I am an international student at Boston University, double major in natural sciences and humanities. GPA 3.5-3.6, research experience.
Applying as a transfer to University of Rochester, Case Western Reserve University, Clark University, Tufts, Colgate, Amherst, Harvard.
At which of these do I have a chance to get an offer of admission together with a financial package?
Are there any others I should apply to?
Also, what majors should I apply for to increase my chances???
As I know for international TRANSFER student is extremely hard to get any financial aid.
If not a secret, why you want to left Boston University? My son now preparing to apply RD and Boston University is in his short list.
My main reason is seeking financial assistance. Good luck to your son in the application process!
Your thread title is about FEDERAL aid. Is that what you mean?
If so…as an international student, you won’t receive a nickel of U.S. federally funded aid.
If you are talking about institutional need based aid…do a google search for each school…
E.g.
Colgate financial aid for international transfer student
Generally, domestic transfer students get very minimal aid. International students, who are transferring should think full fees to transfer. The schools don’t have to attract you, you have to attract them.
Check each school’s transfer financial aid policies.
If you are getting any aid now, you should probably stick with what you have.
You have another thread that is providing the same answers that you will get here.
The answers won’t change.
International students who want to transfer to another US university do so on their own funding.
BU is an expensive university. Why would you choose to go there if you couldn’t afford the total cost of four years?
You are not alone.
A number of US students and their parents think that the hard part of this college process is getting in. They assume, incorrectly, that once they are in, that the universities will somehow find a way to fund their student. The hardest part is figuring out if the home budget will cover the college fees. So you get a large number of US students who attend their local public schools.
The colleges are on strict and limited budgets. They cannot fund every accepted student; where would the money come from?
The parents get loans, and empty out their savings accounts, and get stuck not being able to pay for the last year or two of their child’s education. Their savings are gone.
Your best bet is to find a cheaper college where you can pay full fees (estimate for international ~$35k-50k) to attend, or finish your education in your home country.
I find this thread and its related thread a bit confusing. In the other thread, if I remember correctly, OP says that they can afford $5k-$15k per year. However, BU at least in my experience is a lot more expensive than this. There are plenty of very good schools that are more than $15k per year, but cheaper than BU.
For Harvard and Amherst College I think that getting accepted with a 3.6 from BU is going to be the issue. For most other schools, as @“aunt bea” says, paying for it is going to be the issue.
If the real budget limit is $15k, then I don’t know anything to suggest other than schools in OP’s home country.
I don’t think Harvard accepts transfers. Has there been a change in that regard?
Int’ls have such a low chance to get aid as a transfer. Many schools are need-aware for transfer students. And some are need aware for int’l Students.
Why do you want to transfer?
I do not see any inconsistency in what I have written in the threads. I honestly do not understand why people ask me why I chose BU, assume things I don’t know things that BU is expensive, that it is necessary to choose a school I can afford etc.
It’s quite obvious that colleges cannot fund every student and that I should look for schools in my home country.
But the question was not asking for advice on what to do.
Rather it asked about my chances. Okay, chances are low for everyone at Ivies. But I need more specific details and details about other schools I mentioned.
Yes, Harvard accepts transfers.
It’s true, but I am still giving a shot.
I certainly didn’t think the hardest part is to get in. It’s really weird to assume every situation is the same.
I also think it’s my right to post as many as threads as I want as well as conceal circumstances that led to my decision to go to BU and then transfer.
Well…acceptance IS your challenge. The acceptance rates at the schools you listed for international students is VERY VERY low. Very.
In addition, while some of these schools are need blind and meet full need for all accepted incoming international freshmen, this is not necessarily the case for international students. This means your ability to pay could be considered.
And some don’t meet full need…
Case Western Reserve University offers a limited amount of need-based aid to first-year and transfer international applicants. Clark and University of Rochester seem similar. These schools don’t guarantee to meet the need of international students from what I can find.
Colgate is a possibility if you get accepted.
Tufts and Amherst are possible IF you get accepted.
Financially, Harvard would be a possibility but in recent years they have had 1600 transfer applications with only 12 or so students actually accepted. But sure, give it a try.
Do you need full funding?
ETA…my opinion…with a 3.5 or so gpa, your adimission chances are not a slam dunk.
This isn’t the admissions transfer forum…so maybe you need to post there about your admissions chances as a transfer student.
If you are admitted, and complete the financial aid application forms, you will receive a financial aid award. The question is…will that award be sufficient for you to attend these colleges.
When I said about the hardest part was not getting in, I was replying to the comment above. But I am aware of what you said about acceptance.
Thanks for the information.
I really haven’t seen the transfer forum, so thanks I will try to look for answers there.
They do and they have. Very few though. ~12-15 per year, with about half being recruited athletes.
Personally, when I recommend transfer options I’m more likely to suggest schools at which transfer admission seems to be an established part of a school’s culture and philosophy. To determine this, it can be helpful to compare first-year acceptance rates to that for transfers. Amherst, for example, accepts 7% of transfer applicants, a rate substantially less than that for first-year applicants, a ratio that would seem to make your acceptance there highly unlikely.
However, I’m much more inclined than some other posters to think you might receive financial support for your education if you gain acceptance to a well-funded college. In many cases, these schools provide aid to transfers, including internationals, on an equivalent basis to that for first-years.
Thank you for your advice!
You’re an int’l trying to transfer?
Did your dad fill out the NCP form for BU?
Can you stay at BU? Sounds like that may be your only option now.