College Visit/Invite

Chance Me / Match Me
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How do I show colleges I’m interested and deserving enough that they fly me in for a visit? I cannot afford a flight to the New England area and think I need to visit so that I can narrow down my list.

I am a Florida SENIOR!!

Objective:

SAT I (breakdown): 2290 (R690,M800,W800) Single, Second sit-in.
ACT (breakdown): N/A
SAT II: Math II (800), Chemistry (790), Spanish (780).
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.909
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/615
AP (place score in parenthesis): Stats (5). Spanish (5). World (3). Euro (3). Just finished Psych, USH, Calc AB, Chem, and English. Next year will take Human Geo, Macroeconomics, U.S. Gov., Physics C, Calc BC, Lit. Currently in Microeconomics online. Might take CompSci online
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Human. AP Calc BC, AP Physics C, APGov/APMacro, Research (Might take AP Comp Sci online).
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
Dartmouth College National Book Award Winner
Champion of the 12th annual FGCU Statistics Team competition
4th Place in the 12th annual FGCU Statistics Individual competition
6th Place in the 2015 January Mu Alpha Theta Regional Statistics Team Competition
4th Place in the 2015 SECME Math Bowl
6th Place in the 2015 March Mu Alpha Theta Regional Statistics Team Competition
AP Scholar with Honor after sophomore year.

Subjective:

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Volleyball and Soccer. Math (Vice President), Social Studies, English, Science (President), Spanish, National Honor Societies. Science Olympiad (President), SECME Club (President), Chai Club, Chemistry Club (Executive officer), College Prep Club (Founder and President). Tutor. Pre-School of Madrichim (Jewish leadership youth group) (member). School of Madrichim (Jewish leadership youth group) (member). Maccabi Tzair Miami (local branch of global Jewish organization) (leader).
Job/Work Experience: Tutor in Algebra I and II, geometry, Pre-Calc, Calc, stats, chem, physics, Spanish.
Volunteer/Community service: Summer Camp Counselor (160 Hours)
Pre-School of Madrichim (Jewish Leadership Youth Program) (66 Hours)
School of Madrichim (Jewish Leadership Youth Program) (170 Hours)
Madrich in Maccabi Tzair Miami (Branch of Global Leadership Program) (180 Hours)
Tutor in Algebra I and II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Statistics, Physics, and Chemistry.
Two week summer program in Spain where I’ll be teaching English to Spaniards!
Really good summer project that I do not want to publish.
Most of my college essays will hover around these leadership programs and the Spain program!^ they really beef up my app
Summer Activities: Summer Camp Counselor '13. Costa Rica with Pre-SOM '13. Israel with SOM '14. Spain with Diverbo '15.
Essays: Fire 9-10/10
Teacher Recommendation: Fire 9-10/10
Counselor Rec: Fire 9-10/10
Additional Rec: Not sure yet.
Interview: idk
Other: sexy

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeeet
Intended Major: Engineering, Business, or both!
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant): 'Murrica
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Diversity, Bilingualism (summer program and Maccabi), ECs, leadership experience.

Reflection

Strengths: stats, courseload, and ECs
What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: ECs and diversity
Weaknesses: Ivy League lottery; still don’t know what I wanna study (prob either business, engineering, or both)

I think I’ll be applying to some of the following (still unsure):
Penn RD
Michigan EA
Cornell RD
Stanford ‘Single’ EA
UF (safety)
WashU RD
Duke RD
Harvard RD
GeorgiaTech EA
UCalBerkeley RD
MIT RD
Carnegie Mellon RD

I wasn’t gonna turn this into a “chance” thread, but we might as well :slight_smile:

Please try to answer my original question though :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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I don’t have any advice on obtaining money from these schools for visits but I do have some advice for slimming down your list. If you are unable to afford a visit to any of these schools, it is unlikely that you will be able to afford the tuition of any of the out-of-state public schools on your list like Georgia Tech, UMich, or Berkeley.

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Short of being an athletic recruit, it is highly unlikely that these particular colleges will fly you in for a visit before admissions decisions are made. After you are accepted, it may be possible to get them to pick up the tab to travel to revisit days.

I also agree with @saintsmd ; if you cannot afford a visit, you will not be able to afford OOS tuition, so best to cross off your list now.

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@baller55. Bates College has a program called Prologue where you apply (you are URM) and I believe the visit to campus is paid for or can be paid for by the school.

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Some schools have fly-in programs you can apply for in case you cannot afford a visit. But, I’m not sure any of these schools do that. You can check their websites or email admissions to see if they might offer you a visit. However, if they don’t, you still showed interest by at least inquiring about the prospect of visiting.
There are other ways to show interest than actually visiting (emails, calls, mailing lists, etc.). Most of those you listed tour the country and visit Florida, if you attended one of the visits that counts as well.

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I’m not sure about every school on this list, but I am fairly certain that the majority of them do not track demonstrated interest. So if your hope is to show interest for a leg-up in admissions or scholarships or anything like that, I’m afraid it won’t happen.