What do you think about my school choices?

College Search & Selection
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<p>hey - I'm basically adding some more information to a thread I posted earlier (I have my SAT scores now),</p>

<p>I'm from Israel, almost 21, and applying to undergrad in the States. My academic stats are pretty decent (3.7 GPA, 112 on the TOEFL, SAT (one sitting): 1440/2180 (CR:660 M:780 W:740) and I have a lot of leadership experience, work experience, and EC activities (i served in the IDF). I'm very sociable, get along with everyone, and I like to have fun and party but I also want to be in a decent academic environment and around interesting people. I'm demonstrating a significant amount of financial need (can afford around 8-9K$ a year) and applying to these schools, which offer quite a bit of aid to international students:
1. Bates
2. Bucknell
3. Claremont McKenna
4. Colby
5. Colgate
6. Davidson
7. Hamilton
8. Kenyon
9. Lafayette
10. Trinity
11. Union </p>

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<li>note that macalester and grinnell are excluded from my list because i am not interested in them.</li>
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<p>any schools on the list you think I shouldn't apply to / any suggestions for more schools to look at? ANY thoughts will be much much appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>any thoughts guys?</p>

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<p>i am also considering dickinson - any comment would be much much appreciated!</p>

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<p>Just curious, do all these schools on your list guarantee to meet 100% of the need of international students? With the price tag of over 50K/year?</p>

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<p>You look like you have a good shot at all of those colleges to be honest. CMC is hard but yeah. Like SLUMOM said, you should probably be shooting for the schools that have 100% need-based-aid. I don’t want to look those up but I know Hamilton has 100%. If you’re interested, I know off the top of my head Vassar and U of Rochester have 100% as well.</p>

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<p>hey guys,</p>

<p>thanks for your responses. all the schools on my list either give out a lot of money in scholarships / meet 100% need for internationals. this was my main consideration in choosing these schools. which schools do you think i have a good shoot at and which are reach? by knowing that, i might be able to decide on an ED choice…</p>

<p>thanks!</p>