Hi, guys.
I opened this thread so that international students applying to the United States may speak about their experiences with different colleges’ financial aid packages and what policies the universities displayed on their website and what deviations have been observed from those policies.
Universities I’ve applied to: Harvard, Columbia, UPenn, Duke, Tufts, Rochester, Drexel.
Hi, another international here! I’m 99% sure I’m about to be rejected from 7 colleges tonight!
Personal experience with Drexel University. (Please understand that these are facts from how my application has been dealt)
Website Information: International applicants are automatically considered for merit scholarships when they complete their admission application, and they are encouraged to complete the CSS PROFILE to be considered for need-based grants.
A levels student with 3A and 2A*, SAT- 1480, SAT II- 1550(780 in Chem, 770 in Maths)
CSS Profile: $20k yearly income of both parents combined.
Status: Accepted (RD)
Aid Package: $20k Dean’s Scholarship, $10k Grant(need-based)
Further actions: Wanted to appeal for more, but they have a set criteria for appeal which are all extreme situations like divorce, unemployment, death of parents. Hence no appeal.
Offer of Admission: Renounced
Experience of 3 other accepted students.
2 individuals with 1500+ on their SAT received an aid package: $20k Dean’s Scholarship, $20k Grant(need-based)
1 Individual who accepted in early decision received a total of $45k
All of us here have roughly the same amount of need.