<p>Ah okay. </p>
<p>But you were right… Right now I just asked for my application cancellation in UAH. They just replied: “Okay”.
I think I should cancel for USF too since I don’t think I have a chance…
So UOregon is my only chance right now… Damnit. </p>
<p>Anyways, I’ll see what happens. </p>
<p>Any other thing anyone wants to tell me?</p>
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<p>There’s a problem b@r!um: I insisted countless of times with the bank and they told me that they DON’T give bank statements because they can’t make that class of statements. Not a single official, nor employee or supervisor would make me a statement. I told them why and they said that they can’t do that class of stuff. The only way could be if my dad asks for a loan but he can’t since he’s banned from bank loans.</p>
<p>What can I do? This thing will ruin my chances of getting any scholarship…</p>
<p>@Guille19 I agree with @nocknock. You should be applying to the LACs he/she listed and/or those that meet 100% demonstrated need. My family contribution also hovers around $5000 but I managed to apply to 30+ universities with under $200. (Competition for aid for international students is stiff so it makes a lot of sense to apply to more unis.) Please don’t lose hope : IT CAN BE DONE. You just have to (a) have your app fee waived by requesting an application fee waiver letter from your counselor/ write it yourself and have your counselor sign it (b)email colleges individually to request them to accept counselor-stamped SAT & TOEFL scores as official (c)for financial aid application, most colleges accept ISFAA (free) or provide fee waiver code for PROFILE so it costs basically nothing (d)tell colleges that postage will cause a strain on your family’s finances and request them to accept electronic documents</p>
<p>Most LACs have deadlines on the 15th of January / 1st Feb so there’s still time.</p>
<p>Best of luck in your application!</p>
<p>For UOregon, are you applying to the ICSP program? I know that this is a cultural program that provide scholarship to international students in exchange for some hours to present about your country’s culture to the community.</p>
<p>As far as financial proof is concerned, I believe the reason why the schools want them is because they want to know how much they can give you (for need-based aids). Just report however much your parents earned. As long as at the end of the day the amount of your parents’ contribution and the amount of aid provided add up to the total cost of studying at that particular university, the immigration officers should not give you trouble.</p>
<p>cali2016: Thanks for your optimism. I searched most of them, but in their website, they all said that they give few financial aid. Also, I could complete the profile. HOWEVER, since my family has a business, when we present tax declarations to the government, include our costs and incomes in the business’ taxes, so I don’t have an exact value as to my family’s expenses. I don’t think the colleges will think my PROFILE is true if I just put round numbers :(. And also, most colleges deadlines are this week, and they are very expensive, and the ones that nocknock listed are very competitive. I searched for them on the bigfuture app in collegeboard, and their SAT scores ranges from 600-800.
My CR score was 580, but the other 2 scores were 600+. What should I do?</p>
<p>reselad: Yes! The whole reason I’m applying for the UO is because of that program, which offers great amount of money. However, selection is competitive, and they just select around 50 international students who applied to that 
I know about the financial proof. However, like I told you, my stupid bank won’t give a bank statement! They just gave me a document where it shows the current amount of money my dad has in his account. Another thing is that I don’t know if they will give me those scholarships before I get admitted. As I am right now, I won’t get admitted because of the financial requirement.
I’m almost screwed because of my bank!</p>
<p>
My bank didn’t want to sign the Certification of Finances form either, but none of my colleges insisted on it. All they needed was a bank statement saying, “She currently has $xxx in her checking and savings accounts.” and my bank was happy to issue that statement.</p>
<p>Have you checked with the universities you are applying to exactly what sort of documentation they actually need? It shouldn’t come as a surprise that banks cannot vouch that you’ll have a certain amount of money in the future…</p>
<p>Yes b@r!um! They didn’t want to sign my COF either. But they also don’t want to give me that statement! They gave me what we call “Estados de Cuenta” (Account Status), where it shows the current amount of money my dad has in his account, and the deposits and expenses he made from that account. However, I don’t know if that will suffice.</p>
<p>Yes I did. They require a COF (not always the one from collegeboard) and a bank statement. I emailed them stating I can’t get that and what do I need to do but none of them have replied… And time is important in my application =/.
I also want to send my letter along these financial packet. </p>
<p>Ugh. I really won’t study in the US huh?</p>
<p>I would really suggest that email the representatives at the respective schools to confirm about your situation. There is always a way out because this is just a small administrative problem (and I’m sure they’ve encountered it before with other students).</p>
<p>For UO, I believe you have to fill in this form to apply:
[ICSP</a> Application | International Affairs](<a href=“http://international.uoregon.edu/icspapp/]ICSP”>http://international.uoregon.edu/icspapp/)</p>
<p>As you can see, you just need to provide estimates… no need to provide a real document. A person you can talk to in UO is Abe ([Abe</a> Schafermeyer | International Affairs](<a href=“http://international.uoregon.edu/node/403]Abe”>http://international.uoregon.edu/node/403)). Please please do email him to explain what your concerns are and whether there is any way out. </p>
<p>You won’t find a definite solution to your problem posting it here. Do write email for other schools as well. You will find out that these representatives are very friendly and helpful. You’ll probably find an answer to your questions much more quickly this way.</p>
<p>Yes reselad! I already submitted that application. Hopefully I will be considered for it.
I already sent emails to uoglobal@uoregon .edu but they still haven’t replied me. But thanks for the contact! I’ll try to email him as soon as possible!</p>
<p>And you are right… Some have waived my COF, but I still need to convince others. Hopefully I will go, but still, I need in some way to get money! Even if you’re smart, being poor will drown you lol</p>
<p>I’m sorry… I can’t keep applying anymore. Just right now I wasted the $500 I’ve been saving for an iPad. I needed to send lots of scores, and pay some fees, and I just applied to 7 colleges… This sucks lol.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me my chances (see my first post for stats) of getting in with GOOD financial aid?</p>
<p>University of Oregon
Colby College
St. Olaf College
College of Wooster
University of South Florida (wasted application; I know I won’t get anything)
Gettysburg College</p>
<p>(I was thinking of applying to Dickinson college, but I’m out of funds)
It would really suck a lot if I can’t get in any college after wasting all my life savings haha.
Thanks people.</p>
<p>Do those schools meet 100% need or give out generous merit scholarships which you are a good candidate for? From what I can recall, they don’t, and if they’re not need-blind, your chances are going to be further reduced because they are looking for full-pay intl students.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I still believe that with your stats and need for aid, you need to be realistic about your back-up plans.</p>
<p>According to what some posted here, and if you haven’t looked at their websites, if an international student gets admitted and he applied for financial aid, the college can give what he’s missing. Haven’t you read the websites? If I can get admitted, I might have a chance to get aid from them so I can assist.
And UOregon gives a scholarship that’s worth $27K, along with others that sum up aproximately $20K, and its yearly cost is of $43K.
South Florida was a waste, I know that. But please, don’t go saying that I’m already screwed if you DON’T know the facts. It sucks to have wasted all my money in that and then someone cames and says that I was stupid, and dumb and that I should lose hope already…</p>
<p>I just followed the advices that YOU guys gave me…</p>
<p>I don’t see anyone here advising you that a plan of “if I get the maximum amount of every scholarship offered, the school will be affordable” is a good one. For University of Oregon in particular, I suspect you’re stacking tuition-only scholarships one atop another in your calculations, believing that room and board can be covered thereby.</p>
<p>Colby isn’t need-blind for admissions, and while it meets full need, it appears to be a Profile school, so need as they define it may not be the same as you define it. There are no merit scholarships. Have you run the NPC on their website?</p>
<p>St. Olaf won’t let total merit scholarships exceed 50% of COA, unless and to the extent that your need is greater than that. While they’ve been known to provide full tuition + room and board scholarships to internationals, they’re another Profile / ISFAA school.</p>
<p>College of Wooster has no full-ride merit scholarships; the best you could hope for is the $20k; but you’re right at the 75th percentile, which does not give you good odds for that. The $25k is even more competitive, and you’re just a hair over the minimum SAT. They have only one spot a year for an international who needs tuition + room and board covered.</p>
<p>Gettysburg reduces your need-based aid dollar for dollar when you get merit scholarships, and their biggest merit scholarship covers less than half of the COA.</p>
<p>No one is saying you’re stupid. Pretty much everyone is saying that the odds of getting a full ride (by hook or by crook) to any of those schools is very, very low, and that you need to have a plan if it doesn’t happen.</p>
<p>Fine. Okay. I will just email all the colleges I applied for so they can cancel my application. There’s no point in trying since, like you said, my chances are low; probably I don’t even had chances from the very begining.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t mean it. I just feel stupid right now. I wasted my whole savings on something that’s useless. But nvm. It’s not anyone’s fault here but mine.</p>
<p>So yeah, I will cancel and just deal studying here, with $0.</p>
<p>Now, if any moderator sees this, you can close the thread as there’s no point in conitnue from now on.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>First rule of the internet: don’t let yourself get discouraged by other people. It’s easy for us to give unqualified opinions, but you are the one who’ll have to live with the consequences! </p>
<p>It’s true that your chances of getting full funding are low; I would have probably suggested a different college list too. However, there’s no reason to cancel applications that you have already paid for. At this point, might as well wait for the results and hope for the best!</p>
<p>It’s okay. It’s late anyways. I knew I wasn’t going to be admitted to none of those anyways.</p>
<p>Right now I’ll just have to start saving money again to recover what I lost. I will also start studying in a college here this April. So yeah, I won’t go to the USA.</p>
<p>One last advice for any international student that sees this: If your stats SUCK like mine, and you are poor like me, don’t even think of applying to American universities because it’s most certain that you won’t go. So study hard and focus on getting good scores on the SAT.</p>
<p>Which colleges would you have suggested me? b@r!um
Maybe I could retry next year…</p>
<p>With your current test scores, I’d suggest small colleges with need-based aid for international students; focus on those schools where your SAT score exceeds the 75th percentile of the student body. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, I’d recommend that you try to improve your standardized test scores. I personally did much better on the ACT than the SAT. </p>
<p>If you are really serious about going to the US for college, don’t start college at home. That would make you a transfer applicant and kill most of your financial aid options. However, since you probably won’t have the financial resources for a full round of US applications, it might make more sense to complete college at home and maybe come to the US for graduate school or for a study abroad semester.</p>
<p>How can I look for those colleges?</p>
<p>I’ll try to study and improve it later in this year</p>
<p>How did you went and study your bachelor’s degree in the USA? Or you had the money to pay for it?</p>
<p>I don’t want to study here. Lots of things have happened.</p>