Ambiguous sentence on Penn website that could ruin many people

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>"The University is able to offer financial assistance to very few students who are not citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Therefore, most non-citizens should plan to meet expenses for their entire schooling before applying for admission. Because the offer of admission for non-citizens is directly linked to their ability to meet these expenses, candidates who can pay for their schooling are urged not to apply for Penn-sponsored assistance. "</p>

<p>can someone plz clarify for me, does this mean that citizens of Canada and Mexico have limited fin. aid??</p>

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<p>No, it means that the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are the ones that do have adequate financial aid and that there are few others that receive similar aid.</p>

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<p>i c, thanx, anyone else?</p>

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<p>It means that non-US, Mexican, Canadian citizens OR residents won’t get aid</p>

<p>Hopefully youre American, Mexican, or Canadian :)</p>

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<p>wait, so is that saying if you’re an international student, their decision of your admission is also based on whether you need financial assistance?</p>

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<p>Yes. That is the case for many schools. They are not needblind for non US citizens.</p>

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<p>“It means that non-US, Mexican, Canadian citizens OR residents won’t get aid…”
They get limited aid. Very competitive, but still possible.</p>

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<p>wow that sucks. i’m a permy so it’s ok.</p>

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<p>“It means that non-US, Mexican, Canadian citizens OR residents won’t get aid…”
wow, this is just as ambiguous as wat they say on their website
let’s analyze this:
first part says non-US won’t get aid
then, Mexicans won’t get aid
then Canadians won’t get aid
and residents won’t get aid
therefore we can conclude only US citizens (not including residents) get aid??
is that what you guys are trying to say?</p>

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<p>Ok</p>

<p>if you answer yes to one or more of the following questions, you qualify</p>

<p>Are you a citizen/ permanent resident of the U.S?
Are you a citizen/ permanent resident of Canada?
Are you a citizen/ permanent resident of Mexico?</p>

<p>If you answer NO to all three then you don’t qualify.</p>

<p>easy as 3.14</p>

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<p>Yep, adventrx327 is completely right. </p>

<p>It is possible to apply for aid if you answer no to all three of those questions, however that applicant pool is very competative.</p>

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<p>man, like honestly, penn could probably pay for everyone’s tuition, lol (then there wouldn’t be any research money and stuff, but whatever, private u.)</p>

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<p>i think teachers should start offering their services for free as well as textbook writers. free books + free teachers = $0 tuition. soon, we can expand to all the other industries and before you know it, everything in this world will be free and we’ll have world peace.</p>

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<p>and we would also be communist wussies</p>

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<p>and we would also be communist…(as my english teacher would put it) “genitally challenged wussies”</p>

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<p>Yes plagmayer and Canadia1, please make more uninformed statements.</p>

<p>For example, the Scandinavian countries have no tuition fee in their colleges and universities, and offer loans and grants for their students to cover the costs of books and supplies and living expenses. Which means that almost everyone who wants to pursue a higher education can do so. Communist?</p>

<p>These countries still have great research institutions and are some of the most democratic and advanced countries in the world. Denmark contributed to the war in Iraq, and several of these countries are valued members of NATO. Communist? I think not.</p>