I found some financial aid search engine such as Fastweb and CollegeData. But when I search google I got a lot of results. Which one should I mainly rely on? Should I use many?
@“Leo.cnp”
The very best financial aid comes from the colleges to,which youmget accepted. You need to look for colleges where your stats make you eligible for merit aid…or where your income will get you need based aid.
Yes, you can get scholarships from fastweb and the like…but how much do,you need a year? It’s not likely you will be able to,fund college that way.
thumper1, I haven’t thought out or researched deeply about colleges, so honestly speaking I don’t really know how much I need. So I should do a research first to know about it.
Each college website has a net price calculator on it. Run that.
How much can your parents afford to pay?
Start with your instate public universities.
@Leo.cnp, you’ve used a couple of phrases that suggest to me that your first language is not English (a research to know. . . ) Are you an international student? If not, my apologies, but if so, you need to look carefully at which schools have opportunities for you, both for admission and financial aid.
thumper1 Thanks. I will try the net price calculator, although I am not familiar with it. I’ll ask my father about the tuition.
poblob14 Yes, I am an international student. I didn’t know that there could be differences. I realize that I need to be more careful.
At most schools, there are big differences between what is required from a U.S. student and what is required from an international student, both for an admissions application and a financial aid application.
BelknapPoint I really appreciate your answer. I need to be very careful about it even if I live in the US and go to my school like other kids do.
@“Leo.cnp”
The net price calculators will likely NOT be accurate for you as in international student.
You are going to need to check EACH scholarship and EACH college to see their policies on awarding aid to international students.
Some colleges award NO financial aid of any kind to international students.
Some colleges offer limited financial aid to international students.
Some colleges offer the same aid regardless of where younare from.
And most important…MOST colleges in this country do not guarantee to meet full need for all.
thumper1 Thanks for the comment. I realize that I have tons of things to do before I think about my dream and apply to college. I need to see the reality… I will research it. It’s tough to get into the US college even though I go to a high school like other kids do…
What you need to find out…why is your tuition status in YOUR state. In some states you will have instate residency status for tuition purposes but in others you won’t.
Some instate public universities within the SAME state offer aid to international students…and some don’t. You need to check EACH college for their policies.
If you post your state, I’m sure there will be someone here who can let you know what the policies are for international students.
thumper1 Thanks for the precise advice. I will search carefully before going further and will come back if I still need to ask questions in public. I really appreciate people here who are all helpful. Thank you.
Are in the US on a student visa (F1), waiting for a green card, as a dependent, or undocumented? Eaxh of these cases is different for financial aid purpose.
Some states consider you instate for admission and tuition if you graduate high school the State. Some states want you to attend high school two or four years before you graduate in order to be considered instate for admission and tuition. Some will only consider you instate for admissions not tuition. Some will not consider you instate even if you attended high school and graduated on that state. If your state is part of an agreement (like wue or new England exchange or southern academic exchange or MN/WI), you have to check how rhe other states consider you or if they take your state’s position regardless of what it is.
And all of this applies to public universities from your state, only.
Then you have all the private universities, which each have a policy decided by their own board.
Are you a rising sophomore, rising junior, or rising senior?