<p>Hi I'm a Korean student as a senior in Qatar.
I am about to apply to NYUAD for Early Decision II and was wondering what my chances are.
I know it isn't great at all.. but my counselor said I have a chance (don't know if he's being objective or nice)
I have a very interesting background by living in Sri Lanka, Korea, Canada and Qatar.
GPA: 3.6 (that's the worst I know... i should've worked harder :'( )
SAT: 2030 (hoping to raise it up to 2150 or above this October)
Will be taking the SAT Math Subjects 2, Literature and Biology in November
ACT in October
I have my nomination from my counselor :)
- Been a student representative for 2 years
- Academic Games
-Badminton
-I'm a Theater Person: various acts and classes, including musical
- 150 hours of Service Hours
-Korean School TA
- Korean Church Vice President
- Thespian Society
- I have 2 great recommendation letters from science and math teacher.
- I'm bilingual in Korean and English. I can speak French to some extent.
- Play Piano and Saxophone
- I live in Doha right next to UAE... Will that help anything at all?</p>
<p>I know I'm not sufficient enough to be accepted for sure.. It's a reach school but I was wondering what I need to work on and what my chances are. Thank you guys :) Insha Allah</p>
<p>Oh yeah and I have a 5 in AP Calculus and I’m taking IBHL Biology this year.
I’m taking a bunch of other rigorous APs this year but I’m not sure that’ll help</p>
<p>You’re actually pretty good for NYU-AD I’d say (more than 3.5 and more than 2000 should be fine, especially since you have nice EC’s and an interesting background, so I’d see it as a match for you rather than a reach).
However, would you be full pay or would you need a scholarship?
What do you want to major in? Engineering (as those would be the “strong” majors at A&M except you can’t really “choose” it, you’re “placed into it”, and Purdue is Indiana’s STEM school, if you’re interested in Liberal Arts and Business, Indiana University is what you’re looking for. Why those, though?
No LAC ? Or, if your major is engineering, why no engineering school such as Rose Hulman, RIT, Lafayette, Stevens, Union, or Kettering? </p>
<p>@MYOS1634 Hi thanks for such a positive long response I would like to major in engineering in NYUAD! But I’m aware that you can choose your major after freshman year so I’m going to do my research and try a lot of different things.
Yep you’re right! I’m applying to Purdue, A&M and UT for Engineering but they have VERY limited financial aid for international students. The universities you mentioned above do not give out much and I feel that I would not meet the requirements for full financial aid. NYUAD would be my top choice and if I do not get accepted (let’s hope not), I would most likely go back to Korea. </p>
<p>Lafayette has very generous financial aid for internationals but it’s hard to get admitted. You do stand a chance, though. Kettering’s aid is limited but with paid co-ops you should be able to lower costs. Cheaper and good (google recruits there so it can’t be bad :p) is South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Sure, you have to be able to deal with the weather but the costs are fairly low for an American college AND they have scholarships for your stats. If you’re a girl you can also apply to Smith, they have Engineering, and/or Agnes Scott (partnership with Georgia Tech). Smith has excellent financial aid, Agnes Scott has decent merit aid.</p>
<p>@MYOS1634 I’m mainly thinking about Chemical Engineering for Purdue, Texas A&M and Uni of Texas because they’re very renowned for that. Do you know if they give scholarships to international students as well? Thanks. </p>
<p>As far as I know, TAMU and UT don’t have scholarships for international students, but do check what’s avalaible in terms of merit scholarships there. You’re right, both schools are very good for engineering but they’d cost 40-50K per year, most likely. Not affordable for most people in the US, let alone abroad.
UT Dallas has McDermott Scholarsn a scholarship honors program which I think is open to internationals.
For ChemE, UMaryland and UMinnesota are absolute tops. UMN has some kind of scholarship (“Golden”??) that internationals can apply to.
UAlabama’s College of Engineering and ChemE program are gaining ground, too (and has <em>automatic</em> full-tuition scholarships if you get an ACT 32 or 1400 CR+M)</p>
<p>UT offers some type of financial aid. However, you are mistaken about University of Minnesota Twin Cities. They don’t offer any kind of financial aid, sadly. </p>
<p>retake that SAT, if you’re only 10 pts off 1400 it’s definitely worth taking again as the difference in scholarship money can run in the thousands.</p>
<p>UMN DOES have scholarships as long as you apply in the Fall (before December 1) for full consideration.
International Scholarships
The University of Minnesota offers a limited number of Global Excellence Scholarships for incoming international freshmen students studying on an F-1 visa. These competitive scholarships cover the full difference between resident and non-resident tuition rates and 50 percent of the difference between resident and non-resident tuition rates. No separate scholarship application is required. Students are considered for these awards based on an overall assessment of the admission application</p>
<p>Gold Global Excellence Scholarship Covers the full difference between resident and non-resident tuition rates each year for 4 years<br>
Top 5-10% of graduating class
Students must be studying on an F-1 visa.</p>
<p>=> this scholarships would reduce your tuition costs to $12,000 per year!!</p>
<p>Maroon Global Excellence Scholarship Covers 50 percent of the difference between resident and non-resident tuition rates each year for 4 years<br>
Top 15-20% of graduating class
Students must be studying on an F-1 visa.</p>
I would like to major in engineering in NYUAD! But I’m aware that you can choose your major after freshman year so I’m going to do my research and try a lot of different things.