<p>The common advice on these boards is to apply only if you don't require aid. The way I see it though, is to apply if you feel comfortable letting the college deem what you should pay.</p>
<p>Personally I know some colleges which will never admit any int'l requesting aid in the ED round, but this concerns admission policy, so it can't be revealed here. All I can do is to let you know that such colleges DO exist, and very famous ones they are.
If you are an int'l asking for too much aid, you have been extremely in selecting your ED school. My experience is that most schools will not give you a satisfying aid package, which you deserve in RD round, since they know you are bound to them and have little room for negotiating.
I'm also happy to be directly rejected by my ED school--Williams, hehe.</p>
<p>aaron56, you can be released from the binding policy if the aid package proves to be deficient. But as was discussed earlier, it will be very very troublesome. Since ED list will be circulated and you have to be exactly pacing with time. You won't have much time between the ED notification date and RD deadline. You will be negotiating and asking for release. They both take a lot of time. And if other schools see you are accepted under ED, they might at once take your name off (actually you might have declined the offer, but your ED college simply hasn't notified other schools of your release.)</p>
<p>well, that's an interesting question actually. strictly, they offer admission to student B based on his/her financial information and if they need more than they have to give out, sb will not get in. basically you can't lie about your finances when you send your app in, like you're not gonna say you can contribute 30 000 when you can only contribute 5000, say, because then you're being dishonest. saying you can contribute 10 000 say, even though you can comfortably only give 5000 only that now you'll have to live ultra-frugally and take out loans is different though. good question though, i really don't know a good answer to that.</p>
<p>bogororo is right: as far as I know, Cornell is the easiest Ivy to gen into. I was admitted this year, but was put on a fin. aid waitlist. Unfortunately, they grant fin. aid to about 10 out of the 300 accepted internationals, but it's need-based. It's extremely difficult to get aid since they try to have aid recipients from all schools in Cornell, from different geographic locations, and whatnot else that you can do nothing about :). BUT! If you can cover tuition, by all means tell them explicitly (in addition to noting on the ISFAA that you're getting a scholarship).</p>
<p>mitwannabe, I think MIT does treat Canadians like Americans.</p>
<p>hmmmm i dont think so, canadians are placed into the international student pool because they have to be included in a quota that MIT cannot surpass each year. around 100 intls are accepted, usually a few more, rarely less, but canadians are definitely counted as foreign unless you have american citizenship, at which point you can just say you're american and put yourself into a less competitive pool. right from their website " In admissions, you are considered an international applicant if you are not a citizen or a permanent resident (Green Card holder) of the United States." you would think being so close that things would be different, but the only nice thing they do is waive the requirement of some form required for an F-1 visa</p>