Financial Sources for International Students

<p>What official sources offer aid for international students to study in USA? Fullbrights are only available for Master's but I'm looking for other official programs to which I can apply for merit-based aid. I am entering Parsons in the Fall 2011 and I sure that the aid I receive will be limited.</p>

<p>Unfortunately there are no US-based programs. (Well, none that posters on this board are aware of!)</p>

<p>Some countries have scholarships to help their most promising students study abroad.</p>

<p>Other than that, your best bet is to attend a college that gives scholarships to international students. Some colleges have very generous financial aid policies for foreign students, but you need to select a college with such a policy. Once you decide where to attend, there isn’t much you can do to get additional funding.</p>

<p>I don’t know of any big ones that would cover the entire tuition. I myself am only at the prep school stage but I got an outside/school-based* scholarship for ~35.000$. Even then I needed a bit more so I looked into some local ones. Now I don’t know if these exist where you live but I found that some banks in my country give out scholarships for every schoolstage (high-school, college, grad school etc.). The ones I found ranged from 1000-4000, not enough for the full tuition but if that’s all you need…</p>

<p>Anyhow, good luck :)</p>

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<li>It’s awarded by the school but paid for by an outside organization, as in I can’t take the scholarship and go somewhere else, not that I want too.</li>
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