<p>BrownParent: I realize that most of the people here probably are U.S. High School students, but you can never know if there are any international people hanging around :)</p>
<p>I was wondering, would It be too much If I sent the admission offices an email inquiring about what do they actually know about the education in Finland?</p>
<p>And I’ve not heard of a single person in my school applying anywhere outside of Finland, let alone one of the top universities. From what I know, very few Finnish students from my City or even the whole country ever apply to U.S., so I’m pretty much alone with this project. This also means that my school counselors are also very unfamiliar with the CommonApp and this whole GPA and school ranking things etc. (We don’t have any of that in Finland) so I guess I’ll have to give them a lot of advice on what information they need to submit.</p>
<p>As for the financial aid, If Yale isn’t outright lying, the expenses for attending won’t be more than a few thousand at max with the income my family has. Even still, I’m doing part-time jobs while studying and on summer breaks to save up some money for studying if/when I get admitted.</p>
<p>Thanks for the educationUSA link! Didn’t even know that existed.</p>
<p>MYOS1634: Same question which I asked BrownParent: Would it be too much if I asked the admission offices on how much they know about Finland, so I can then give them information on my CommonApp about the subject and also advice my counselor on what to tell them about the school(s) I’m attending?</p>
<p>I fully realize that one does not apply to just one college. I will be applying to other colleges on the RD, but I was planning on applying to Yale in the SCEA, so I will know whether I’m admitted or not before the RD.</p>
<p>I’ve taken the practice test on Collegeboard scoring 2200 total on it, but of course the real test might be harder with all the pressure and stuff. I’m not underestimating the test at all, as it is challenging in it’s own right with the time limits, but on the flip-side, choosing from 5 options sounds a lot more simple than writing detailed essays for 6+ hours for each subject which you take in the matriculation examination in Finland. </p>
<p>Would the so called “Blue book” be a good choice for prepping? I was thinking I would take Math level 2, World history (We aren’t taught that much about U.S history here) and perhaps English lit, if I decide to take 3. I only know Finnish, Swedish and English as foreign languages as I couldn’t fit a 4th language in my 10-hour schooldays unfortunately.</p>
<p>But from what I’ve seen, SAT scores don’t really seem to matter as much as it seems. Of course I need to score around the 2000’s but looking at the Yale admission statistics, 25% of the Freshmen had 27-31 on their ACT and even 15% of SAT takers had scored 600-690 on the 3 sections. From what I’ve understood, your essays and recs play a much larger role in the app process along with your EC’s than the tests, or am I wrong?</p>
<p>Thanks for defining that “Dual enrollment” thing! Makes it a lot easier to explain my situation from now on.</p>
<p>I hope I’m not a pain in the ass, thanks a lot for your advice!</p>