Need help finding colleges please!! (international student)

TTG
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 20:33:16 +0000

Congrats on your hard work and success! Those are strong IB scores.

The financial aspect is very important for international students. Schools, generally speaking, prefer international students to be full pay, and are much stingier with aid for them. So if you aren’t applying for financial aid, and will be a full-pay student, the answer as to which schools might be safeties or matches. For example, and it’s just example, Syracuse would probably be at least a match for a US student with your IB scores. As a full pay international student, MAYBE that would be the same. If you were looking for significant financial aid, it MIGHT be a different answer.

You seem to prefer urban schools where you might have opportunities for internships, coops, etc. (given your business interests). You might look at Babson College, which is primarily for business and entrepreneurship. It’s probably a reach.

Also, you might look at some schools like the University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton, and Creighton University in Omaha. Some are public and some are Catholic schools (Catholic schools typically have non-Catholic students and there are typically no religious requirements, other than taking a religion class or two, which can be on any religion). Creighton is in Omaha, which has a strong business presence for a mid-size city. I think most of these would be safeties/matches.

Some state flagships might also work well. I could probably recommend almost any of them. I’ve heard recently that the University of Kansas and Lawrence, the city where it is located, are surprisingly vibrant, with a very nice downtown with lots to do, and a developing tech community. The Universities of Nebraska and Iowa, although in rural states, have urban campuses. The University of Minnesota is located in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul) area. It’s cold but a very nice community.

Good luck!