International student seeking advice

reidm
Sun, 07 Nov 2004 21:39:49 +0000

Those are all great schools, and schools that are very receptive to international students. Internationals are reviewed in a separate pool from domestic students though, so I don’t have as good a handle on your chances as I would have on a U.S. senior.

That said, you have an excellent record and I would expect you would get acceptances and reasonably good financial aid from among that group of schools. The only thing that concerns me is that the schools are in a somewhat narrow band of selectivity. It would be good if you had 2-3 less selective schools on your list. They might be more inclined to offer a strong aid package than schools of greater selectivity.

Thinking of schools that are somewhat like those on your list, but less selective, makes me think of a few more options for you. In order of selectivity they would be: Scripps, Occidental, Boston University, College of Wooster and Kalamazoo College. There are others, and posters on this board may know of some specific schools that have initiatives to increase their interational student percentage.