What Colleges for me?

College Search & Lists
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Hey guys,
I am currently a senior in high school, I am doing the IB program (May 2017)
I am a U.S Citizen but I currently reside in Turkey.
GPA 4.0 94.71/100
Top 10% of my class
SAT: 1330 670 Math 660 Reading and Writing
White - Female
Two years of iGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine Comp) experience, microbiology biotechnology lab experience,
Interned at a biogas production company and familiarized with production processes,
+100 hours of volunteer work
MUN conferences, academic and organization team positions in international MUN conferences, 3 awards
president of school MUN club,
Organized a school activity to collect help for Syrian Refugees in Turkey, and distributed help to the homeless refugees around my city
School newspaper, weekly writer,
I am interested in Biotechnology and I have lab experience

My choice of majors includes Biological Engineering- Biochemistry- Chemical Engineering, but mostly Bİological Engineering.
I applied to Purdue University and I plan to apply to Texas A&M, UC San Diego, UC Davis, Virginia Tech, University of San Francisco and Rochester Institute of Technology for now
I am looking for safety schools with Biological Engineering majors and good undergrad research
thanks

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You should look at Northeastern University and University of Miami (Florida). Both have the programs that you want. I’m not sure they are safeties for you, probably more of a match school. More importantly though, both schools have relatively large percentages of international students and for internationals, both schools are test optional, so I would not send your SATs to those schools as particularly your Math score is low for an engineering applicant.

3

Thank you for the answer, however, I am viewed as a domestic applicant in applications as I only hold U.S Citizenship. Also, do you think the schools I plan on applying to are good matches for me?

4

Does USF have eng’g?

You’re OOS for all of those publics. Will your parents pay for all these schools? The UC’s will cost $60k per year and you’ll have int’l travel costs plus health insurance costs.

For safeties we need to know how much your family will pay. Safeties must be affordable.

5

I can confirm that you qualify as test
optional for NEU and UM. I
would not send them your SATs.

6

Are you sure that University of San Francisco has an Engineering Dept? I was not aware that they had an Engineering School. If I was happy to travel all the way to Northern California from Turkey, you should have a look at Santa Clara University instead.

7

Clarkson would be strong in the programs you want and would serve as an admissions safety for you.

8

U San Fran has Bio, Chem, and a Biochem minor so I assume that’s what the OP would take.

9

^ Okay, you are right. I misread her initial post. For what it’s worth, I really liked USF when we met with the rep at a college fair here.

10

thanks!

11

Thanks for the recommendation!