Chance Me: 3.85UW SAT 1480 Statistics/Anthro (International)

Something makes me wonder. You have mentioned a statics major, or an anthropology major.

If you go with anthropology, where do you intend to work after graduation? Are you hoping to work in the US? I do not know anthropology much at all, but I am dubious whether there are many jobs here in the US for an anthropology major who does not have US citizenship or permanent residence.

Statistics or mathematics are usually more employable majors. However, even here being able to work in the US after graduation is a long shot.

At this point I am not clear what your home country is. However, you might want to think about how to improve your employability in your home country. Would attending a highly ranked university help you in this regard? How would getting a degree from a university in Canada versus getting a degree from a university in the US be looked upon in your home country? One plus might be that most likely relatively few people worldwide are mad at Canada right now.

I have wondered whether it would be worth applying somewhere such as Simon Fraser University in Canada, as a school which is good for both math and anthropology, but for which admissions might be safer compared to the best known Canadian universities. Simon Fraser might also cost a bit less for an international student compared to the better known universities (it did when I last looked but that was a while ago). You might want to also take a look at the University of Victoria.

I am also wondering whether the current visa issues in the US might cause more international students to apply to universities in Canada, which might make it more difficult to predict admissions at the highest ranked universities in Canada.

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