@artloversplus Wow, I’m surprised and glad that you know NTU and consider it a great college. And International Business is truly a top department in NTU, I am also proud of this. Actually, I used to think that NTU is not quite a well-known college haha. I don’t know if there are many people in the US heard of NTU.
I don’t know whether giving up NTU to go to the US is a good idea. I mean, NTU ranked No.105 in us news rankings, not as good as many college in the USA. In my list, BU, U Minnesota, WUSTL, UT Austin, OSU, UIUC, MSU, U Maryland, Purdue, Emory, U Virginia, all ranked higher than NTU. Staying in NTU is really better?
I ranked 43/98 in my class, not really high. But not many people in the department receive really high GPA. Neither my GPA and ranking is very competitive.
I plan to work overseas in the future. Because the average salary in Taiwan is not very ideal, and our job market gets worse. Nor can graduates of NTU easily find a well-paid and promising job.
There are four reasons I think I should go to the US: (1) to improve my proficiency in English (2) to pursue a better college education (3) studying in the USA may be beneficial to find a job in the US, HK, Singapore, or China? (4) I may lose my green card when I am studying in Taiwan. However, I don’t know if (2) and (3) is true.
Leaving home will be quite difficult, especially my English is not good enough. 
But if it is beneficial to my career, I am willing to do it.
@happymomof1 Yes, I need to maintain my green card. My lawyer told me that If I don’t go to the US, I am at risk of losing my status. What’s worse, I cannot come back to the US regularly because of busy study schedules.
And I love winters and the snow haha. It doesn’t snow in Taiwan.
I checked the require materials of each college, all the colleges in the list don’t require SAT/ACT if I didn’t make mistakes.
Well, do you think that I have a high probability of entering any of these institution? My GPA is little lower than the average, though it is slightly higher than the minimum 3.0. Will my extracurricular experiences and essays help?
BTW, generally speaking, do students from Taiwan whose native language are not Enlish easily have friends in the US? Will Americans welcome foreigners?
Thank you all.