<p>I got an email from the dean asking to confirm that as an international applicant I will not require financial aid as indicated in my application.
I was wondering if all internationals get this letter ?</p>
<p>I’m sure they did. I know that, in the past few years, they’ve had lots of problems with internationals who say they don’t need financial aid and then apply for it once they’re in.</p>
<p>I’m international and I didn’t get the email (I applied EA tho). I’ll have to struggle to pay for it though, but I didn’t want to risk getting rejection.</p>
<p>How did you confirm it? Click on the link, check the box, enter your name, and click submit?</p>
<p>i’m an international and i got the email. i think if the information is correct, you can just ignore it.</p>
<p>Yep, I got this letter (international not applying for financial aid). I don’t think we need to do anything if the information is correct.</p>
<p>A few people I know received this mail too as we are internationals too.</p>
<p>Lelandjr, 000ace, and sci-fry just out of curiosity, besides loans and family contribution, how are you guys planning on paying for the tuition? as my friends and I may become in the same boat as you guys, especially lelandjr.</p>
<p>210k is a lot of money and I cant imagine how difficult it would be to pay it back.
p.s- are there any large international scholarships? I’ve looked around many places, and seem to find only school-specific ones. </p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I believe it’s sent out to every international applicant NOT applying for FA - I did receive one yesterday. </p>
<p>@noobpwner:
I guess my parents will have to pay for my tuition - and I will try to search for scholarships, or try to graduate early to save some money.</p>
<p>To the ones that say that they’ll struggle with paying tuition, but don’t want to “risk” rejection. Honestly, Stanford is not $200 000 better than one of the other top schools that do give out financial aid. If you are not super rich, then apply for FA, and try your best. You can always go for grad school.</p>
<p>Isn’t it much much easier to get into Stanford’s grad school if your already at stanford.
or much easier to get into one of the ivy’s grad school if your already in them?</p>
<p>I think we need some people who were in our positions who have graduated and working now, or people who are going through it now. chesschamp do you know anybody thats relatively middle-class and is having trouble paying off that money/finds if its worth it or not?
I think its necessary to ask people who are in the positions we will be in soon how their experience at stanford is, and is most of the 200k worth or not.
just my two cents</p>
<p>Stanford is just checking up with the international applicants because, unlike domestic applicants, if they do not note that they are applying for financial aid when they first apply to stanford, they will be unable to apply for financial aid for the duration of their time at Stanford.</p>
<p>Really, if you need the money I would just apply for financial aid. Stanford is need aware for international students (since stanford has to front all of the grant money for internationals, whereas there is federal money for domestic applicants that need financial aid), but I definitely know a few international students that are NOT AT ALL rock stars here at Stanford. This makes me think that its not as huge of a deal as people seem to think. If you are confident in your application, just apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>As for whether stanford is worth 200ish grand, that depends a lot on the person and what they plan on getting out of college. Maybe if you can give some info on your goals we can speak a bit more about that.</p>
<p>Lastly, it is generally (much) easier to get into stanford’s masters programs (excluding MBA) from stanford undergrad. Stanford GSB/Stanford Law are indifferent to Stanford undergrad applicants vs other schools. I hear that Stanford medicine actively limits the number of Stanford people that can get in. For PHD programs, it varies from department from department, but more often than not it seems like they are at least relatively especially open to Stanford undergrads.</p>
<p>does stanford have departmental scholarships… like after the first year or so., when u get into your major???</p>
<p>All of stanford’s financial aid is need based. there are no merit/departmental/etc. scholarships.</p>
<p>You can try to TA classes which can pay well (depending on department). Many departments reserve all TA spots for PhD students though.</p>
<p>oh k thanks mike</p>
<p>nice post mike!
I pmed you my goals</p>