Chance an aid-seeking Irish kid for his US dream (1580 SAT)

You are applying for 2022 entry, yes? what are your predicted LC results? (& are you happier that it is going back to the old system or were you hoping for another hybrid year?) what school are you in?

The bummer on ND is that the summer program has a pretty good correlation rate for offers- but ND is need-aware for international students. Macalaster was a good call- great urban school with more of an international focus than most US schools.

But: the Venn diagram of Macalaster, Dartmouth and Swat students is pretty close to a null set. Not sure why you applied to both Dartmouth and Swarthmore- they are like matter & anti-matter, and Macalaster is completely different than either of them. I really struggle to think of a student who would be happy at all three places.

Dartmouth, Duke, H&Y are all lottery tickets for international students.