I’m not applying to Ivies.
Even if it’s a condition that one was born with?
I have done everything you said here. That’s why I was doing the Putnam and other math olympiads.
I also have a student job.
But you didn’t conduct the research on costs, likely admissions’ factors, and visa issues.
Now you’re grasping because your chances will be limited by lack of information and experience.
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If this is true then MIT and Stanford are off the table, even if SAT was higher.
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Yes, most students do have jobs. You’re not getting my message. I’m talking extreme above the expectation.
How were you planning to pay for your US education?
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You said they can pay $19k a year. Is that US?
So work hard, in summer, nd apply to U of Alabama. It will be mid 20s - $7 or 8k over budget.
American kids would love that opportunity.
Like Stanford Aeronautics and MIT Aerospace, it’s ABET accredited.
How about for GCSEs?
TORONTO GRADES ARE INFLATED. I REPEAT, TORONTO GRADES ARE INFLATED. In one graduating class in Toronto, 6 students had a 100% average.
I rest my case.
Look, at this point all you can do is apply and see what happens. IMO it’s not worth the time to discuss further.
I hope you begin to recognize the financial and academic hurdles for top US colleges – particularly for an international student requiring a great deal of financial aid. Be sure you have affordable options in Canada and/or the UK.
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Why are you arguing ?
Apply where you want.
The schools will say yes or no.
But if you get in and then can’t afford it, then what ?
You clearly think you deserve Stanford and MIT.
So apply.
But if they say no and they statistically they will, you cannot argue back.
Good luck.
OK…a few thoughts.
First, and this is minor, the Europa league is a tournament that is one tier below the Champions League comprised of top-tier professional clubs in Europe. So, for example, the top four teams in the English Premier League qualify for the Champions League, the fifth place team in the Premier Leagues plays in the Europa League tournament. The big prize of the Europa league is a guaranteed spot in the following year’s Champions League, comprised of the tippy top of teams in each country.
Is this a thread about European football? No, but it shows a consistency in the level of research you have done about what is theoretically your life’s dream.
As for the list of schools and your plight of being Canadian….You have a very impressive SAT score and class transcript. It’s very, very good. It is not, however, in the Stanford/MIT/Harvard category. It just isn’t. So, the reasons that you will not be attending those schools are many…including that you are simply not academically qualified.
Your self-loathing about being Canadian, despite having a world-class university system is off-putting.
And finally, after 92 posts, I will ask what no one else has….WHY will your parents not contribute to your college education? If it’s not totally financial inability, what is the reason?
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My parents have 4 children.
And so they are unwilling to contribute anything?
Rather likely.
This thread is going very similar to the one you posted back in October.
round and round and round…
apply or don’t
Nothing that you have presented indicates that this is true. You may have wanted it and though about it- but your lack of planning shows that the drive was not there.
Good luck!
Open the doors to other possibilities and you will find the fit that works for you.
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I’d say a lot of parents here have 4 - or more - children. And all of them will tell you that colleges will not be giving out money simply because your parents are unwilling to pay. My own parents would have been thrilled if they could just tell colleges that they don’t want to pay.
No university in the US owes you an education at any price.
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As this thread is going around in circles and duplicating what was already shared in the OP’s other post, I’m closing.
The OP will have their decisions in due time.
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