International wanting financial aid?

desperate_asian
Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:50:00 +0000

Hi.
I am an international (Korean citizen, canadian permanent resident) seeking financial aid from US schools.
Ideally, my goal is to apply to the top tier schools such as HYP, Amherst, Williams and Dartmouth that offer a need-blind policy for internationals, but understanding the competitiveness of these schools, i would like to know what other schools that are of lower tier that I could apply to and get significant (30K+ per year) financial aid or scholarship.
I have a 4.0 UW gpa, and our school doesnt rank, but my counsellor put on my form that i’m approximately in top 10 out of 350 (not percentile)
SAT : 750 CR, 790 M, 720 W (b/c of 8 on essay =()
my EC’s are pretty stellar; student council president, ran a business at school, internship at an i-bank, and much more with significant leadership roles
assuming that i write a killer essay (although im not sure if the schools of this tier would put much emphasis on it) what level of school would i need to apply in order to get lots of fin-aid as an international?