FYI (Internationals): ~10% Get Scholarships (Grants)

Colleges & Universities Northwestern University
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<p>NU started giving scholarships in 2005.</p>

<p>From Common Data Set:</p>

<p>2005-06
number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who received need-based or non-need-based aid: 11
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: : $36,685 </p>

<p>2006-07
number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who received need-based or non-need-based aid: 24
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: : $38,388</p>

<p>2007-08
number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who received need-based or non-need-based aid: 30
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: : $33,150</p>

<p>2008-09
number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who received need-based or non-need-based aid: 39
Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: : $37,806</p>

<p>On average, about 10 international students per class get them.</p>

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<p>if the scholarships are need based…and i apply… does it lower my acceptance?
supposedly i heard that even if the scholarships are “need”-based…they will lower the rate of acceptance</p>

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<p>You asked a good question. Admission is not need-blind. My guess is if you ask for FA, your application goes to the international pool that ask for money and the #admit would be capped at 15 or so (assuming 75% yield). The acceptance rate depends on how many applicants are in that pool. So if 100 ask for it, the acceptance rate would be 15%.</p>

<p>Last year, NU got ~2000 international applicants. I have no idea how many of them asked for FA.</p>

<p>I suspect where you come from would be a factor. If I were an admission officer and all else are equal, I’d probably be more sympathetic to the one from a poor country with low standard of higher ed than someone from, say, Canada where world-class education is readily available at lower cost.</p>

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<p>The new President is a leading expert on economics in high ed. He really cares about affordability My guess is he’s gonna try to expand FA, pending the board’s approval.</p>

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<p>I’m an international student , but I have american citizenship
If I apply for FA does that lower my possibilities of acceptance?</p>

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<p>no. that applies to only citizens of foreign countries.</p>