No offers - what next?

cptofthehouse
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:31:10 +0000

Your profile is not one that would get you into those schools even if you were not an international student. Those are the most difficult schools for admissions in the country. That you wanted to give it a go is fine. I would not have discouraged you from applying because everyone who wants to give a try should so that there are no regrets and “what ifs”. What you should have also done, however, as every single college applicant should do, is find a school likely to take you that you can afford. That is the cornerstone of the college application system. And you did not do that.

The schools that would want your stats and background will include those that are not well known at all. Take a look a the thread in the archives by Momfromtexas on full ride scholarships. Her methodology will likely net you some schools that would fit that description. Being a full need international, non traditional student means that the middle category of schools, those that would be a match to a US citizen coming right out of high schools with your stats, does not exist for you because of the way most schools handle international applications. Your test scores frankly are just not high enough to catch the eyes of the schools that might give a nice financial aid package to a student and are still highly selective.