Less competetive colleges with great fin aid

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<p>I applied to colleges in the US last year as well, but I aimed to high as many other international students tend to do and ended up with a spot on Vassar's waitlist.</p>

<p>I ended up at a great school in Stockholm where I live, but after a term there I feel like I still want to go to college in the US, but this time I am not aiming so high.</p>

<p>I have a 3.9 GPA, 2000 in my SATs, 112/120 on my TOEFL, great recommendations, hopefully better essays this time around and an eagerness to get in to college!</p>

<p>So, I am searching for schools where I would be in the top 10-20% or at least look good enough from the admissions offices' point of view to recieve almost the whole worth of tuition fees in financial aid. I have been looking for a few days now and found some interesting colleges with late application deadlines so I can apply for the fall of 2013. Here is a list of what I found so far:</p>

<p>---School name – Application date – Average Fin Aid for international students/cost of attendence---
North Park U. (Chicago) – June 1 - ?/30 k
Arizona state U. – May 1 – 15/32 k
Washington and Jefferson C. – Mar 1 – 23/48 k
Hillsdale C. – Feb 15 – 21/30 k
College of Wooster – Feb 15 – 28/50 k
Emmanuel C. – Feb 15 – eligible but?
Endicott C. – Feb 15 – 13/41 k
Iona C. – Feb 15 – 23/44 k
Lake Forest C. – Feb 15 – Eligible but?
Ithaca C. – Feb 1 – 25/50 k
Gettysburg C. – Feb 1 – 47/55 k
Hobart and William Smith C. – Feb 1 – 25/55 k
Franklin and marshall – Feb 1 – 33/56 k
University of New Hampshire – Feb 1 – 27/39 k
University of North Carolina at Wilmington – Feb 1 – 10/26 k
North Carolina State U. – Feb 1 – 11/30 k
Depauw U. – Feb 1 – good probably (non-need, at least 20/50 k)
Dickinson C. – Feb 1 – 33/55 k</p>

<p>Does anyone here know if some of these numbers are raised because of athletes or music majors and not that representative for regular international applicants? Do you guys have any other tips for good colleges which give out good aid for top students (at least I think so :P) like me? Please share some with me if you could. Are state universities generous for regular students or just recruited athletes?</p>

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<p>South Carolina State University – May 1 – full ride for 1300 (CR + M)
College of the Atlantic – Feb 15 – 40/50 k
St. Lawrence U. – Feb 1 – 41/56 k</p>

<p>Adding these to the list.</p>

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<p>Troy University has full ride and full tuition merit aid for International. try it :D</p>

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<p>Hey SwedishChris! Seems like you have some good schools in the list that I know of to give generous financial aid to International Students.</p>

<p>I would definitely go with Dickinson College and Gettysburg College. I am hopeful of DePauw University as they say so of giving the full tuition and even living costs! :D</p>

<p>Just so you know College of Wooster has only one full ride and also very few full tuition. Still it’s a good shot.</p>

<p>Ithaca College, I don’t think that’s a good choice only IF you want the full or almost the full tuition as aid. They would go up to 33 as high to an international. I talked with the counselor and she said they give 25K(average, I haven’t seen anyone getting more than that!) to international as you already know.</p>

<p>I don’t think the State Universities are good for internationals if you are not willing to pay with only some exceptions.</p>

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<p>Thanks ahtesham and moon05!</p>

<p>I think I’ll delete Ithaca college then, and look more into Dickinson, Gettysburg and F and M as well maybe?</p>

<p>I think University of New Hampshire is compelling, and the average scolarship for internationals covers basically the whole tuition fee. Am I wrong? I also know a girl at Arizona State U. but I don’t know how much aid she gets.</p>

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<p>Generally, financial aid isnt offered for international transfer students.</p>

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<p>I would contact admissions directly and ask. Those schools are small enough that they should give a personal reply</p>

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<p>I am not transferring.</p>

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<p>If you have taken college/higher education courses after you have graduated high school, you are indeed transferring.</p>

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<p>There is a specific amount of credits you can have before you’re considered a transfer student. At least that’s what i’ve been told.</p>

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<p>But I have only finished one math course and can wait with finishing the others.</p>

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<p>Well in that case you could add St. Olaf to your list. They give good aid and your scores are in the top percentile. And definitely try Franklin and Marshall the aid is awesome there.</p>

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<p>St. Olaf has too early deadline I’m affraid. Any other tips? Why aren’t good public schools good options since they are cheaper and the average aid package for internationals are usually good enough for me. Are they only recruiting athletes or what?</p>

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<p>I think public schools aren’t usually considered good options because large amounts of their aid is state/federal funded and not applicable to internationals. If the average aid offered is good for you or your scores qualify you for merit aid that makes it affordable then applying shouldnt be a prob.</p>

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<p>Thanks, I think I would like University of New Hampshire, but before I apply I will look up some more facts first.</p>

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<p>UNH offers very little OOS merit aid unless you are in the top 5-10% of your graduating class.</p>

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<p>There is a different system here in Sweden than in the US. Here, we need to apply to high school with earlier grades and my high school required all A’s to be accepted. In high school I got a GPA of 3.9 which is at least top 20% of my class. So is top 20% in my class of the top 1% high schools in Sweden good enough?</p>

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<p>I’m not sure about that - would be worth a phone call to UNH.</p>

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<p>[eduPASS</a> | Financial Aid for International Students | Schools with Aid for Undergraduates](<a href=“http://www.edupass.org/finaid/undergraduate.phtml]eduPASS”>Schools with Financial Aid for International Students - eduPASS)</p>

<p>Pay a visit here. Might help.</p>

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<h2>I have a 3.9 GPA, 2000 in my SATs, 112/120 on my TOEFL, great recommendations, hopefully better essays this time around and an eagerness to get in to college!</h2>

<p>dude. that is not too shabby.</p>

<p>something must be up with your recommendations (common from EU teachers who dont know that it’s courtesy to overpraise in america) or essays.</p>