<p>Can someone of the international students tell me his or her experiences of the life and the colleges/high schools? What have you done to get there? I maen what qualifications/special features should you have? Which books have you read? What have you learned in whole?
Every details please!! :)</p>
<p>^^ <em>i mean</em>^^ not i maen, sorry :)</p>
<p>i think it depends on what country you are from…here are some guidelines from my point of view
- Take the MOST challanging high school curriculum available (solid subjects and grades at the arbitur i guess)
- Exhibit leadership - do unusual things, show that you feel strong about certain issues by forming clubs, etc…
- Show unique personality - through essays, experiences etc, show colleges that there is no other person in the world like you.
- ofcourse do well on standardised tests
- fill your applications (Esssays etc,) thoughtfully and try to exhibit maturity of thought and expression
- Helps a lot if u dont need financial aid</p>
<p>^^I live Germany, but i was born in Ukraine so i can speak Russian and German.
Yea,…financial aid…that`s an other problem… I never get for example 160 000$ for 4 years Yale…</p>
<p>thanks for your information!!</p>
<p>Yale is need blind … but I BEG YOU to apply to safeties… schools that have average SAT scores atleast 200 points below your score and offer plenty of aid</p>
<p>so does an IB diploma predicted grade of 40+ help at all?</p>
<p>^^what`s an IB diploma?</p>
<p>IB is really looked favorably by U.S colleges, more than an ordinary high school diploma. And 40+ is a great score. And Alissa if you are a german citizen I think DAAD has some scholarships for german undergraduates who want to study in U.S</p>
<p>^^ok thanks :
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