<p>Hi everyone, I’m new here so I’m not sure if my questions would be answered already in some other parts of the forum…
I found that according to the Brown profile ([Brown</a> University - Providence, Rhode Island - Undergraduate Information](<a href=“http://www.collegeview.com/school/school_hub.jsp?scid=1100217&location=1500&pAreaId=null]Brown”>http://www.collegeview.com/school/school_hub.jsp?scid=1100217&location=1500&pAreaId=null)), Brown doesn’t grant any international financial aid? </p>
<p>International Financial Aid
Grants offered: No
Scholarships offered: No
Loans offered: No </p>
<p>Yet, according to my dad – I don’t know where he heard this, but he’s pretty adamant – all ivy leagues grant need-based scholarships to ALL their students, including international ones?</p>
<p>I’m from Canada, and I’m also wondering if this affects how much aid I may/may not get should I decide to apply?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance for any answers/comments!</p>
<p>They offer FA to very few internationals so if you apply for aid it reduces your chances drastically, it’s called need-aware. Only a few places are need blind for Internationals.</p>
<p>If you get in they’ll give you enough FA to go.</p>
<p>But your chances are reduced if you apply for aid.</p>
<p>Brown definitely does offer aid to internationals, but applying for aid (and especially applying for a lot of aid) reduces your chances because it puts you in a more competitive pool of applicants. There are 7 schools in the States that are need-blind for internationals (which means that they do not consider the financial aid needs of international applicants when deciding whether or not to admit them) and they are: Amherst, HYP, MIT, Dartmouth, and Williams. Middlebury used to be, but due to money issues, they’re need-blind to the degree that resources permit. There are some other schools that are somewhere in the middle, as well. </p>
<p>This can make college admissions for internationals seeking aid pretty weird. You could end up having a better shot at a need-blind Ivy than at a less selective LAC.</p>
<p>Here is the Brown link that will answer many of your questions:</p>
<p>[Brown</a> Admission: International Students](<a href=“Undergraduate Admission | Brown University”>Undergraduate Admission | Brown University)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone~ That cleared up all my questions!</p>
<p>QuasiProfound: thanks for spreading bad info</p>
<p>@wolfmanjack what is bad about the information QuasiProfound presented? QuasiProfound’s statement seems to be consistent with what others are saying. What is the difference?</p>
<p>“If you get in they’ll give you enough FA to go.”</p>
<p>Whether you get in depends on if you applied for aid. If you got in you probably didn’t apply for aid.</p>
<p>^Thank you! That is a better way to correct an 18 year old.</p>
<p>18 year olds shouldn’t be the ones dispensing information IMO</p>
<p>I respect your opinion. Sorry, I couldn’t control my urge to react when your message came two hours after the OP said "Thanks everyone~ That cleared up all my questions! ".</p>
<p>It surprised me a bit coming from you since you have been a valuable resource for those interested in joining Brown. </p>
<p>I found your link on another thread - “Acing the College Application: How … - Google Books” - very useful. Thank you.</p>
<p>So I am a Canadian Citizen, but my family lives in the States and has for a while, we are in the process of getting our Green Card, so I’m not really an international student.
How does the applying for financial aid affect my chances since we live in the states? or is it still the same as it would be for an international student?</p>
<p>"If you get in they’ll give you enough FA to go.</p>
<p>But your chances are reduced if you apply for aid. "</p>
<p>and </p>
<p>"“If you get in they’ll give you enough FA to go.”</p>
<p>Whether you get in depends on if you applied for aid. If you got in you probably didn’t apply for aid. "</p>
<p>are pretty much saying the same thing though…</p>
<p>from what I’ve found in my research so far, you would go under a different process from me if you’ve gotten your green card by the time you apply
but I could be wrong, so double check on Brown’s website =D</p>
<p>mm well I applied already and we don’t have our green card yet. It has been an interesting process because I am not technically and international student, but not a permanent resident either. I am also Canadian btw! 
I had thought Brown accepted need-blind for everyone, but apparantly not :-/</p>
<p>hinderpanda: “If you get in they’ll give you enough FA to go.”</p>
<p>This makes it sound like they give full aid to everyone who is accepted. This is not the case. The statement should read “If you applied for aid AND got in…”</p>
<p>^ Oh but I read his entire post through ;D
He adds on after that your chances are a lot smaller should you decide to apply for FA</p>
<p>Although, yea, your phrasing was a lot clearer
=D</p>
<p>I’m also wondering, does Brown ever give out the numbers on how many international students applied and what percentage of the accepted ones got FA?</p>