Financial Aid, is it possible?

International Students
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<p>Hey guys!
I am currently a high school senior from Santiago de Chile that is trying to go to study to the US, the problem I can`t afford it.
I am looking for a good engineering school;
I have a GPA 4.0, and I am taking the SAT on October (my scores in the last practice tests have been around 2000-2050), I am also taking Math level 2 and physics subject tests.
I also have some EC like,
First guitar at school orchestra, Calculus course at Universidad Diego Portales, played basketball at local club for seven years, became captain and I also participated in a international championship in Brazil.
Volunteered on an organization called Jesed, which is about collecting things that poor families can not afford.</p>

<p>Is there any good engineering school that can give any financial aid of any type?</p>

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<p>How much can you afford? Here is a link that might help:<a href=“Looking for colleges&full need-based fin aid to apply to - International Students - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/international-students/1552794-looking-for-colleges-full-need-based-fin-aid-to-apply-to.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;
The “need blind” schools for Internationals are:
MIT
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Dartmouth
Amherst
You should scour the international students thread for more information regarding FA.</p>

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<p>^^ Like was said above - you’ll need to look for scholarships. I know you said you’re interested in the USA, but in case your mind isn’t fully set, you should look into Canada - you can find excellent education at a fraction of the price of some of the top US schools (you might not even need a scholarship)… or if you do need a scholarship, there are a few schools that offer their own: I know UBC has a need+merit-based award that you could look at.</p>

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<p>When the HS GPA is hard to gauge, it will all come down to Standardized testing. You want scholarship? I don’t think 2100 is going to cut for internationals, there are plenty that have 2300-2400 ahead of you. Even Berea have stated on their web site. Yes, Berea is one of the few that will give full ride scholarship to internationals. The Ivies like HYP and such, they are need blind, but they will calculate your needs their way and you may not like their assessments.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.berea.edu/”>http://www.berea.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Ok, so first of all, before I start suggesting schools, how much can you contribute towards tuition? There are many schools that are need-aware for international students, less of them that offer Engineering, but it is definitely not true that internationals can’t apply for financial aid. I know many schools you could apply to with your stats, but first I need to know how much you can contribute.</p>

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<p>If you really need aids in top school, 2100 isn’t enough.
2200+ will make you competitive enough. </p>

<p><a href=“Automatic Out-of-State Tuition Waivers - Financial Aid and Scholarships - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/1505285-automatic-out-of-state-tuition-waivers.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Not sure if you will like the schools in the list, but U of Alabama is very generous with scholarships. I’ts a pretty good school. Also Engineering students get 2500$ more per year.
3.5GPA+(unweighted or weighted) and 1400+ Math+CR SAT 1/32 ACT+ will give you full tuition for 8 semesters.</p>

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<p>Check out MSOE (Milwaukee School of Engineering). I know they give scholarships to internationals and they have quite a few that attend.</p>

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<p>Pomona College is need blind to foreigners in the USA. </p>

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<p>There are two terms that you may see bandied about. “Need-Blind” actually has nothing to do with Financial Aid, ti is an admissions term and refers to whether the applicants ability to pay is considered in any way in making an admissions decision. There is a separate term, which is “Full Need”. This is a financial aid term indicating that the school guarantees to meet all of its students full financial need for four years. </p>

<p>Many schools are one but not the other. For example schools like Cornell, or NYU, or Tulane are need-blind but not full need. Your ability to pay will not be a factor in admissions, but they make no promises that if accepted, you will be able to afford to go. Whereas schools like Columbia (and I think Clemson) are need-aware, or need-sensitive in admissions (if you need a lot of money that may impact the admissions decision), however they are full need. So, once you get in, they do guarantee that they will ensure that you can afford to go. </p>

<p>The six schools listed in the first post are the US schools that are BOTH need-blind, and full-need for internationals. There are other schools like that outside of the US that are like this, so whereas NYU in New York is need blind but not full need, NYU in Abu Dhabi is both. As is both the National University of Singapore, and the Yale-NUS. Good luck.</p>

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<p>Hey guys thanks for all the answers, i already received my TOEFL scores (112), I have managed to get around 2150 on a couple of sat practice test but my scores varies a lot in each test. My parents can pay around 15000 a year but no more than that.<br>
Do you think I have chance to get a scholarship?</p>