<p>When are you scheduled to take the SAT? </p>
<p>BTW…I see that you can borrow about $25k (US Dollars) per year (about $100k total). That’s a lot of money for undergrad. Are you aware of how much your montly payments will be upon graduation? </p>
<p>For instance…if that was a US student loan, the monthly payments for borrowing that much would be about $1200 per year for 10 years. It takes an income of about $128k per year to comfortably pay that back.</p>
<p>What kind of salary do you expect to be earning after graduation?</p>
<p>On thier website they say I can have up to 25 years to pay back the loan(not something I wish for, so I would like to get as much fin aid as possable)</p>
<p>and 1246dollas a quarter or 1629dollars a semester of that amount is actually a contribution.</p>
<p>expectet salary… well, I think the average salary in the US is higher than in sweden. so it depends on, if I’ll be able to stay in the US and work.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Wow…25 years to pay back - that’s your whole working adult life when you’d be buying a home and raising a family (if desired). What a drain on your lifestyle. :(</p>
<p>Do you realize that college FA packages also include student loans? Some mistakenly think that FA packages consist entirely of “free money”. In the US, student loans ARE “aid”. A package might have $10k in free grants, and the rest is student loans. </p>
<p>So, a school may say to you… “The school’s COA is $50k, and you qualify for $30k in financial aid and your family’s EFC is $20k.” However, your $30k financial aid package might have $15k in grants, and the other $15k in loans (in addition to the loans you’ll be needing for the remaining $20k). So, you could end up needing to borrow $15k loans in package plus $20k for your EFC (which may also include some loans). Does this make sense?</p>
<p>You need to apply to schools that won’t have a lot of loans in its FA packages.</p>
<p>Do you know the amount of student loans are typically found in the financial aid packages in your chosen schools.</p>
<p>Posters, Doesn’t Johns Hopkins have one of the best journalism schools in the country? I would think besides Northwestern it would be perfect for this applicant. Thoughts?</p>
<p>“You need to apply to schools that won’t have a lot of loans in its FA packages.”
Where can I find which these schools are?</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins… Havn’t heard anything about JH and journalism, anyone else know anything about this?</p>
<p>Maybe there’s no real safety for me as en internatioanl… Bu could Arizona state be sort of a safety for me?</p>
<p>They don’t have a soccerteam, but I guess I can live with that…</p>
<p>I know that some international students use LSU as a safety, but I don’t know about their journalism school.</p>
<p>How about this list:</p>
<h1>1Northwestern(Dream school)</h1>
<h1>2LMU(Love the location)</h1>
<h1>3American U(Seems like a good school with possability to get FinAid, But I don’t know much about it. Would love some opinions about this school!)</h1>
<h1>4Loyola U at C (Love that it’s near chicago…) or Syracuse U(thier journalism program)</h1>
<h1>5Temple (Seems like a good state school… FinAid?)</h1>
<h1>6ASU (great weather, not to expensive in comparison, seem to have a fair chance to get FinAid)</h1>
<p>What about Loyola New Orleans?</p>
<p>how’s thier journalism program? finAid for internationals?</p>
<p>I forgot that you’re an int’l that needs FA.</p>
<p>Have you checked to see if your list of schools are generous with FA to int’ls? Does LMU? or Loyola-Chicago? Is their aid grants or loans?</p>
<p>Well, I’m not to sure about the fin aid… I thing ASU have som sort of scholarship or grant to help out international students… </p>
<p>Do you know were I can look up that info?</p>
<p>Usually if you go to the school’s website and go to their International students page, you can see if scholarships or FA is available. Some schools even have online admissions counselors that you can “chat with” during their business hours. </p>
<p>LMU does consider int’ls for scholarships. </p>
<p>When are you taking your SAT? Some schools won’t use later SATs for scholarships. Have you checked for that, too? (look at their websites or send the scholarship offices an email.)</p>
<p>Have you looked at UMinnesota? Their non-resident costs are very low.</p>
<p>I know that you say that you can get loans from your home country. 
I’ve forgotten if you’ve said how much your family can pay each year.</p>
<p>BTW…in an earlier post, I meant to say that LSU is reasonably priced for int’ls.</p>
<p>I’m taking the SAT this saturday I usually do well when it counts… but on the other hand I’ve never done a test with this level of english… hmm</p>
<p>Good news about LMU, I just love the location.</p>
<p>I’ll look into UMinn :)</p>
<p>ahh, SAT is tomorrow… I’m nervous as hell. and i’ve just got a cold and have recurrence of headaches… not good, and I usually never get sick…</p>
<p>But NU accepts januari scores also right? the other schools too, i hope :S</p>
<p>How about this list</p>
<ul>
<li>Northwestern</li>
<li>Loyola marymount University</li>
<li>Ithaca college</li>
<li>Temple or Lynn</li>
</ul>
<p>If I don’t get in to anyone of these I go to Community College, probably Santa monica city college</p>
<p>I would definitely recommend that you keep Temple on your list, even if only as a safety school. While many wouldn’t consider it on par with some of the other major schools you’ve listed, we have a thriving international community. As a matter of fact, we’re the most diverse campus in America according to the Princeton Review.</p>
<p>But that doesn’t really mean anything (or, rather, it shouldn’t be the reason you pick a school). </p>
<p>I know many international students, many of which are in the international business program – from what I understand, most of them love it. If you want, I could put you in touch with some of them.</p>
<p>Just for the record, Temple isn’t a state school. We’re state affiliated, which means we get money from PA, but we are completely autonomous – an independent institution from the State Board of Higher Education. This is relevant to you, because it means we have lower tuition than many of the other schools listed. Some posters above noted the importance of avoiding many years of student debt.</p>
<p>U of North Carolina
Duke
U of Missouri</p>