Cornell, Columbia and Brown anyone?

Student Lounge International Students
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<p>Comming across the 'other' ivies CCB, how r they in giving need-based fin aid to internationals? Are they stingy or generous?</p>

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<p>and yeah how abour Dartmouth? Which 1s are more competitive?</p>

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<p>I've heard that Cornell gives very little aid. Penn gives almost no aid. Darthmouth and Brown give substantial aid but you need to be exceptionally good. I really don't know about Columbia.</p>

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<p>Cornell is need blind and thus the most competitive amongst CCB.
Generosity in awarding Financial Aid(Generosity decreases down the group):
Cornell
Brown
Dartmouth
Columbia</p>

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<p>hey abhishiv and lakshya thnx for ur reply. but is cornell need blind for intls?</p>

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<p>It's need blind in admission but not in awarding aid.</p>

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<p>Cornell has got need-blind admission policy for intels but not a need-blind Fin aid policy. There’s a diff. betw. these two things.</p>

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<p>That policy never made sense to me. I have seen cornell accept people and then give them very little aid. Thereby ensuring that they cannot/will not attend. So basically those who can afford to pay full tuition apply for aid and if they get whatever little aid that they do its just a bonus. The policy doesn't really help those requiring financial aid more than 10-15k a year.</p>

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<p>yes lakshya it is true that cornell is very stingy about giving aid to international students though they take approx 240 students a yr. moreover the engineering programs in cornell are damn tough to get into.</p>

<p>how about brown and dartmouth? which one is more generous in giving aid and which is less competitive among the two? any idea anyone?</p>

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<p>Hey.......both r in the list of ''stinginess''..........so,U can make out bout the competition!!!.........:p..</p>

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<p>i met a rkp dude who got a full ride at columbia. i doubt about how many full rides does columbia offer to indians.</p>

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<p>Penn gives plenty of aid - to the internationals who are admitted with aid.
Penn has a non need-blind admissions policy for international students, and admit between 40-50 international students with aid each year.</p>

<p>These students then receive need-based aid just like any other financial aid student.</p>

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<p>Oh really???I didnt knew that........thats a good thing then.......</p>