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thumper1 Thank you very much for your comment. The college list in front of me has always showed me the tough reality: how narrow the windows for internationals are. We have been struggling with this all the time. Even our private counselors only points her “defects”- fragmented transcripts and ECs, lack of hooks, etc.
But there are kids who are desperately struggling with disadvantage everywhere due to unexpected moves across the borders. Maybe I am the one who knows more than anybody how difficult for new comers to get in selective American colleges. Besides, colleges of my home country don’t open wide window to returnees either.
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I don’t want to borrow any loan. My husband and I really think paying $300,000 is more than absurd. Besides, we are not talking about Ivies or something. But if she couldn’t get in any college here, her chance in our home country would be even narrower. Thank you for your comments. I wish we could follow the conventional wisdom you pointed out, because we also have believed in it.