<p>and worst bad boy, they do not consider you differently than other international students as I completed my high school in US too. Right now i am attending UC San Diego, and I think all things considering, its been a great choice, and I feel happy that hopkins rejected me as I think I would have lost on the college experience a bit. But your stats are excellent worst bad boy!! good luck!</p>
<p>@bdl108
You are wrong. There are schools that turn you down if you ask for FA even if your scores are good. I am an international student and my safety school turned me down because of need and I have good scores and grades.</p>
<p>Case Western is a shoo-in for you, I’d say. My brother was admitted there and his grades were average, SAT 2300, ACT 34, and his ECs were okay. Since colleges judge a lot on GPA now, Case should be a match school for you. The others are extremely hard to get into compared to Case, so I wouldn’t know</p>
<p>Amherst is need-blind to internationals, too, now? That’s some good news… but again, I guess it will only get more competitive 
I have a question. How much exactly does an international student’s chance go down by applying for aid? Everybody says it’s a LOT, but anyone who actually experienced it here? I’m also an international applying for aid.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/740690-i-need-help-chance-me-please-will-chance-back-no-lie.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/740690-i-need-help-chance-me-please-will-chance-back-no-lie.html</a></p>
<p>With your GPA and SAT score, asking for fincial aid will render your admission impossible.</p>
<p>Your grade is not excellent. Many applicant have that grade or higher.</p>
<p>If I apply for EOP for UC’s, is that considered financial aid and will it affect my admissions?</p>
<p>it does increase ur chances. in my school which is international, there was a guy like u w/ a similar profile (except that he had more extracurriculars and 2 leadership positions at least) who got into u penn. i think if u have high sat and ap scores, get some leadership positions, and write really good essays, u might get in.</p>
<p>please do not act like that is an average SAT score
a 2050 !!! really is not average at all
and u will probably get financial aid for all of those with ur pre req’s</p>
<p>I’m not sure where the conversation is at right now, but I quickly googled “applying financial aid chance admission” and these results came up:</p>
<p>Princeton University | Financial Aid FAQ
Will applying for aid hurt my chance of being admitted to Princeton? No. There is no disadvantage whatsoever in the admission process for financial aid …
[Princeton</a> University - Welcome](<a href=“http://www.princeton.edu%5DPrinceton”>http://www.princeton.edu) … Costs & Financial Aid - Cached - Similar</p>
<p>MIT Admissions: International Applicants: Helpful Tips
In other words, applying for financial aid will not hurt your chances of admission. We admit the students best matched for MIT, regardless of their …
<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/...helpful.../index.shtml[/url]”>www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/…helpful…/index.shtml</a> - Cached - Similar</p>
<p>Vassar College || Financial Aid
Q: Does applying for financial aid limit my chances of admission? A: No. For all U.S. Citizens and permanent residents who are applying for admission to the …
admissions.vassar.edu/finaid.html - Cached - Similar</p>
<p>^ Now I’m not too sure how true those are. I’ve definitely heard somewhere that applying for financial aid will affect admission. Can someone elaborate on that?</p>
<p>Always take what college websites say with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>There’s NO guarantee that that is the actual policy followed. You NEVER know what’s really happening in the admissions office (unless you are in there with them during the process).</p>
<p>I’ve seen cases of colleges where stats completely suggest opposite of what they say.
A lot of times, many colleges are need-blind towards U.S. citizens + perm. residents, but are need-aware to internationals (HYP being some of those rare ones that are not).</p>
<p>In my experience it hasn’t affected me at all…Yet I did go to Columbia (considering Columbia’s really good with financial aid!)…Same thing with Brown I heard.</p>
<p>They have to say that “officially”, they are need-blind. However, many colleges claim that but don’t actually follow it (after all, they can get away with it since no one knows what goes on in that mysterious room). And the same goes for geographic representation- they do want decent geographic representation, but they are more likely to choose applicants who live closer to the school (ex. if a person from New York and a person from California apply to MIT, they are more likely to choose the NY person if both applicants are relatively equal- of course, if one is better, then s/he would be chosen regardless of state). This is all because a person who lives closer to a college is usually more likely to go there. In other words, they want to protect their yield</p>
<p>I know that there is no financial aid for International Students and good luck</p>
<p>There is no absolutely no fin aid, particularly for Asian like us, except for 6 need blinds for internationals.
Here check this out:
<a href=“http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/pdf/2010-2011/QA-FinAid-International.pdf[/url]”>http://www.sfs.upenn.edu/pdf/2010-2011/QA-FinAid-International.pdf</a></p>
<p>“Q. Does Penn have financial aid available for international students?
A. Yes. The University of Pennsylvania has limited need-based financial aid available for students who are not U.S. citizens or bona fide permanent residents of North America.”</p>
<p>“I am not a citizen of the U.S., Canada, or Mexico. Will applying for financial aid affect
my chances of admission?
A. Yes. We urge you not to apply for University-sponsored financial aid”</p>
<p>Most importantly, this one, it happens **A LOT **to my senior, who scores **ARE THERE **but ASK for AID
“Q. If I apply for financial aid as an international student, will Penn offer me admission
without offering a financial aid package?
A. No. Some candidates whom we would like to admit will be turned away because we exhaust our aid budget.”</p>
<p>This is just one of myriads of examples in other schools. sad story ppl</p>
<p>good luck with your admissions application. I think you will probably be accepted based on those credentials</p>
<p>For a US citizen, would applying for aid at e.g. Sarah Lawrence and NYU affect ones chances of admission? This is a whole new thing for me and I’m naively shocked. I thought they accept you or not and then offer you whatever they want to offer you financially.</p>
<p>(Vassar is truly need-blind in that not only are they saying that they will accept or reject you without regard to need, but if they accept you they will FUND you no matter how much aid you need. (unless they’re lying, of course))</p>
<p>Well, your colleges are very severe with financial aid to intls. Your SAT score is a bit lacking (haha, like mine), but you might get through with an amazing essay or two. That’s what I’m relying on ;)</p>
<p>When do you submit your financial aid information? I checked YES, but due to a high family income (160k), I probably won’t receive any anyways.</p>
<p>Yes, novice mistake, I am applying primary to Ivys who claim needblindess, but is there anyway for me to notify them of my family income before admissions are finalized? </p>
<p>My parents are adamant about me applying for aid, but I think that colleges may be mollified a bit when they realize they won’t really need to give me much regardless?</p>
<p>I have high GPA (4.25 gpa) and SAT scores (2280) plus strong leadership, so my chances are dec, but by no way in hell am I guaranteed admission and don’t want my financial aid to push me into the rejection pile</p>
<p>Let me clarify this: applying for financial aid does not in any way affect your chances. Any contradiction is incorrect.</p>