Please give me advice on how to improve my application

b_r_um
Sat, 01 Mar 2014 19:11:11 +0000

I am inclined to agree with International95 that Bard is probably not a good option.

Bard’s need-based International Scholarship is capped at $30,000 a year. The average scholarship award for international students is higher than that because Bard has two full-tuition scholarship programs open to international students: The Distinguished Science Scholarship and the Levy Economics Scholarship. Since the OP is planning to major in English, she would not be a good candidate for either, so she should consider $30,000 to be the maximum amount of scholarship she is likely to receive.

The institutional loan program probably won’t be of much help either. Many LACs actually package loans in the financial aid package of international students; they are usually on the order of $3,000 - $5,000 a year, way below what the OP would need to afford Bard with the maximum International Scholarship.

Not that it should matter. Let’s hope that the OP gets admitted to college this year ! :)