How is Duke's financial aid for international students?

[bluedog]

<p>I believe the aid given for foreign students is pretty comparable to U.S. applicants, BUT it is much harder to get admitted in the first place if you’re applying for aid as it’s a separate pool (since international students don’t qualify for federal gov’t aid). Here’s more information:
[Duke</a> Financial Aid: International Students](<a href=“http://dukefinancialaid.duke.edu/undergraduate/prospectives/apply/international.html]Duke”>http://dukefinancialaid.duke.edu/undergraduate/prospectives/apply/international.html)</p>

<p>If you don’t apply for aid from the onset, you cannot apply later in your Duke career.</p>

<p>This is also interesting:

We would like to draw your attention to our new 4-year award policy for international students. If you choose to attend Duke, your parent and student contributions will be exactly the same each year for the next four years. The cost of attendance will increase from year to year, but what we expect you to contribute will be the same as it is this year. This means that your aid from Duke will increase to cover any increase in the anticipated cost of education, but your parent and student contributions will not change.</p>

<p>This also means that you do not have to submit any financial information to us again after this year.

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<p>Bruce and Martha Karsh have donated a lot of money in recent years to improve Duke’s aid for international students, including endowing the Karsh International Scholars program.</p>