<p>From their financial aid website:</p>
<p>"Our admission program is need-blind, meaning, for all but some international applicants, financial status will not affect the admission decision."</p>
<p>What do they mean by "some international applicants"?</p>
<p>Stanford is NOT need-blind for international. No exception. Unless you have dual citizenship</p>
<p>That’s a good question because I know that the rules concerning Canada, Mexico, and other North American countries tends to be more forgiving. I’d call or email them.</p>
<p>no. its not needblind. Canadian students count as internationals, unlike for columbia university. I’m from canada too. What province are u from? lol</p>
<p>Ok I sent them an email. cross fingers that aid is need-blind for canadians!</p>
<p>selectum- I hold Canadian citizenship, but I actually study in the US. 
Are you applying this year?</p>
<p>yes. Canadian citizenship is not going to help you, unfortunately. Only about 3-4 Canadian students receive financial aid from Stanford a year… Do you think you can quickly register for an american citizenship, if you’ve lived there for a while? Because that would increase your chances by a ten-fold :)</p>
<p>Only 3-4? wow, that’s a really small number. Where did you get that information? There’s no way I can ‘quickly’ apply for an american status as of right now. An international student who doesn’t apply for aid has the same admissions chances as a domestic student, right?</p>
<p>Well not exactly. From what I have heard, colleges give preference to students who are in the country rather than out of the country. If they give same admissions chances, then there would be a very large population of international students every year (more than there is now).</p>
<p>Is it just Stanford, giving preference to students in the country, or it is the same for the ivy schools as well, even though most of them are need-blind to international students in terms of financial aid? </p>
<p>If an international student applies for financial aid, would it be possible for Stanford to accept him but give him zero financial aid? Has that ever happened before?</p>
<p>Third question: I know Stanford’s admissions system is by region. If I live in the US but hold another country’s citizenship, would my application be considered in regards to the US pile or the other country’s pile?</p>
<p>I would really appreciate any help at all, thanks!</p>
<p>Hey teahouse, the vast majority of the universities in the U.S. provide several times more places for local students than for international ones, so you would often see a breakdown of 85-90%:15-10% (local:international). So yeah, local students are given preference, and the acceptance rate of internationals is often lower than that of residents.</p>
<p>I haven’t heard of cases when Stanford admitted someone but without aid, I think you are promised to have 100% of your need met (according to their calculations) IF admitted. If you have scholarships to apply for after the admission, they will probably either give you money or reject you too, because they can’t be sure of you getting them. Cornell does what you mentioned a lot – they are need-blind to internationals, but do not meet 100% of aid – as a result a lot of international acceptees receive 0$, but get a chance to apply for outside scholarships available once they hold an admission letter.</p>
<p>As for the citizenships, I think you will be considered as a resident (at least when it comes to awarding the financial aid), and probably will be considered with other residents, too. But I am not completely positive about this.</p>