#suggestions for a broke intl student that needs a full ride

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versed garden
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  • Location/Region: literally anywhere in the world, i’m most prob not looking at US state schools since I’m an intl student.

  • Major: Finance // Econ

  • GPA/Test Scores: (as an intl, difficult to calc. my gpa but i’ll try converting for my US friends)

GPA: 3.7 (roughly)
SAT: 1490 superscore

GCSE: 2A* 4A 1C 1E
AS Level: ABB
A level (predicted): A*AA

  • **Costs:**I have no money

  • Schools applied to:
    Harvard
    Yale
    UPenn
    Vanderbilt
    WashU SL
    NYU (stern)
    Notre Dame
    Colby
    Emory
    Fordham
    Georgia Tech
    UMN
    UMiami
    Tufts

Babson —> rejected
Tulane —> deferred

  • Additional: My bad grades are in subjects that aren’t related to my major.

I have an above average EC profile

drowsy moat
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You have ABB and applied to Harvardand Yale?

versed garden
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No expectations of getting in

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But also those are my AS grades, not my A level ones

drowsy moat
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ah I see, the screen cut off right at that point

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but yeah, with your 9-11 grades those are out of reach

versed garden
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Yeah definitely, just one of those ‘I could be the 1 in a million’ applicants

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What are your thoughts about the rest though?

drowsy moat
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Mostly out of reach. Fordham UMN could work out

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but you need a ton of aid, which isn't gonna happen at those

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Are you from the UK?

versed garden
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Nope

drowsy moat
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where?

versed garden
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Middle East

drowsy moat
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is there a cheap option at home for college?

versed garden
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There is, and that’s probably where I’m gonna end up going

drowsy moat
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100% that should be your plan

versed garden
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I’m thinking about schools like Bocconi or Erasmus in Rotterdam

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Significantly cheaper

drowsy moat
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Are they? For international students?

versed garden
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relative to US universities, yes

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tuition for Bocconi is 16k EUR

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Erasmus is about 10-11k EUR

drowsy moat
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oh, for the US sure

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i meant compared to your option at home

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remember oyu'll have to live in those places, which aren't cheap. EEspecially the netherlands, which is encouraging international students to look elsewhere

versed garden
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going full pay to like UMich - 80k/year just is disproportionate for example

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while paying around 20-25k for a school like bocconi would make a lot more sense is a lot more in reach

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I don’t know , I’m sorta hoping something just sticks with one of the schools I applied to - especially UMiami

drowsy moat
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Miami is far more selective than most peopel think. My 4.0 student from Ukraine got deferred EA

versed garden
drowsy moat
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So that helps a bit

versed garden
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My counselor also put UMiami over every school on the list

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for my ED II

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What do you think about schools like Colgate?

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Baylor?

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Villanova?

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Wesleyan University

drowsy moat
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Good schools, but you have no money

versed garden
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All meet demonstrated need

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Long shots?

honest crown