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[lildude_ravi]

<p>No, they dont give aid to intls. (I think u know this… don’t you?)</p>

<p>This is from CMU website

Do international students receive financial aid?
Financial aid is not available to undergraduate international students. Undergraduate international students are also ineligible to participate in installment payment plans.

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<p>My friend (his sat was in mid-1300’s) got $60,000 scholarship at RPI for four years… isn’t that cool?</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>thats why I was wondering that Hello had applied</p>

<p>CMU has a half-tuiton merit schol for which intls can apply</p>

[hello]

<p>CMU doesn’t give any schols to intls I asked them that a couple of times.</p>

<p>well my situation is like this, I didnt apply for aid at any of the schools I applied except HPM, nous avons $$$$$$.</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>U Sure?Maybe U asked for financial aid</p>

<p>This is coz They have a schol,I forget its name for ppl who qualify for no aid otherwise,merit or financial</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>so r u planning to pay abt 190000 bucks for just an undergrad degree?</p>

[mercurysquad]

<p>Hello, what about stanford??

just a thought… why didnt u ppl consider RPI? they have good engg. prog and generous towards intls.

I didn’t know they offered any “generous” aid at all… but my friend emailed them on Jan 25th and wrote bluntly that he heard from various sources that the prospects for finaid at RPI are very weak. Guess what, they wrote back that they’ll offer as much as aid as they can, and even though the deadline is loooong past (jan 1!) they are sending him an application packet and asked him to apply (he didnt even mention his stats!)…</p>

[lildude_ravi]

<p>I think akash is talking abt this scholarship</p>

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Judith Resnik – Challenger Scholarships
To recognize the pioneering spirit and outstanding academic and personal achievement of students committed to study in engineering, science or computer science, Carnegie Mellon offers the Judith Resnik – Challenger Scholarships. These awards are presented without regard to a family’s financial need and are renewable for four years of undergraduate education at Carnegie Mellon, provided students maintain an outstanding academic record. Winners will be notified in their letters of admission. </p>

<p>The Judith Resnik – Challenger Scholarships will cover half the cost of undergraduate tuition. </p>

<p>To be considered for the scholarship, you must:
exhibit excellence in academic achievement
receive exemplary recommendations from teachers and counselors
enhance your school or community through personal involvement
demonstrate a strong sense of personal integrity
apply for undergraduate study in either the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Mellon College of Science or Information Systems
not be a son/daughter of a Carnegie Mellon employee who is eligible for tuition remission

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[hello]

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@akash

so r u planning to pay abt 190000 bucks for just an undergrad degree?

Well not exactly, I sorta have an agreement with my dads company. The company does loads of business with the US army and they loose loads of $$ coz they have no representative there, so they said that a % of the profit (made due to my presence there) will be given to me, for paying tuition.</p>

<p>:) <- Lucky guy eh??</p>

[hello]

<p>and akash are you applying to UT Austin??</p>

[astrix]

<p>yup hello! that’s such a cool arrangement. it’s like paying for your own education. gotta feel good.</p>

[lildude_ravi]

<p>wow Hello,but how will your presence result in profit? sorry, but i’m bit </p>

[sucharita]

<p>Paying for your own education???What a ghastly idea!!!<em>shudders</em></p>

<p>:P</p>

<p>j/k</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>nope I hate Texas</p>

<p>hello,r u mentoning this in ur app?</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>btw,I am hopelessly uninformed,so can somebody tell me wat RPI is?
Is is Rochester?</p>

[lildude_ravi]

<p>Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York</p>

[sucharita]

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@callthecops

but u DO know that I was kiddin all the way through of course…

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<p>Kidding? What’s that?</p>

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@mercurysquad

It’s not a question of IF i get in or not… because that’s decided - I am getting in no doubt.

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<p>For those of us who could do with a couple of confidence boosting psychotherapy sessions, what back up plans do you have?
Mine of course, is IIT. (though I have a couple of other plans too :p)</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>DRexel or Purdue for me,though I hope it doesnt come to that :p</p>

[sucharita]

<p>why? are they so bad?</p>

[hello]

<p>Drexel is pathetic, on the other hand purdue is very good for engineering.</p>

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@akash

hello,r u mentoning this in ur app?

nope, I dont want them to know that I dont have 4 years assured support, that would be suicide.</p>

<p>My back up plan: NIT Surathkal - Comp Sc. and Eng.</p>

[akashbansal]

<p>“Drexel is pathetic, on the other hand purdue is very good for engineering.”</p>

<p>TRue,but Drexel gives a load of schols+Co-op ,which Purdue doesnt.PLus atleast 30 dipsites go there every year</p>