Transfer to US from Germany!

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<p>Hi All,</p>

<p>I am Jehanzeb and I am studying at the International University Bremen in Germany. I am doing Electrical Engineering and Computer Science here which is a 3 year undergraduate degree modelled on the programme at RICE and CMU.</p>

<p>I want to tranfer out to some real good US university offering Engineering and I will require a substantial amount of financial aid. I have enough transfer credits. I would like you all to recommend some places where I should apply keeping in mind the following:
i) I am an international transfer students and need a lot of financial aid
ii) My first year grades are slightly above average.
iii) State Univs are out of the question</p>

<p>Some info abt my academics:</p>

<p>Current GPA: 3.0 ( 1.0 being the best and 5.0 meaning fail ---European GPA)</p>

<p>SAT 1 (old): 1390 ( 740 Maths, 650 Verbal)</p>

<p>Sat 2 : Writing 640, Maths 2C 700 , Physics 740</p>

<p>TOEFL : 287/300 (CBT)</p>

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<p>I was about to recommend Cornell, Michigan and Northwestern because they accept lots of transfers...but then I read that you need a lot of financial aid. Michigan does not give aid to international students, and Northwestern and Cornell are stingy when it comes to international aid.</p>

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<p>Most US universities does not give out financial aid to International Transfer students. And may I know how come you want to leave IUB? I heard that it's a great school and my friend is actually applying to IUB also...</p>

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<p>Why I wanna transfer.....long story. IUB is good in cetain fields. But not mine (EECS) !</p>

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<p>So I need to cut my list down to four or five : So please reply ASAP !</p>

<p>i) John Hopkins
ii) Boston Univ
iii) Miama Univ (Oxford Campus)
iv) Texas A & M
v) Trinity College (Not sure if they give aid to Internationals)
vi) Univ of Houston
vii) Washington St. Louis
viii) Cornell</p>

<p>p.S: Northwestern has a beautiful campus....only if they gave aid to International Tranfers !!!</p>

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<p>I would:</p>

<p>1) remove Miami, Houston and Trinity
2) replace Texas A&M with University of Texas-Austin</p>

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<p>UT Austin is great ! but its a State Uni....so no aid for me :( </p>

<p>Thanks for the reply</p>

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<p>Mjehan, I know Texas-Austin is a state university...so are Miami University, University of Houston and Texas A&M! But Texas-Austin is one of the few state universities that actually gives aid to internationals. Check it out though, because I am not sure.</p>

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<p>ok so I have removed Miami, Trinity, Texas A&M, Houston.</p>

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<p>Internationals have trouble getting aid. For international TRANSFERS it's even harder.</p>

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<p>stupid wars and space missions draining money from the education sector !</p>

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