<p>Let’s say an international student is applying for one of these schools in business/law/medicine. How do they pay for them? </p>
<p>If you’re international, is it much harder to get FA for graduate studies than it is for undergraduate studies? What kind of FA is available for international graduates - full-need FA from the college, merit scholarships, or do they usually have to pay themselves?</p>
<p>Thanks very much.</p>
<p>The vast majority of aid in professional schools is loans. A few top and state schools do have some aid money but nearly everyone who can’t pay graduates with considerable loans. </p>
<p>There are lots of internationals at business schools but not so many at law and med schools as these degrees often won’t make sense in your home country.</p>
<p>^I come from the UK, so we do often go to law and med school. I’m most likely to want to go to law school, then business school, then med school.</p>
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<p>You want to go to all THREE…law school, then business school. then med school? WHY??? I have to say…this makes absolutely no sense and it will be QUITE costly. There is precious little financial aid at all for med schools and law schools…and they are EXPENSIVE. Not wishing to sound snarky…but maybe you should start with business and take a personal finance course first. Going to law school, business school and THEN med school sounds like the life of a professional student…not someone who wishes to pursue ANY of these careers.</p>
<p>Python, I see from other threads of yours that you are planning to apply as an undergrad this year and need close to a FULL RIDE to be able to attend a U.S. School for undergrad. You are from the U.K. </p>
<p>I have to ask…why aren’t you considering school in the U.K. The prices would be much more moderate for you.</p>
<p>I will say…it is highly unlikely that you are going to get a full ride at most of the schools you are considering as most of them DO consider international status for either acceptance, financial aid…or both to some degree.</p>
<p>And another question, Python…are you hoping for free rides for (expensive) undergrad schools AND then law school and business school and med school in the U.S as an international student…all for close to no cost to you? Sorry…don’t think that’s going to happen.</p>
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Do you mean you want to attend ALL of those professional schools or is that the ranking of order of interest (law, business, med). Very few people get their professional school education paid for- Getting 3 paid for is extremely ridiculously unlikely. I agree with those who suggest perhaps attending college in the UK and saving your pennies for professional school. Or at the very least, stay focused on applying to college right now- not professional school (unless you are applying to a dual degree or combined undergrad/med school program).</p>
<p>I got a PM from the OP stating that he/she was looking at these professional schools in that order…not that he/she wished to attend all three. Thank you for the clarification.</p>
<p>I’d get the undergrad issues resolved FIRST…then worry about the grad ones. BUT as others have posted…med school and law school have precious little in financial aid to anyone.</p>
<p>The issue is getting a US law degree makes little sense for practicing law in the UK and you may have some issues with medical licensing too. There are very few visas available for internationals to remain and work in the US.</p>
<p>^So, if I were choosing my major at a US college, it would be best to major in something easily “transferrable” to a job in the UK? What kind of subjects would those be? (I was considering law originally because it is my first-choice subject, i.e. the one I’m applying for at UK universities.)</p>
<p>If you want to work in the U.K…why not just go to college in the U.K where it will be less expensive to begin with??</p>
<p>^Unfortunately, I’m not sure whether I’m still eligible for the home fees at UK universities:</p>
<p><a href="http://www..co.uk/showthread.php?t=972373%5B/url%5D">http://www..co.uk/showthread.php?t=972373</a></p>
<p>(Sorry, you’ll have to replace the asterisks with “the student room” without spaces; I can’t post the full link for some reason)</p>
<p>I am busy contacting the universities and Student Finance England, but I don’t know how this will turn out. </p>
<p>There is also the issue of my age (I’m a few years younger than the average college applicant) and the fact I’m homeschooled. American universities are probably more open to “untraditional” students. </p>
<p>Or I could get a degree from the US (where they don’t study law at the undergraduate level) and then take one of the “conversion courses” which we have in the UK and allows people without law degrees to become sufficiently qualified. I’m not sure how much they cost, though, so I’ll have to find that out.</p>
<p>Thanks for warning me about the VISAs. I guess there’d be little point going to law school in the US if I had to find a job in the UK afterwards.</p>