<p>“a lot of really brilliant students here are from poor families. and in case you have forgotten, the GDP in india is not equal to the GDP in usa. an upper-middle class family earns between $15000 to $30000 here. now do you get why we need financial aids? dont know much about other countries but in india this is the condition. how could you expect us to pay the full tuition fees with a family income like that?”</p>
<p>My point in bringing it up is that there are a lot of “really brilliant” international kids who live in the US, have been going to US highschools, and have parents with US incomes. My D has many such kids in her friend group at her local HS. They might be expected to pay more, and they might be more attractive candidates to schools that are need aware because they may have higher stats and higher incomes than non-resident international candidates.</p>