@wiscomdg if you got everything in it should be with the decision
@Yorious UK is quite populous on US campuses.
@Yorious internationals are actually disadvantaged by their international status. Acceptance rates are much lower than domestic applicants. Maybe at a small college if you come from a very obscure college and you’re willing to pay full sticker price u are not disadvantaged. And I’m from UK as well! Which part are you from?
In the student financial aid portal some information is there. Disclosure on lender information… any body having any idea about it. … pl post
Got a 1530 on SAT and 35 on ACT, very hopeful of my chances
@trickledowneco What are your ECs and GPA like?
“internationals are actually disadvantaged by their international status. Acceptance rates are much lower than domestic applicants.”
This is not entirely true. It is dependent on:
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Which country are you from? Right now, China, India and Korea are overrepresented and the UK is increasingly going that way. If you are from other European countries, e.g. Norway, Kosovo, Slovenia etc your country is not overrepresented. Even as a UK applicant you are better off than some kid from New Jersey as far as numbers are concerned.;
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With respect to UK kids and in particularly London kids, many of whom are extremely high achievers, many kids all apply to the same 10 - 12 schools (The Ivies but particularly HYPC & Penn and Duke, Georgetown, MIT, USC and Stanford). Many London parents refuse pay to for a US University unless it is an Ivy. Diversifying your Uni list can go a long way in increasing your acceptances. It is not hard to find out about schools that are publicly announcing their intentions to recruit more international students such as Davidson and Vanderbilt.
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Most US universities are not need-blind for internationals. If you can pay full whack or afford a school that gives you c. $20k in merit (Northeastern, Miami, etc) you will also have many more choices.
@ammielove , that’s not true in our experience. US colleges do consider the foreign country where applicants come from. Within the roughly 10% international ‘quota’, they do take into account country of origin and how many students/applicants they have form such country. If you happen to be from an ‘underrepresented country’ it will play (in a small measure) to your advantage.
@USUG21 I have same thing. Probably means nothing. What are ur stats?
How’s Columbia’s reputation with aid for Internationals?
Do they really cover full demonstrated need?
@ammielove We’re from London. You?
@londondad Your point #2 is spot on. My S is at a competitive London school and we’ve refused to pay international student fees unless it’s at a top college. He holds offers for Bristol, Exeter and a couple of others here in the UK. He has his heart set on Columbia plus one other. Thursday can’t come soon enough.
^ That is quite common for London kids. I have heard for the younger kids (those will finish secondary school in 2019 or 2020) who really want to go to the USA that their University counselors are strongly recommending that they should include some top liberal arts colleges in their list.
@Homeostasis101 I’d say that they’re quite generous for the few internationals who do receive aid. I received quite a good FA offer from Columbia.
@Homeostasis101 I got more than 50k a year in financial aid, and I am an international student. They will give you what you need!
@Yorious I’m from London too!
@oplurobha I got the same. They are very generous!
Checklists gone from portal?
@Travisafb it is gone from mine as well. Instead, it confirms the release date of decisions. I think this is a mass update for all portals and not indicative of anything.
Yep, the checklist has been gone for a couple days though.