<pre><code> I applied this year for the 2013 Class at Yale , Williams , Amherst , Dartmouth , Cornell and Oberlin , with full financial aid need . I've got a poor SAT scores of 1600 , an SAT 2 of 1950 , a TOELF of 108 , I've been playing music for 10 years now , and I have a perfect GPA ( as the conselors said )
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<p>But still I got rejected from the six college . However , I'm an Int'l from Morocco and will be studying in France next year and I still want to apply next year ( after improving SAT ^^ ) so my questions are :</p>
<p>1.Are all the universities okay with applicatans who are no more in high school ?</p>
<p>2.Should I create a new commonapp and collegeboard sessions or keep those of this year ?</p>
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<li><p>I don’t think colleges hold it against you if you take a break. It’ll definitely help your resume if you took a year to study in Europe and possibly volunteer.</p></li>
<li><p>I would create a new common app but keep your collegeboard account. Study again for the SAT’'s (just one more time) and try to get over 2000.</p></li>
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<p>I agree with zoosermom. Also, in general, colleges don’t accept students who reapply for undergraduate status after being rejected. It may be possible, though, for such students later to get into grad schools at the colleges that rejected them.</p>
<p>Even if you were American, having a perfect GPA wouldn’t guarantee your admission into the kind of colleges that you applied to. Those colleges want the full package: high grades, scores, and extraordinary ECs – and, still, those colleges reject most applicants – even those who are strong in the areas just mentioned. It’s even harder for internationals to gain admission at U.S. colleges that promise to meet full financial need for internationals.</p>
<p>Colleges wouldn’t hold against you the fact that you’d be applying a year after graduating from high school, but if you take university courses during this coming year, you may have to apply as a transfer student, reducing your odds of admission and getting financial aid. Whether you’d have to apply as a transfer would depend on how many courses you take. Check with colleges to find out their rules about this.</p>
<p>I think you shouldn’t apply to those schools in the first place, so I think if you take a year off, you should try out some other good schools, those you have a fair shot at.</p>
<p>Consider the music conservatory at Lawrence. It’s a wonderful LAC in Wisconsin with a good reputation and a fine conservatory. Not nearly as selective as the schools you mentioned in post #1.</p>
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