I submitted my CSS profile for some schools. These schools don’t want any additional documents from international applicants without any request. However in registration part of CSS profile I said my parents will file in a tax-return although there is no tax-return application in my country. Should I email every college financial aid office and say that there is no tax-return in my country so my parents did/will not file in a tax-return?
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Does anyone know what I should do?
What country are you from? How much can your parents pay for college?
@CTTC Is this relevant to my question?
P.S: I am sorry if this sounds mean.
Here’s the thing. There are many uninformed internationals who post to CC. They have inflated opinions of their competitiveness and also of the money in scholarships or financial aid that they will get.
Your mother has done research in the US. Is she a professor? In some posts, you mention you need no financial aid, yet in others you are looking for scholarships.
@CTTC I can inform you that I am not uninformed about applying to US universities. I got accepted into several highly-selective colleges.
My parents can pay for my college but I am applying for financial aid for need-blind schools.(It doesn’t hurt if I get financial aid from these schools right?)
So without that prejudice along the way, I would like a helpful reply please.
Here’s a helpful reply: don’t worry about it.
If a college makes a request for additional documents to include parental tax returns, simply inform the college that you mistakenly indicated that your parents will file a tax return, even though there is no requirement for them to do so.
UIUC is ~$46K - ~$51K/year. I’m glad your parents can be full-pay. Best of luck!
@BelknapPoint Ok, thanks very much for the answer.
@CTTC Thanks for the good wishes. Will keep you informed if this uninformed international gets a financial aid packet from other universities that I got accepted to.