<p>Colleges, including Brown, are now coming up with each individual financial policies. Brown announced that students won’t have to loan anymore. But all these policies… do they also apply to international students who do not have citizenship? I’m proabably guessing, no.</p>
<p>Take some time to read the recent threads. Or you can just call the finaid office and ask.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/465316-brown-financial-aid-changes.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/465316-brown-financial-aid-changes.html</a></p>
<p>Recent threads dont seem to help really…One of my international friends from a summer camp was wondering same thing..I dont know if she did call the financial aid office yet…
That case told in the thread is completely different. Student is already studyin under a scholarship plan. Most wonder if it will change the current policy for international applicants and internationals studying at Brown without financial aid.</p>
<p>Well..Brown Financial Aid office updated the website…Here you go:
<a href=“http://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=298[/url]”>http://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=298</a>
<a href=“http://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=299[/url]”>http://financialaid.brown.edu/Cmx_Content.aspx?cpId=299</a></p>
<p>But all this is not clear, since Brown is, I assume, still need aware when admitting intl students. The need aware policy is not compatible with these changes.</p>
<p>Yes it is. Need aware means that Brown takes the need for financial aid into account when making admissions decisions. In other words, there may be qualified internationals denied admission because they are too costly. However, once an international is accepted, s/he receives the same treatment as American citizens when it comes to financial aid. So if an international is accepted, and family income falls under $60,000, s/he will get aid.</p>
<p>Well if they get the money once admitted like US students, what was the point of taking need into account in the first place?</p>
<p>There are qualified international students that Brown will not accept because they are too costly (they need too much financial aid). Before Brown went need blind a few years ago, that happened to a handful of students every year – they would be put in the admit pile, and then when admissions realized the financial aid budget had been exceeded, these students were instead denied. </p>
<p>But every student offered admission will get 100% of need met (Brown’s definition of need, of course).</p>
<p>I also noticed another difference with internationals – if an international is accepted with no financial aid, and his/her family situation changes in a subsequent year, internationals cannot apply for financial aid. US citizens can apply for financial aid in this circumstance.</p>
<p>Yes, but what you’re saying is that intl students with less than 60000 income are expected to pay nothing, right? And the admission knows this when making the decision.
This is equivalent to being need blind, or gimping their chances, since they would be more costly - until now they would’ve been paying something.</p>
<p>No…IMHO it seems clear. If you are international and if you get into Brown with fin aid, it stays like that forever. If you are international and if you get into Brown without fin aid, it stay like that forever as well..Even if your sponsor bankrupts, they simply ask you to leave. It is so sharp..and probably Brown will never be able to fix this. Only 4 top schools are need blind for all students. HYP and Middlebury. Most of my intl. friends suffer from this..</p>