International Student looking for clear Financial Aid instructions

billcsho
Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:50:58 +0000

Your EC is just among the average of the students applying to those schools. I don’t see anything really outstanding. There are many schools that would fit you academically, but probably not at the Ivy level nor do they provide sufficient aid to you. Do you mean your aunt can financially support your study here? That is good, but it would still be tricky when you apply for the Visa. The schools that you may have a chance will cost you $35k-$60k per year. Some schools may offer you a small merit aid but it would not help much in your case. With you current credential, your chances for admission at these top schools on your list are very low. Getting scholarship in HK is also difficult. If you don’t have spectacular test scores, you would not get one. There are scholarships that do use DSE for evaluation as they used to use HKCEE before. Going to an English kindergarten would not explain your poor grade in Chinese at all unless you go to international school or do not live in HK for most of your grade school years. Your best bet would be studying hard for the DSE retake next year. Did you even apply to any associate degree program this year?