<p>“i’m an international student and i’m able to pay full freight.”</p>
<p>There are many mid-range places that will be delighted to have you because you can pay full freight. You are in a truly fortunate position.</p>
<p>You should be looking for places that have a good history for placing students in jobs/internships for their OPT time. Even better will be those that have a history of placing students with companies that are successful at getting those students an H-1B (work) visa when the OPT runs out.</p>
<p>If your longer-term goal is a good MBA program, you need to know that the better programs will expect at least two years of increasingly responsible work history when you apply for admissions. The top programs will expect about five years of work. In your case, it may make more sense to complete your undergraduate degree in your home country, work there for 2-5 years, and then apply to MBA programs in the US.</p>
<p>You also can get into an M.S. or Ph.D. program in psychology in the US with a foreign degree. You don’t have to come here to study right away.</p>