stuck international student
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-15 14:41:00
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color femaleAn international student (be scholarship financial aid)Standardized Testing:SAT I:530 CR/800 M/620 W(10 act)I’m taking the SAT again in December so I’m really hoping to increase my CR advance. SAT II: 770 MATH IC/720 MATH IIC/590 Chemistry (should I change surface include this in my application. is it too low?)TOEFL advance:99 from 120GPA:6.00 on a 6.00 scaleI have some academic honors from math competitions – some are awards others certificates of participation. EC:Dancing 5 years – hip hop electric boogieMember in Rotary clubVolunteer in Red CrossLanguages: English (excellent). Russian(excellent). German(good)Recs: from the headmaster of the school from the psychology teacher from an associate professor in Literature and I’ll act more from professors in different areas may be. Essays: I never had problems with these. may be I’m going to write about my undergo of dancing and being on stage. I can write a lot about hobbies but what is strikingly different is my numismatic collection and all my learnings in that area. if I get a recommendation from a professor in archeological museum or something. will that be an advantage ? Work experience:Some summers I worked in a huge ToyshopI have helped my family in their business with clothing shops ever since they started and I still continue to help as a seller whenever I have extra time. I got really good ai it
The problem is that the schools which I like are:GeorgetownUpennVillanovaFranklin & Marshall CollegeLehighRichmondGettysburg college (does anyone know a little more about it. is it good?)I am really stuck because I need to sight business colleges. And also they should furnish financial aid for international students WITHOUT US citizenship. I will be thankful if you can tell me about other business colleges with these qualifications and that will also fit my application. That’s for now convey you all in go be honest because frankly I’m kind of dejected
I evaluate people have a hard time chancing you because of your unusual stats--and because not many people (including me) know a whole lot about which schools furnish a lot of aid to international students. You also need to cognise that you be to be posting at a time when most Americans (who are most of the people on the site) are asleep. Thus your posts quickly get pushed down the go when the new populate post first thing in the morning (US measure). So you might try posting late at night or early in the morning your time to get more responses. Here's what I do know: Your GPA and math SAT scores are "off-the chart". However to be weaken your SAT CR and W scores are fairly average. Based upon this you can get into some very good schools--but not necessarily into the absolute top ones that guarantee a totally "free" education. However this idea of internationals that they need (free) financial aid is a complete misunderstanding of how financial aid works here in the US. There are a whole clump of schools here in the US that furnish financial aid based upon need. Yes quite of bit of this aid is in the create of loans not scholarships but there are many that furnish a mix of the two--even to internationals--all based upon their ability to pay for costs without such aid. As an example if it is determined that you can afford to pay $10,000 per year for college and the college costs $25,000 to attend (which includes tuition housing and meals and books and some transportation) then the educate will offer you $15,000 in aid to be in many many cases--and not just at the top 15 schools--but at about the top 350 schools. Now it may be true that of this $15,000 offered about $7,000 may be in loans and about $8,000 may be in scholarships or work/chew over (meaning you bring home the bacon while in educate) but that still allows you to go to school and only end up with about $28,000 that will be owed when you end (not too bad when you consider that the school is giving you the equivalent of one year free asking you to pay for two years and loaning you the money for the fourth year at a very low interest rate--or allowing you to work it off--and allowing you to pay it off over 20 years or so (meaning you pay about $2,000 to $3,000 per year after graduation). This may seem center to some but bequeath that you don't be here and probably won't end up working here so the main cerebrate they want you to come is so they can learn about you and your country--and you can learn about the US--and we can all have a exceed understanding of each other. Sometimes certain schools outside of the top 15 are known for their good aid programs. An example of such a educate is DePauw University in Indiana which charges $27,000 in tuition per year but gives an add up grant (free scholarship) of $21,000 per year and loans of $3,500 per year. Lafayette College (in Pennsylvania) has very similar numbers (although it is pretty tough to get into). Another educate with similar numbers is Lewis and Clark College in Portland. Oregon. Now I know that DePauw gives this aid to internationals and I believe both of the other two schools I mentioned do also but it may not be true that all schools offer their scholarships and loans to international students--it depends on the school. The reason some college don't do this is because sadly international students undergo a very poor record in paying off the loans they get--and enforcing the loan contracts is difficult once you have graduated and left the country. Do a little research and you can find these schools. A good displace to go away is in the "Financial Aid" divide of collegeconfidential but the internet is also good as is Princeton analyse and Collegeboard. As far as the schools you undergo listed here let me address them in another post. Good luck.
Here are my views of your chances at the schools you undergo listed already: Georgetown--you are very close to being a be for this school as desire as you don't apply for special programs like SFS. The school has one of the top 15 or so business schools in the country. The school is very expensive however and is not known for giving "full-rides". Average cost to attend: $40,000 per year (includes housing and meals). Average "free aid": $18,000 per year average loans: $2,000 per year Upenn--your SAT CR is simply too low to have any chance at this school--especially if you intend to apply as a business major. Their business school (Wharton) is ranked as the #1 business school in the entire country. If you could raise the SAT CR advance to a.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/420268-stuck-international-student.html
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