<p>Can anybody lists the names of US uni's that are need-blind for internationals?
thanks.</p>
<p>I believe Amherst, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, and Yale are all need-blind for all internationals. If you are Canadian, there are several other schools that will consider you without regard to finances.</p>
<p>Last I heard:</p>
<p>Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Dartmouth
MIT
Williams
Amherst
Middlebury</p>
<p>List may have changed since the downturn.</p>
<p>You got the list right. Those are the magic 8.</p>
<p>Williams and Middlebury are no longer need-blind to international students. Middlebury has canceled the policy several years ago. Williams was need-blind to 2014 applicants, but no longer to 2015ers. [Need-blind</a> admission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission]Need-blind”>Need-blind admission - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Remember to check updates from school websites or similar sources frequently. the so-called"magic8" is already quite outdated .</p>
<p>im from Asia, so these uni’s do not consider your financial position when giving admission.So from these which is the least competitive? and do these unis first give you admission and then come to our financial aspect or both the things go side by side like if i am able to pay fraction of the costs then will it increase my chance? please help, BTW i have an A level background.</p>
<p>Cornell is need-blind for intl’ this year. Yay!! xD</p>
<p>^ don’t be so happy, yet. They might be need blind, but they won’t be supporting your needs after admitting you.</p>
<p>afaik cornell is notoriously stingy with aid</p>
<p>I know I know! They don’t promise to meet your needs, BUT, they won’t reject me coz I asked for aid. IMHO, getting into Cornell is definitely worth going, even if the aid package is dismal.</p>
<p>xD
Cornell ED ftw.</p>
<p>how do you know Cornell is need-blind to international students this year? Can’t find any thing about this on the webstite…</p>
<p>
I disagree. If you can get a quality education somewhere else at a significantly better price, go there. Emphasis on education, not some brand name degree. </p>
<p>This is coming from a Bryn Mawr student who has taken most of her classes at Haverford and the University of Pennsylvania. I would rather graduate debt-free with a diploma from Bryn Mawr than with $100,000 in loans and an Ivy diploma.</p>
<p>one thing i heard is that its very difficult for internationals to get aid. So if I can afford 50% of the IVY cost, does that mean that i will have a better chance or not? any suggestions would be appreciated!
BTW congrats barium for 5400th!!</p>
<p>To be sure, apart from those Need-blind schools, it is hard for international applicants to get financial aid. My earnest suggestion is, if you are crazy about Ivy schools(Columbia,Cornell,Brown,Dartmouth), DON’T YOU ASK FOR A SINGLE CENT! There are tons of amazingly competitive prospective Ivy students seeking no FA at all. As for the question of affording 50% tuition only, last year I had the same problem and consulted my counselor , and she gave me a very clear answer: If you don’t want the money thing to hinder your chance of getting in, pay in full; if you want to get FA, ask at leave 20k or 30k USD. Indeed, in most cases, it makes no difference whether you ask 20K FA or 40K FA.Admission officers classify applicants into two categories: Seeking aid. Not seeking aid(and judging these two kinds of applicants by minutely different standards). And there’s no sub-categories.
So you see. In short, for your dream schools&reach schools, it’s best to pay costs in full; for matches and safeties, well, never harms to ask for some dough!</p>
<p>asking for ANY aid reduces your chances itself. i don’t think it really matters that much on how much you can afford to pay. you’re better off worrying about whether they can afford to meet YOUR required aid amount…</p>
<p>Can anybody please tell me a good university which cost around 100K(the whole degree) for international and which is of international repute as well.</p>
<p>Brigham Young?</p>
<p>100K won’t get you very far. You should budget 15K/year just for living expenses (airfare, health insurance, books, room and board, personal expenses, incidentals like a laptop computer or small medical bills). That only leaves 10K/year for tuition.</p>
<p>so what should i do, should i do two or three years in local uni and then transfer to IVY?
is it possible?</p>
<p>do you even know how difficult it is to transfer to an ivy ? and fin aid for transfer students is more or less out of the question…</p>
<p>firstly i will NOT be asking for financial aid, because i still can afford two years of IVY education. But is it possible to transfer?</p>