<p>You can, but you aren’t likely to do so.</p>
<p>At Amherst, an “Ivy-par” institution which practices a need-blind admission policy toward applicants from outside the United States, 86 percent of international students admitted to the class of 2012 receive financial aid, and the average annual aid package for a needy international student is about $10,000 higher than the average for a U.S. student receiving aid.</p>