<p>I'm a Canadian grade 12 student preparing myself very hard to study in the top competitive U. S. schools like Ivy leagues or LAC next year.</p>
<p>My academic status:
SAT 2300+, Math2 780+ and Physics 780+
Middle 90 in average school marks
Great results in Math contest, both in U.S. AMIE, AMC and Canadian open tests</p>
<p>My EC Status:
Provincial debater
TASP summer program finalist (120 finalists among over 1200 applicants competed for 64 places)
Community work, tutoring inner city kids and serving seniors since grade 9
School clubs as heads and active members</p>
<p>My work experience:
A summer intern for a technology company last year
A paid employee in the public sector this year</p>
<p>Financial aid is my major concern for U.S. study. What are the average costs for a Canadian to study in U.S. (Is it around US$50-60K per year?). I heard that some Ivy like Harvard are generous in finance, what are the chances of getting sufficient financial aid for a low income Canadian?</p>
<p>Or a dream is a dream, do I have to wake up now or any ways to survive it and thrive on with fruitful results? Thanks.</p>
<p>You’ve got an impressive application. You certainly have a shot at many good U.S. universities. Some schools do give financial aid to all international students, and some give FA to those in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. I don’t know any schools off the top of my head, but trying doing a google search or look around this site. Also, while being a TASP finalist is impressive, I’m not sure it’s big enough to mention on your college app.</p>
<p>Average financial aid is meaningless for you personally. Average means some get none while others get a lot. It only matters for you. Not many colleges promise to ‘meet need’ for internationals. However there are quite a few others that may do so on a case by case basis. You will need to do some self education on this.There are many threads here in financial aid and the internationals forums. Also just searching the web. Don’t neglect to read the financial aid pages for international students for the colleges themselves.</p>
<p>Students here use the Net Price Calculator on the college website to get a estimate of costs and financial aid. It won’t work for internationals since you can’t get federal aid, which is part of the calculator. You might try to find if some colleges make NPC that you can indicate you are international. </p>
<p>Many colleges’ net price calculators do ask if the student is a US citizen, US permanent resident, or international.</p>