<p>So I was at this information session in my country where three colleges were represented. After the session ended I went up to college x’s admission…guy, and he was really excited and we talked a lot. I gave him my info and he said he’ll contact me and put me in contact with other people.
He did email me the next day, put me in contact with one student (sorta close to my country) and a head of a certain department. He also added me on facebook.</p>
<p>This should be interpreted as a big interest in me to study at their college, right?</p>
<p>For the info, I’ve answered him and he hasn’t answered back for 4 days. Should I be worried that he’s lost interest?</p>
<p>**** always happens when I gettoo excited about things :/</p>
<p>dont take it that seriously LOL! remember that the whole point why they are globetrotting is to MEET students,so they are doing exactly that(their jobs).I recently had a similar encounter in my country-Im sure meeting the person who actually READS apps from your region could make a difference-but by all means do not take it to mean you are virtually admitted.You might want to politely drop them an email,reminding them that you are X from Y country,we met at theX college fair and discussed BLAH.I am emailing you to find out aboutxxx…Only do this fairly infrequently,you dont want to bombard/annoy the person with incessant e-mails.If done well,this communication and relationship could yield results come April 1.</p>
<p>Unfortunately you can not interpret his interest and actions as specific to you. He was sent to your country to generate applications, and it’s his job to get you excited enough to apply.</p>
<p>It’s very tempting to fall into a “if they are flooding me with attention, they must REALLY want me to come” mentality. Unfortunately, that’s not how things work.</p>
<p>well then, that’s a shame, oh well.
Still though, doesn’t mean they don’t want me to come, and they probably slightly…do want me to come, so, ugh, I’ll just stay hopeful…but less excited I guess, that should do (:</p>
<p>They clearly want some representation from your country. Many colleges are looking to international markets as the number of Americans of college age is declining. Internationals bring big dollars to US schools.</p>
<p>Well, I seriously doubt a lot of american colleges have representatives of my country
in any case, how exactly do international students bring money to the US schools?</p>
<p>"how exactly do international students bring money to the US schools? "</p>
<p>Most international students pay the full cost of their educations. Most do not get any financial aid from the college or university that they attend.</p>
<p>I would take it in a more positive light than the posters above me. Sometimes officials sent over do get genuinely interested in a few applicants they meet. In my country, a couple of Middlebury officers came over and spoke to a few students and they “were just ready to take them” then and there(Inverted commas-are the officials’ own words). I don’t know the students but I heard this piece of info through the grapevine.
So, for schools that value demonstrated interest a lot, I would say that yes, it is a big deal indeed. Maybe the official saw something in you that he found attractive.
And I also disagree with 2college2college.
Incorrect. Internationals pay the exact same amount American citezens pay. The OP’s ability to pay doesn’t affect the AdCom’s opinion of him; it shall only matter when his application is being evaluated. Also it only affects his chances should this be a need aware school. Internationals bring big money only to institutions such as the ones in the UK where the fee charged for internationals to attend is about 3-4 times that of a regular British applicant.
OP, I would say definitely keep up the contact with the official. It might just mean something more!</p>
<p>I was not saying internationals pay more, just that the vast majority pay full price which is not the case for Americans. Also, 98% of US schools are need aware where internationals are concerned.</p>
<p>^I do agree with that statement.
However, based on the strength of one’s applicantion, it is definitely possible to get need based/merit based aid for internationals. There is hope! :)</p>
<p>alot, if the school is not need blind. then again, even if they ARE need blind, they might not be able to give you all the aid you need. very few schools are need blind and offer full aid to admitted students.</p>
