Universities offering full need, need-blind financial aid to international students

Topdog · 10-26-2009, 06:57 PM

I heard there were six. What are they?

I know Princeton is one of them.. Is another MIT?

Ineedyouradvice! · 10-26-2009, 07:01 PM

Princeton
Yale
Harvard
MIT
Dartmouth
Amherst
Williams

Topdog · 10-26-2009, 07:18 PM

THANKS.

Those are my goals now! Haha.

sora2712 · 10-27-2009, 05:57 AM

NYU Abu Dhabi, if you want to go to Abu Dhabi, lols.
Apparently the Dartmouth 'need-blind' to internationals claim is a bit dodgy, from what I hear, but the rest are right.

starrytales · 10-28-2009, 05:53 AM

What about Middlebury?

Cermi · 10-28-2009, 08:41 AM

Used to. Middlebury changed its policy last year.

arcadia · 10-28-2009, 10:55 AM

Middlebury is need blind for internationals "to the degree that resources permit." Which means they don't consider financial need when evaluating international applicants until their financial aid budget is exhausted, after which they do consider need. Middlebury still meets 100% of the demonstrated financial need of every international student admitted.

Sam Lee · 10-28-2009, 12:16 PM

Northwestern will meet the demonstrated need but FA will be a factor in the admission decision (i.e. admission is not need-blind). Once you are admitted, they will pay (there's no point to admit you without giving you enough money anyway).

frankchn · 10-28-2009, 07:45 PM

^ So does Stanford.

NorthCountryCat · 10-30-2009, 07:39 AM

Midd has not been need blind for internationals for 10 years. Last year they went public that they would reduce international fin aid for the incoming international students, yet still yielded 70 international first years (>11% of the class).

MidwestMom2Kids_ · 11-02-2009, 09:45 PM

Don't overlook the fact that there are inexpensive U.S. colleges like Bemidji State, where a year's tuition is about $6300, whether one is in state, out of state, or international.
Tuition & Fees - Undergraduate Admissions - Bemidji State University
(The lakes and scenery there are beautiful but the weather is cold. Don't go there if you don't enjoy winter. But seriously, you can always transfer out if you don't like it.)

1234d · 11-03-2009, 06:51 AM

bump. ^well written! very informative.

frankchn · 11-03-2009, 08:06 AM

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I would think that unfortunately Stanford is still beyond reach of international students who need finaid. Stanford's endowment is actually pretty big, so I have been wondering where the $$$ goes if they don't spend it on international students' finaid or make any efforts to do that. xD

I do know people who got into Stanford with almost full aid so it is not neigh-impossible to get in - just very hard. I think the argument was made by the Dean in response to faculty queries that on a per-person basis, Stanford has less endowment than the other big institutions offering internationals full FA so they are not entirely need-blind. They estimate they would need approximately US$100 million more to make it so.

hmom5 · 11-03-2009, 03:04 PM

Colleges have different priorities for their money, the Stanford's can get great intnl representation from mostly full paying internationals as far as they are concerned.

The big issue to keep in mind is that every intnl on the planet looking to come to school in the states has a list of the few need blind/meet need schools. This makes getting into one unbelievably difficult for any international. These schools get to choose the very top students from their countries.

So do look past them to the schools known to give good aid to internationals but that don't get thousands of applications from your country.

sweetmuffin · 11-06-2009, 01:01 AM

bryn mawr!