I am an international student who can probably cover about 25-30k a year. Obviously, international students who need financial aid have an extremely difficult time getting in to college, so although 15 would be too much for a normal domestic applicant, it might be necessary for someone like me. I'm not sure if I have enough schools with acceptance rates above 40-50% and whether or not I should take off some of the <20% schools. Here's the list:
-Harvard
-Yale
-Princeton
-U Chicago (First choice)
-Brown (maybe first choice)
-Amherst
-Rochester
-Macalester
-Dartmouth
-Duke
-Georgetown
-John Hopkins
-Tufts
-Howard University (Presidential Scholarship)
-Adams State
I'm also worried about all of the essays and applications I would have to write and fill out. However, I do believe I have time as school doesn't begin here until the 3rd week of September. The beginning of the school year is also really slow because we always have to incorporate new students from other countries. But is it just too much to do? Should I trim the list to maybe 10 schools?
EDIT: Here's my bio:
My Majors: Economics, political Science and maybe IR.
GPA:
Weighted: 4.25 or so
Unweighted: 3.87
SAT: 2330 (800 CR, 760 M, 770 W)
SAT II:
Spanish with Listening-800
World History-800
US History-800 (predicted)
APs: 5s: Micro Economics, Macro Economics, European History, World History
4: Literature
ECs:
-Football Captain. Believe it or not, but it's actually pretty big where. I live and we travel to other countries to play other teams.
- Lead electric and acoustic Guitar in my school band.
- Class President staring this year
-I've spent my past two summers building a 2,500 square foot home from scratch with just my father.
- A LOT of time spent teaching and Learning English, Turkish, Russian and Spanish in various countries and schools.
Hooks: Diversity
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