Undergrad: Where could I go and still have a shot of making it?
Hello! Okay so I took the SAT for the first time on saturday and...needless to say I'm pretty sure I fucked up. I was nervous already and the fact that I started panicking didn't help. However, my GPA is a 4.6 and I'm in the top 5% of my school, which is one of the top ranked private high schools in my country. I have a ton of extracurriculars and volunteer work, but I'm worried that the SAT will tank all of my chances at getting into the schools I wanted. On top of that, I need financial aid. I registered for the Dec 2 SAT, but I'm not sure of how well I'll do since standardized testing and timing per section make me nervous as hell. I was thinking of applying to U of Rochester, UPENN and UT-AUSTIN since they don't ask for the SAT and just the TOEFL and I'm sure I'll do better at that one. What are some schools that I could apply for and still have a shot at getting a decent internship/job? Thank you!
have you looked into Hofstra or Arizona State?
I looked into Hofstra! but they require the sat to consider me for a scholarship/financial aid
Not sure of any school that don't take SAT and is still easy to attend for good jobs.
It sounds like you're asking for an elite school that takes 1 year to graduate
don't you think
Dude, no need to be an ass about it. I'm an international student, there's school that don't ask for it when it comes to internationals. How do I sound like I'm asking for a school that takes 1 year to graduate? I was asking for options from people who've heard about any other schools, that's all. I'll be studying a bachelors not a masters.
have you tried taking the ACT? Some students do better on the ACT vs SAT and top colleges will generally accept scores in either.
I thought about it, but in my country after the 9th grade you enter a program called the bachillerato (kind of like IB) where the classes you take are focused on the major you want to study in college and I chose business, so most of the classes I took were accounting, marketing, economics, etc related. So I don't think the ACT's science focus would help me much. But I've noticed that in the ACT practices the questions are more straightforward and less tricky than the SAT ones?
Yeah, I think overall the ACT is just easier tbh
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