At public universities you MUST apply by their priority deadline (typically Nov1-3) because that’s the latest when scholarships are considered and granted. If the Honors college is by application, check that deadline since you need to be considered for all scholarships.
Then ED = one private university.
Then EA.
Unless you entered your stats (weighted GPA where class XI&XII A=5, B=4 ; test scores) you don’t know how much merit you could get.
Are those numbers with merit scholarships? Or just automatic merit?
UCA, Southern Miss, Del State definitely have competitive full tuition and full ride scholarships.
Plattsburgh may not so cross it out.
If none of these are worth your time (and considering the tiny chance, they may not be) pivot to European universities.
I am International student who plans to apply to Brown. I have gotten a 1430 SAT.
I plan to retake December (going to get about a 1510)
I have done a bit of math:
About 185 international male students get selected out of the 49000 who apply overall.
I have mailled and asked them if my SAT score will even work and they said that they evaluate in a holistic manner and SAT is not the only thing considered.
I really have a spot for Brown because of its open curriculum. Should I just go somewhere which is test optional instead?
Of course it is possible to apply anywhere you want, even if it is a crazy high reach. The main drawbacks are:
The time you spend agonizing about deciding to apply
The time you spend writing supplementals and doing everything else involved in applying
The cost of the application fee
The time you spend worrying about it waiting for a decision
BTW, I think it’s probably better to post in your existing chance me thread, because if you make more threads, people have to search for your old threads to get background information about you.
On your other thread today, you indicated you wanted to apply ED to University of Miami.
You can’t apply ED to both, and both are need aware for admissions for international students.
If you don’t have a top choice, and you need to compare financial aid and net costs, I would strongly suggest you apply regular decision to your colleges.
But to answer your subject question…yes, it is possible to ED to Brown with your stats. Will you get accepted? That is another whole question. The acceptance rate for international students is very low…regardless of your stats.