<p>A friend wants me to ask you guys for college/univ recommendations she should look into?</p>
<p>Her SAT total = 1750 (reading 560, math 540, writing 650)</p>
<p>She's interested in languages, not too sure about major yet though.
International student from Japan.</p>
<p>Rural or suburban areas...northeastern USA, west coast USA, or Florida apparently..</p>
<p>Any suggestions appreciated.</p>
<p>CollegeBoard.com, and plug in her SAT scores (and any other important information to her) and you will get many schools. Then pick out a few, come back to this website, and plug in a search for that school, and read all the personal comments about the school. Good luck! There will be plenty of good schools!</p>
<p>Florida State, Arizona, Arizona State, San Diego State, UMass, Central Florida, Pittsburgh as a slight slight reach, Penn State as a reach, and UConn as a slight reach.</p>
<p>Sorry about this schools not matching the Suburban/Rural thing, although UConn is considered Rurual.</p>
<p>Sorry...KingJames...Pittsburgh would likely be a full blown reach...standards have risen over the past few years with a greater inlux of applications.</p>
<p>pitt is more selective than penn state.</p>
<p>just an fyi, from someone who is very familiar with PA universities (and goes to high school with about 300 kids who are applying to PSU & pitt this year)</p>
<p>You need to get off the SAT determines everything mentality.
Your friend has a very interesting contribution to the mix. Throw in good grades and outstanding essays and good to outstanding recs and ECs and you have a very good application. SATs actually play a small role in admission except perhaps to the elite top 20 schools and even then can be overcome (i'm not talking the Ivy League schools here however as those schools are a roll of dice for everyone). Schools want to build a community of various interests and talents.
Start thinking of your friends strengths, take a look at some of the essays that schools require. plan, plan, plan as though it is a marketing campaign and your designing the concept that has to be sold.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>SAT scores are one thing....what about her grades? That also is going to play a big role in selecting a school...what is her gpa?? Is she looking for a large university or a liberal arts college? Need a little more info to go on.</p>
<p>No one has yet mentioned that there are many fine schools where submitting test scores is optional. For example, Lewis & Clark in Oregon is a fine school with an excellent language program. They offer a portfolio option (student submits a portfolio of written work completed in high school) instead of submitting scores. Another excellent school that actually attracts quite a few international Asian students and has just made submitting SATs optional is Lawrence University in Wisconsin. Bowdoin is another school. There are many other schools where submitting SAT scores is no longer mandatory. To find a complete list, go to <a href="http://www.fairtest.org%5B/url%5D">www.fairtest.org</a></p>
<p>Additionally, if English is not her native language, she needs to take the TOEFL exam. A good score on that can sometimes overcome lower SAT scores, assuming, of course, that her grades are good. She may also want to consider taking several SAT II tests to demonstrate her competency in several academic areas (some SAT optional schools will take the SAT IIs in lieu of SAT I )</p>
<p>Carolyn is so smart....all good points.</p>
<p>*She did try out the Collegeboard and PrincetonReview websites but seems like her criteria was narrowed down too much she only got 2 schools in the result</p>
<p>*Thing is, her grades are worse than her SATs according to her. Well she was in our school until last year and she was an IB Diploma candidate but had to drop it due to her grades. And she changed schools to one that isn't accredited (I think that's how you say it?)</p>
<p>*No activities...she never joined anything. Lots of work experience though.</p>
<p>*Her TOEFL would be great I'm sure. She's actually really smart but she just never tries for the good scores.</p>
<p>It sounds like she may need to start off at a community college and then, depending on her grades apply to a four-year school.</p>
<p>We'd really need to know what her grades are like to give additional recomendations. Also, will she be needing financial aid? If so, that will limit her choices as an international student. However, if she can afford to pay full cost, many schools may be lenient with her because international students are a "hot commodity" these days, especially at liberal arts colleges with a "international" focus. Again, without an idea of her grades and whether she'll need financial aid, it's hard to make additional recommendations. However, if she's a "B" student, in addition to the schools I mentioned above, she could check out:
Earlham (has historic connection with Japan that brings many Japanese students to campus), Lawrence, Lewis & Clark, Guilford, Goucher (looking to expand its international population), Dickinson (ditto), Lake Forest, Pacific U (Oregon),Beloit. All female schools for her to look at include Mills, Hollins, Sweet Briar. However, some of these schools do not offer financial aid to internationals.</p>