As an international applicant, it’s been a pretty long while of researching schools that aren’t super well known outside of the US (basically schools that aren’t Stanford, MIT, or in the Ivy League). I know that those are well, not very easy to get into no matter your profile, considering the high volume of highly-qualified applicants, but what about these schools that I would absolutely love to go to?
Intended major: Psychology
ACT: 36
SAT 2: Math: 800; Chem: 790; Bio: 790
AP: Psychology, MicroE, MacroE, Biology, Chemistry, Statistics, Calculus (all 5; self-studied first 3)
International student at a highly-competitive, highly-selective high school; do relatively well in it, nothing outstanding
Background
Asian, Female, International, Single-parent family
Extra-Curriculars
House (yes, like Harry Potter Houses) Vice-Captain and Representative, Sport Club Captain and Vice-Captain
Volunteered in Myanmar, and locally on a regular basis, nothing particularly outstanding
Two research projects, in each of the major universities in my area (Global T20s); One on linguistics, the other in biology. Currently interning at one of them in a psychology lab
Other stuff:
Admin/marketing internship
Hand reared kittens, take care of cats