<p>I know there are lot of colleges where international students needing aid can apply E.D. But most colleges defer most international students who do so if the need is large. I emailed Brandeis University and they told me that they will defer if the need is almost full aid. However, some colleges are not so specific about their policies. So please post any helpful information, if available.</p>
<p>I think for ED only apply to need blind colleges for internationals. With ED you are making a contract that if they accept you you will assist. What if college X is 50,000 a year and accept you, but give you no aid ? What will you do ?</p>
<p>I think there is a clause in the agreement that you can break the contact if there is a problem with financial negotiation...</p>
<p>Brandeis would defer you if your need is close to full tuition because they award actual full-tuition scholarships during the RD round and it would be in your best interest to be considered for those.</p>
<p>Many colleges allow international students with financial need to apply ED, but if their financial resources are limited you will get deferred anyways unless you are a "must-have" applicant. Also be careful when applying ED. Two colleges might promise to meet 100% of need but estimate your need differently and offer you vastly different amounts of aid. When I received my financial aid packages last year colleges expected my family to contribute anywhere from $3,000 to $15,000 a year. I am glad I was not stuck with the $15,000 fin aid package after an ED application.</p>
<p>I don't have time to check every one of these college's websites, but most of them should allow you to apply ED if that is what you really want. </p>
<p>Ivies: Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Penn, Cornell, Brown, Dartmouth
Other highly-selective college: MIT, Caltech, Stanford, Chicago (probably not)
Seven Sisters: Wellesley, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr
LACs: Colby (probably not), Hamilton, Trinity, Reed, Colgate, Grinnell, Swarthmore, Middlebury, Williams, Haverford (probably not)</p>
<p>Thanks for the comment</p>
<p>BB012, that clause is only valid if the college recognizes that they are not meeting your full need. If you can obviously pay no more than $1,000 a year and a college is unable to offer you any aid, that should not be a big deal. But what if the college is convinced that your family should be able to contribute $10,000 a year, and your parents think differently because they are not willing to take out a mortgage on your home or use their retirement savings? (Yes, American colleges expect your family to contribute a part of their assets. If those assets happen to be non-liquid like real estate, you have to borrow money to meet your contribution). There won't be a release in that case.</p>
<p>mit does not allow intels to apply ea, while chicago and caltech do not allow intels needing aid to apply ea.</p>
<p>i think Duke doesn't allow needy intels to apply ED either</p>