<p>These are other schools that interest me which are need-aware for internationals:</p>
<p>U Chicago
Stanford
Cornell
U Penn
Vanderbilt
Duke
UVA
Washington U in St. Luis
Northwestern
Williams
Middlebury
Bowdoin
Swarthmore
Bates
Colgate
Carleton
Pomona
Claremont McKenna
Harvey Mudd
Boston C
U Notre Dame
Vassar
Wesleyan</p>
<p>I want to know which of these need-aware schools are the most generous (in admissions, but also when it comes to meeting my financial need). I will probably need a full-ride as well, though I could live with getting 60% of my need met (then I would need to take out some loans, but it would still work out OK I guess). I would very much appreciate if people with credibility could respond to this. The figures and facts I have read on CollegeBoard are very nebulous. For instance, Cornell only gives out financial aid to 20% of their international undergraduates, but those who recieve aid get quite a lot (I think it was above 30k $) according to CollegeBoard.</p>
<p>You should post this in the International Students Forum. The experts on this issue are in that forum. You can find it by going to the main page where all of the forums are listed, and then scrolling down.</p>
<p>Ok, I was not sure wether to post my question here or there since I think it could be posted in both forums. My mistake. By the way, I am not looking for safetiy schools because I have really good schools here which I will be accepted to if I keep getting straight A’s.</p>
<p>First you need to make sure that the schools give financial aid at all to international students. Some do not. Basically, you have to be an over the top student to gain admissions to a school that is need aware in admission and you have great need. If you do gain admissions to such a school, it is usually likely to meet a goodly % of need. The reason these schools are need aware is so that their yield is protected. They want those that they accept to come and they do not want the impediment of need in the picture, yet they cannot afford to meet all need without practicing enrollment management this way. This same situation exists for American students with need as well when they are applying to school that are need aware in admissions. </p>
<p>In many cases, it is more probable to gain acceptance and get full need met at a need aware school than at that is need blind and meets 100% of need. Getting into Harvard is truly difficult and the chances are very small. That same excellent student who may not get into Harvard, may well be accepted to, say Wash U , which is not need blind, and when accepted there, can get his/her need fully met. That the aid package might have been more generous at Harvard is a moot point since the first hurdle, which is gaining admittance was not passed.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure these schools give financial aid to international students, but I will double check that.</p>
<p>Thanks, it feels good to here that from someone. Could you try and say which of these schools I would more likely be accepted to (and get a decent financial aid package) compared to the need-blind colleges I mentioned? I know this is only guesswork, but I would still like to here what others think. For example, is Stanford impossible to get into since it is need-aware and just as good as the top Ivies? What would you say about U Chicago, Middlebury, Cornell and Williams?</p>
<p>Would it be smart of me to apply to more than 12-14 colleges to widen my options or are 12-14 colleges enough? Maybe it just comes down to how much work I want to put into all of this and how much I am willing to pay for all the fee-waivers.</p>
<p>Did you list your test scores??? If not, how could we even begin to guess?</p>
<p>Anyway…we can’t tell you which school would likely accept you as an in’tl with lots of need. Need aware schools would even be harder to get in with lots of need.</p>
<p>Do you understand that there are thousands and thousands of int’l students with lots of need all applying to the same schools that give a lot of in’tl aid? </p>
<p>If any were easier to get into, then those would quickly get bombarded with more apps and would soon lose their “easier” acceptance reputation.</p>
<p>Also…keep in mind that the schools will determine what your family should pay. If they determine that your family can pay a lot, then you won’t get much…so you can’t look at what some schools give “on average” to int’ls…those stats don’t apply to one person.</p>