#International student applying w financial aid's uni list!

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little elk
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AAAA

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but i'm pretty sure it'll end up being A^(star) A^(star) AA

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nope

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talked to my school about it

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they said they'd mention that i was sick and that i'm giving the exam all together in may/june

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so hopefully it serves as something to the unis

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but from what i've heard

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i mean it's not lying lol

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i'm giving CS in may/june accelerated

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i.e giving all 4 papers together

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^ but they're still gonna send the C on my transcript

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like that won't change

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they'll j say that i'm giving it again

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as well

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yep

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yeps

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they look at best 3 out of 4

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ABB

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which isn't bad imo

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thing is

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i wanna

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retire my parents as quick as i can

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cause stuffs tight

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so i don't want to spend a year waiting for nothing and j doing internships

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like i wanna get my undergrad degree and start working

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there's only 5 which are need blind in the world lol

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yeah

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which is where i'm applying

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yep

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been issued a statement from my counsellor which certifies the common app waiver

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most of em don't have supplements

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only the top ones do

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also if you have any suggestions

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on like where i can apply for aid

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and stuff

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go ahead like

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i'm very open to the list rn

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also like i get that i look like an idiot for applying to stanford etc with a 1400

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but honestly most of these are hail maries

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cmuq?

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they're p generous w fin aid

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at least the qatar campus is

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if i get a 1500 i'll send the score

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i think it was j test anxiety cause i'd been getting 1540s on all my practice tests

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giving it again in like 6 days

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what's a low COA

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be honest

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do you think i got a chance in somewhere like NYU

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that's the dream

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i mean like i value an outside perspective on my profile

frail hare
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I don't think CMU in Qatar have an Electrical E. major!

little elk
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was gonna apply into that

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for cmuq

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and then try and transfer into cmu

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in the us

frail hare
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but you said you need aid

little elk
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the issue is j to get into cmu

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then after that transferring from a campus toa nother isn't an issue

frail hare
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and transferring students can't get aid

little elk
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depends

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you're j transferring campus'

frail hare
formal lion
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I'm pretty sure they are one of those that give no aid at all

little elk
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://///

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that sucks fr

formal lion
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also what was your sat math?

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subscore

little elk
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720

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6 wrong

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i think it was

formal lion
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I think it would be best to get that up if you apply for engineering at cmu/stanford

little elk
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yeps

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giving sat again in october

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which college you in rn

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if you don't mind me asking

formal lion
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I am transfer

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my stats were not good enough as freshman to get into ucla/berkeley unfortunately

little elk
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dang

formal lion
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the highest I got into was ucsd (alt major), usc (too expensive)

little elk
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what were your stats for usc

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i'm early-ing usc

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so i can be considered for their scholarships

formal lion
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3.8UW and 780M/760EBRW highest take

little elk
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jesus

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sometimes i feel like i won't even get into a community college lol

formal lion
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but I applied for cs so the competition is more

little elk
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right right

formal lion
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usc isn't too hard to get into, a lot of dumb people have gotten in that I know of

little elk
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i'm hoping my SAT goes to a 1500 in october

formal lion
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that I'm not sure

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I don't know their particular stats

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but my guess is you can have lower stats except for engineering

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for engineering it matters because if you don't master the subjects then you would have trouble later on

little elk
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but isnt it that

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you don't declare a major

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until your second year

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so you don't apply to individual majors you apply to the school as a whole

formal lion
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No, maybe that is for like Harvard or something

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if you look at the common app for many places you will declare immediately

formal lion
little elk
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this was the common data set for usc

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so i mean i'm around their average i'd say

formal lion
little elk
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2021-2022

formal lion
little elk
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latest one they posted

formal lion
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eng skews higher

little elk
formal lion
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not sure

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but to be safe I'd just retake it

little elk
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yeah i am

formal lion
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you probably will get a higher score next time

little elk
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hopefully man

formal lion
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but maybe usc doesn't even care much about the tests

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some say "considered" not "important"

little elk
formal lion
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"very important"

little elk
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yep

formal lion
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so I guess they care a lot

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here's harvard's cds

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they are extremely holistic

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it seems

little elk
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hmmmm

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does that i mean i apply to harvard lol

formal lion
little elk
dusk ermine
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they just value everything equally

formal lion
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Alum legacy have a 33%+ chance at getting in. Plus there is the Z list

little elk
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i'm a cornell legacy

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idk if usc has legacy too

formal lion
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almost all privates except some of the STEM ones do

little elk
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can you guys recommend me unis which i could get into

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w my sats

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stats

formal lion
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could try EDing to a Claremont College

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or JHU

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JHU ED is 30% around

dusk ermine
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bit risky if u really need aid, tho ig u can always back out of an ED for aid reasons

little elk
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heard john hopkins ee dept isn't great

little elk
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that's why i'm EAing

formal lion
little elk
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also if i ED and don't get aid i'm fucked

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lol

formal lion
dusk ermine
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U have to accept the offer

little elk
formal lion
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I thought that too until I read that article

dusk ermine
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yea if u dont accept it within 72 hours or something then you forfeit the agreement but that looks bad to colleges

formal lion
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if it looks bad just toss the offer

dusk ermine
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You technically and legally can do that

little elk
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right

dusk ermine
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But if you do no other college will respect you

formal lion
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you don't actually agree till you deposit

dusk ermine
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Colleges can communicate with each other

dusk ermine
formal lion
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The post said that if you break an early decision agreement, you can’t apply to a different school.

This could not be more wrong.

You can apply anywhere you want once you break an early decision agreement. You’re supposed to withdraw applications elsewhere and not send out others only if you accept an early decision offer.

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little elk
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bro

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wtf

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i wish i knew this earlier

dusk ermine
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I didnt say it prevents you from applying if you choose to reject the ED offer

little elk
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i'll talk to my guidance counsellor about this

dusk ermine
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Theres just a high chance that it'll look bad to that college and other colleges

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Maybe not random safeties and such but colleges like them

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What id do if you wanna ED, see the finaid and if its bad then call the college asap and try to discuss that and see if they can help

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If not, back out and say its too expensive

formal lion
little elk
dusk ermine
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Before even that though, call them and ask how to estimate your aid because you're int

little elk
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yeah

formal lion
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yeah

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otherwise you might be wasting ur time

little elk
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this entire process got me effed up

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lol

dusk ermine
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Just call a couple colleges and see how they do finaid with internationals

little elk
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this was columbia'

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little elk