Do I have any chance of being matched to Top schools as an international??

Paying for College Access Programs (Questbridge, Posse)
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<p>Your other points:</p>

<p>“I meant that I like schools with bigger student population and large lectures instead of small group of class, discussions, etc.”</p>

<p>Yale, Princeton, Brown, and U’Chicago all have small classes and discussions in general, except for a few intro classes. So I’m not sure what your point is.</p>

<p>About the atmosphere of big vs. small, it really depends on where you go. Williams is as rural as they come, located on the Berkshire mountains. Schools like Pomona feel bigger because they are in college consortiums that are directly adjacent to one another, and they are located in huge cities (Pomona is in the greater LA metropolitan area).</p>

<p>It’s perfectly fine to have hope :slight_smile: I don’t want to destroy any of your dreams, and if I came across that way, I apologize. I just want you to be a bit more realistic in your approach to schools, because to be attached to any school is a dangerous thing. Princeton and Yale take only 1% of students through Match. And acceptance rate wise, less than 10%. Brown and U’Chicago have acceptance rates of less than 10%. More likely than not you will be rejected [and this is not a personal opinion, this is true for every applicant], and I just want you to prepare for alternatives in that outcome, you know?</p>

<p>Considering some of the liberal art colleges is one thing you can do. If you are sure that none of them (there are 15) can offer you what you want, then it’s wrong to rank them. You will have regrets. I only want you to rank schools that you have truly researched and like. But there are some realistic reasons to consider them. I’ve already outlined why they’re good for the sciences. As I said before, 5 of the 9 QuestBridge partner schools which consider international students are liberal art colleges. They are worth an investigation because they are one of the few schools that will in fact consider you. </p>

<p>I know of the 6 schools that are need blind to internationals. Pomona is also need blind (and one of the few schools that has a no loan policy) to anyone who went to a US high school, so you should add that to that list. Many no-loan schools that are need aware to foreign students, like Swarthmore, Haverford, and Columbia, meet the full need of all students, so they are worth a consideration for a financially viable option to a low income international student.</p>

<p>If you are certain that liberal art colleges are not for you (and that is perfectly fine), here is what I would recommend.
Either-

  1. Do SCEA to Princeton or Yale, and do the QuestBridge app but don’t rank any schools.
  2. If you don’t get SCEA, use the QuestBridge app to forward your application for free to whatever schools you want. Besides the universities you have listed, I also recommend checking out Columbia, Dartmouth, Emory, USC, Rice, Tufts, Northwestern, MIT, and Caltech. Apply to these schools through RD and hope for the best.
    Or-
  3. Rank Yale, Princeton, and U’Chicago for QuestBridge in whatever you order you want.
  4. If you aren’t matched, U’Chicago will give you an automatic EA decision.
  5. Step 2 from above.</p>