<p>Middlebury is no longer need-blind. I would trust the school to be need-blind if they say so. Maybe I’m biased, but I do have an almost full-ride to the last college you mentioned. (Oh, I’ve gotta ask, too: with FA, do I need to submit detailed financial info for my parents for my visa interview?)</p>
<p>Anyway, I called up a few places. Apparently, I can do it at the Travelers’ clinic at TTS, though I would need to do my Meningococcal jab elsewhere. It’s $60 for consultation fees, and it seems, $100 for the MMR blood-tests, and $50 for the Hep-B blood tests, and so on. So that’s crazy expensive. Anyone have any cheaper experiences?</p>
<p>by the way remember the grey area: there are universities which are need-blind to Americans only, and need-aware towards internastionals, but despite having completely separate admissions and FA offices/officers, still manage to assess international applications and financial aid apps together. i wouldn’t doubt that HYPM etc are also able to do so if they wanted to, no matter how separate their admissions and financial aid processors are.</p>
<p>I guess it is really quite hard to determine and we just have to take their words as they are.</p>
<p>But let’s say we applied w/o FA, will need-blind schools like HYPA ask for proof of finances or will they not because they can always give u FA if u need it…</p>
<p>^ Well, even if they are completely separate and not talking to each other - the admissions office could probably tell how much FA you need just by looking at your address (Beverly Hills, 90210 anyone?) or your parents’ occupation (CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations usually won’t need any sort of FA and could potentially be a big donor, etc…).</p>
<p>well- personally, i smell fish (obviously, i’m a tuna can) with the whole need-blind thing. if they really WERE need blind, why would they want ALL applicants to send their financial statements before accepting the students? think of it this way- apparently, MIT doesn’t send out rejections on paper cuz they’re eco-friendly n all! so, how does it make sense to get EVERY applicant to submit a 6 page form when around 90% of them won’t get in. according to me, it makes more sense to do it all afterwards only for the accepted students! so yeah- according to me- and after all the applications this year- i really think they aren’t truly need-blind, at least for internationals. that’s just my take on it.</p>
<p>umm… i’m pretty sure M and P require you to send your financial statement if you apply for financial aid BEFORE they release their decisions. others? did you guys send 'em?</p>
<p>umm, guys i think i might have a big problem now…I think this question might be more relevant for the guys that have undergone NS…I just got my acceptance letter from a overseas school yesterday to pursue the IB Diploma overseas. The programme commences in August this year and finishes in May/June 2011…What i need to know is how long is the waiting time for enlistment because some joker in MINDEF said that i cannot enlist the moment i come back, and that i would have to wait for 1-6 months before i am told when i would enlist, whereas another person told me that i could enlist straight away once i return. Since NS is for a period of 2 hellish year, if i enlist later than august, i would pass out after august 2 years later, and i might not be able to attend university overseas right? that constitutes to wasting a year right?</p>
<p>^^
graduates from the school normally go to the US or any of the western countries so as to speak to carry on the studies, and i think my parents want me to do so…</p>
<p>@Tuna: Um, probably because it’ll take an insane amount of time to evaluate thousands of financial aid applications when admitted students are required to make a final college decision in a month?</p>
<p>I got my FA package together with my decision letters, which made comparing/choosing a lot easier. It also makes things a lot easier for the schools and it doesn’t hurt to ask the applicants to send in a couple more forms. Plus, zapping the forms and getting them certified true won’t take you more than one hour. Yeah you need more time to get the forms first but hey, you’re applying for aid! You’ll need them either way.</p>
<p>Nadash: I did my TB test thing after I entered the US and it was free at a public health clinic as I had US health insurance (though I had to make 3 trips and waited forever, I didn’t pay anything out-of-pocket). The regulations might have changed, but look into this option. Also try your local polyclinic and your family doctor/GP.</p>
<p>Hermann: I’d listen to official MINDEF people (though sometimes you have to ask 2-3 people who may all give you conflicting information) for their official take. Many unis may also let you start in the spring semester (January), although the <em>top</em> ones don’t, and I think you can also start in February for Australia which is a western country. IDK about Canada. Yes it does equate to ‘wasting’ a year but all SG people ‘waste’ eight months between A Levels and university anyway.</p>
<p>ah yes, i thought you were referring to bank statements, which i didn’t submit. i only submitted income and tax statements to go with my financial aid application. that’s pretty much the standard for ANY financial aid application anyway, need-blind or not.</p>
<p>I don’t know but I imagine it isn’t that hard - especially since FAFSA, CSS Profile and ISFAA are all standardized forms. I imagine they could just plug the relevant numbers into a model and it spits out the amount of aid you get. Appeals can then be handled separately.</p>
<p>Frank, you may not be up to date. LOL. The hypothesis was “Schools want to assess students’ admissions decisions alongside with need, so they ask for financial forms to be handed in alongside with college apps.”</p>
<p>Hi. I am student first year JC student. Just wondering, if theres anything I can do that will give me an edge in my application for US Universities.I’m considering of applying to Cornell and maybe the UCs. Besides taking a H3 subjects and excelling in academics.Basically ECs and all. </p>
<p>Im currently in my schools Debate Club and the Vice-President of my school’s Indian Cultural Society.</p>
<p>Jurong Polyclinic has a travelers clinic. Other polyclinics likely do as well.
Why test for MMR or Hep B. Just get the shot, cheaper and it will not hurt you (well they shot might, but the extra immunity won’t). </p>
<p>Also, you will have to have health insurance in the US while in college there, and it might be you can get all the things you need at the school student health service. Meningiococcal vaccine is really important. No student should go to university in US without it. Lethal cases every year.</p>