<p>Hey, I am an international student applying to US universities this year, but I am unable to select a college for my ED. I have a GPA of 4.0, decent co-curriculars and I have to take my SAT exam this month. Can someone recommend me a good college that offers financial aid as well? :) </p>
<p>What kind of college interests you? Big or small? Urban or rural? Region/climate? What is your intended major? The USA has scores of good colleges that offer financial aid … although many schools (especially state universities) offer little or no need based aid to internationals.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-6-need-blind-colleges-in-us-for-international-students”>http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-6-need-blind-colleges-in-us-for-international-students</a>
<a href=“http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware”>http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware</a></p>
<p>By the way, the ED option is intended to simplify and shorten the application process for students who already have a clear first choice. Many students use it instead to game the system, in the belief that it significantly boosts admission chances. While it is true that ED admission rates generally are higher than RD admission rates, much (though perhaps not all) of the difference is attributable the qualifications of ED applicants. The ED pool tends to attract more recruited athletes, legacies, and affluent students (who don’t need financial aid and who may have better test scores and extracurriculars.) An individual ED applicant won’t necessarily get much (if any) preference over an equally qualified RD applicant at every school. </p>
<p>Furthermore, if you are accepted in the ED round, you are committed to attend (unless the cost is truly unaffordable). You can’t compare financial aid offers. So ED may not be appropriate if you need financial aid.</p>
<p>Can you afford to go anywhere or will you need aid?</p>
<p>If you need good financial aid I would suggest not applying anywhere ED for the reasons stated above by @tk21769 </p>
<p>If you’re asking a bunch of strangers five weeks before the ED1 deadline which random college you should apply ED to with no clue what you’d like, no SAT scores, and no indication of what you can afford, I’d chalk this up as a Really Bad Idea.</p>
<p>I am thinking of pursuing Computer Science </p>
<p>@jkeil911 My parents can afford about $15k/year</p>
<p>Your #1 concern should be financial aid.
Focus on schools that either guarantee adequate merit aid for students with your stats, or offer generous need-based aid for internationals without being too selective for your qualifications. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.thecollegiateblog.org/2012/12/09/national-universities-that-offer-full-ride-scholarship/”>http://www.thecollegiateblog.org/2012/12/09/national-universities-that-offer-full-ride-scholarship/</a>
(If you score at least 1400 on the SAT (M+CR), or at least 32 on the ACT, have a look at the University of Alabama.
<a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.html”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.html</a>)</p>
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(Oberlin, Colgate and Bates are a bit less selective than most others on this list)</p>