Chances of an international senior for chemistry major at *private* colleges

[merc81]

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@merc81

As a side note, you seem to have an interest in inorganic chemistry. This can be refreshing to see, since so many OP’s who express an interest in chemistry indicate an interest in studying CHNOPS.

I’m more into materials/polymers and cosmochemistry rather than org/biochem (I assume that’s what you mean by CHNOPS?)

Yes, I referred to biochemistry / molecular biology by its foundational elements. Good job in understanding that.

I never thought about LACs until . . . .

Regarding LACs, I find they work best for students who express — or develop — a decisive preference for them. For these students, they can make great first-choice schools for, especially, characteristics such as their focus on undergraduates, research opportunities and intimate overall scale.

maybe a second major in mathematics

Note that LACs such as Harvey Mudd, Pomona, Haverford, Amherst, Hamilton, Williams, Bowdoin, Reed and Carleton appear in a Princeton Review sampling, “Great Schools for Mathematics Majors” (along with universities such as MIT, Caltech and Harvard).

But [LACs] seem as selective as the HYPMS

Highly qualified international applicants would, in general, have an admissions advantage at LACs in comparison to academically comparable universities, in my opinion.