Which colleges should I apply to?

College Search & Selection
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Here’s my profile:

• International student
• Need financial aid.
• Want to major in physics.
• SAT: 1500+*
• SAT Subject Test in Math II and Physics around 800*
• GPA: 3.90
• Rank: 2nd in my class.
• IB student.
• Bronze medal at National Mexican Physics Olympiad and participated in training camp as a junior (Both junior and senior years won 1st place at state level and expecting to get a gold or silver medal this November).
• Gold medal at iGEM 2015, as the first High school team from my school.
• Founder and president of an ecology group.
• 3rd place at math Olympiad state level.
• Founder and vice president of a STEM projects developer.
• Tutoring elementary school kids in math with low resources.
• Tutoring physics in HS, both for my fellow classmates and the next generation.
• Give physics Olympiad lessons (this year one of my students won 3rd place at state Olympiad).
• Part of a quantum mechanics investigation group for college students.

Hobbies (I don’t know if they matter): Playing piano and guitar, although not professionally, and reading literature and history, learning languages (French and Italian).

*That’s what I’m expecting based on several mock exams I’ve done.

2

Rensselaer, Cornell, several of the NESCACs (e.g., Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Hamilton), Harvey Mudd et al would be options for you.

3

@merc81 Rensselaer does not offer financial aid for international students, does it?

4

For RPI, I believe your current school would need to participate in the Rensselaer Medal program, so maybe RPI is not a realistic option for you should that not be the case.