Chance Me / Match Me [ Int'l student, chem, high need ]

DadOfJerseyGirl
Sun, 12 Oct 2025 11:23:05 +0000

jes1ca:

Amherst, has a quite high ED acceptance rate

The ED acceptance rate looks higher because of all the athletes they admit in the early round. If you factor them out, there is no ED boost

jes1ca:

I’m also aware that (not just Purdue but also some other colleges on my list) does not give need aid, but I see that some gives merit aid

Purdue does not offer merit aid to international students.

jes1ca:

The reason why I applied to some of the uni is because they emailed and said it’s free to apply for me.

Is Northeastern one of those schools? They are well known for doing this to get more students to apply. But they do not offer need based aid to international students.