<p>Hello everyone,
Do any of you know of any colleges that offer full ride scholarships to internationals based primarily around SAT scores/personal statement essays/achievements?
It would really help if you could post as many as you know..thank you very much.</p>
<p>Tam…there are precious few FULL RIDE scholarships even for applicants who are U.S. citizens. There are even FEWER for international students. </p>
<p>Any chance there is a full ride available in your home country?</p>
<p>Look at the threads that on the board that offer full ride scholarships, and check which ones do not exclude international students. You have to check as things can and do change in stiipulations and conditions.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that “full rides” that you might find will NOT cover all of your costs. As an int’l, you’d still have to come up with several thousand to cover what’s expected to get a Visa to come to the US. Those thousands will have to cover: personal expenses, travel costs, health insurance, and misc costs…so expect to pay at least $6k per year.</p>
<p>I think UAH has a full ride for very high stats int’ls.</p>
<p>I do not know of any college or university that will cover the cost of transportation from where you live to that college or university. Some include the cost of insurance, but others don’t. Many also expect some “student contribution” from money that you are expected to earn somehow before you get there for your first year, and during the school year and summers while you after you get there. In many cases, this will come to something like the $6,000 that m2ck mentioned.</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, and Princeton offer the most generous need-based financial aid of all the colleges and universities in the US. Do not expect any other place to come close to the kind of money that those three could offer.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids: With all due respect, I disagree with you. I am pretty certain that one doesn’t have to pay $6k a year. See Harvard’s Fin. aid calculator. I used it and found that harvard covers everything( not sure about health insurance though) from</p>
<p>You asked about “full ride SCHOLARSHIPS” for int’ls BASED on test scores and PS. </p>
<p>Harvard doesn’t give scholarships based on test scores and PS…it only gives NEED-BASED GRANTS. That’s a totally different situation.<br>
H doesn’t care if your stats and PS are PERFECT. You still may not get enough aid because their aid isn’t based on stats or PS. Their aid is ONLY based on your family’s financial situation.</p>
<p>I was responding to your question about “full ride scholarships” based on stats and PS. Those are merit scholarships offered by various schools for high stats. </p>
<p>That said, H likely includes a “student contribution” which may be a couple thousand per year. And some “full need” schools do not cover int’l travel costs…don’t know what H’s policy is for that.</p>
<p>Best…I agree with the others. I think you are being a bit overly optimistic about the financial aid at these schools for students like yourself…Nevermind the chances of acceptance.</p>
<p>There are THOUSANDS of Asian students applying to colleges in the U.S. and mostly the same elite schools you have on your excessively top heavy list. Your application will be considered along with others who are international students. Acceptance rates are likely less than 5% for this group at HYPSM. </p>
<p>And some of these schools are need aware for international students, so your ability to pay WILL be considered when your application for admission is considered. These schools have generous endowments to support their need based aid programs, but they are NOT bottomless pits of money.</p>
<p>HPY and all also require a student contribution. I’ve known kids who have EFCs of zero, very poor, but they do have that student contribution that has to be paid. Perhaps one can appeal and have it taken care of, but that is there. </p>
<p>But, yes, if you do accepted to schools like HPY, the aid package will likely be among the most generous if your family has need. The trick is getting accepted. The accept rates are very, very low. By all means, do apply, buy yourself a lottery ticket. IF your stats are up there, give it a try. There are a number of schools that are need blind to international students AND guarantee to meet their full need, and if you can get accepted to one of those, the FINANCIAL aid is usually quite good. But the accept rates are not such that you can depend upon acceptance.</p>
<p>Be aware that these schools tend to only give FINANCIAL AID. Not scholarships which are a whole other thing. You only get financial aid if you meet the standards for need and they can be quite different from yours and your family. Harvard gives NO scholarships for merit. You get in, they determine what your family should pay given what they make and own, and they make up the difference with a student contributution expected from most all students. </p>
<p>The best way to get a full ride, is to compile those lists and apply to schools that do not exclude international students from merit or fin aid funds, and that do give some out. Schools that are not need blind and do not guarantee to meet full need should not be taken off the list, because some such school will pay well for those students they do accept. They just make it clear that need is an issue in the app process, but once they decide they want you, they make sure you get enough money that makes it possible for you to come. You want to totally avoid schools that exclude interanational students from consideration for any awards and those with little or few big awards, The latter, if you do want to go after the big prizes, be aware that the odds are very low. </p>
<p>If you apply to a school like UAH as Momtwo says, and you meet the standards for a full ride, you pretty much 100% have it. With Harvard, your chances are in low single digits you even get accepted, never mind full ride.</p>
<p>There are only SIX colleges that are both need blind AND guarantee to meet full need for all international students. That is a very SMALL number of colleges.</p>
<p>See [6</a> Need-Blind Schools That Meet 100% of Demonstrated Need for International Students](<a href=“http://www.thecollegiateblog.org/2012/09/11/6-need-blind-schools-that-meet-100-of-demonstrated-need-for-international-students/]6”>http://www.thecollegiateblog.org/2012/09/11/6-need-blind-schools-that-meet-100-of-demonstrated-need-for-international-students/)
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