<p>I am curious about the Cornell numbers as well.</p>
<p>According to Collegeboard, Cornell enrolled 217 international students on financial aid last year (about $22K per student on average). Of course that figure combines all colleges; I assume that the generosity of Cornell varies a lot by college.</p>
<p>I am in touch with the tennis coach there. He told me the figure when I asked him a bit about the tennis program there, in order to emphasize the difficulty of getting in for an international. To quote his email,</p>
<p>'Since you are from outside the US, Cornell has only 8 financial aid packages for the entire student body (13,000 students) allocated for foreign students which makes it VERY difficult to receive aid.'</p>
<p>I thought you weren't asking for aid :S</p>
<p>Does anyone happen to know how Cornell treats Canadians and Mexicans? Do they account for the 216 - 4 * 8 financial aid packages?</p>
<p>Exactly bat (to your first question). You can search me up for my stats on the chances forum.</p>
<p>According to Cornell's website, they give financial aid consideration to US, Canadian, and Mexican citizens/PRs.</p>
<p>Everyone else is considered an international, and funds for internationals are extremely limited.
International</a> Students
Cornell</a> University Undergraduate Admissions Office - HOW TO APPLY</p>
<p>thanks moizuhk</p>
<p>S33D: I'm not. However, I guess the coach assumed that I am (since most internationals do ask for aid I guess), and thus provided me with the figure.</p>
<p>This thread is helpful,but I just have one question. I've resided in the US for the past 4 years( attended all of high school here), though I am still not considered a US permanent resident. However, I do have a Canadian permanent residenship status until January of 2010. So when I apply to schools like cornell and UPenn should I apply as a Canadian Permanent Resident or an International if I am applying for aid?</p>
<p>I think you would apply as a Canadian permanent resident, but double-check with Penn.</p>
<p>Need-blind schools are all super-competitive. U have to check out need-aware schools one by one to see their financial aid policy. Some will separate the applicants to two pools, one with FA, one without FA. Such schools might be competitive as well. Other schools might be more generous, and somehow towards need-blind, which means FA does not compromise the chances significantly.</p>
<p>Hello I am an international student, and it´s hard to get help. My problem financial aid, you now latino, 29 years old, never in college in my life, from Central America, I need help, for the last 10 years I have work, but I need a college degree and I think is wise to get in college, but I dont now for example if I need to take SAT/ CAT test, if some one has info of cases like this pleae post.</p>
<p>I am an international student. I know a person from my country who got accepted at Duke and Cornell with full rides. He is attending Duke. However, he got reject by Harvard and MIT. </p>
<p>I also know two people who got into Harvard in the last two years with nearly full rides. One of them applied for ED in the class of 2011. And another for regular decision for 2012. The latter also got accepted in Stanford, Caltech, and in Williams.</p>
<p>So, I guess if you get into a need blind institution, you are probably good enough to get into some of the "need aware" institutions too, regardless of the amount of aid you require.</p>