<p>guys ive got legacy status at brown university and im not in the US. so brown's need aware for me. so if i ask them for aid, then basically im almost a goner. but my father and his uncle attended brown. my SAT is not very bad, 2200+ superscored. so regardless of my ECs and SAT scores and grades etc, which are pretty good nonetheless(i say regardless because everyone applying to ivies has great ECs and SATs etc so thats same for everyone), please help me in regard that how much of an affect does legacy status has on admission and does asking for aid just cancels it out or does asking for aid cancels everything out?
i can pay like 10% of the fees.
i should apply right? :/</p>
<p>You need to figure out if you will NEED aid from Brown. If you get accepted and you need aid but don’t apply for it, what good will that acceptance do you? You won’t be able to attend. </p>
<p>If you need aid, apply for aid. Bottom line is…you gotta pay to go to Brown if you are accepted. It sounds like you NEED aid.</p>
<p>yes i need aid. thats certain. my question is: ‘how much’ does asking for aid hurt my chances. and how does this negative affect compare to the positive legacy and minority affect.
the NEED is another thing. i WILL apply for aid IF i apply for admission.</p>
<p>You are an international student…and I have no idea how the legacy “edge” will help you. Since the school is need aware for international students, this could affect your admissions chances if you need significant aid. There really is no way of knowing for sure whether you legacy status will balance this out.</p>
<p>Remember too that if you ARE accepted, you will have to sign an affidavit stating that your family has the funds to cover all of your costs for the year. You will have to do this to get a visa to study here. This can include financial aid that is awarded and approved loans. </p>
<p>So…apply for admission and apply for aid. That will be the only way to see how the chips fall for you.</p>
<p>that will be the only way to find out how the chips have fallen.</p>
<p>I don’t think that uncles count for legacies, but your dad will.</p>
<p>every relative counts. not as much as parents do. but still they count. for example yale has got a question which asks us to tell the names and grad years of all the applicant’s relatives who attended yale.</p>