Need-aware for Internationals

happymomof1
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 13:32:50 +0000

Need-blind for admission means that your financial aid application doesn’t get looked at when you apply. Whether you need aid or not, it won’t affect your chance of admission.

Need-award for admission means that your financial aid application gets looked at when you apply. If don’t need any financial aid and don’t apply for any aid, it will be the same as applying to a need-blind institution.

All that aside, it is important to remember that admissions is harder for international applicants than it is for domestic applicants, even when the international applicant is full-pay and doesn’t need any financial aid. If the place would be a match for a US applicant with grades and test scores like yours, it will be a reach for you because you are an international applicant.