International Student looking for suggestions

MYOS1634
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:57:49 +0000

Your “adds” are good and make sense. They’re still quite selective.

Have you found schools on UniversalApp that you can apply to?

Even if a school does not fund all of its international applicants or even if a school does not meet need for all, if you rank near the top at some school and they only award financial aid to someapplicants, then your odds are good to be among those awarded aid. Therefore, you need to find schools where you rank above at least 75% applicants… that also don’t use the CommonApp.
I’m afraid very few schools will admit you despite your impressive grades because national/international awards and high scores are necessary for these first 15 schools - I do hope you get into 1 or 2, but they’re really unpredictable. Your latest “adds” may be your best and only chances so pay attention to your essays, contact professors and admissions to express interest (asking questions about specific classes, etc)

Go to the financial aid forum and look through the “automatic scholarships” sticky threads. There are few for your stats but if some match your stats, it means you apply and get the scholarship, period.