International students! Which Schools offer great financial aid?

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<p>Not looking for those schools where its hard to get the aid.
Hoping for answers from student who have actually received aid.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.educationusa.info/financial-aid.php”>http://www.educationusa.info/financial-aid.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware”>http://www.desperateguide.com/us/top-25-financial-aid-colleges-in-us-for-international-students-need-aware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2013/09/19/colleges-that-give-international-students-the-most-financial-aid”>http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2013/09/19/colleges-that-give-international-students-the-most-financial-aid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>You might find actual reports in the International students forum. But for some colleges,not all that many, they automatically give the aid. Either based on merit or based on ‘need’ (as defined by the college using your family income and assets.)</p>

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<p>Usually it’s okay to apply to a school that offers to meet FULL NEED of all international students, but you should avoid schools like Claremont McKenna and Pomona that don’t care much about international aid. Check the common data sets of schools and look at H7. You will see how much the college spends on ALL enrolled international students. If the school (I’m talking about LACs) spends > $2m every year, it’s fine to apply there. Account for size, average aid awarded and competition at the school as well. For instance, both Wesleyan and Vassar are 2x the size of Reed, so they spend proportionately the same money (W & V spend $4.2m ish; Reed spends $2.5m ish).</p>

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<p>yes let us use arbitrary numbers to exclude colleges from consideration! 41 students got FA last year at Pomona with an average amount of 41K, and the number will likely be higher for next year since Pomona’s admitted class for this year consisted of 14% international students and 60% FA recipients, a record for both of those categories.</p>

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<p>And the total money spent was $1.7m. Compare that to Amherst and Smith ($8m ish). Why does Pomona spend so little on international students relative to its peers?</p>

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<p>Cal Poly is funded by state taxpayers. </p>

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<p>Aunt Bea, they are referrng to Pomona, not Cal Poly Pomona.</p>

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<p>wow! Okay thanks guys!</p>