International Student looking for suggestions

MYOS1634
Sat, 28 Dec 2013 07:40:40 +0000

OP: I think you’re confusing “100% admitted international students get financial aid” and “students with need get 100% need met”.
Do you want 100% need met or do you want “some” financial aid disbursed to all admitted students? Or do you mean “full rides for truly destitute students”? (This last one only concerns proven geniuses).

I ask because if you don’t qualify as lower-class, I can’t imagine you’re truly destitute, and therefore I doubt you’d qualify for a full ride based on need (essentially, for Indian applicants, it means you live in a slum, and you’ve already established you don’t). Of course you could be middle class and still not able to contribute more than a few thousand dollars plus plane ticket but that wouldn’t be considered a full ride, that would be full tuition + (more than full tuition, but not full ride).
How much can your parents contribute?

Schools like the women’s colleges or Earlham are very generous for the students they want, even if they do not meet need for all admitted students.

Look at schools that aren’t CommonApp exclusive so that you can apply to schools with their own application (as you’ve already done for Davidson)
[331 ‘non-exclusive’ Common Application member colleges look like geniuses - Washington DC College admissions | Examiner.com](http://www.examiner.com/article/331-non-exclusive-common-application-member-colleges-look-like-geniuses)