<p>Thanks, everyone! I think I need to make some clarifications:</p>
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<li><p>my GPA at the Russian high school was really close to 4.0 if converted to the US standards, but Russian school do not officially report GPAs of their students so I never indicated that on any of my applications.</p></li>
<li><p>I was rejected from every college except Brown and NYU where I was wait listed. This year Brown didn’t use its wait list due to unprecedentedly high yield. NYU promised to reply by August,1 but, to be realistic, there is no hope even though I informed NYU admission board that I was open to admission to other departments (I originally applied to Stern but indicated my interest in CAS and Poly as well).</p></li>
<li><p>Money is not an issue for my family, I did not request financial aid at any college I applied to.</p></li>
<li><p>Russian grades are not valid for entry to British universities, they write it on their websites. It makes sense because kids in England go to school for 13 years while the Russians attend school just for 11 years.</p></li>
<li><p>I am so damn eager to study in AMERICA, not the UK. So, the idea of going to England is not very appealing to me but it is still better than staying in Russian because our higher education system is corrupt, unfair and simply sucks. Moreover, I am not very certain about my future career, so in this sense US colleges suit me better. </p></li>
<li><p>I also realize that with my credentials I had a really good chance at many nice US schools with excellent education. I wish I’d known that 8 months ago but now I have to deal with reality</p></li>
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<p>Could you please comment on the following please:</p>
<p>I applied to RUTGERS UNIVERSITY that has been e-mailing me for quite a while and wrote that it finds my scores impressive. It is ranked #68 in the US National ranking, so I believe it is an acceptable school for me. Do you guys think that attending Rutgers for 1 year, retaking SATs (I know I can get 2200+ on the Reasoning test and 750+ on the subject ones) and transferring to more prestigious schools like Cornell, USC, UC Berkeley, UMich, Carnegie-Mellon and some others for my sophomore year is a good idea?</p>
<p>THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR FEEDBACK!</p>