<p>If a school sends you an email, saying basically that if u r an intl' std and have not applied for FA, u should consider u r fam. circumstance and applying for FA after all. Does this mean that the school has reviewed the file and consider u to be a potential candidate, and want to make sure that u will attend if admitted? If apply for FA, will it be a disaster, bringing back a refusal letter? Plz help!!!</p>
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<p>I couldn’t understand this part…</p>
<p>Are you talking about UChicago?</p>
<p>If you need aid, you had better apply for aid. It does you no good to be accepted to a school that you will not be able to pay to attend. In addition, you will have to show that you have the money to pay for school in order to get a visa (no money, no visa).</p>
<p>Also keep in mind at many schools, as an international student, if you don’t apply for aid as a freshman, you cannot get aid in subsequent years.</p>
<p>if you/your family can pay full freight for all 4 years, then you have no problems and don’t apply for aid. However, if you need the money, apply for aid.</p>
<p>Please use whole words…your post is hard to read/understand.</p>
<p>Many schools automatically send out those kind of messages. It is not directed you your case personally. If a school is not need blind for admission for internationals, then asking for financial aid and/or your financial need can hurt your admissions chances. The school may have money for international students aid, and is letting you know that the money is there, but to ask for it can affect getting in.</p>
<p>What often happens is that one branch of a university sends out missives without regard to another. You can get an invitation to check out the choral groups even though admissions has not finished with your application. You can be told that there are scholarships in the pot, though you may not be eligible for any of them and are not yet accepted. And you can get encouragement from the financial aid office to apply, when they are not involved with your admissions process and your applying for that aid can affect your admissions chances.</p>