Student loans and international students?

cptofthehouse
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:28:16 +0000

The way it usually works when an international student is accepted to a college is that they are told what the college will give to them. It usually does not include loans because international students cannot get loans from the usual federal sources, The only time loans are included is if there is a mistake or the school itself is underwriting them (rare, don’t count on it). The aid package tells you how much you are being offered in financial aid and YOU have to come up with the rest, from your savings, work, your parents, other family or LOANS that YOU and your parents can get and the school doesn’t get involved in what options are available to you. If you do not have a source to get the money to meet your expected contribution, that is your problem, and no, you cannot attend if you cannot show you have the money. You cannot get a student visa from immigration without showing you can pay.

US students also have an expected contribution and many of them find themselves, for any number of reasons, unable to come up with it Sometimes they or their parents cannot borrow enough to be able to attend either But in the case of an international student, a lot of the US lending options are closed to you and your parents. You have to pursue those in your own country or elsewhere. If you can’t come up with the money, you cannot come to the US to study.