International Student, Advice greatly Needed!!!

Jrock
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:09:07 +0000

From my point of view, LACs are great for intl aid, and those that give admission based on whether they can meet your full need, in other words, non-need blind. Some awards tend to be more merit-based than others .e.g [wes vs. conncoll].

transcript/grades is no problem cos a school profile or grade interpretation can always be sent.

i haven’t had any experience with larges school save USC and WashU. most of the money you’ll get from these is in form of scholarship, except the need-based ones like the Ivies, Stanford, etc.
Although WashU is “need aware” they still accept some intl aid applicants without offering any financial assistance.

public institutions, like UM college park, rarely, if ever, offer financial aid to intls since they are funded by government funds. and also, the fact that a school is totally need blind doesn’t mean they will meet one’s full need everytime. non-need blind schools are the surest in terms of meeting one’s absolutely FULL need.