<p>I'm an international student very unhappy with my current college. I'm a freshman and havent even completed my first semester. My current college does not have rigorous academics or any social life(commuter school). The only reason I came to this college is that it has a transfer program with columbia. Admission is guaranteed if I maintain 3.0 gpa. But i found out that columbia hasnt been giving scholarships t o international students and I cant afford full cost of attendance at Columbia. I desperately want out of my current college and Im weighing my options.</p>
<p>I think I'll get a 4.0 on my first semester. To talk about ECA's right now im working as an webster for the school website on campus and student disablility services. I'm involved with Amnesty international, physics club and International student society on campus.
I am a physics major and I want to apply for an engineering major.
My high school records are OK
SAT 750CR 740M 720W
SATII physics790 MathII770
Overall GPA: 4/4
Top 1% of class
ECA not so good.</p>
<p>What colleges should I apply to?. Or should I consider applying as a freshmen? Is it possible for transfer in spring session to a good school?</p>
<p>I am looking for a good school that gives out a lot of scholarship to international transfer student studying in the US.</p>
<p>This would be hard. I’m considered an international student even though I’ve lived in California for 7 years. Most good schools don’t offer financial aid/ scholarship to international transfers.</p>
<p>So there r no options for me other than sticking with the college im attending right now and hoping to get into a good college when i’ll do my masters??</p>
<p>I’m assuming you’re referring to the 3-2/4-2 program. You’re right-- is horrible with aid for this program.</p>
<p>Your best option would be to go to a school that gives a lot of merit aid because, as has been mentioned, international students come after US citizens in terms of aid; so usually they won’t get much need-based aid. </p>
<p>A cautionary note, it is difficult to gain transfer admission into competitive schools after only completing one semester in college. So, you may want to wait a bit longer. If finances are really a problem, I highly recommend going to a community college and transferring out of there; you save so much money and really get more attention from your professors. I went to a community college and got into a bunch of top 30 schools, so you can definitely do it (I also had a 4.0, so good work and keep it up!)</p>
<p>I’m planning on completing my 1st year at the college i’m in right now. But I dont think I want to go to a community college. I’d only do that if I have a decent chance of getting into a top notch school.</p>
<p>The common misconception is that you don’t have a chance of getting into a tier one school if you go to a community college. I cannot stress how inaccurate this is. </p>
<p>I know students who have gotten into Middlebury, Hopkins, Cornell, Bucknell, Columbia, and Georgetown from my college. Your school doesn’t matter as much as your grades. If you can pull off a 4.0 at community college, you will have a great shot at tier one schools. I myself have gotten into BU, Lehigh, Barnard, Colgate, and Hamilton, thus far. I am still waiting on a bunch, but that just goes to show how your performance is really evaluated in the context of your school.</p>
<p>I am not an international student. I attend Montgomery County CC in Pennsylvania. I am on the Honors Scholarship, so it’s aid, but not need-based financial aid. It’s merit aid. Basically I pay for my textbooks and $305.00 in activity fees per semester. I do know, however, that our college has a good amount of international students. I am not sure whether it has some sort of initiative or relationship with certain schools.</p>
<p>Also, if you’re near my college and want to go civil or environmental engineering, look into it because they have a guaranteed transfer agreement with Cornell, that requires you only maintain a 3.0 GPA.</p>