<p>I know all 3 are extremely hard, but which 2 of these universities would be easiest to get into as an international student requiring financial aid. </p>
<p>Also is Middlebury , Williams or Amherst most likely to accept an international student requiring financial aid. </p>
<p>NOTE: I am looking for 2 of the first 3 mentioned universities, and then 1 of the second 3 mentioned universities.</p>
<p>Chicago
Rice
Williams</p>
<p>^ You are making some pretty bold claims. Can you back those up with hard evidence or are you just guessing?</p>
<p>Barium, what do you think?</p>
<p>I honestly don’t know, and as far as I know there’s no publicly available data to make that call.</p>
<p>For example, Middlebury and Amherst are need-blind for internationals while Williams is not. That may mean that it’s easier to get into Middlebury or Amherst for a financial aid applicant. On the flip side, if too many applicants think that way, they might attract more international applicants, making the competition for admission more keen than at Williams. </p>
<p>As far as Williams vs Amherst vs Middlebury are concerned, all three are extremely selective and the fluctuations in your chances are probably small by comparison. I would honestly recommend that you research each and apply to those that you would be the happiest to attend.</p>
<p>The same goes to Tufts vs Rice vs Chicago. If I had to guess, I would say that competition for financial aid is the most keen at Chicago - it’s the most prestigious of the three and awards the least financial aid to internationals. But again, if too many applicants think that way, your odds might be better the other way around.</p>
<p>I do hope that lk65ty5rt4 will come back and explain his/her reasoning. I am curious if he/she has some insider information, or if he/she is just another overconfident college applicant who thinks that they’ve got it all figured out.</p>
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<p>Middlebury is not need-blind for internationals.</p>
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My bad, they are no longer need-blind. Do you happen to know how generous they are now compared to their need-blind days?</p>
<p>When talking about whether a school is need blind, we’re not talking about how much aid you’re likely to receive. The concept of need blind admissions is more about admissions and less about financial aid. A school that is need blind will not consider whether you need financial aid when determining whether to accept or deny you. A non-need blind college can reject you simply because you’re asking for aid. All of the schools you mention (including Middlebury, Amherst, and Williams) guarantee to meet your full demonstrated need if you’re accepted (even for international students). In other words, if they decide to accept you (the biggest hurtle), they will meet 100% of your demonstrated need.</p>
<p>You misunderstood. How much financial aid <em>in total</em> is Middlebury giving to new incoming international students? In other words, to what extent does the (relatively new) policy impact international applicants?</p>
<p>Here’s another example. Williams went need-aware for international students in 2010, but they didn’t actually cut back on their international financial aid budget. (The stated goal of the need-aware policy is not to let the international aid budget spiral out of control, after it had tripled in the preceding decade.) With no actual budget change between the need-blind and need-aware admission policies, I suspect that competition for financial aid has not changed much either. In contrast, if they had chosen to cut their international aid budget in half, competition for financial aid among international applicants would have instantly become much more intense.</p>