colleges that give scholarship to international students

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<p>hello,</p>

<p>I understand that it’s very difficult to get scholarship as an international student.</p>

<p>My nephew is going to HS in Oregon. He is here legally but not a green card holder.</p>

<p>He will be a Junior now. Straight A student. Teacher’s pet and a very popular kid among his peers to, I hear. Major presence in the performance art scene in his school district. Got some regional awards also. Lead roles in various musicals. Lead roles in plays. A dancer to boot. Performing art is his passion.</p>

<p>He will start college visits in a few months. I am wondering whether he can find schools with a good performing art department that are known to give merit scholarships to outstanding international students. Or, any good college that gives scholarship to international students.</p>

<p>Any input/feedback will be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>You might want to try posting this in the musical theatre forum:</p>

<p>[Musical</a> Theater Major - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/musical-theater-major/]Musical”>Musical Theater Major - College Confidential Forums)</p>

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<p>usc does</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/private/docs/1112/uscScholarships1112v3.pdf[/url]”>http://www.usc.edu/admission/fa/private/docs/1112/uscScholarships1112v3.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>just be SURE that his complete application is filed before Dec 1.</p>

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<p>Financial aid for internationals is difficult but not impossible. Many colleges use international students to increase their diversity percentages. In order to take advantage of this, your nephew should look at colleges that are not popular with East Asians. (I’m assuming that your nephew is Korean, right?) These tend to be colleges that are located in rural instead of urban areas, or in the Midwest and South instead of East and West coasts. </p>

<p>There are two kinds of financial aid: need based and merit based. Many of the most selective schools only offer need based aid, but many schools that are excellent academically also offer merit aid. Each school’s policy toward internationals varies. </p>

<p>The first step is for the boy’s parents to use an on-line calculator to see how much need-based aid they may be eligible for. Then find out if the school will meet demonstrated aid for internationals. If that works, then merit aid would just be a plus.</p>

<p>If by performing arts you mean theater, this is a good extracurricular. Your nephew should plan to submit a performance tape as a supplement to his application, even if he is not planning to major in theater. </p>

<p>Some schools that I would recommend that are friendly to Asians and also have good theater departments would be Williams, Skidmore, Bard, Kenyon, Macalester, Grinnell. Also Wesleyan, though East Asian are fairly well represented.</p>

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<p>thank you for your feedback.</p>

<p>this is very helpful!</p>

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<p>My D is also here legally but not a green card holder. She received a great merit award from Stetson University and then was offered a full 100% scholarhsip from Rollins College (both in Florida). It is the Cornell Scholar award and is given out to up to 10 students regardless of them being citizens or not. If he applies and his stats are good enough he will be invited to a weekend of interviews etc. D is into drama and Rollins have a great theater and I think they also have a good music program.</p>

<p>Some of the Ivy league schools (Cornell, Duke, Brown?) give a small number of need based awards to International students.</p>