<p>Hey everyone, I'm going to be applying next year to US universities, but I'm wondering which universities give out handsome money to pay for tuition. Here it is. My family is well-off (>110k) but my aim is med school, no matter what and my brother will attend university in 4 years too. So, I want to know which TOP schools give out a lot of financial aid.</p>
<p>Here are some of the places I am applying to:
Baylor
UofTexas(Austin)
UofMichigan(Ann Arbor)
Cornell
(maybe 2 more Ivies)
Rice?maybe.</p>
<p>So, out of those, are there any that stand out that will give me decent financial aid? I will get my green card in a couple of years, but I realize you pay the same amount for Ivies regardless if your international or not. </p>
<p>It would be a lot to ask of my parents to pay for me to go to an expensive university, then pay for med school, then pay for my brother's university...and who knows, what if he goes to med/law/grad school too? Lol...any contributions are welcome, especially regarding Baylor, Texas, and Michigan those are my top choices, and if you know anything about the Ivies</p>
<p>Baylor (No clue)
UofTexas(Austin) (No clue. I doubt they will give much though)
UofMichigan(Ann Arbor) (State school. Although they do have some international merit scholarships, there is no FA I believe)
Cornell (Good FA IF you get in. Getting is the hardest part)
(maybe 2 more Ivies)
Rice?maybe. (Rice apparently has aid for international students. I decided not to apply there, so no comment on that)</p>
<p>how much do Ivies give out on average to international students? Because, the tuition +board, etc. will be around 50K, so I’d need a pretty healthy sized scholarship to go there.</p>
<p>Enough so that you’ll be able to go there with or with little debt and strain. That’s the problem with applying to Ivies. You’ll be up against so many better applicants who want that FA.</p>
<p>would it make a difference if I don’t apply for FA, in terms of getting in? I assume it will make an obvious difference, but how big of a difference?</p>
<p>And I expect my Permanent residence/green card by my second year of university, so do you think if I can get in without applying for FA, then it would be wiser to apply for FA after I get my permanent residence? Would it make a difference to not be considered an international anymore when it comes to FA (would I get more, would it be easier to get some, etc.?)</p>
<p>If you apply without FA, then your chances would go up by a HUGE amount. I’m dead serious. </p>
<p>And also, I’m not sure if you don’t apply for FA as an international and then be able to apply for aid after obtaining a green card. Call the university’s financial aid office to check. </p>
<p>ok, so my chances would go up a lot if I don’t apply for FA. </p>
<p>But, most of the Ivies are ED, meaning that if you get accepted you agree to a binding agreement to go there (Harvard, Princeton don’t have ED or EA, Yale had SCEA). So, then would you submit your application for financial aid along with the rest of your info. by the ED date(or do you do it after. because if you do it after, then i don’t see how it would affect your acceptance, since you’d be in already, if accepted…right?)?</p>
<p>my parents applied a really long time ago. I was supposed to get it before I graduate high school next yr., but my Dad said it might take an extra year. So, hopefully by my sophomore year in univ. I’ll get it.</p>
<p>Viggy, I’m not sure I understand your situation. Most people who apply for PR status in the U.S. are already living there on some sort of visa. That doesn’t appear to be the case with you and I know that the Green Card process takes a lot longer these days than previously so I wouldn’t count on having that status and it affecting your financial aid.</p>
<p>well, my dad works in the US and pays taxes to the Michigan government and all this other stuff in the US. I’m not sure about the whole process, but I’m sure that we applied for PR. And yea, we applied when we first came to Canada. I got my Canadian citizenship around 4-5 years ago, but no green card yet. My Dad was almost positive that we’d get PR by next yr.m but there was another hiccup in the process, but he said that I will definitely, 100% for sure get it before med school…which reduces the burden of paying for med school greatly.</p>