International student college options

benji1990
Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:05:59 +0000

Hello,

I am writing to try and gauge what kind of colleges (mainly US) my little brother can get into.

He is a student at an international school where he is taking the International Baccalaureate. His final year is coming up -
with his junior year exams completed, I think he will be predicted around 26-30 (just passing or slightly above).

Small factsheet to give you more info on him:

IB predicted 26-30

SAT achieved 1250 (did equally well on both sections, i.e. 620/630 on each; should be able to bump up to 1300+)

Captain of sports team at school

International background

Possible mitigating circumstances: transitioned to IB from american system after moving from US this year, parents divorcing

He is aiming for US colleges, but I am also curious what his options could be abroad (notably Canada). NYU is a target for him, but it seems like a very long reach - as an aside, is there anything he can do in his final year to really boost his profile ?

Any guidance would be hugely appreciated.