is vassar too high a reach for me?

Colleges & Universities Vassar College
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<p>another chances thread </p>

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<p>SAT I: Verbal: 670 Math: 750 Writing: 610 (retaken in Nov; xpectin 2100)
SAT II: Math IIC 800 Physics 760 Chemistry 770 </p>

<p>Bangladeshi
Male</p>

<p>Class Rank: (homeschooled)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Activities: Quiz - Leader of school team - National Semifinalist
Teaching - Methodist English Medium School - 18 hrs a week for 3 months
Poetry - personal blogs; working on a future publication
Writing - Staff writer of a leading national teen tabloid for over a year
Music - took violin courses intermittently for a period of 1 yr. Passed Junior level 1 with a C+ (79%)
Voluntary work - Took a small initiative to raise some money for a cancer patient through personal collections, distribution of leaflets, etc. </p>

<p>I am also looking forward to doing an internship with Grameen Bank in December (Nobel Peace Prize winning insti).</p>

<p>Awards and Recognitions:
Certificate of Excellence - Awarded by The Daily Star - for outstanding results in the O’levels
Certificate of Excellence - Awarded by the Daily Star - for outstanding results in the A’levels
Academic Honours - Awarded by school in 9th grade
Academic Honours - Awarded by school in 10th grade
Interclass Quiz Champion - Awarded by school in 9th grade
National Quiz Semifinalist </p>

<p>College list (probable) Grinnell, Hamilton, Berea, Trinity, Carleton. (Am I aiming too high? I got waitlisted and then rejected from Carleton, Trinity, Colby and Middlebury last year).</p>

<p>I am from Bangladesh, and I need a hefty amount of scholarship to afford any uni. I cannot contribute more than 3000 per year so you have the idea. (Kindly also suggest universities/colleges which provide a lot of aid to international students). I’m still pretty naive abt my relative standing, so please advise me abt my chances</p>

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<p>Yes, your stats fit. 42% of the accepted applicant pool had scores in you V & M range. :)</p>

<p>I have some questions which may better help others help you. Are you applying to schools because your stats fit or because you are genuinely interested in them? If it is just because of your stats and you’re not a good salesman, from what I’ve heard admission’s reps say themselves, you will get rejected. A lot of kids have good stats (and are cheaper for schools b/c they are from America) so you have to tell the CC community what you want to major in, what kind of political, ethnic, elitist, creative feel you want…what region you’re interested in, on and on.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.edupass.org/finaid/undergraduate.phtml[/url]”>http://www.edupass.org/finaid/undergraduate.phtml&lt;/a&gt; is on point with what you’re looking for. I’m not sure schools on your list that cost 39-47K (books, room & board, fees, travel, tuition) give out the kind of aid you need. You should look into public schools, many are very generous and of course cost less.</p>

<p>And for what you can’t pay:
International Student Loans:
<a href=“http://www.internationalstudentloan.com/[/url]”>http://www.internationalstudentloan.com/&lt;/a&gt;
Federal Financial Aid Eligibilty:
<a href=“http://www.ifap.ed.gov/sfahandbooks/attachments/0506Vol1Ch2.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ifap.ed.gov/sfahandbooks/attachments/0506Vol1Ch2.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;