<p>I am devastated from NYU’s rejection, since Stern has always been my dream school. I really think they lost a candid student who has a great potential. Now I have to spend near $1000 from my saving account for apps and scores. Sigh. I’d like to ask some advices from you to choose the right school for me.</p>
<p>Gender: Asian Male
Location: California (Non-immigrant visa holder; international, Korean)
College Class Year: 2017
High School: Public
Will apply for financial aid: Yes</p>
<p>Academics:</p>
<p>GPA - Unweighted: 3.84
Class Size: 543</p>
<p>Scores:</p>
<p>SAT: 1960
SAT I Math: 750
SAT I Critical Reading: 530
SAT I Writing: 680
SAT II U.S. History: 680
SAT II Math Level 2 (IIC): 660
SAT II Korean with Listening: 800</p>
<p>TOEFL: 106</p>
<p>ACT: waiting for December</p>
<p>Taking more than 7 AP tests next May</p>
<p>12th: 4 APs 2 Reg
11th: 3 APs 1 H 2 Reg
10th: 1H 5 Reg
9th: 5 Rg + EL (ESL) </p>
<p>Significant Extracurriculars: </p>
<ul>
<li><p>eBay Entrepreneur: Top-rated Bronze Power Seller. Average monthly revenue: $1100. 12.</p></li>
<li><p>Social media director, staff writer & photographer at Beverlyhighlights (school newspaper) (print & online edition).</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Leadership positions: </p>
<ul>
<li>President: Technology Club. Presented introductory level lectures on Java and Python programming languages. 11.</li>
</ul>
<p>Treasurer: American Red Cross Club. 11.</p>
<p>Treasurer: K-Pop Club. 11.</p>
<p>Volunteer/Service Work: </p>
<ul>
<li><p>American Red Cross. </p></li>
<li><p>Peer tutoring.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Honors and Awards: </p>
<ul>
<li><p>National Honor Society. 10 12.</p></li>
<li><p>California Scholarship Federation. 9 10 11 12.</p></li>
<li><p>Principal Honor Roll. 9 10 11 12.</p></li>
<li><p>JEA/NSPA National Pacemaker Award (Beverly Highlights). 12.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>College Summer programs:</p>
<ul>
<li>LeadAmerica Business & Entrepreneurship Conference at Stanford. 11.</li>
</ul>
<p>College: </p>
<p>New York University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Rejected</p>
<p>Now I am trying to apply some liberal art schools which will be good for transfer after 1 or 2 years to NYU Stern. Big schools like USC, BC and BU are still in my target. I’d appreciate if you could chance me on each of my choice, or even suggest some other schools. </p>
<p>Applied:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley</p>
<p>UCLA</p>
<p>UCSD</p>
<p>UC Irvine</p>
<p>Highly interested:</p>
<p>Stanford University (Should I bother to apply? Summer program may look distinguished, but my stats are too low for this)</p>
<p>University of Chicago (My stats are too low, but good financial aid for international students)</p>
<p>University of Southern California (If I didn’t get into Stern, whats my chance to Marshall?)</p>
<p>Amherst (My states are too low)</p>
<p>Wesleyan (Probably realistic first choice at this moment)</p>
<p>Colgate (Probably realistic first choice at this moment)</p>
<p>Interested:</p>
<p>Boston College</p>
<p>Boston University</p>
<p>Bates</p>
<p>Safety Choice:</p>
<p>Northeatsern University</p>
<p>Babson</p>
<p>Bentley</p>
<p>Skidmore</p>
<p>Should I consider?:</p>
<p>Trinity</p>
<p>Middlebury</p>
<p>Swarthmore</p>
<p>Vassar (my stats are too low)</p>
<p>Colby</p>
<p>Financial aid for international students will be a huge factor, since I will be paying the tuition by myself through student loan. So, I researched many schools that give out a lot of FA to international students, and I tried to narrow them down. Please give me any advice if you have. </p>
<p>How would choice between liberal art school and traditional college on transfer chance? For example, would school like Skidmore look less rigor to the admission than BC, and lower my chance?</p>
<p>Would it be more worth to take around $30-40k through student loan to go to school like BC then transfer than going school like Skidmore with a full financial aid then transfer?</p>
<p>My career goal is on finance - investment banking, unless I have to go to Babson, which has a really good program for entrepreneurship. I’ll love to double major finance and marketing. Accounting seems too boring to me. </p>
<p>I want to explore the most independent and individualized curriculum and great academic atmosphere between professors and students. I love challenging projects with intuitive and creative approaches. Internship opportunities will be a huge factor. </p>
<p>Now I somewhat regret that I applied to Stern instead of Gallatin. Gallatin could have been much more realistic for me.</p>
<p>Please save me from this enormous stress. Thank you so much.</p>