I have practically no awards or extracurriculars. What do I do?

thumper1
Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:59:03 +0000

I understand you don’t need a green card to study here. BUT your chances for acceptance as an international student are roughly half the %age of accepted domestic US students. And you won’t qualify for the same need based aid at many places. Other posters can verify. @MYOS1634 @DadTwoGirls

APRecess:

Another reason is that I’m looking at quantitative finance as a potential career path. Only issue is that the top hedge funds hire from “target universities”, meaning I have to aim for T30.

Maybe @Catcherinthetoast can comment about international folks and their job prospects here in the U.S. in the field of finance.

But to your subject question. Do what you love and love what you do. Don’t do things just because you think they will impress the adcoms at top 30 US colleges.