This is an international student from an underrepresented country -URM- I wanted to apply to some US colleges, IVY League indeed xD
I am in the top 1% and I have excellent grades, unw gpa of 4.0 (18/20) and an SAT I of 2100, SAT II Will take soon.
I do not have so many extracurriculars as there is nothing interesting offered in my country all I did was: math competitions, clubs, community service, foreign languages etc
What schools do you advice me? Should I retake the SAT to apply to an ivy like harvard, I rhink my scores are not enough-? I do not have great incredible ECs xD those things are not available in my country except for competitions and so, will that hurt? Should I apply for elite schools like ivies even thu?
You should definitely retake SATs a 2100 will not get you into the ivy leagues especially given your lack of Ecs. Honestly I’d take a look at schools a tier or two below the ivies you’re more of a match for those schools than the ivies.
Then you need to carefully research which schools give financial aid to international students. Financing your education in the US could be very difficult.
Thank you @txstella I wanted to apply to ivies but my ECs and SAT are not that great, I also found aome other colleges that offer merit based scholarships amd finaid
Start looking at other colleges that offer merit scholarships to international students. Apply to ivies if you want, but most likely you will not be admitted.