<p>Do you guys know the chances of an International student who has lived in the US half her life and who is NOT applying for financial aid at schools such as Brown and other schools such as Duke, Northwestern and Tufts?
Like would i have it harder just because Im international or easier because Im not applying for aid?
(SAT: 2350)</p>
<p>With that little information it is very hard to tell. It depends on where you are from as an international and your grades, ecs and essays.
However not applying for aid will definitely give you a big boost at all these schools. If you can write convincing essays, have decent ecs and good grades then I think you stand a good chance of being admitted to at least a couple.</p>
<p>I’m an Indian citizen, with decent grades (3.875 W, 4.125 UW), Ive taken a most rigourous courseload and have taken 4 AP exams so far (all 5’s)
Subject test: 770,760,760,740
pretty good ECs, I was captain of quiz bowl team, in student council for two years, Ive done theatre all 4 years and have gotten awards for it, community service in school in a slum in India, and I guess my one big thing is that in the 10th grade, in India, I ran a city wide campaign to make public buildings, especially schools, accessible to the physically disabled, which they were not in my city at the time, and got covered in a national daily and what not.
Essays are quite alright I think.</p>
<p>Not sure it matters about FA, since Brown is need-based, not need-aware.</p>
<p>limabeans, the financial aid DOES matter, because Brown is ONLY need blind for domestic students. It is need aware for international students.</p>
<p>Rumjhum: I don’t know how Brown views students like you. Because you’ve lived in the US half of your life, Brown may not think you’ll bring the diversity that the more typical international student does. If you go to a US high school, chances are you will considered part of the domestic pool for admissions purposes. If you are applying from an Indian HS, then maybe you will be part of the international pool.</p>
<p>fireandrain, I attended a private American school in Bosnia for 9 years, and then transferred to a public Bosnian school to do IB. Do you think that diminishes my diversity potential?</p>
<p>Heart: I really have no idea. You’ve lived in Bosnia the whole time, right? Your parents aren’t US citizens, right? I assume you will be considered full-fledged Bosnian. And I have no idea how many students from Bosnia apply to Brown or how many may be there now.</p>
<p>I sent Brown an email, and they said that the only way they distinguish whether you’re in the international pool or not is through citizenship, regardless of where you’ve lived and for how many years.
So even if you’re an American citizen who’s lived in Bosnia all her life, you will be considered in the domestic pool, and vice versa.</p>
<p>Thanks, fireandrain and Rumjhum. I have lived in Bosnia my whole life and my parents are Bosnian.</p>