How to get huge financial aid

thumper1
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:36:34 +0000

@scholargradecc

This student would need to have demonstrated financial need for ALL of the colleges on your list. It is very unclear if this is the case. The OP wrote that the family can “afford” $25,000 a year…total $100,000. We don’t know their income or asset situation. So we really can’t venture a guess about need based aid eligibility

In addition, a 1450 SAT score is not a slam dunk for admissions to most of the colleges on that list which have VERY low acceptance rates. Their very generous need based aid is only available to the about 10% of accepted students.

And also…with the exception of five school…all others that guarantee to meet full need for international students are need aware for admissions…meaning that the student’s financial need will be considered as part of the application process.

@JohnPonBui University of Alabama DOES offer its guaranteed merit awards to international students. The application for Alabama should be going live very soon. I would encourage this student to complete both the admissions and scholarship applications ASAP after they become available for submission. They will get a decision with merit aid within a few weeks of applying.