International Student Chance?

coolness_rookie
Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:05:01 +0000

Hey, nice to meet you. I am Korean as well and I also studied in Canada for high school. Unfortunately for me, I wasn’t a landed immigrant in Canada like you, so I was considered South Korean when I applied. Luckily, I got accepted to Princeton, so I will be entering Princeton this fall with financial aid.

Well first of all, many colleges see Canadian students as domestic students, meaning that your need for financial aid will not affect their admission decision. You probably aren’t even really considered an international. You are extremely lucky in that regard

Your school average seems pretty good. What was your rank? Also, is your school known for sending students to top US colleges?

Your SAT scores are alright, but try to get the SAT 2250+. Also, if you were born in Korea and had lived in Korea for quite a while before you moved to Canada, that Korean SAT II score won’t do anything for you. So you better take more SAT tests to send to colleges.

Your EC’s are pretty average (maybe slightly below average). They won’t help your chances.

Personally, I’d say

Stanford - high reach
Harvard - high reach
Yale - high reach
Princeton - high reach
Cornell - match / low reach
JHU - match / low reach
Darthmouth - reach
Duke - low reach
Berkeley - reach
Chicago - low reach
Northwestern - match
Brown - match / low reach