Chances for UCs, Ivies, prestigious universities?

DadTwoGirls
Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:01:54 +0000

You live in the Northeast. Your parents are not wealthy. The Universities of California have almost no aid for out of state students. Either I am missing something, or the Universities of California as a group are not going to be affordable for you. They are not affordable for most out of state students.

Do you know what your budget is for university?

“an immigrant to the U.S.”

Do you have dual citizenship, or (just as good for this purpose) US permanent residence plus a citizenship somewhere else?

“Ivies, and other prestigious universities”

The 8 Ivy League universities are not all the same. If you add highly ranked schools such as MIT, Stanford, Caltech, and Chicago you have an even wider range of schools (there are of course other highly ranked schools also). If you want to maximize your chances of getting accepted to any of them, and if you want to maximize your chances of liking a school when you get there, then it is worth the effort to figure out which ones are going to be better fits for you and which ones are going to be not such good fits.

What are you thinking of studying in university? Would you prefer a smaller school or a larger school? Would you like to be in a big city, small city, town, or rural location?