International with 1950SAT

mom2collegekids
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:06:46 +0000

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550CR , 770M, 620WR)
Made some thorough research and found some good unis that suit me like:
U Wisconsin-Madison , U Minnesota twin cities ,U Michigan ,U Texas at Austin ,U Illinois urbana champaign
But they all cost about 50k … my family can only afford about 25k/year.
Do you think I can get some scholarships to cover the difference?*

You have a 1330 M+CR SAT and you’re an int’l. That’s a significant problem for scholarships. Most, if not all of those schools, do not give merit scholarships to int’ls. Few publics give int’ls scholarships. Private scholarships from this country are unlikely as well.

For you to get your visa to come here, you’d need to show that you have ALL of your funding in place. Not just for tuition, room and board…**but as an int’l, you have to show funding for tuition, room, board, fees, books, insurance, personal expenses, travel, etc. **

*you need to check each university’s website for the estimated Cost of Attendance. Don’t forget to adjust the transportation costs to account for one or two round trips each year between your home country and the university, and add in at least a 5% increase for each year that you will be attending. I expect that non of the places on your list will fit in your budget. For example, I could find a 2010-2011 COA for out-of-state students at SUNY Albany of $27,972. The estimate for 2012-2012 would probably be at least $30,800. *

Happy mom is right. Your schools will cost too much money. And…you need to add the cost for international travel. These schools don’t include that in their COAs.

You need to talk to your parents…