i am an international student from india , got 2.8 gpa and 1480 on sat . can you plz suggest me universities
Your GPA and your SAT are too low for significant financial aid.
Community college might be your best bet. Depending upon what you can afford, you need to think about whether to do this in the US or in India.
Did you apply Early Decision to both Trinity College in Connecticut and Skidmore College in New York? You are not allowed to apply Early Decision to two different schools at the same time. My guess is that both will be automatically rejected.
However, I notice in your posts that you have a number of spelling and typing errors. You probably need to work on your ability to write (type) English. You should make a strong effort to type English text without any typing or spelling or grammatical mistakes.
I agree with the above information provided by @DadTwoGirls .
Community college fees will be at full non-resident prices. If you need funding, this won’t help.
Given your 2.8 GPA and your present writing skills, you won’t have much luck getting in anywhere with financial aid since international students don’t qualify for a number of government funds.
Yes, I agree with above. Financial aid is a challenge for international students and usually requires a really top-notch application. Your SAT is obviously terrific, and your grades are lower. Here are a couple of thoughts.
I don’t know if it will work financially but check out this English language program through the Lado Institute at Baldwin Wallace. I can’t vouch for the results–not sure how it actually works out–but international students study English at Lado and get conditional acceptance into Baldwin Wallace University, which is outside Cleveland, OH. Basically by graduating from Lado you are showing BW that you are ready to study in English at the university level. You can see if that would work financially. The first link is for this Lado program. The second is for financial aid for international students at Baldwin Wallace. Admissions at BW is not as competitive as at Skidmore and Trinity (which do offer good international financial aid), but that does not mean the quality of education is lower. Admission rates are a product of supply and demand. Acceptance rate does not equal quality, though there is obviously some relationship. Your test score would typically make you a very strong applicant to BW, but the cost is perhaps an issue, and, you do want to make sure that English is strong enough for you to succeed. I have no idea if that is the case or not.
https://www.bw.edu/admission/international/
On your comment about your writing ability affecting your grades, do you have dysgraphia? One of mine has this–the inability to write. Like you, mine is very bright and capable and scores high on tests. However, they have difficulty writing, which affected their academic achievement. The way I understand it, writing requires a different neural connection between one’s hands and the brain. Mine has good hand-eye coordination (throwing and catching a ball, etc., but simply cannot write. It requires a different part of the nervous system. Their writing is just as good right-handed (they are right-handed) as most right-handers’ write left-handed. Maybe this does not apply to you, but just addressing it, in case it does.
In U.S. schools, including colleges and universities, dysgraphia is classified as a learning disability. By law, this requires the school grant a student an accommodation–some way to participating in a way that works for them. With dysgraphia, for example, a school would certainly allow a student to take notes and take exams on a computer, if that works, or some other way, like an oral exam.
I don’t know if this is the case for you (you have dysgraphia), but, if so, a school would want to know that in the admissions process. Legally, it cannot be used against a student, and I think students can very much trust that it is not. It could even help you in explaining to the school why you have such high test scores and relatively lower grades. That would give a school more confidence that you could succeed, because they would know you would then being working with an accommodation that better allowed you to convey your understanding of what you are learning.
Do you have a diagnosis of dysgraphia? If so, I’d include that in an application. And when you get to school, you’d want to arrange to meet with the counseling office. They are the ones who would typically help you arrange with professors to take a class with accommodations. If you don’t have a diagnosis, could you be tested for that? I’m not sure your circumstances, but that would be great if possible.
Also, you definitely cannot apply ED to two schools. A few schools have modified forms of ED, and it is possible. It would tell you that on the website. Otherwise, you can only apply ED to one school. Schools can find out if you apply to more than one ED, and it can have very serious negative consequences. Definitely only apply ED to one school.
Good luck!
actually it was typing error . i typed right but due to bad keybord it happened and autocorrect also created problems. i am sorry for that . i got 76 % in class 12 . please now help me in finding college .
Are you sure you really have a 2.8 GPA? My understanding is that grading scale in India is much different and 76% doesn’t translate well to what that means in the US. My understanding is that 76% would really be an A by our standards but hopefully someone else will chime in.
That said, the financial aid piece is what’s so challenging for international students wanting to study in the US. It’s hard to find! Do a search in the international student forum.
can you please tell me , what is 76% in gpa .
Rather than looking at your average grade, you might want to tell us how your grades compare with other students in your high school and in your country. Are you in the top 1/2 of your high school? Are you in the top 10%?
Admissions at US universities know a surprisingly large amount about the high schools in a variety of other countries. India is probably in the top 3 in terms of countries that US admissions knows very well (along with the US and Canada). As such they will largely be comparing you with other students from your country.
If your GPA was 2.8 in the US, you would be in the lower 50% of your high school. However, admissions will not look at your attempt to convert your GPA, they will look at your actual grades.
In terms of autocorrect messing you up: If you are typing on an iphone or anything similar you should make sure that your phone (or whatever you are typing on) knows that you will be typing in English. I had a similar problem when I was recently typing quite a bit in French on an iphone and it kept autocorrecting my text to a vaguely similar English word. I complained to a daughter, who showed me how to “teach” my iphone that I might be typing in either English or French. This fixed the problem. You might need to do something similar if you phone is autocorrecting English to something other than English.
Not sure why you are posting your question under the New York Colleges thread of this forum. Are you seeking to limit your search to the State of New York? Otherwise you might be better off posting under the “International Students” thread of the forum.
i am in top 10% of my class . my class rank is 7 out off 92 students. i had audience n my 10 + 2 , now i want to pursue in managment . can you please tell me universities that offer financial tand to me and will see me as strong applicant . can you plz suggest me that should i give sat subject test too. if yes then in which subject . i already gave sat subject test in physics and maths level 1 and got 800 on both of them .
ok i will work on my keyboard
You’ve posted a number of times with the same question and the answers are not going to change.
You are an international student from an overrepresented country, who cannot afford an American university education. That’s the reality and misfortune. US university educations are funded by government and private paying citizens. You are either in one funding category or the other. Since you are not a US citizen, you don’t qualify for the limited domestic funding, so you have to pay privately.
US students are typically funded by mom and dad who also cannot afford the high rates; US parents typically stretch their budgets, to pay for their children at their state public universities. The students also help by using their savings and working jobs. Contrary to popular belief, people in the US are not “wealthy”.
Scholarships in the US are very limited. Domestic students can’t get funded, so international students have an even harder time.
You’ve been given some suggestions on your other posts, including the University of Alabama. They will pay your tuition, but you need to fund everything else.
The NY public colleges have a deal for their RESIDENTS only, because the residents of NY fund those schools with their public tax dollars. Unfortunately, they don’t have funding for people who don’t fund those schools.
Take the suggestions that have been previously posted and research universities in areas that need students in the south and midwest.
Significant financial aid is very difficult to come by for international students. With merit aid, you would most likely still be looking at paying $20,000+ a year. Need-based aid is extremely hard to come by, unless you’re among the top students from your country. A student visa limits your ability to work, so you might have to come up with money to supplement your cost of living, room and board, and books on top of that.
Are you really, really good at basketball? And tall? Here is a link to colleges that offer basketball scholarships. http://www.scholarshipstats.com/basketball.htm. As you can see, most only cover a small part of the tuition, and you can expect to practice about 30 hours a week with the team. You would have to do your research to see which of these schools might offer scholarships to international students.
i am an indian student . i got 1510 on new sat and got 2.8 gpa in class 12 th ( due to my bad handwriting ) , I have good recomendation letters too . i am applying to trinity and skidmore college in early decision . can you tell me what are my chances of geting in and can you sugest me any more universities
Contact the counselors at the EducationUSA advising center that is closest to where you live, and get some help with this. They will be able to tell you where students like you have been admitted in recent years, and whether or not those students received the amount of financial aid that they needed. https://educationusa.state.gov/find-advising-center?field_region_target_id=&field_country_target_id=306&field_center_level_value=All
Do not try to invent your own way to convert your grades into US grades. The International Admissions officers at the places you apply to will have their own ways for converting grades from your country into US equivalents. You also might be required to have your records formally evaluated by an organization such as WES https://www.wes.org/ So ask the International Admissions officers about that.
can you tell me any safe school for me
Sure, there’s none.
76% is a bottom average in the us (70% is the MINIMUM to graduate. It’s LOW and doesn’t lead to college).
However in India it’s pretty good. Top 10% would be 3.7 or so.
That’s an indication - on your common app indicate your actual results.
Just indicate your exact ranking and your guidance counselor /head teacher should indicate in your school profile if any qualifying examination or qualifications were required before enrolling in your secondary school.
What’s your budget?
Actually, a 76% in India positions Op as being a solid A student, when converted to American grades. I agree with @happymomof1, that Op should not be trying to convert his own GPA. One of his/her challenges is their command of the English language especially when it comes to written communication. Op will be doing a lot of writing in college and this can hurt you.
OP will have to take the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), a test that measures the English language ability of non-native speakers. Some schools will have a minimum TOEFL score in addition to your SAT/GPA.
It is still going to be an uphill battle to get significant especially because the pool for international students is not wide for funding but it is talent deep for those who are applying for aid. Even if you were to receive a full tuition scholarship, you will still need $20-30k for room/board, medical, travel and misc. expenses.
How much, if anything is your family able to pay?
In another thread you said you need full financial aid to attend school in the US. Safeties are schools that a student has a reasonable chance of being accepted to and are affordable for their family. There really aren’t any for students who need financial aid. In some states, it’s extremely difficult for low income US students to find a financial safety. I don’t believe there are any for international students. Are there colleges in your country that low income international students can consider safeties? If so, they’re a lot more generous than US colleges can afford to be.