<p>When applying for colleges, will they put me at the top of the pile so to speak if I pay all cash? Do colleges do that, or will they treat all applicants the same whether they need financial aid or not?</p>
<p>Depends on the university. Most (if not all) top schools are need-blind for Americans. But if you’re international…then yes, it’s a big advantage.</p>
<p>Royal bumpage.</p>
<p>Dunno the answer on your question, but I hope nodnard is right since I’m an international myself ^^</p>
<p>You will only get special consideration if you give a 10 million or more donation at most ivies/top lac’s…build a new specialized science building and you’ll get in automatically as long as you graduated high school…but no, paying 200k in advance isn’t out of the norm at most snooty institutions, and will not get you special consideration.</p>