<p>International students have greater chance if they can pay the cost. Harvard as well as Princeton is need blind for international so perhaps paying ability most probably has but little effect. But in most of the LACs or even other ivies, the bucks matters. </p>
<p>Some like Worchester Polytenchnic explicitly mentions $14000 or Lawrence - $18000. Many students most probably are rejected in these colleges on the ground that they have large amount of need that cannot be met.</p>