What is a way that I can get ivy leagues scholarship????

[Lazybum648]

What is a way that I can get ivy leagues scholarship???

[Lazybum648]

I’m talking fullride btw

[nw2this]

You have to get accepted (hard part) and be very low income.

[Lazybum648]

So there is no other way other than having a very low income…?

[nw2this]

Post your stats and people on this board will suggest some schools where you can get a full ride.

[gibby]

Ivy League Conference rules forbid merit based scholarships: http://ivyserver.princeton.edu/ivy/downloads/rulesummary/ivysummary.pdf

Ivy Group institutions follow the common policy that any financial aid to student-athletes shall be awarded solely on the basis of **demonstrated economic need **with no differentiation in amount, kind, composition or continuation based or dependent upon athletic status, ability or continued participation, provided that each institution applies its own standard of economic need. Applicants intending to participate in athletics are considered for financial aid together with all other applicants at the institution: Ivy institutions do not award grants-in aid, or indeed aid unrelated to need on any other basis.

That means that each Ivy League school must give the same need based aid to everyone – athletes and non-athletes. However, each Ivy League school is allowed to define “economic need” by their own institutional formula, meaning schools with larger endowments (Harvard, Yale, Princeton) tend to give MORE need based financial aid to all students than Brown, Dartmouth, Columbia, Cornell or UPenn.

This article gives the upper ranges at each Ivy League school, however students and parents should check with each school’s financial aid website to see if the dollar amounts listed are accurate: http://www.businessinsider.com/congrats-you-got-into-the-school-of-your-dreams-now-its-time-to-think-about-how-to-pay-for-it-2015-4

It also should be noted that need based financial aid for international students works differently than financial aid for US students http://www.internationalstudent.com/schools_awarding_aid/

US Schools That Offer Need-Blind and Full-Need Admission to International Students - under a need-blind admissions policy, a college or university will admit students regardless of their ability to pay, and for any students that cannot afford the price tag, full-need means the university awards scholarships and other institutional aid to make up the difference. There are now five US schools that offer need-blind and full-need admissions to international students - Amherst College is the most recent to join this elite group. Basically, if you can get in, you can afford to go - they are:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Princeton University
Yale University
Amherst College

[austinmshauri]

You don’t need a new thread. Post your stats here. Some colleges offer need-based aid only. The income cut off for them can be fairly high (I think Stanford’s is ~$125k). Others offer merit aid for stats; some offer both, but others offer little or neither. You have to run the net price calculators on the college websites to get cost estimates for your situation.

How much will your parents pay per year? If your income is too high for need-based aid but they can’t/won’t contribute much, you need merit aid. What’s your home state? Is there a college within commuting distance that you can use as a safety?

[austinmshauri]

Your other threads indicate that you’re looking for a full ride but might not qualify for need-based aid. I don’t think the Ivies offer merit aid (because everyone would qualify). How much can your parents pay per year?

[Lazybum648]

Thanks for the info