<p>"In the last three years, Chicago has offered a total of $2.8 million dollars to 75 needy students around the world who have demonstrated unusual academic and extracurricular excellence. "</p>
<p>75 is the total number of international students receiving aid in the past 3 years. In the past 3 years, there are 6 different graduating classes (class of 2004-09). I checked the FAQ page on</p>
<p><a href=“http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=350[/url]”>http://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/level3.asp?id=350</a> </p>
<p>16*6 = 96, which makes sense if Chicago offered less students financial aid in years past.</p>
<p>The reason most colleges do not offer aid to internationals is that internationals do not qualify for federal student aid. Federal student aid gives at least 5000 to every student with financial need in stafford loans and work-study, and may give more for people who qualify for Perkins Loan and Pell Grant. This makes it harder for all but the richest colleges (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) be need-blind and meet full need to international students.</p>
<p>Don’t think you guys do not have the worst of all. Imagine a smart and hard-working student (not good enough to HYP) who came to the US during elementary school and has since more or less forgotten his/her “native” language. Parents are low-income and do not have a Green Card yet so the student does not qualify for financial aid. Worst of all, their home state require citizenship or permanent residency for in-state tuition. This student cannot attend a college in his/her home country because of language problems and cannot afford anything beyond community college. I think all of these applies to a person at my school, so her only hope is to get into one of the elite schools that can afford to give out financial aid to internationals.</p>