<p>Do you guys know which LACs give generous financial aid to international students? Although all of them except amherst are need-aware, I think there must be difference in the degree of competitiveness since different schools have different amount that can be spent for international students...</p>
<p>Check the top 5 Lac, I know Williams and Midd meet full need if accepted. In fact I think a lot of the top ten schools have the same plan. As for competitiveness, I think one can say it’s harder to get into Amherst but definitely not by that much compare to like Pomona etc. As for the money they give to international, I am certain most college e.g. Midd, has a really awesome f-aid package!</p>
<p>Ohh but rmb, many are not need-blind tat needs to be taken into account too when u talk of competitiveness…</p>
<p>check Colgate</p>
<p>Look at all of US news Top 50 at least, and go to Top 100 if you have time.
The following list are the ones from the top of my head, which I’ve seen/read about giving generous aid to internationals (>$40k-50k)</p>
<p>Amherst
Williams
Gettysburg
Carleton
Colgate
College of Wooster
Hamilton
Lafayette
Franklin and Marshall
Mt Holyoke (women)
Smith (women)
Bryn Mawr (women)
Colby
Providence
Middlebury
Wellesley
Bowdoin
Pomona
Swarthmore
haverford
vassar
harvey Mudd
bates
Grinnell
macalester
Oberlin</p>
<p>thank you for your replies wonderful people ;)</p>
<p>Be aware that just because a school is need aware and/or does have limited aid for internationals does not mean it does not give good aid to those international students it most wants. Just make sure you read the sites and cull those schools that specifically do not have money for internationals because your chances are zero for getting anything at those schoools.</p>
<p>low ranked schools with endowments in the 100 mil + region are generally generous, want international students and are not as competitive.</p>
<p>nocknock has the right idea. Spots for internationals with a lot of need at top LACs are incredibly competitive.</p>
<p>Is US News ranking credible? Is it what you mean by the ranking?</p>
<p>Here’s what I’d do. Get the endowment from wiki for LACs in the 30-100 range in USWNR and divide by # of students. Then for the ones that are higher, go to the school admissions websites and find out what they offer internationals.</p>
<p>^^^ that won’t give you a good picture. An LAC can have a large number of international students on 100% FA and look great on paper, but in reality most if not all of those international students with fabulous FA are, for example, recruited athletes. I know one LAC where that’s the case.</p>
<p>Haverford gives 3-4 international students per year financial aid. About 1 of them has a full tuition scholarship. </p>
<p>Bowdoin has more than 500 applicants for its 15 or so funded international student spots.</p>
<p>Wesleyan has more than 400 people applying for their 15 partial scholarships per year (excluding the Asian freeman scholars). </p>
<p>I would not recommend any of those colleges.
Big future. Org has a “for international students” section where it tells you exactly how many internationals receive how much much aid per year and whether it’s need or merit based.
If you compare that with the total number of internationals that attend, you know roughly what the odds of getting financial aid are. </p>
<p>If you are a good student, it might be recommendable to look out for colleges that give generous merit scholarships from which international students are not exempted.</p>
<p>Thanks guys!! I have one more question though… Will standardized test scores be primary factor in deciding FA recipients?</p>
<p>They will determine whether you will be taken into consideration (to an extent). </p>
<p>There is no cutoff, but you have to start somewhere if you have several hundred applicants.</p>
<p>The few need based scholarships will be given to the most unique/outstanding students. That will include great test scores, but all students in the last round will have those and other factors will be crucial.</p>
<p>For merit based aid of course, your test scores and GPA determine your eligibility.</p>