Unless you are a resident of California, there are probably no “really good chances” for the UCs, as the number of out of state/international students is restricted and is decreased each year by agreement with the state government (increasing the percentage of in state students is required for them to continue to receive public funding). You certainly have a chance, but I wouldn’t consider any of them safeties for an international student.
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yet both UC’s (I and D) have treated international students very well in terms of admissions at least according to my research. In our school, basically everyone who is near the median line basically gets UCI/UCD or both, however UCSD and UCSB isn’t that common (maybe 4 students to these two combined each year?) but I would say out of 60 students we do seem to have a lot of UC admissions despite decent grades, ec’s, and out of state status.
Although the highest that is offered is French 3, this year the classes did not open because there was simply not enough people interested. So, yea I did my best to fulfill second language requirements. My Ec’s are a bit scattered (that’s true) but most of them are related to statistics, including MBTI (Stats+psychology project), the launching of the mini program AMC and CEMC(Which is math). And NHD which I have done really well in as to prove my part in history aspect, MUN to prove taking part in current world events. There’s really limited resources in my high school to be more high reaching and really build a swift fluent line of personality. I will however try to shape it that way. Why I would think it’s closer to a safety (when maybe it’s not) you may refer to my reply above. Thanks for the feedback! Feel free to correct any of my mistakes!
Every year is different.
You’re not a California resident, I take it?
You’re applying at a time when there is upheaval in visas for international students.
Did any of your former classmates attend those UC schools?
Also, the caps on nonresident students, for California public universities, are being implemented. The tax-paying parents of California students have complained about their public school seats being given to nonresident applicants. You can’t assume that it’s going to be an easy ride from here on out. So when you apply, you need to be aware that there’s a chance that you’ll be shut out.
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Got it! I will consider adding more safety like safety schools to my list. Yes my former classmates have attended UC’s NYU and all the schools I have mentioned.
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I’m curious how you would rank my schools reach match safety
You are full pay - so I noted above - I think you have a shot at NYU. It’s your money more than you they want - sorry.
But you are very good statistically.
But yes, add schools that have a large percentage international - they will be hurting with restrictions. Rochester, Brandeis, Case Western. Clark in Mass is another - struggling financially and would want you. GW and American too.
These schools will appreciate your stats but more importantly will appreciate your bank account.
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Got it, I’ll add some of the schools your recommended. There’s nothing wrong with being straightforward; After all I’m here because I want constructive feeback.
So you have schools all over - East, West, Central. Urban, Rural.
Not sure where are coming from - but do you have travel concerns, weather concerns, etc?
Maybe you should focus on what you want vs. just getting into a school and then find a school to meet that need.
Does it really matter if you go to UC vs. U Delaware. Or UIUC vs. U Oregon, etc.
Or if you want a smaller school, why are you focused on behemoths.
I don’t know what you want but you will be somewhere for four years, day after day. It may be hard to get there, you might want small classes or not. You might want warm weather or not.
To me, rather just having a random list - you are full pay - find the kind of school you want so you can enjoy your experience.
My daughter graduated from this college, though she transferred into it. It seems the students who got accepted as freshmen generally were able to persuasively explain why they were choosing that particular college in terms of what they wanted to study there. Unless you have a good idea of how you’d structure an interdisciplinary degree that may be hard to do.
UC Davis and UC Irvine are not safeties. I am not sure about Rutgers.
Two things about universities in Canada. One is that admissions is largely stats based, and your stats are pretty good. The other is that at least Toronto and UBC are very large, particularly compared to the population of Canada. McGill is large at least compared to the English speaking (Anglophone) population of Quebec. This means that admissions at the top universities in Canada tends to be a lot more likely compared to admissions at the top universities in the USA. There are also a lot of very good universities in Canada. There are a lot more than just the few most famous ones that are very much worth considering. Toronto and McGill are known for grade deflation, but are very good universities where you can get a very good education. Plan to work hard if you get into either of them.
There are a few of us here on CC who are somewhat familiar with universities in Canada (eg I am originally from Montreal) so if you want to tell us where you are applying we can make suggestions.
Given that you are interested in anthropology, it might be worth mentioning that there is a very good museum of anthropology at UBC in Vancouver BC. If you ever make it to Vancouver then you should definitely take the time to visit the museum.
I do not know what WU is. WUSTL is Washington University in St Louis. Is this what you mean? I am assuming that USC is Southern California, because South Carolina would be closer to a safety.
I do not think that you need to double major. You can major in statistics, or in mathematics, and just take the anthropology classes that are interesting to you. If you take a full load of anthropology classes, and if you subsequently decide to do so, then a graduate degree in anthropology would still be possible. Math and statistics are however easier fields to help you get a job after graduating.
Your grades will be interpreted in the context of the high school where you are studying. Do you have any sense regarding where this puts you in terms of rank? Is there any chance that you are the top student in your high school? In most public high schools in the US an unweighted 3.85 GPA might or might not put you in the top 10%. However, universities seem to be able to both find out what grade scales are typical for your high school, and interpret your grades in that context.
If NYU is your top choice, and if you are sure that you can afford it for a full 4 years, then I think that it is worth applying ED. It is hard to predict what your chances would be, and they might depend as @SJ2727 suggested on how well you can explain what sort of interdisciplinary degree you want and why. To me statistics is something that combines well with a variety of social sciences including anthropology, so it seems at least plausible that you might indeed have a good idea why you want to do this.
And your TOEFL of 111 might be the highest that I have seen, and suggests that your English is at least as good as the average American or Anglophone Canadian. This part at least will not be a problem at all.
Best wishes.
I think you have to shift categories for all of these schools because you don’t know enough about them. This is especially true if you plan to transfer majors. You should seriously consider a school like USC because, as long as you can pay, you should have a seat there.
At a number of your public school selections, the “marketable majors” and STEM majors are impacted, which means that if you didn’t initially get into that department/major with freshman admission, it will be very, very difficult to change majors.
Even the required prerequisite courses won’t be accessible.
Why is that?
That’s because the schools have too many students who want those majors, but don’t have the support staff, buildings, labs, etc. to teach and to grade you.
You’ve targeted a number of public universities who rely on state tax dollars to fund staff and facilities. The legislatures, of those states, have to vote to approve additional funds to maintain decades-old buildings, acquire expensive land to build housing, maintain infrastructure, update computer systems, and pay attractive marketable salary rates. The most expensive of all of their costs is liability insurance. It continues to go up without any decrease.
Those international tuition funds don’t cover yearly budgets. The state schools are reduced in pay for instate residents, so it barely touches operating costs at those strong public universities. Hence the need for the state legislatures to fund each of those universities.
Look at private schools like USC. Consider the SUNY schools in New York State.
Look at the CDS or common data set for each university and see what they look at when evaluating for admission. At some of those schools your grade point average will be an issue especially if the California kids are at 4.0 and they’re used to a quarter system.
Yes - and it has to be more than simply a double major or major/minor, because you can do that in CAS.
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Are you sure you want Rutgers?
The campus is split so the set up may not be the best, especially for someone who’s not from around NJ and who’ll be on campus 24/7. I’d replace it with one of the many equivalent flagships from VTech to UMass to UDel to Pitt or Penn State.
I agree with your estimates for UCD; NYU, low reach to NYU due to acceptance rate mitigated by being full pay so, 60/40-70/30 and CAS Anthropology. UIUC and UWisc are matches for Anthropology too.
If you want to switch majors, look into Case Western. Excellent location and you’re admitted to the whole university so no caps or competitive process to switch majors.
Got it, i’ll take a look into it more
For the case of my GPA, I would put it closer to top 15% of the school it’s pretty high. Yes I seem to have a passion towards statistics, and so the stats anthro would be for my NYU experience, and rest would be simply math/statistics, with a few I chose anthro because they would allow transfers.
USC? by Carolina or Cali? Yes I did some research on the transfer system and that’s why I put either math or stats for most of the schools, and anthro for few exceptions.
You should apply to the major you want, at schools that offer the major.
Don’t try and game the system. You can end up studying what you don’t want.
If you want to study math, add UMD onto your list - it’s exceptionally strong.
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I get that there isn’t a theme about these schools but let’s just say I’m choosing spots that are at the very least safe to a certain degree
-Cali
-Manhattan ny
-Boston
-Wisconsin
-North Carolina
And the rest, even though they might not be the safest or give the best of experiences, I have lots of connections there and people of my ethnicity.
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Yep, so that’s why I’m putting mathematics on most of these, just not sure if my ap scores are enough for an international student…..That’s why i’m considering putting anthro on some with more research about the transfer system.