Should I reapply to Amherst College?

Berea only admits about 1 student per country or region (depending on the country’s population - and of course they may admit 2 or 3 sometimes, this is a rough estimate so you understand your chances), about 50 a year. These are fully funded. But it’s a reach because there’s no guarantee you’ll be this year’s pick for your country.

The only US safety for internationals is a university with automatic- for- stats scholarships that suffice financially; add automatic scholarships for honors college where a student meets the Honors College’s criteria and where the Honors College’s selective but not overly so, with added scholarships for honors within Honors (UAlabama, UCincinnati do that for instance). Automatic full rides and full tuition scholarships, which used to be rather plentiful (relatively speaking) in 2004-2014 have almost vanished for all applicants, save for US students named NMF. Competing for selective scholarships is a possibility though (like McDermott).
Some universities don’t open their freshmen scholarships to internationals but most do.

You build the best app you can, make use of your 20 slots on commonapp (or use Coalition App), and know it’s going to be rough. :hugs:

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