<p>what colleges have finaid needblind policy for intl?
Let's post any colleges that we know of using needblind..</p>
<p>I know that Harvard and yale do..</p>
<p>why do u want ppl to do that .</p>
<p>that is among the most basic info all of intl finaid applicant at CC frown upon.......</p>
<p>well here goees the almost complete list</p>
<p>HYPMW and A i suppose wud become soon..
I wud not tell u their full names.. lets c u guess them</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>When does A become needblind? next year?</p>
<p>i heard so and stuff lik it wud be announced next yr..but really dunno</p>
<p>HYPMW for sure</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Smartmind, what are W & A???!!! I have no idea.</p>
<p>my apologies..</p>
<p>Need Blind:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Middlebury
Williams
MIT</p>
<p>refer to:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=18710&highlight=needblind%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=18710&highlight=needblind</a></p>
<p>not sure about A tho, i hav a guess but can you tell me?</p>
<p>well...... WHy apologies. u r new here and also its perfectly fine u dont know... though u shud hav...</p>
<p>A == amherst....i heard they were planning to bcom needblind frm next yr </p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>yup as it hints . there is a change expected in the near future..</p>
<p>About the Amherst piece, I was going to post it myself after having read it in the Student, but you should be aware that it is not an official position. Amherst's Committee on Academic Priorities has to decide on a lot of issues, including on Amherst being need-blind towards internationals, and I think there is a fair chance that my school will go need-blind.</p>
<p>Middleburry isn't needblind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (i think)</p>
<p>Middlebury is need blind. Did you read the Amherst Student article posted above?</p>
<p>..."Currently, five colleges and universities nationwide uses an entirely need-blind admission policy: Harvard, Princeton and Yale Universities and Williams and Middlebury Colleges. All five schools sport international student populations comparable to Amhersts six percent; however due to our need based admissions policy, we are not drawing these international students from diverse backgrounds. At the other five schools, these students represent a wide range of experiences from abroad, while those at Amherst constitute a more narrow socioeconomic population..."</p>
<p>Well actually, i looked this up right now.. It says stuff about meeting 100% need, but it says nothing about being needblind.</p>
<p>Q: Does Middlebury offer aid to international students?</p>
<p>A: Yes. Middlebury meets the full need as determined by Student Financial Services of any accepted international student with a combination of work, loan and grant. All international students have a loan and job component to their financial aid package, and there is almost always at least a minimum Expected Family Contribution as well.</p>
<p>But then, it says this:
Financial assistance at Middlebury is based entirely on established need and, to the degree resources permit, is offered to international students on the same basis as it is to U.S. citizens. Each student is expected to contribute a minimum of $1,100 toward first-year expenses, and a minimum of $1,450 each year as sophomores, juniors and seniors.</p>
<p>It doesnt say the word NEEDBLIND, but it's needblind to US citizens and where it says "on the same basis as it is to US citizens", would that mean that it's needblind?</p>
<p>I read on cc somewhere that middlebury isn't needblind, with a statement from their site defending that statement.. But i cant really find it..</p>
<p>SLACKHA, you have written that MIT is needblind. But in that post by arcadia, it doesnt include MIT.</p>
<p>wth? confusing..</p>
<p>yea i was confused that some ppl included MIT and some didn't.
so i looked up</p>
<p>this is found in the introduction of MIT international Undergraduates page:</p>
<p>Admissions decisions are made without regard to family financial circumstances; MIT awards all aid based on financial need, and meets the full need of each student for all four years. If you think you will need financial assistance, Student Financial Services encourages you to apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>they don't use the word "needblind" but the first sentence means MIT is needblind, right? i'm confused...</p>
<p>source: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/finaid/intl_undergrad/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/finaid/intl_undergrad/index.html</a></p>
<p>I am new around here but what does needblind mean?</p>
<p>Needblind means that a college will not use your financial need as a factor when determining whether to accept you or not. Colleges that are not needblind sometimes reject students simply because they are asking for financial aid.</p>
<p>Hmm it's strange middlebury doesn't talk about its needblind policy on its website coz most needblind unis would advertise it to draw more intel apps... but it's generally acknowledged that middlebury is - or claims to be, needblind, along with Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT and Williams. Whether they really are needblind, we will never know. Haha maybe that Amherst article is insinuating that MIT isn't really needblind? Hmm but I think it is, I have a couple of really outstanding friends who got in though they applied aid, and hell lot others who didn't apply aid got rejected.</p>
<p>hey, but they best part of it all is, we'll NEVER know!!!</p>
<p>muahahahhahahahahhaha.</p>
<p>but yes, the easiest way to attract new applicants is to declare the college need blind. :) i would, if i had my own college 8-|</p>