Hello everyone! I made a post a while ago asking for guidance regarding my future, but didn’t get some stuff clear and some things have changed in my life.
So I would like to study in an american college. I am fully aware of how competitive this is. I have a 3.8 GPA, will take the ACT in September (with solid hopes of getting a 29-30 score) and have a lot of extracurriculars, many of which I did during an exchange year in the United States the last 2015-2016 school year.
I just got finished with HS over here in Spain with excellent grades. I now need to take the ACT and apply to american universities this fall. However, my mom would hate that I take a year off doing nothing in the meantime. In my post, some people told me that’s the best thing to do. I want to apply as an incoming freshman, because I fully depend on financial aid (my family would be able to afford, at most, around 5000 dollars a year). I wanna get two things clear, because I need to make some decisions this week regarding my near future:
- With the stats I mentioned before, are there any colleges I can actually get full rides at?
- During this year, could I start college here in Europe (say in Barcelona) while applying as a freshman? I know the systems are different, so I am wondering if I could just "let go" of my first year of european college, not count it since it was not even finished, and still apply as a freshman. I need to know this because since my family doesn't want me to not "learn anything" for a year, I could just start college here, apply to american universities, then start college the next year there if I get into any with full rides. Should I not get admitted into colleges, I could just keep going with my european education (ugh, tbh).
I know it sounds foolish, but this is a dream of mine, and even if my chances are low, I wanna know about it and think around my way of getting to america. There are many personal reasons for this.
Thanks in advance to everyone-