one of which will be spent in an entirely new country. Give yourself some time to adjust, and let your college list slip to the back of your mind for at least a year, maybe two. (Don’t slack and do shoot for the top if you want to go to a top school, but it’s too soon for you to have a finalized good list of which top school.) Your college list may end up being the one you just posted, but at least be open to having it change.</p>
<p>I know I shouldn’t worry about this yet. But I feel that if I start ahead and figure it all out now, It’ll be less stressful when I have to apply.</p>
<p>Enjoy HS and see where you are in a couple of years.</p>
<p>You might like University of Chicago, Swarthmore, Amherst.</p>
<p>I feel like the more detailed your plan is, the more investment you’ve sunk into it, the harder it will be to let yourself change it.</p>
<p>If you are not a US citizen or legal permanent resident (green card status) college admission will be harder, and college attendance will be more expensive. That is the first thing that you need to know. Even if you are a citizen or legal permanent resident, the cost of college will be a determining factor in the final decision of which one to attend. Find out what your parents can pay, and read through the information in the Financial Aid Forum here.</p>
<p>Many European parents prefer to send their children “home” for college. If you want to keep that option open, you should go to a high school here that has an IB program, or that offers many AP classes.</p>
<p>Good luck to your family on your big move!</p>
<p>while I agree with the other posters that it’s very early for you to be looking at colleges, I’ll give you some to look into over the summer.</p>
<p>Based on your current list, you like schools that are:
<p>Some possibilities: Pomona in the suburbs of LA (part of the Claremont Consortium of 5 liberal arts colleges that are contiguous and share resources - so it feels larger. Suburban rather than urban, not as artsy, but highly intellectual and very selective.) Reed in Portland, Oregon (famed for it’s unconventional, intellectual, edgy students - a very distinct ‘type’ so fit would be critical). U of Chicago is very intense intellectually and obviously urban- lots of people who apply to Yale, apply to Chicago as well. Swarthmore is also a perennial favorite of the Yale/Chicago group, although it’s suburban, not urban. Barnard, if you are willing to consider a women’s college, in NYC could be a fit and shares resources with Columbia across the street. Rice in the Houston suburbs might also be worth a look- smallish, intellectual, same house system as Yale, more into athletics, and the culture is not edgy or artsy, but still highly regarded.</p>
<p>These are all highly selective schools - read up on them and google the Common Data Set for each school. Check Section C, the profile for admitted students, to get a good read on the kind of grades and test scores you need to be a serious candidate for each school. When you get closer, and you know what you can afford, how competitive you are as an applicant, and what you want to study - early in your junior year - come back to CC to revisit your list and find matches and safeties.</p>
<p>I fully agree with M’s Mom, and I actually applied to Chicago, Reed, Pomona and Yale, as well as Swarthmore. We share Brown and Vassar too! I see we probably have similar tastes in schools.</p>
<p>@PAGRok:We probably do… Where do you go ?</p>
<p>M’s Mom: Thank you for the insight, It was reaally helpful, I actually like Reed a lot.</p>
<p>I am a senior in high school in California. I just really like east coast schools and quirky and intellectual student bodies.</p>
<p>@PAGRok : Where do you think you’ll be going next year ? Did you apply anywhere ED ?</p>
<p>What about Emerson ?</p>
<p>I did not apply ED anywhere mainly cause I need FA and must compare aid packages from my schools. I did apply Early Action (non-binding) to Yale, but alas I was deferred to regular decision. Yale is definitely one of my top choices but my chance of acceptance is low. I really like Swarthmore and have a better chance to to get in. I really do like most of my 15 schools, but some that I would pick as my favorites are Vassar, Brown, and University of Chicago. (and of course Yale and Swarthmore as I stated above)</p>