Match me - International student applying to T30s

You might want to look at Section C of the Common Data Sets for the schools you are interested in attending; there is information there on admission criteria and how it is weighted, the number of persons who applied/were accepted/actually attended for a given academic year, and other objective information on students who matriculated. The schools you have named are difficult to get into as a U.S. citizen, much less an international applicant; and if you are going to need financial aid, that is another layer of difficulty to get past. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t apply, but your expectations regarding these schools should be greatly tempered.

Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, as well as Temple University, are schools that give merit scholarship money to international students:

SIU-Edwardsville has a competitive full tuition scholarship that is available to international students, here: Financial Aid - Scholarships, Awards and Grants | SIUE

SIU-Carbondale offers a tuition rate equal to universities in certain foreign countries, based on a Memorandum of Understanding, here: Scholarships | Center for International Education | SIU (“Qualified students may also be able to receive our alternative tuition rate through some of our partner universities. We have agreements with other colleges all around the world to give scholarships equaling the resident-rate of tuition to their students.”) and here: Memoranda of Understanding | Center for International Education | SIU

(For the latter option, I don’t know whether tuition rates based on the MOU with the listed schools from India would get you where you need to be financially; but it might be worth a look.)

With regards to Temple University, here is some information about scholarships for international students: Scholarships for International Students | Temple University Office of Undergraduate Admissions

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