<p>I read somewhere on this forum that Cornell offers need-blind admission to Americans, Canadians and Mexicans, like Columbia and UPenn. But on the Cornell website, i think it place Canadians and Mexicans as just internationals and it is not need-blind to internationals. Which policy is the official policy?</p>
<p>anyone help?</p>
<p>They’re need-blind.</p>
<p>When they decide whether to admit you or not, they won’t consider if you need aid or not.</p>
<p>Canadians and Mexicans won’t be given the generous aid given to Americans, though.</p>
<p>^Correction: Canadians and Mexicans receive the same amount of aid as American students.</p>
<p>i read somewhere on finaid.cornell that internationals will now be considered for the same aid as mexicans and canadians?</p>
<p>^but it also said that aids for internationals are limited, so i’m not sure it that’s a good thing or bad thing</p>
<p>On July 13, 2009 Cornell announced that all internationals will be eligible for the funds previously going to Canadian and Mexican students. That increases the international budget from $2 million to $7.5 million. Here is exactly what the university said:</p>
<p>“Currently, Cornell spends about $5.5 million dollars on financial aid for Canadian and Mexican undergraduate students and about $2 million dollars on financial aid for all other international undergraduate students.”
[url=<a href=“http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/finaid/announcements.cfm]Announcements[/url”>http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/finaid/announcements.cfm]Announcements[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Does this mean they’re now need-blind to internationals?</p>
<p>I think claims of need-blindness are deceptive.</p>
<p>I know that Cornell’s pretty generous with FA for its students though.</p>
<p>does that mean the amount of financial aid given to canadians will be somewhat limited now? (that would be bad news for me…i was thinking of applying ED and i’m canadian…)</p>
<p>@ Lobzz - Cornell is a little complicated when it comes to international financial aid. On their FAQ for Internationals they say they are need-blind,
<a href=“http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/finaid/upload/Financial-Aid-for-Undergraduate-International-Students.pdf[/url]”>http://www.finaid.cornell.edu/finaid/upload/Financial-Aid-for-Undergraduate-International-Students.pdf</a></p>
<p>but as Korg said claims of need-blindness can be deceptive. Cornell will look at your application without regard if you can pay for it, but then the financial aid office will decided in the spring how much international students have to pay. It’s great that Cornell increased it’s International budget, but it has the smallest endowment in the Ivy League for the most students. So it is trying its best. </p>
<p>The Ivy League schools that are definitely need-blind for internationals are Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Dartmouth. This is supported by the Princeton U. newspaper (albeit it might be from a year or two ago).
[Image</a> - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/widgets/expand/images/graphic/502/]Image”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/widgets/expand/images/graphic/502/)</p>
<p>@chouchou - You should still apply ED, just be aware that the competition for FA has increased. If you are worried about it, we suggest calling the Financial Aid Office 607.255.5145 to talk about your personal situation.</p>
<p>We hope this helps</p>
<p>thanks:) do you know if i can be released of the ED binding if i don’t get sufficient aid?</p>
<p>need blind refers to your application for admission only, does not refer to how much aid you will get or is even available. So, I am not sure where the question for internationals even comes into play.</p>
<p>Need blind means that when you apply, you will be granted or denied admission without giving any consideration to if you need aid or not. If you are admitted, you may get aid or you may not depending on many different circumstances.</p>
<p>The fact that they are now allowing internationals to have access to the same fin aid as mexicans and canadians just means there is now a larger pot of money for internationals to draw from, but also more applicants going after the same pot.</p>
<p>I hope that makes sense.</p>
<p>“do you know if i can be released of the ED binding if i don’t get sufficient aid?”</p>
<p>Yes, Cornell is a Common App school; from the ED instructions:
<a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/docs/downloadforms/ED_Agreement.pdf</a></p>
<p>Like usafa2011dad said, need blind mostly applies to keeping admissions decisions independent of whether the family can pay or not. Think of it as a firewall between the Admissions Office and the Financial Office. </p>
<p>Where the confusion comes in is that in the past most of the schools had a limited financial aid budget for international students so they had to control how many they admitted who needed financial help. </p>
<p>Now some schools are truly need-blind because they will pay fully for an admitted international. A press release in 2008 for Dartmouth [Dartmouth</a> announces new financial aid initiative](<a href=“http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2008/01/22.html]Dartmouth”>http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2008/01/22.html) says:</p>
<p>"Need-blind admissions for International Students
Starting immediately with the Class of 2012, the College will extend its need-blind admissions policy to all international students. Previously the College was need-blind for students from the U.S. as well as those from Canada and Mexico and provided financial aid to other international students up to a preset budget maximum. This cap will now be lifted and Dartmouth will join a very small group of schools that have a fully need-blind admissions process for international students. "</p>
<p>We already named the “small number of schools” in a previous post.</p>
<p>Hope this helps</p>
<p>alright thanks a lot!</p>