<p>Thanks milki and acarta. Northwestern happens to be one of the universities I'm interested in and acarta, I'll look into the University of Miami!</p>
<p>Here's a search tool that maybe could help offer some schools you may not have heard of. Hopefully you find it useful. <a href="http://www.petersons.com/educationusa/%5B/url%5D">http://www.petersons.com/educationusa/</a></p>
<p>Thanks spirit!</p>
<p>Northwestern specifically states the following:</p>
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International applicants to Northwestern include citizens of foreign countries in foreign education systems, citizens of foreign countries in the U.S. education system, and U.S. citizens studying abroad. All applicants to Northwestern, international and domestic, apply using the same process and timeline. International applicants are evaluated in the same group as domestic students except for citizens of foreign countries who apply for financial aid
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<p>Financial Aid for International Students
**Northwestern University will offer need-based financial aid awards to a small group of international students entering in Fall 2007. Citizens of foreign countries who apply under Regular Decision for financial aid will be reviewed as a separate group. </p>
<p>The usual selective admission criteria, as well as the amount of financial aid needed by an applicant, will be factors in the admission committee's decision.** As a result, Northwestern will not offer admission to some candidates who are otherwise well-qualified. **For these reasons, the admission rate for international applicants requesting aid is substantially lower than for those not requesting aid. **Only those students who apply for and receive financial aid for their freshman year will be eligible to receive financial assistance in subsequent years. There is no financial aid available for international transfer applicants or international students applying under Early Decision.</p>
<p>The long and the short is if you need financial aid, it could be a problem because the school is not need blind to international students and your ability to pay will be a factor in the admissions process.</p>
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Northwestern University will offer need-based financial aid awards to a small group of international students entering in Fall 2007. Citizens of foreign countries who apply under Regular Decision for financial aid will be reviewed as a separate group.
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<p>How does an international differ from a citizen of foreign country in this case? Is an international anyone with foreign schooling?</p>
<p>Thanks for the post sybbie, I was considering Northwestern lately but this should push yet another college into the maybe pile.</p>
<p>medha, do what I'm doing (International in US too). Try to make a good number of need-blind international schools (There probably aren't a whole lot). Use a lot of matches and safeties where you'll get decent Merit Aid for your college list and put schools you like but aren't need blind (and reaches) in a maybe pile should something change (Ex. you getting a Green Card etc)</p>
<p>For this purpose, an international student is anyone who is not either a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident (green card holder).</p>
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Try to make a good number of need-blind international schools
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Let me help you with that one: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Williams, Middlebury. That should be all American colleges that are need-blind towards internationals.</p>
<p>There you go! Thanks b@r!um</p>
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Citizens of foreign countries who apply under Regular Decision for financial aid will be reviewed as a separate group.
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<p>So even US Green Card holders as reviewed as a separate group?</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, I hadn't thought about the Financial aspect as much before. I'll look at Merit Aid, thanks again!</p>
<p>green card holders = us citizen in MOST colleges,
i'm not sure about northwestern as a specific case, but for perhaps every other college in the US they are in the same group.</p>
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So even US Green Card holders as reviewed as a separate group
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<p>As a green card holder, you would be evaluated with Domestic students</p>
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<p>Let's say I'm a green card holder but still an Indian citizen, what then?</p>
<p>NWU has different policy.</p>
<p>but for every other colllege most ppl know, you'll be in domestic group.</p>
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NWU has different policy.</p>
<p>but for every other colllege most ppl know, you'll be in domestic group.
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<p>Oh ok, Thanks!</p>