Need College Selection Help Computer Science Undergrad

College Search & Selection
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I’m an international student from India.
I’m looking to major in COMPUTER SCIENCE.
MY SAT SCORE is 2110.
Financial Aid is important to me and my parents can help me out with $6000 a year.
I don’t have any other special conditions or requirements as to the college.
My co-scholastic achievements are:
Reached NSO stage 2 class 10th
Good participation in Olympiads and such.
Synthesizer from Trinity Guildhall till Grade 5
Little bit of sport participation
Very good knowledge of tech and computer systems,have been to some competitions.
Here is the list of colleges i have narrowed it down to,though quite expansive:

• Arizona State University
• Carnegie Mellon University
• Colby University
• Connecticut College
• Drexel University
• Florida Institute of Technology
• Franklin & Marshall College
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Grinnell College
• Illinois Institute of Technology
• New York University
• Northeastern State University
• Penn State University Park
• Purdue University
• St. Olaf College
• SUNY University at Buffalo
• Texas A&M
• Trinity College
• University of British Columbia
• UC Berkeley
• University Of Connecticut
• University of Florida
• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
• University of Michigan
• University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• University of Missouri: Columbia
• USC LA
• University of Toronto
• University of Washington
• University of Waterloo
• Washington and Lee University
• Williams College
Please help me select atleast 2 safety colleges, 1 with good chances and 1 where i should try.
This pertains to selecting which colleges to send my SAT scores to for free.
Furthermore I need to pare my list down to a maximum of 12 colleges. Any help would be appreciated.

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Many public schools, for which you will not be “in-state,” will cost $40k-$50k per year with NO financial aid. Take Berkeley, Penn State, and any other publics off your list for this reason. (You can check the net price calculators for each school – Google them – to verify; I just did Penn State’s for an intl freshman in compsci, and it spit back $46k per year.)

Have you looked at Bama? http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.html Up to full tuition for good stats.

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You won’t get financial aid from Canadian universities, so you can take those off your list. Financial aid from state schools is also rare. Have you run the net price calculators (NPCs) on these schools?

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You likely qualify for a scholarship from the University of Alabama. http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out-of-state.html

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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. Very strong STEM university. Very active Indian international community. Really good tuition bargain.

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No financial aid from UC Berkeley.

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For safeties, you can see if any of the schools listed in http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/ offer those large scholarships to international students.

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hi one of my neighbours just got a 90% scholarship ffrom waterloo on a 2100, so that’s why i’m applying to it.

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Financial Aid is important to me and my parents can help me out with $6000 a year. <<<

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Take off…

Penn State
NYU
U Florida
actually…take off ALL of the publics that you have listed.

Why would you create THAT list when your family can only pay $5k??? $5k will only cover your transportation and insurance. You would need a TOTAL full ride covering all of COA!

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i can take a loan and i intend to pursue financial aid and scholarships very rigorously

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You can only take out a loan for $5500 as a Freshman. Anything beyond that would be a Parent Plus Loan your parents have to sign and are responsible. Run the Net Price Calculators for each school of interest to see how much you will be eligible for in FA and/or Merit.

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@Gumbymom, can an international student take out federal student loans?

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@DhruvSUS WHERE would you get such big loans? Who would cosign them for you?

there are virtually no private scholarships in the US for int’ls. almost none.

There are no safety schools for you…none that would even be close to a safety for you.
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@Gumbymom This student can’t take fed loans.

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Sorry, forgot the applicant was an International and no they cannot take out federal loans. My mistake. I should know better than to answer posts before my coffee in the morning.

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There are no 90% scholarships at Waterloo. Here’s a list of the scholarships available at Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/find-out-more/financing/scholarships There are a few for $10000 for international students. That is only for first year.

The total expenses just for tuition, books, residence and food for computer science is approximately $36000/year. Here’s the Waterloo budget calculator. Its numbers should be similar for other Ontario universities. https://uwaterloo.ca/find-out-more/financing/interactive-budget The total cost of a 4 year program at Waterloo is $144000.

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i intend to take loans from my home country which is MUCH MUCH more lenient with loans and my parents earn well enough there to get a good rate of interest

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So, your parents can contribute more than $6000/year? How much can they contribute, including loans?

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umm if i start juicing them and make them spend more than 50% of their income, $19000 but that is a stretch as they do have a few loans.They do own some property though so i could get them to sell it

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…Or, instead of torturing your parents for money, you could apply to universities within your means???

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please tell me which ones can i apply to
im a total newbie and have limited knowledge