Chance Me - Top Schools

AustenNut
Tue, 22 Mar 2022 03:28:07 +0000

You didn’t ask for additional suggestions of colleges, but I wanted to give you some other universities to research that might help you create a balanced list of schools to apply to. A balanced list means that there are schools that you are extremely likely to be admitted to and that you will be able to afford. You haven’t shared your financial needs with us, so I don’t know how these will work for you in that respect. But the most important thing is that every school on the list should be one that you would be happy to attend. College admissions have gotten exponentially harder the last couple of years, and I would focus on creating a strong base of applications to schools where you are likelier to be admitted (and get merit aid) and then select a chosen few institutions that are much more selective and less likely to result in an admittance.

This list is categorized based on my very fallible sense of what might be your chances of acceptance. These institutions all give international students financial aid (though for how much you’d need to look at each university’s website). They all have majors in political science/public policy, international relations, economics, and women’s/gender studies. They’re all small to medium universities in the northern U.S., which seems to be your preference.

Schools that are part of the Colleges That Change Lives are marked with a CTCL.

Guaranteed

Extremely Likely (90+%)

Hope (MI) – CTCL

College of St. Benedict (MN)

Likely (60-90%)

Fairfield (CT)

Simmons (MA) – all women

Duquesne (PA )

SUNY College at Geneseo (NY)

Hobart & William Smith (NY)

Beloit (WI) – CTCL

Toss-Up (40-60%)

Providence (RI)

College of New Jersey

Dickinson (PA )

Clark (MA) – CTCL

Sarah Lawrence (NY)

Possible (15-40%)

Macalester (MN)

Brandeis (MA)

Connecticut College

Trinity (CT)

Villanova (PA )

Wake Forest (NC)

U. of Miami (FL)

Less Likely (15% or less)

Your current list except for Villanova, Wake Forest, and U. of Miami