<p>Yea, I know it look quite weird, but my family contribution for college is almost zero since my Dad hasn't been able to work for 5 years and my Mom doesnt earn lot of money. Also, I'm an international physics student, who has been deferred by Harvard. (not an outright rejection, so I think I could be a litte proud :D ) I just want to ask which school is good at physics and offers almost fullride financial aid for someone, like me.
Thanks a lot if you can suggest some colleges; you are making my dream come true.</p>
<p>There are only six (6) US colleges that grant full financial need to international students: Amherst, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Yale.</p>
<p>Other US colleges give some need and some merit aid to international students:
[Colleges</a> That Give International Students the Most Financial Aid - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2013/09/19/colleges-that-give-international-students-the-most-financial-aid]Colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2013/09/19/colleges-that-give-international-students-the-most-financial-aid)
[List</a> of more than 100 U.S. Colleges offering Financial Aid to International Students.](<a href=“internationalstudent-s.com”>internationalstudent-s.com)</p>
<p>^ not all of those will give full rides. </p>
<p>OP: You should go to collegeboard college search and simply look for colleges that give financial aid to internationals and meet 100% demonstrated need. It’s not that difficult!</p>
<p>@Gibby: I have already applied to MIT, Princeton, Yale and Williams College. Do you think applying to Dartmouth or Amherst will make difference? The cost of sending CSS profile is quite much, so I’m narrowing my list :D</p>
<p>@AnnaTheGreat: I know some college meet 100% demonstrated need, but for circumstances like me, there are not “so many”. I mean, I’m gonna be probably not able to pay even a cent… Some of my friends think it’s impossible :D</p>
<p>@drakheor: As fee waivers are not allowed for international students, that’s probably enough. Although, Dartmouth does seem to go out of their way to make the college feel like a home-away-from-home for international students: <a href=“Home | Office of Pluralism and Leadership”>Home | Office of Pluralism and Leadership;
<p>There’s a subtle, but important error in gibby’s information. His list is a list of colleges that commit to provide full financial aid to international students AND that say they do not take the need for aid into account in making admission decisions for international students. That combination is indeed rare, and limited to those institutions. (I think that’s accurate.)</p>
<p>However, there are a number of other colleges that take financial need into account in admitting international students, but that commit to provide full aid to the international students they admit. That would include a number of colleges of interest to the OP – places like Penn, Columbia, Brown, Chicago, Stanford, Caltech. At these colleges, admission is super-competitive for an international applicant seeking full aid, but if the applicant is admitted he will receive full aid, at least as calculated by the college.</p>
<p>Then there are colleges that do not promise to meet full need, and that do take need into account, but that nonetheless do award full scholarships to a small number of international students each year. These will tend to be colleges with less powerful “brand names” than the ones already discussed, but they still provide great opportunity for the students who win their scholarships.</p>
<p>Thanks for the correction JHS.</p>