<p>are there any like that? I'm international intending to ask for a lot of financial aid</p>
<p>um, no. Especially if you are an international applicant with financial need, the rigor of your courses and how well you performed in them will always be the number one factor in admissions. Strong test scores are important to support your school record and confirm your grades, but they never carry more weight than GPA. You should apply to schools where your GPA won’t be a concern to admissions.</p>
<p>Int’ls that have a high demonstrated financial need are likely going to need both a high GPA and high test score to get hopefully get accepted to a college that gives lots of aid to int’ls. </p>
<p>Since not many colleges do give lots of aid to int’ls, you’ll be competing against other int’ls that have a full resume…high GPA, high test scores, and attractive ECs. </p>
<p>BTW…you don’t “ask” for the amount of money that you want. You have to show your family’s income and assets, and then a school would determine how much your family should pay. Again, only a small number of schools give lots of aid to int’ls…and many of them are “need aware” for admissions. Therefore, having a less-than-stellar GPA will likely be a large negative when combined with high need.</p>
<p>I’ve been told numerous times that my chances are slim and I know very well. I’m just seeking colleges which won’t reject me just because of low GPA.
Will be thankful for any suggestion.</p>
<p>A lot depends on what you mean by “low” GPA. There are certainly plenty of schools that look at both.</p>
<p>I mean 3.2-3.4
My school is one of the best and famous in country (it’s physical-mathematical school and getting good grades is tough but that’s no excuse as I understand)
my subject test scores are okay: math 2- 780, physics:790</p>
<p>google colleges that offer National Merit Scholarships. While you won’t qualify (as an international) for a NM scholarship, the fact that such colleges offer scholarships for anyone acing a 3 hour test makes it pretty clear that they are willing to pay for high test scores.</p>
<p>But as the others have noted, only the most highly selective US colleges meet full financial need for internationals. (And that number is probably less than 10.)</p>