<p>Hi!, I am in love with Brown, I already finished the Common Application and all that, and I am ready to send it in…except for…FinAid, I am hesitating, should i?</p>
<p>I am definately into Brown, and I would apply to take a chance, but since Im an International, I would have to pay for the application fee, the SATs fees to get them sent, and the College Board Profile to request financial Aid.
If I knew I had no chances then I would use the money applying for another university (not as lovely and perfect as brown) but more real and possible.</p>
<p>So what do you think? Is Financial Aid for Internationals generous???
Thanks</p>
<p>Finaid for international students is always limited, but if you love Brown as much as you say you do – why not? You’ll never know what you’ll get.</p>
<p>Because Brown has a comparatively low endowment, it by no means qualifies as being “generous” with aid. Remember that Brown also is not need-blind for internationals.</p>
<p>I’m an international applying to Brown for Fin. Aid myself and Brown does give you as much as any other Ivy would. Their offers are comparable to those of other great schools. Once you are admitted, Brown goes through its promise of meeting the full required aid. However, the process of selection is a lot more competetive for internationals asking for FA. So it’s a lot more difficult to get in in the first place. However I reiterate, once you are accepted, their financial aid offer leaves nothing wanting.</p>
<p>Depends. Not necessarily. It depends on your individual family situation and what your family is willing to pay. Brown promises to cover 100% of DEMONSTRATED need. Its definition of what your parents can pay and what your parents can pay may not be the same. Many Brown students are pleased with the aid they receive. Some students who get accepted turn down the offer because the aid was not enough. </p>
<p>^ I concur. That is what I meant in the first place. Brown’s offer is as generous as any other Ivy’s (with the exception of the HPY’s maybe) as they all promise to meet 100% Demonstrated need. It leaves nothing wanting in the sense that it does not offer anything less than the other schools would. I cannot guarantee how it meets the applicant’s requirements; I only meant that it should be no different from the offers of other schools that the applicant is applying to.
But it must be remembered that for an international applicant to get into Brown with fin. aid is a humongous task in the first place.</p>
Definitely not as generous as HPY, from what I can tell. Those schools, especially Harvard, are leagues ahead of Brown for aid.</p>
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Not necessarily true. Each school defines demonstrated need differently. A couple years ago, there was a thread where a lot of people complained that Brown gave less aid than many comparable schools. I believe home equity was believed to be one of the major causes of this phenomenon, but the thread was from awhile back, so I don’t remember for sure. So…yes, Brown will meet 100% of “demonstrated need.” How it defines that may not measure up, even to comparable schools. It’s unlikely to be much worse than any school other than HYP, but it’s something to keep in mind.</p>
<p>^If you demonstrably need a lot of aid, (i.e. your parents make less than $100K US, and don’t have large assets), then if accepted you should get most of what you need. I’m not entirely sure how it works for internationals, but I think aid to income ratios are pretty comparable for all recipients (provided you don’t have a circumstance like a sibling going to college, parents having inherited lots of wealth, etc. etc.).</p>
<p>As previously stated, the hardest part will be getting in, as Brown is need-aware for internationals. If you do happen to get in, I’m sure Brown will be quite generous.</p>