<p>Hi!!!!
So,which unis u consider as int'l safety.......with/without aid...plz consider both cases of aid....</p>
<p>without aid: almost every school (depending on your stats) below the top 25.
with aid: some fourth tier private and public schools that guarantee everyone with an SAT score of 1250/1600 a full tuition scholarship. u want a list?</p>
<p>If u hav one...then y not........</p>
<p>Well, it's more of a random list of schools (some are all-women's or historically black) offering merit aid to internationals. Maybe you have a use for it.</p>
<p>Brigham Young University, UT
Columbia College, SC
Southern Arkansas State University, AR
Saint Peter’s College, NJ
St. John’s University, NY
La Salle University, PA
Western Wyoming Community College, WY
Pittsburgh State University, KS
Maryville University, MO
Agnes Scott College, GA
Southern Methodist University, TX
Westmont College, CA
Bowling Green State University, OH
Roosevelt University, IL
Park University, MO
Berea College, KY
Anderson University, IN
Belhaven College, MS
Mississippi University for Women, MS
Lincoln University, MO
Lincoln University, PA
Boston University, MA</p>
<p>Wooo........it seems that u hav done a pretty ''thorough'' research in this............but not much of my use coz neither I m a gal nor a black.......</p>
<p>Boston university r u nuts ??? to get a full ride you need like perfect SAT's , perfect SAT II and an amazin gpa</p>
<p>I think many many intels consider boston as a saftey because their admission rate is ~50%. It may be for some who can pay full but for those needing aid.. it is definetly not a saftey for the AVERAGE interntaional applicant.</p>
<p>yah.. boston univ isn't worth considering as safety...</p>
<p>That list wasn't supposed to be a list of safeties but a list of schools offering merit aid (usually full tuition scholarships) to internationals. And Boston university does, even though it certainly cannot be considered a safety when you depend on a scholarship.</p>
<p>A safety would have to be a school in your own country.</p>
<p>Definitely. Why would you apply for a safety abroad and spend so much for a school that doesn't suit you academically?</p>
<p>I agree; unless unis in your country are truly rotten you should have at least one safety in your country.</p>
<p>And it is very likely that you couldn't even afford the fees if universities in your country were really bad... logically.</p>
<p>Well,its very true that a safety should b in one's own country.......It can b more true than that.....
I was just wondering,How on earth ppl declare some unis as their safety??</p>
<p>three considerations I would say- one, you would get in very easily (your profile is far superior to the average profile of students there); two, the admission process should preferably be simple and objective (if it isn't it can still be a safety but not an ultimate safety if you know what i mean); three, it should be financially viable.</p>
<p>The way i see it, the harder an university is to get in, the more aid it gives int'l (big, prestigious, rich schools). The easier it is to get in, the less $$ it gives to int'l and if you need money you are put into a more competitive pool of applicants (public schools). So either way they all end up pretty much the same. </p>
<p>I think everyone should apply to a school in their own country, unless you are from one of those int'l schools where you didn't take the exam or fill the requirement to enter an university in your own country, and are forced to go to US. I feel sorry for whoever in that case.</p>
<p>That's only partly true. Small below-average LACs are really unpopular among intls, and some give out high scholarships based pureley on GPA and test scores.</p>
<p>Usually scholarships are given to something like top 1% of the students admitted, so even if you are a really good student I'm not sure you can count on it.</p>
<p>In my country some universities have these guaranteed scholarships- if you have more than a certain specified grade level (usually 3A's in A'Level) you get a full scholarship automatically. But I must confess I haven't seen anything similar in the US universities I researched.</p>
<p>I am 100% sure that Columbia College (not to be confused with Columbia University) awards scholarships automatically purely based on SAT or ACT scores. As far as I can recall a 1300 (out of 1600) on the SAT is sufficient for a full tuition scholarship.
I know that there are some other schools too but I can't recall their names right now.</p>
<p>if u got the money Rutgers is a safety for sure...had a friend who went there with a 1600 SAT score and another one with 1900...they will choose students with money any day over students with good stats and recs</p>