Are you studying at Harvard? Or you did not apply to Harvard at all?
@MrNoOne, It makes zero difference whether or not Madison85 attended Harvard. He’s trying to help you.
Some things that would be helpful for you to know about college admissions:
- Most US colleges are difficult for internationals to get into, and those that are need-blind for admission and/or offer generous aid are the most difficult. Cast a wide net to avoid being shut out of admissions.
- No US college that I know of pays 100% of costs for anyone, even those we say got a "full-ride." A full-ride covers tuition, room, and board costs. Students have to pay a family contribution, transportation costs, and for personal expenses (clothes, soap, toothpaste, etc). Colleges don't care where you get your share from (your family can provide it, you can work now and when you return home over breaks to raise it, and/or you can borrow it in your home country.)
- Colleges don't guarantee jobs for students. Students should have a plan for covering personal expenses in case getting a job doesn't work out.
- Offering great financial aid to low income students does not obligate those colleges to cover every expense of the low income students they admit. It's very generous of them to help students who won't even be staying in our country. I would hope those students who are accepted appreciate that opportunity.
- Many students have to turn down great colleges when they can't come up with their family contribution. It's always wise to have a Plan B (and C).
@austinmshauri , It makes a big difference whether someone who is helping you is aware of what he is talking about or not.
From the starting point of the topic, what I meant by covering 100% of costs of anyone was nothing but covering Tuition, room and boarding, and if possible the books. What I was confused about was the contribution which should be made to the university. I had been clarified. In addition, your post is just dictating the general things that everyone knows about the college admission.
Let’s review what you said,
- "Most US colleges are difficult for internationals to get into", that is a general fact. -"those that are need-blind for admission and/or offer generous aid are the most difficult", Nobody gives you money without a rationale behind it so you should be careful when you say, "It's very generous of them to help students who won't even be staying in our country", because there is a reason of supporting international students in US. No money will be wasted because of supporting an international student when it is already known that they won't have any use. While studying and after graduation most of these students will give services to US in one or another way and there are millions of reasons for saying so. -"It's very generous". Don't rub it in, no generous person, college, company, country or whatever needs to boast about it if they are actually really generous. -Having plan B or C, probably D, E, F, G, English alphabet. Everybody knows that. There is a big difference between giving useful information, and playing with words.
When someone asks something, thinking deeply about it would be the first requirement for the person who wants to help him. Some people, don’t fulfill the first and most important step in helping process. Even worse, some of them not only do not help but also do not watch what literature they use to help. Nobody forces anybody to help. If someone is not willing to help, there is no need for attempting to do so. End of it.
SInce this conversation is going circular and has run its course closing thread.