I was always told that Cambridge had one of the lowest rainfalls in the UK.
and agree that if you don’t like rain, Seattle is an odd choice.
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ok, thx
I need to get everything ready by November this year. However, I had not started studying for the SAT because my TOEFL score did not meet the requirements before.
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At universities that accept Duolingo your score is more than sufficient. At those that want a TOEFL the minimum score may vary among your list but 90-95 should clear all requirements.
Check wrt SAT requirements as those have been changing.
In the US, why not include William&Mary and Virginia Tech in addition to NCSU?
DO apply to Honors colleges whenever that is possible. Yohll have a more personalized education and better advising.
That being said, I third the recommendation of seriously considering options outside the US for the time being. The current administration is trying to discourage international students from coming.
I would second applying to UEdinburgh, Herriot Watt, and UK universities that don’t require STEP or TUAM.
Seattle is rainy every day - it’s really gray and rainy but the temperatures never get super cold. If you don’t like rain, perhaps target universities in Southern California (Northern California can be gray/rainy though less than Oregon& Washington state). What about Cal Poly SLO, UCSC, or even UCSD? I know that Whitman is in a little “less rainy” pocket of the Pacific Northwest, too.
In Australia, universities along the Sunshine Coast, anything Southeast to Sourhwest, should be fine weather-wise.
For a bit less rain, you might want to check out this program in applied math/data with management applications.
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Thx!! William&Mary is too expensive for me 
, Virginia Tech and NCSU are in my list!! UCSD is too expensive too.
Beside Sunshine Coast Australian universities, the UK (UEdinburgh, Herriot Watt, and 3 others you can choose based on various criteria including rainfall, selection tests or lack thereof, ranking for math) and the ESSEC/Centrale Bachelor’s degree, look into degrees in English outside the US. If you don’t mind the cold, Waterloo and McGill in Canada are definitely worth looking into, replacing some US universities. Thousands of students admitted to US universities in 2025 couldn’t get visa interviews or had their visa denied with no explanation.
70k is a high amount and with a merit scholarship it could really open a lot of possibilities in the US and worldwide.
In the US, Case Western Reserve would be a solid choice too, and merit could well bring costs down to budget.
Sorry, I see UCs have increased their OOS/Intl costs, but Cal Poly SLO (considered better than some UCs) should be within budget - it’s currently 60k full cost of attendance.
I suppose you could look into Penn State’s math majors (about 60k COA) - based on your record it’d be a likely admit. Schreyer would be unpredictable though (quality of essays matters most).
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Thx!! Apart from statistics, does Penn State have any other academic features?
It’s a large public flagship. It has lots of “academic features”.
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Not sure how to answer your question ..
Schreyer is a top 5 Honors college in the nation. You can check out their webpages. Out of 9,000 freshmen only 300 are in Schreyer so it’s *really* hard to get in.
Other than that, PSU is a huge university with 100+ majors, 30,000 undergraduate students, a huge campus, a huge range of courses, an arboretum, etc etc.No scholarships except for Schreyer. It’s located in a walkable college town. The airport has no international direct flights so either you go to Philadelphia or you take a flight there first. Its about 4 hours from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, 5 hours to NYC and DC (by car).
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Has Univ of Rochester been mentioned?
Very well-respected academically, especially in STEM. Historically has had approximately 25% international students, but we don’t know yet if that will continue.
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As SLO was mentioned above, just pointing out this is similar - super cute town but SLO is 3.5-4 hours drive from LAX or SFO. (Or you can hop on a small connecting plane to the small local airport.)
Not sure how much ease of getting to the university is an issue, but as it’s only going to be probably once or twice a year maybe it’s not a dealbreaker?
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Might be too expensive. Full-pay cost is around 92K/year, so the student would need 22K+ in merit to get to their budget. That amount of merit from URoch isn’t unheard of, but it’s not likely for an international student; UR tends more to rely on full-pay international students to balance their books. A good suggestion otherwise, though, and maybe worth a try just to see if the merit might happen.
What’s wrong with the TMUA? A student who can qualify for AIME should not have too much trouble studying for that.
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too expensive
I didn’t prepare anything for British colleges specifically before.
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Nothing, but if they don’t have time to prep for the SAT and won’t take it for that reason, they don’t have time to prepare for the TMUA either – and I don’t think you can just go hands in pockets and expect to get the requisite “scores”, even if you’re an AIME qualifier. (I do think this student could try and take the SAT with just a couple hours of prep but the TMUA is not in the same universe of tests.)
UEdinburgh, for instance, will accept AP 5s as qualifications for entry.
What would you need to prepare for British colleges?
Because some people recommend me about British colleges 
But this is not in my plan