International That needs Need-Based Financial Aid, but Doesnt apply

<p>your right. universities are businesses.
Do you guys think that other schools think the same way? even if they say that they are need-blind but in reality they are not.</p>

<p>like my aunt at Princeton told me that of course they’re gonna keep it at the back of their heads when applying for financial aid. but meh, like would it be the same to applying to harvard/princeton/ the 6 schools w/o financial support in comparison to stanford?</p>

<p>like stanford tells you straight up if your an international and want financial aid its very very competitive, but the other school dont (HYPcolumbia/etc). but like wont they be technically profiting off of me anyways?</p>

<p>I still have to do more research on it though, like grad school is important, but like I dont want to come out of 4 yrs having a lot of money to pay back, unless I win the lottery or something. Um, this might be a stupid question, but are there scholarships and those type of things you can apply to once your in university? </p>

<p>please shed your input on this matter from people who you guys know that have been in this position. thanks a lot!</p>