<p>Hey Board....I'm an international student from India looking at universities in the US for my undergraduate studies in Accountancy / Economics.</p>
<p>I'd like to know what the financial aid procedure is...whether it is need-blind or heavily dependent on ability to pay. Could you please indicate the policy at the following universities: (I've grouped them according to their reputation and public / private status)</p>
<p>a. Harvard / Stanford / Yale / Princeton / UPenn (Wharton)
b. New York University (Stern) / Northwestern / Carnegie Mellon
c. UT Austin / UM Ann Arbor / UI Urbana Champaign</p>
<p>Also, if I am admitted and eligible for aid, how much am I likely to get at these universities? I think I'd be looking at a figure of $15,000 tuition fees that I can fund on my own.</p>
<p>Your help would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>Only Harvard,Yale ,Princeton, MIT are need blind for international students.</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon does not give ANY AID whatsoever to internationals,I think NYU too...</p>
<p>UIUC and UMich also do not give any aid initially,but I think you can get merit aid after yor first semester or something.....</p>
<p>The best thing to do is to check the financial aid sections on each university's web site.The universities' policies differ widely.</p>
<p>Many universities post on their web sites financial aid information that's specific for international applicants. If you have further questions, just e-mail them. That would give you better overall info than you'd get on a message board. </p>
<p>Where CC could help you would be helping you hear about the experiences of individual international applicants at specific colleges. I imagine that our international board woudl be good for that info.</p>
<p>I doubt that NYU is generous with internationals since they are notoriously stingy even with American ones.</p>
<p>Thanks, will do that. I've looked up College Board and university stats, I'm quite prepared with those. I just came onto CC wondering if folks could provide me Ground Zero realities</p>
<p>You must keep in mind that there are only a small handful of schools that are both need blind and will meet 100% of your demonstrated need. The International pool of applicants is very large and competitive with 100 or less students being admitted to a midsize/large school (numbers are even smaller at LACs (liberal Arts Colleges)</p>