<p>I am an international student and am planning to apply to Caltech. My parents will not be able to pay much so I am in a desperate need for financial aid....I know applying for aid hurts chances of admission as an international.But I am just curious to know how generous Caltech is when it comes to providing aid to international students...Does anybody have an idea whether Caltech offers full ride to internationals?? If so approximately how many intls receive full ride??</p>
<p>There's no way we can give you chances for financial aid. I would tell you that the odds of getting a "full ride" are probably not great, but you really can't know until you try. As far as I know Caltech usually tends to offer better financial aid than competing institutions, but not always.</p>