<p>I’d go back and do some more research on international aid if I were you. Only four ivies are need blind for internationals: HYP and Dartmouth. Schools like Duke often give substantial need and merit based aid to qualified international students. Look up the Karsh Scholarship at Duke. It provided aid to needy and meritorious internationals. I can’t comment on Rice or the University of Chicago since I don’t know enough about their policies. Duke’s Robertson scholarship was endowed by Julian Robertson, a billionaire who spent some time living in New Zealand. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the scholarship committee favors applicants from down under (by which I mean both Australia and New Zealand) but I don’t know whether this is officially verifiable.</p>
<p>Note: Cornell is need blind but not full need (essentially rendering it meaningless).</p>