<p>Hello guys. </p>
<p>I wanted to hear from any international students who are going to or are already enrolled in college about any available scholarships, or even financial aid. </p>
<p>I know a lot of scholarships are not accessible as an international student, but I just wanted to know any general method of approaching financial aid as an international student who currently goes to high school in U.S.</p>
<p>Any helpful information will be greatly appreciated! :)</p>
<p>There are certain scholarships that focus on helping minorities and underrepresented groups, so a lot of it relies on your ethnicity. The scholarships that really don’t care about where you’re from and will help the best students are very rare, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Obs: I haven’t enrolled in college yet, but I’ve been doing research so I thought I would share.</p>
<p>Um…this is an international student. Many of the scholarships available here for citizens and permanent residents are NOT available to international students. The best scholarships come directly from the colleges…and there are some that do give aid to international students. That is what this poster needs to find.</p>
<p>I didn’t read that this poster was a URM. He/she might be…but not all international students are URM students.</p>
<p>I’m asian, so i am certainly URM? </p>
<p>Actually Asians are not considered URMs.</p>
<p>ETA…thousands upon thousands of Asian students from abroad as well as Asian Americans apply for,admission to colleges here annually. If anything…they are an OVER represented group, not under.</p>
<p>Even if the OP was URM, as an international student, his opportunity to apply for those scholarships would be hampered by his non-citizen status. </p>
<p>So scholarship is almost, or never a good chance for me… i gotta find how the financial aid works for ivy/liberal arts…or other colleges</p>
<p>What are your stats? PSAT? SAT? ACT? GPA?</p>
<p>Intl students aren’t urms, only domestic students can be.</p>
<p>But even if this student was domestic, he wouldn’t be urm if Asian</p>
<p>I thought that Southeast Asian Americans are considered URMS (people from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos).</p>
<p>I don’t believe they are URM if they are applying as international students.</p>
<p>Some Ivies have extremely generous FinAid for international applicants. Consequently, they receive the MOST applications from Int’l students too.</p>
<p>All Ivy schools give ONLY need based FinAid and not merit scholarships. Also, you would NOT be considered URM but would apply as an International.</p>
<p>You should look for schools just as any student does, only you look and see if you are even eligible for finanicial aid at the schools on your list. In NY state,you are entitled to in state tuition if you meet certain terms (graduated from a NY high school, been here 3 consec years–look up the exact requirements). Some of the SUNYs have merit aid and you check your eligibility for them. You put schools on your list and check their websites as to whether or not you qualify for financial aid and/or merit money. No sense applying to a school that outright says that they do not give school awards to internationals or do not give internationals financial aids, since the chances of getting any from such schools are zip.</p>
<p>Understand that your chances for admissions at those school that do give great finanical aid might be lower than that of US citizens as they may not be need blind in admissions for you even if they are for US citizens. That doesn’t mean that you don’t have a chance; it means that your chances are lower, but it often also means that getting an accept there might mean good financial aid once you are accepted. Those schools that are not only need blind for admissions for internationals but also guarantee to meet full need for them, are very few and the chances of admissions to them are a lot lower. Look for schools where your academic record stands out. Look where you will be a URM. Yes, Asians are URMs at some schools. Look in the midwest, the south and at schools off the beaten track as well as nearby schools.</p>