Chances for an international with unfortunate SATs?

inhabited_world
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:31:35 +0000

Ummm…just to let everyone know, I’m not at all banking on merit aid (or admission, for that matter–from Smith or from anywhere else in the U.S.). I’m aware that it’s ridiculously hard to come by, especially as the only merit scholarship international students are eligible for is STRIDE (which, as most people reading this thread know already, has a pool of around 30-50 each year).

@ foolishpleasure: I hope I can make the rest of my application a bit stronger and more convincing to admissions than the numbers printed on a lottery ticket. I would guess, as well, that the 4.67% who were admitted in the 400-range were able to do the same with their own files.

Sorry to sound more infinitely naive than I already have, but what on earth does “urm” mean?