<p>HI, I am an asian international student already in U.S. I have spent majority of my life over here (but I still have to apply as an international student). </p>
<p>my SAT score is 2000, and I have a lot of extracurricular activities and leadership positions. Not enrolled in an IB school. Currently taking APs and will be taking more APs next year. </p>
<p>What are some school that i could apply to and possibly get financial aid from?</p>
<p>There are some, but why haven’t you applied for residency status?</p>
<p>I am not exactly sure. I think my mom is in the process of doing it, but it would still take years to actually get a green card</p>
<p>We are international. My son got aid from Colgate.</p>
<p>can u tell me more about this fund ??? iam an international seeking atleast program this summer</p>
<p>You could consider retaking the sat once, though its not the deciding factor.</p>
<p>Coming to the financial aid : you must apply to all the need blind colleges - theres just a handful for internationals - amherst, harvard, yale , princeton, dartmouth.</p>
<p>then are the colleges that are need aware, but offer aid to internationals… these include other ivies like brown, cornell, penn, columbia and almost all top 20 univs. (emory, vanderbilt, notre dame, NU, etc.)
getting into these colleges is very difficult because they can be horribly need aware.</p>
<p>Then come the colleges which dont offer need based aid to internationals but offer merit based scholarships…
these are generally ranked lower than other top univs, but you could consider them nonetheless.
Eg: BU, Bentley, American university, … its a long list</p>
<p>Hope this helped. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>ycyuppy -</p>
<p>1) You need to find out if you are considered an in-state student where you live. Some states allow anyone who graduates from high school there to enroll at the public universities and community colleges at in-state rates.</p>
<p>2) You also need to find out exactly how much your family can afford to pay. You need that number so you can determine how deep you will have to dig in order to find a financial safety school.</p>
<p>3) You need to find out what your options are with your specific visa status. Can you study in that status, or will you need to change it to an F-1? Even if you don’t need to change your visa status, will an F-1 be more favorable for you (e.g. will you be able to work more) than your current status. Find out what the story is about your mom’s green card paperwork. If you aren’t included and/or it isn’t finalized by the time you finish college, you are going to be just like any other international college graduate, and if you don’t find an H-1B sponsor, you will have to leave.</p>
<p>Lots of colleges and universities offer some kind of aid to international students. However, you are going to have to do a lot of research to find them. There isn’t just one easy list to go to because how much money each of them has available can change at any time. Read through this list, and check the colleges/universities mentioned to find out if any of them offer aid to international students: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/848226-important-links-automatic-guaranteed-merit-scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>Thank you all your replies, I will probably take the SAT at least one more time, but I also already took an ACT, so I just have to see how it goes!</p>