Hi all, I have been admitted to UM and I am looking for Financial Aid/Scholarships.
However, based on the UM site, international students aren’t eligible for aids like FAFSA. Are there any aids/scholarships which i may consider applying for?
Thanks!
Benjamin
If you applied EA, merit scholarships are automatically considered. However, there are some scholarships one may apply separately but the deadlines were last month.
I applied EA. So if I havent heard anything back does that mean I didn’t meet the benchmark for the merit scholarship?
May I know where I find these scholarships which can be applied separately? I am deferring to Fall 2016 so I can still apply next year.
Were you admitted by Feb 1?
Nope I was admitted on 7th Feb.
I think the cut off date is Feb 1 for merit aid consideration.
International students are not eligible for FA and there are very few merit scholarships for international students…as in a handful annually (out of close to 1,000 who are admitted). Most of those are private scholarships funded by international benefactors. I know that there is one for applicants from Switzerland and another for applicants from Brazil. I am almost certain there are none for Asian applicants.
Music school has their merit aids even for international and that does not have a real deadline. Otherwise, it is indeed very few merit scholarships for international.