<p>I'm an international applicant from Pakistan. I am not going to be asking for aid but I'm looking for a safety school from where it would be likely for me to receive a full-tuition scholarship or something similar. My stats are as follows:</p>
<p>SAT I: 2290 (1490)
SAT II: October
GCE O'Levels: 11 A's(5 A<em>); my school grades are mostly A's with a few Bs here and there.
Predicted A2 grades: A</em>A*AA</p>
<p>ECs:</p>
<p>Debating - 3 yrs; Executive Member, Debating Society; Winner/Finalist in several tournaments; shortlisted for national team; best parliamentary and declamation speaker award in my school.
MUN squad.
Drama - President; Lead Role + Director of the school play.
Journalism/Writing - Chief Editor, Literary Magazine; Paid Freelancer for a national daily newspaper, July 2011 till date; Best Essay Writer Award in my school.
Research Intern at Legal Think Tank; Community Service - Microcredit NGO; National Outreach Program, Teacher.</p>
<p>Since you’re an int’l, the highest ranked school that I know of that will give you an ASSURED full tuition scholarship is the University of Alabama.</p>
<p>Since you’re an int’l, you MUST get accepted BEFORE Dec 1st. The school app and the scholarship app is online NOW…school is already accepting apps for Fall 2013. </p>
<p>the full tuition scholarship is ASSURED for YOUR stats. </p>
<p>Students who have a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT (critical reading and mathematics scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive out-of-state tuition for four years.</p>
<p>ALSO…if you’re applying for engineering or Comp Sci, then you’ll get an additional 2500 per year. </p>
<p>Students who have a 32-36 ACT or 1400-1600 SAT (math and verbal scores only) and at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA will receive $2,500 per year for four years.</p>
<p>I had similar “stats” (2260 SAT, 31 ACT, 760+800 SAT IIs, 5’s on AP tests) but with more extracurricular focus on athletics than in drama and debate. </p>
<p>I applied and was accepted to Princeton, Dartmouth, Claremont McKenna, UCSD, UNC, etc… but eventually chose Santa Clara University because they offered a 4-year, full-tuition “presidential” scholarship.</p>
<p>I’m not sure whether they offer it to international applicants but it’s certainly worth a look! </p>
<p>Santa Clara will award some merit to int’ls up to about half tuition. The awards aren’t assured and do not increase with tuition increases. The Dean’s Scholarship might be awarded to int’ls and the amount is for $18k per year. Tuition is about $40k and COA is over $53k.</p>
<p>Frankly, it’s unusual that you (Jake) got full tuition merit from SCU with a 2260. My cousin’s son has similar stats and he was awarded $27k…which is about 2/3 tuition or so.</p>
<p>What about Rollins College? I checked on their website, and they apparently give good merit aid to int’ls as they don’t give int’ls need-based aid. It has a relatively high acceptance rate, almost 60%. Do you guys think that’s a good choice?</p>
<p>@mom2collegekids, thanks for the 'Bama info, I knew they gave out automatic full-tuitions, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to apply there. </p>
<p>Any opinions on Rollins? I know a bunch of people from Pakistan get accepted each year.</p>
<p>*@mom2collegekids, thanks for the 'Bama info, I knew they gave out automatic full-tuitions, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to apply there. *</p>
<p>Why not? The acceptance rate is about 44%, but you’d nearly certainly be accepted. You should apply as a financial safety school. that way you’ll have an assured safety in your pocket early on, in case the others don’t work out.</p>
<p>How many full tuition scholarships does Rollins award to int’ls? What is the criteria? </p>
<p>How much merit do you need? How much will your family pay? </p>
<p>I think I will apply there, though. As for how much merit aid I’ll need, money isn’t really a problem. My parents will pay for me to go to a top school if I get in. If I don’t however, I don’t think I’d want to make them pay full for my “safety” school; I’d prefer I go to the safety on a full-tuition, do well, and hopefully go to law school. </p>
<p>My areas of interest are Political Economy/International Studies.</p>
<p>If you apply for a fee waiver to a need-blind college, you have to demonstrate the need for that fee waiver. However, it will not affect your admission chances.</p>
<p>i doubt a GC determines whether a student should get a fee waiver. GC’s generally do not know the family’s financial situation that well. </p>
<p>Something doesn’t make sense. You said that your parents will pay for a pricey elite school. If that’s true, then how would you qualify for a fee waiver? Those are for people who have little income/assets. And, I’m not sure if int’ls can get fee waivers. Where would the fee waivers come from?</p>
<p>Don’t worry you will not come back home as a republican. (It is a joke).</p>
<p>I am not sure why you are asking, but youth and academia tends to be more liberal than their older counter-parts. That being said, Alabama is more conservative state than, say, NY. So, even more liberal-thinking people in Alabama will be more conservative than some of the conservatives in NY.</p>
<p>Alabama has students all over the political spectrum… left, middle, right. Most kids seem to be around the middle which may be less liberal than what is found on NE campuses. </p>
<p>The Bama campus was Obama country in 2008. It’s probably going to be more split this year due to a change in popularity this election season. </p>
<p>the profs are probably as liberal as found on most campuses.</p>
<p>So, even more liberal-thinking people in Alabama will be more conservative than some of the conservatives in NY.</p>
<p>No…not true AT all. And, I live in Alabama. Liberals in Alabama are quite similar to liberals anywhere.</p>