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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Rochester
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<li>How good are Rochester's programs in Economics, Political Science and International Relations?</li>
<li>How does Rochester compare to other schools in giving financial aid to International students? What % of international students receive aid, what is the avg grant size, etc.</li>
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<p>1) Econ, Poli Sci and IR are all strong programs, especially econ.</p>

<p>2) Here’s UR’s statement on FA for international students:</p>

<p><a href=“http://enrollment.rochester.edu/apply/international/#tab3”>http://enrollment.rochester.edu/apply/international/#tab3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If I am reading this correctly, international students who are not from Canada or Mexico are not eligible for need-based FA, only merit awards.</p>

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<p>As I understand, foreign students are ineligible for anything that’s related to federal funding. That means “financial aid” is a grant of some sort. Call it merit. Call it a grant. I checked a listing of schools by number of foreign students receiving “financial aid” - again, meaning a grant of some sort. UR is in the 2nd highest grouping, meaning schools giving money to between 100-149 foreign students. The highest grouping is more than 150. (WOWM inspires me to look things up! I’m hoping to impress her.)</p>

<p>The number of schools in each tier is small: 21 in the top tier and 22 in the 2nd tier (with UR). There are 4 tiers listed and they increase in size. </p>

<p>The quality of the schools in each tier is all over the map. Some of the top tier ones are Evangelical, as in Liberty University, a place I would avoid like plague, and others are Christian. That suggests to me a reason why certain foreign students get aid, meaning religious affiliation reasons (and, who knows, maybe connections to the school and its Christian mission). I think the inclusion of a school like Dordt College makes the point. Anyone heard of Dordt College? It’s a Calvinist school located in Sioux Center, IA. Dordt is in the same tier as UR … and Yale and Brown, etc. The tiers, in other words, are not about academic quality. [Note: I distinguish between an Evangelical school like Liberty and a Christian school like TCU, which is also on the list.]</p>

<p>List is [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.edupass.org/finaid/undergraduate.phtml]here[/url”&gt;Schools with Financial Aid for International Students - eduPASS]here[/url</a>].</p>