<p>Hello! Everyone, Im a student from China and I just got the admission from Boston University's College of Communication. And I'm quite excited because that's what I am dreaming for-study communication in a suitable place right as Boston and then become a journalist. However, I cannot afford the expensive tuition and fees in BU. Could anyone help me find some information of Scholarship or Financial Aid to solve the problem？ I will really appreciate your kindness!</p>
<p>It is a big problem for American student to afford BU. It is one of the most expensive schools in the country. How were you planning to pay for it? You knew up front, I would think that BU does not meet full need for anyone. THere are scholarships but very few that are full or close to it. There are very few scholarships or aid out there for anyone to meet the cost of a school like BU’s.</p>
<p>I’m afraid cost is a concern with many Intl. students. Unless BU gives you merit or need based FA, then it may be unaffordable for you. You can search the internet for outside scholarships and some people here or on the Intl. Students forum may be able to help you, but it is pretty late in the season to start applying for scholarships for this fall. </p>
<p>x-posted w/cpt</p>
<p>Cost is an issue with ALL students. The costs at a private college like BU are so high that the little aid that the federal grants and loans offer, is but a drop in the bucket, a drop that international students are not eligible to get, but we are not talking a substantial piece of the package. BU itself has to offer the bulk of the aid to its own school for it to make enough of a difference.</p>
<p>There really aren’t private scholarships here in the US that an int’l can use do pay for college costs.</p>
<p>There isn’t enough money for AMERICAN kids to go to privates.</p>
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<p>Then you need to look for an affordable option. Many students cannot afford the costs of attending a school that costs over $50K per year.</p>
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<p>It is true but it is not true.
I know some rich and corrupted people in some countries. They have money and be able to send their kids to good schools. Kids get high GPA and high SAT scores. Kids get into Harvard and the likes, parents turn around and provide all faked documentation saying they are poor, so their kids can get full ride. It’s simple and easy.</p>
<p>compaq, what you are suggesting is fraud. I would not suggest to any student that they try to falsify information for financial aid gain. The reality is that it is very dishonest, and could cost the student their offer of admission at the college…plus if they were awarded aid because of false information, they would be required to pay it back, and could lose their degree from the school (if this was found out later in their college career).</p>
<p>While there ARE dishonest folks out there, I would boldly suggest that this not be offered as a solution for honest college students wishing to attend college in the United States.</p>
<p>Yes, people cheat and steal. They do it here too. But your question is how to get money to go to BU? I won’t even go into the international aspect of this because it isn’t even relevant for this phase of the answer. If an American student were accepted to BU and did not get any financial/merit money and asked this question, s/he would have a tough go of it too. Those in the US do have the option of borrowing money through Stafford Loans but that is only $5500 for freshman year, which is not a whole lot off of the $55K price tag. Their parents can also borrow if they are credit worthy and if their finances are such that they can pay back the money. Such options may not be available to you as a foreign student here in the US, so the answer is that your parents would have to look for places they can borrow in China. </p>
<p>Harvard is a whole other story. First of all, Harvard’s accept rates are so low that there are not that many Chinese undergraduates accepted there. Of those who are accepted, any of them who have financial need will get it met. There are not a whole lot in that category. How many of them forged their need, I don’t know. It certainly is possible. But we are not talking about thousands of CHinese getting a lot of money from Harvard each year, I guarantee you. But had you applied and been accepted there, and have need as defined and can be verified by their forms, legitmately or not, you would get that need met.</p>
<p>BU is a whole other story. They do not guarantee to meet need for ANYONE. I don’t know if they even give financial aid to internationals. They do have some merit/need packages that they give out to their most higly desired students. If you did not get one offered, you did not make their cut for it. Some schools out and out reject international students if they ask for financial aid because they know they will not be giving out any. Apparently BU does not do this. They accept on a need blind basis and it’s up to you to come up with the money. </p>
<p>So you need to find out what you can get in China to pay for BU because there is nothing here. Perhaps if you have a relative that is a credit worthy person firmly established here, he can co sign a loan for you, but most people will not do this unless this is very close family because it goes on their credit record immediately and can impact their borrowing, and if you do not pay up when the time comes, they will be on the hook. </p>
<p>You can also rob a bank or some stores to get the money if you are including illegal ways to obtain it.There are all sorts of ways you can steal the money. You can also get caught and go to jail doing such things.</p>
<p>Hi thumper1, Sorry, but they don’t need my suggestion. They know the system too well and they get helps from experts, not from me and you. To me, I think a person from a corrupted country who can write English well and be able to pay all the tests all the application to the universities in the USA, they don’t deserve a penny!</p>
<p>Compaq…aside from the fraud aspect, you’re talking about getting money from COLLEGES. I said that there aren’t many PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIPS for int’ls in this country…and there aren’t.</p>
<p>There is fraud everywhere. We do invite students from foreign countries to apply and there are awards available for those who are top students. I don’t know if BU includes international students in their aid/merit matrix. Even if they did, clearly this student did not get an award. Some schools like CMU do not include international students in any of their financial aid awards, even the school owned ones where they could. Some schools like Dartmouth do not accept foreign students on a need blind basis like BU tends to do because they want to avoid this very scenario.</p>
<p>A lot of international folks do not get how it works here in terms of paying for college. Heck, a lot of Americans don’t. My son’s close friend is American Filipino, and his relatives in the Philippines refuse to believe what it costs for him to go to NYU and that the parents are paying for it. The money that used to be sent there has dried up as the young man’s parents struggle to meet college payments. I know others with families in other countries who have trouble getting it through to them that the cost of higher education here is very high and scholarships are not all abound.</p>