Hello!
I’m an International IB student applying to the US. These are a few of the universities I have in mind: Stanford, Harvard, MIT, CalTech, Johns Hopkins, University of Southern California, UCLA, University of Rochester, University of Illinois - UC, Florida Institute of Tech, University of Connecticut, UT Austin, Uni of Washinton, Ohio State University.
SAT (superscored from two takes): EBRW - 720/800 and Math - 800/800
Took the IB program: Phy, Chem and Math HL, English L&L, Spanish and Business Management SL (Predicted about a 40/45)
Essays: truthful; whether they’re impressive is rather subjective
Extracurriculars:
- Founder and President of Debate Club and Founding Member of school’s editorial team.
- Been part of the school band in all the schools I attended in the past 10 years.
- Blogging for 7 years
- Organized fundraisers and lead a team for G4 project. Also attended two MUNs.
- Trained hundreds of students through the Debate Club.
Hooks: that I love English, something that is uncommon amongst people from my ‘bucket’, and I’ve demonstrated that through the blog and the editorial team. I know four languages, though I don’t know if this counts as a ‘hook’. Plus, I’ve won numerous academic awards in my school.
I’m planning to apply for Engineering, with financial aid.
I feel like my list is quite unbalanced - it would be great if somebody could give me their suggestions for universities that offer generous financial aid and friendly to international students.
Thanks in advance!