u/FunFollowing1870

Hi, I’m a student from the Middle East but a US citizen, wondering if I’m being too ambitious or not ambitious enough with my college choices?

Stats: 90/100 GPA, 110/100 weighted (no AP classes offered, weighted just by taking the max rigor of honors classes offered), 1510 SAT (740 R, 770 M), retaking in august.

ECs:

1. National debate team, chosen as 1 of 4 from a pool of 1000+, represented my country at the debate world championship, trained weekly and participated in competitions
2. Job at a robotics startup as an AI researcher working with a team of electrical engineers to map out effects of different LLM structures
3. Local university math student as part of an academy in high school program, got a full merit scholarship for my studies there
4. Intern at the national attorney’s office
5. Built a debate coach app with 300+ downloads
6. CS research at a university under a professor, published
7. Youth manager volunteer at a political party
8. Student council elected class representative
9. Debate coach for a middle school
10. University debate club member

AWARDS:

1. Top speaker EFL award at the world debate championship
2. WSC global round 7th place debate (out of 1200+)
3. Tadpole Press writing competition winner
4. Stanford Math Tournament Distinguished Honorable Mention
5. World Scholars Cup global round 2nd place writing

I need good financial aid, and it might be worth mentioning that I’m in a single parent household.
heres my college list for now:

• Northwestern University
• UCLA
• UCSD
• UC Davis
• Umich
• Claremont McKenna College
• UT Austin
• BostonU
• Tulane
• University of Florida
• University of Maryland
• Brandeis University
• Virginia Tech
• UM Amherst
• Fordham University
• Texas A&M University
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• University of Rochester
• Lehigh University

Hi, I’m an international student (living abroad, but a U.S. citizen), and I want to apply to colleges this cycle. I’m looking for a good counselor who can help with more than just essays, things like general framing, college lists, the additional information section as well, and even recommending things like EC and award order on the Common App. I want someone very experienced with a public success rate. Before someone says that I don’t need a counselor, I really think I do, my application is very all over the place, and I'll need help if i want to get into a T30. I would appreciate any recommendations! I’m currently considering Admissionado, Ivy Coach, and College Zoom. I’d like to keep it under $10k if possible. Thank you for any recommendations!!

Hi, I’m an international student (living abroad, but a U.S. citizen), and I want to apply to colleges this cycle. I’m looking for a good counselor who can help with more than just essays - things like general framing, college lists, the additional information section as well, and even recommending things like EC and award order on the Common App. I want someone very experienced with a public success rate. Before someone says that I don’t need a counselor, I really think I do, my application is very all over the place. I would appreciate any recommendations! I’m currently considering Admissionado, Ivy Coach, and College Zoom. I’d like to keep it under $10k if possible. Thank you for any recommendations!!