<p>desi000 - Man, I’ll never go to a college like LSE. If I stay in pakiland, it’s gonna be LUMS.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids - What do you mean by that? Why will she have to get a job?</p>
<p>@Blurrry: man, life in pakistan is ******up. Everyone wants to get out here.</p>
<p>ahsan you should apply to colleges with median sat score less than 18-1900 (my brother got 100% aid from FIU with a SAT score of 2150). I am sure you will get a lot of aid with 2100. Dont lose hope</p>
<p>You should really consider Syracuse. Financial aid here is spectacular.</p>
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<p>Because you said, "There are other situations we’re facing as well, like my parents are on the verge of being divorced and my dad rarely sends us money, if that counts for anything. "</p>
<p>That sounds like your parents are separated and your dad isn’t sending any money for support. If your dad isn’t going to be fully supporting your mom before, during, and after the divorce, she’ll likely have to work. Or, did you mean to say something else?</p>
<p>get out of here*</p>
<p>ahsanxr, you mention Lafayette and Gettysburg as reaches for you. They’re 2 of my son’s reaches, too. My Son’s safety school is Roanoke College in Salem, Va. They have a generous merit scholarship program and you look like a strong candidate for it. You could get a full ride. It’s a great LAC, beautiful campus, Phi Beta Kappa, etc. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids - Well that’s a whole different case and I don’t want to get into that. I thought you were saying it as in, her getting a job is related to FA or something.</p>
<p>DougBetsy - Thanks, I’ll look into that college.</p>
<p>Folks…keep in mind that the OP is an international student. Some of these suggested colleges do NOT give aid or give little aid to int’l students.</p>
<p>For instance …from Syracuse’s website:</p>
<p>Is there financial aid available for international students?
Students who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents are not eligible for merit scholarships or need-based financial aid.</p>
<p>Some other suggested colleges have very, very limited aid for int’ls and include higher interest loans (since these loans are not federal loans).</p>
<p>Here is some info from Emeraldkity… Here are some colleges that give some aid to Int’l students. Most are limited in number of awards and limited in $$ amounts. Only a tiny number can meet need.</p>
<p>Schools with Financial Aid for International Undergraduate Students
Some US schools are more likely than others to offer financial aid for international undergraduate students. The lists below indicate which schools offer aid (including grants, loans, and jobs) to the largest numbers of international students. The lists are based on a list originally compiled by Douglas C. Thompson.</p>
<p>To be included in the following lists, the schools must have an average award that is greater than 1/5 of the cost of attendance. The financial aid may include grants, loans, and jobs, and often includes both merit and need-based awards. Within each group, schools are listed in alphabetical order.</p>
<p>(Remember that a much greater number of schools provide financial aid for international graduate students in the form of teaching and research assistantships. For information about financial aid for graduate study in the US, you should contact the schools that interest you even if they aren’t included in the lists below.)</p>
<p>It a school is not listed here, it probably does not have much financial aid for international students. However, it is worth noting that some schools may have athletic scholarships that are open to both international students and US students. The lists below do not count the number of athletic scholarships awarded to international students.</p>
<p>Schools with Awards to More than 150 Students</p>
<p>Arizona State University (AZ)
Barry University (FL)
Clark Univ. (MA)
Eastern Michigan Univ. (MI)
Grinnell College (IA)
Harding Univ. (AR)
Harvard (MA)
Illinois Inst. of Tech. (IL)
Liberty Univ. (VA)
Louisiana State Univ. (LA)
Macalester College (MN)
Marquette Univ. (WI)
MIT (MA)
Mount Holyoke College (MA)
Ohio Wesleyan Univ. (OH)
Princeton (NJ)
Univ. of Bridgeport (CT)
Univ. of Houston (TX)
Univ. of Pennsylvania ¶
Univ. of South Florida (FL)</p>
<p>Schools with Awards to 100-149 Students</p>
<p>Brown Univ. (RI)
Calvin College (MI)
College of Wooster (OH)
Dartmouth (NH)
Dordt College (IA)
Eckerd College (FL)
Florida Inst. of Tech. (FL)
Georgia Southern Univ. (GA)
Graceland College (IA)
Luther College (IA)
Middlebury College (VT)
Northeast Louisiana (LA)
Oberlin (OH)
Savannah Coll. of Art (GA)
Slippery Rock Univ. ¶
Smith College (MA)
Stanford (CA)
Texas Christian Univ. (TX)
Tri-State Univ. (IN)
Univ. of Miami (FL)
Univ. of Rochester (NY)
Yale (CT)</p>
<p>Schools with Awards to 50-99 Students
Abilene Christian Univ. (TX)
Allegheny College ¶
Augsburg College (MN)
Beloit College (WI)
Bethany College (WV)
Brandeis Univ. (MA)
Bryn Mawr College ¶
California Lutheran (CA)
Cleveland Inst. of Music (OH)
Colby College (ME)
Columbia Univ. (NY)
Concordia Coll. (MN)
Cornell Univ. (NY)
Denison Univ. (OH)
Franklin & Marshall ¶
George Wash. Univ. (DC)
Goshen College (IN)
Houghton College (NY)
Ithaca College (NY)
Julliard School (NY)
Knox College (IL)
Lake Forest College (IL)
Lawrence Univ. (WI)
Lewis & Clark (OR)
Lynn Univ. (FL)
Maharishi Intl. Univ. (IA)
Monmouth College (IL)
North Park Univ. (IL)
Principia College (IL)
Rochester Inst. of Tech. (NY)
St. Augustine’s College (NC)
St. Johns College (MD)
St. Lawrence Univ. (NY)
St. Olaf College (MN)
Trinity College (CT)
Tulane Univ. (LA)
Univ. of Maine (ME)
Univ. of Wisc./Eau Clair (WI)
US International Univ. (CA)
Washington College (MD)
Washington Univ. (MO)
Wesleyan Univ. (CT)
Western Maryland Coll. (MD)
Wittenberg Univ. (OH)</p>
<p>Schools with Awards to 15-49 Students</p>
<p>Albright College ¶
Amherst College (MA)
Augustana College (IL)
Bard College (NY)
Bates College (ME)
Bennington College (VT)
Bowdoin College (ME)
CalTech (CA)
Central College (IA)
Coe College (IA)
Colgate Univ. (NY)
Davidson College (NC)
Dickinson College ¶
Earlham College (IN)
Eastern Nazarene (MA)
Elizabethtown College ¶
Elmira College (NY)
Gettysburg College ¶
Gustavas Adolphus Coll. (MN)
Hamilton College (NY)
Hampshire College (MA)
Hood College (MD)
Johns Hopkins (MD)
Kalamazoo College (MI)
Kenyon College (OH)
Lafayette College ¶
Messiah College ¶
Michigan State Univ. (MI)
Mount Union College (OH)
Occidental College (CA)
Spalding Univ. (KY)
Swarthmore College ¶
Taylor Univ. (IN)
Thomas Aquinas Coll. (CA)
Troy State Univ. (AL)
Univ. of Chicago (IL)
Univ. of Colorado/Bldr (CO)
Univ. of Oregon (OR)
Univ. of St. Thomas (MN)
Univ. of the South (TN)
Vassar College (NY)
Wabash College (IN)
Wellesley College (MA)
West Virginia Wesleyan (WV)
William Smith College (NY)
Williams College (MA) </p>
<p>But as you can see it is quite competitve-I don’t think schools are need blind or generally offer 100% either to internationals.
In our area international students generally attend community colleges to save money.</p>
<p>OP is not an international student?</p>
<p>mom2collegekids,</p>
<p>He is not an international student! He says he is a US citizen living in Pakistan. (>>I’m a US citizen living in Pakistan, if that makes any difference.<<) He may not have a <em>state</em> residency in order to get instate tuition or state financial aid, but if he’s a US citizen, he has full access to the same federal and school financial aid as US kids living here.</p>
<p>mom2collegekids - I stated in my first post that I am a US citizen, not studying in the US. That doesn’t make me an international.</p>
<p>2collegewego - Thanks for pointing that out to her. And congratulations, we are very lucky compared to our Pakistani peers :D</p>
<p>oh…thanks…I forgot that somehow! sorry!!! 
Yes, of course you’ll have access to all federal aid, but you’ll want to avoid student loans if you can. :)</p>
<p>Ok…so, now you need lists of schools (other than ivies) that will meet 100% of need without loans…</p>
<p>Finding safeties who’ll do that will be hard… does anyone know of any??</p>
<p>Vanderbilt meets 100% of need without loans, but it’s a reach or reach/match, too.</p>
<p>Yeah, but I’ll still be applying there. Tomorrow when I get my SAT scores, the picture will get much clearer about where I can and can’t be accepted.</p>
<p>Have you seen this list: [Project</a> on Student Debt: What’s the Bottom Line?](<a href=“http://www.projectonstudentdebt.org/ncoa_chart.php?]Project”>http://www.projectonstudentdebt.org/ncoa_chart.php?)</p>