Financial aid for international students

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Hey, I have a few questions regarding the FA for international students:

  1. Is it only merit-based?
  2. Is it enough for a low-income family (Less than 35,000$) to be able to afford it?
  3. Can you get grants or loans too?
  4. Is it renewable for 4 years?

I appreciate any help, my family isn’t wealthy,so I’m trying to find the best fits which also offer generous FA. If it helps, my stats are: 1440 on the SAT(700R/740M); 740 in Math-1 and 690 in Chem.

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http://catalog.rpi.edu/content.php?catoid=10&navoid=224

Hoping someone will clarify…but it doesn’t sound like RPI gives aid to international students unless they are RPI medal winners.

Maybe I’m reading this wrong…?

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According to RPI’s financial aid website these are the groups that qualify for aid:

  • New students who are US citizens, or residents of the US who would qualify for US federal student aid programs
  • New students from Canada
  • Transfer students who are US Citizens, federal aid “eligible non-citizens,” or from Canada

So, pretty much only American and Canadian citizens qualify for merit or financial aid from RPI. Other than that, international students (not including Canadians) are considered for a small selection of merit scholarships, but most pay full price and get no help.

For those that do get aid and scholarships, they are renewable for 8 semesters and there are no renewal requirements as long as you maintain a 2.0 GPA (aka passing).

Source: https://admissions.rpi.edu/aid/apply