Liberal Arts Education (SAFETIES) for internationals

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<p>I think you are misinterpreting the statement. Here’s the conversation:</p>

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i heard that international applicants immediately get put in a separate pile. if you’re applying for fin aid, then you get sorted into another pile. thus even if a college is “need-blind” it will still be “need-aware”.

That is absolutely wrong for need-blind schools. Though I agree this is what happens when you apply to need aware schools you get sorted into a separate, most competitive pile: “internationals applying for financial aid”. But at need blind schools, the distinction is not made and I know a guy who worked in the admissions committee of MIT.

I am reading the conversation as follows. The first poster thinks that international financial aid applicants are always sorted into a separate pile, even when colleges say that they are not taking need into consideration. This would make all colleges, including the need-blind ones, “need-aware.” The second poster says that need-blind colleges do not make this distinction. He seems to refer to the distinction of full-paying international applicants vs international fin aid applicants, not international vs domestic.</p>